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Indian Civil Service Exams (CSE) Syllabus - UPSC Exams

UPSC Exmas Indian Civil Services Syllabus for Mains Exams : Gujarati

Paper-I

Answers must be written in Gujarati

Section-A

Gujarati Language : Form and history

• History of Gujarati Language with special reference to New Indo-Aryan i.e. last one thousand years.
• Significant features of the Gujarati language: Phonology, morphology and syntax.
• Major dialects: Surti, Pattani, charotari and Saurashtri.
  History of Gujarati Literature
  Medieval :
  
• Jaina tradition
• Bhakti tradition: Sagun and Nirgun (Jnanmargi)
• Non-sectarian tradition (Laukik parampara)
  Modern:
• Sudharak yug
• Pandit yug
• Gandhi yug
• Anu-Gandhi yug
• Adhunik yug

Section-B

Literary Forms : (Salient features, history and development of the following literary forms):

• Medieval
• Narratives: Rasa, Akhyan and Padyavarta
• Lyrical: Pada
  (b) Folk
• Bhavai
  (c) Modern
• Fiction: Novel and short story
• Drama
• Literary Essay
• Lyrical Poetry
  (d) Criticism
• History of theoretical Gujarati criticism
• Recent research in folk tradition

Paper-II

Answers must be written in Gujarati The paper will reqire first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the critical ability of the candidate.

Section-A

• Medieval
  (i) Vasantvilas phagu-Ajnatkrut
  (ii) Kadambari-Bhalan
  (iii) Sudamacharitra-Premanand
  (iv) Chandrachandravatini varta-Shamal
  (v) Akhegeeta-Akho
• Sudharakyug & Pandityug
  (vi) Mari Hakikat-Narmadashankar Dave
  (vii) Farbasveerah- Dalpatram
  (viii) Saraswatichandra-Part-I Govar-dhanram Tripathi
  (ix) Purvalap- 'Kant' (Manishankar Ratnaji Bhatt)
  (x) Raino Parvat-Ramanbhai Neel-kanth

Section-B

• Gandhiyug & Anu Gandhiyug
  (i) Hind Swaraj-Mohandas Kar-machand Gandhi
  (ii) Patanni Prabhuta- Kanhaiyalal Munshi
  (iii) Kavyani Shakti- Ramnarayan Vish-wanath Pathak
  (iv) Saurashtrani Rasdhar Part 1- Zaver-chand Meghani
  (v) Manvini Bhavai-Pannalal Patel
  (vi) Dhavni-Rajendra Shah
• Adhunik yug
  (vii) Saptapadi-Umashankar Joshi
  (viii) Janantike- Suresh Joshi
  (ix) Ashwattama- Sitanshu Yash-aschandra

Indian Civil Service Exams (CSE) Syllabus - UPSC Exams