Indian Civil Service Exams (CSE) Syllabus - UPSC Exams
UPSC Exams Indian Civil Services Syllabus for Main Exams: Sindhi
Paper-I
Answers must be written in Sindhi (Arabic or Devanagari script).
Section-A
- Origin and evolution of Sindhi language-views of different scholars.
- Significant linguistic features of Sindhi language, including those pertaining to its phonology, morphology and syntax.
- Major dialects of the Sindhi language.
- Sindhi vocabulary-stages of its growth, including those in the pre-partition and post-partition periods.
- Historical study of various Writing Systems (Scripts) of Sindhi.
- Changes in the structure of Sindhi language in India, after partition, due to influence of other languages and social conditions.
Section-B
- Sindhi literature through the ages in context of socio-cultural conditions in the respective periods:
- early medieval literature upto 1350 A.D. including folk literature.
- Late medical period from 1350 A.D. to 1850 A.D.
- Renaissance period from 1850 A.D. to 1947 A.D.
- Modern period from 1947 and onwards.
(Literary genres in Modern Sindhi literature and experiments in poetry, drama, novel, short story, essay, literary criticism, biography, autobiography, memoirs, and travelogues.)
Paper-II
Answers must be written in Sindhi (Arabic of Devanagari script).
This paper will require the first-hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidates’ critical ability.
Section-A
References to context and critical appreciation of the texts included in this section.
- Poetry
"Shah Jo Choond Shair" : ed. H.I. Sadarangani, Published by Sahitya Akademi (First 100 pages)
"Sachal Jo Choond Kalam" : ed. Kalyan B. Advani Published by Sahitya Akademi (Kafis only)
"Sami-a-ja Choond Sloka" : ed. B.H. Nagrani Published by Sahitya Akademi (First 100 pages)
"Shair-e-Bewas" : by Kishinchand Bewas
("Saamoondi Sipoon" portion only)
"Roshan Chhanvro" : Narayan Shyam
"Virhange Khanpoije Sindhi Shair jee Choond" : ed. H.I. Sadarangani Published by Sahitya Akademi
- Drama
"Behtareen Sindhi Natak" (One-act Plays) : Edited by M. Kamal Published by Gujarat Sindhi Academy.
"Kako Kaloomal" (Full-length Play) : by Madan Jumani
Section-B
References to context and critical appreciation of the texts included in this section.
- ‘Pakheeara Valar Khan Vichhrya’ (Novel) : by Gobind Malhi
- ‘Sat Deenhan’ (Novel) : by Krishan Khatwani
- ‘Choond Sindhi Kahanyoon’ (Short Stories) Vol. III. : Edited by Prem Prakash, Published by Sahitya Akademi.
- ‘Bandhan’ (Short Stories) : Sundari Uttamchandani
- ‘Behtareen Sindhi Mazmoon’ (Essays) : Edited by Hiro Thakur, published by Gujarat Sindhi Akademi.
- ‘Sindhi Tanqeed’ (Criticism) : Edited by Harish Vaswani : Published by Sahitya Akademi.
- ‘Mumhinjee Hayati-a ja Sona Ropa varqa’ (Autobiography) : by Popati Hiranandani
- "Dr. Choithram Gidwani" (Biography) : by Vishnu Sharma
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