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Indian Civil Service Exams (CSE) Syllabus - UPSC Exams

UPSC Exams Indian Civil Services Syllabus for Main Exams: Urdu

Paper-I

Answers must be written in Urdu.

Section-A

Development of Urdu Language

• Development of Indo-Aryan (i) Old Indo-Aryan (ii) Middle Indo Aryan (iii) New Indo Aryan
• Western Hindi and its dialects Brij Bhasha Khadi Boli, Haryanavi Kannauji, Bundeli-Theories about the origin of Urdu Language
• Dakhani Urdu-Origin and development, its significant linguistic features.
• Social and Cultural roots of Urdu language-and its distinctive features.
• Script, Phonology, Morphology, Vocabulary.

Section-B

• Genres and their development: (i) Poetry: Ghazal, Masnavi, Qasida, Marsia, Rubai, Jadid Nazm,
  (ii) Prose: Novel, Short Story, Dastan, Drama, Inshaiya, Khutoot, Biography.
• Significant features of: (i) Deccani, Delhi and Lucknow schools (ii) Sir Syed movement, Romantic Movement, Progressive movement, Modernism.
• Literary Criticism and its development with reference to Hali, Shibli, Kaleemuddin Ahmad, Ehtisham Hussain, Ale-Ahmad Suroor.
• Essay writing (covering literary and imaginative topics)

Paper-II

Answers must be written in Urdu.

This paper will require first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidate's critical ability.

Section-A

• Mir Amman Bagho-Babar
• Ghalib Intikhab-e-Khutoot-e Ghalib
• Mohd. Husain Nairang-e-Khayal Azad
• Prem Chand Godan
• Rajendra Singh Apne Dukh Mujhe Bedi Dedo
• Abul Kalam Azad Ghubar-e-Khatir

Section-B

• Mir Intikhab-e-Kalam-e-Mir (Ed. Abdul Haq.)
• Mir Hasan Sahrul Bayan
• Ghalib Diwan-e-Ghalib
• Iqbal Bal-e-Jibrail
• Firaq Gul-e-Naghma
• Faiz Dast-e-Saba
• Akhtruliman Bint-e-Lamhat

Indian Civil Service Exams (CSE) Syllabus - UPSC Exams