Civil Service Exam Mains – IAS Exam Mains 2017 Syllabus for Gujarati

Civil Service Exam Mains – IAS Exam Mains 2017 Syllabus for Gujarati

Paper-I

Answers must be written in Gujarati.

Section-A

Gujarati Language : Form and history.

1. History of Gujarati Language with special reference to New Indo-Aryan i.e. last one thousand years.

2. Significant features of the Gujarati language : Phonology, morphology and syntax.

3. Major dialects : Surti, Pattani, charotari and Saurashtri.

History of Gujarati Literature.

Medieval :

Ashwatthama- Sitanshu Yash-aschandra.

4. Jaina tradition.

5. Bhakti tradition : Sagun and Nirgun ( Jnanmargi ).

6. Non-sectarian tradition ( Laukik parampara ).

Modern :

7. Sudharak yug.

8. Pandit yug.

9. Gandhi yug.

10.Anu-Gandhi yug.

11. Adhunik yug.

Section-B

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

(a) Medieval

1. Narratives : Rasa, Akhyan and Padyavarta

2. Lyrical : Pada

(b) Folk

3. Bhavai

(c) Modern

4. Fiction : Novel and short story
5. Drama
6. Literary Essay
7. Lyrical Poetry

(d) Criticism

8. History of theoretical Gujarati criticism.
9. 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

1. Medieval

• Vasantvilas phagu-Ajnatkrut.
• Kadambari-Bhalan.
• Sudamacharitra-Premanand.
• Chandrachandravatini varta-Shamal.
• Akhegeeta-Akho.

2. Sudharakyug & Pandityug

• Mari Hakikat-Narmadashankar Dave.
• Farbasveerah- Dalpatram.
• Saraswatichandra-Part-I Govar-dhanram Tripathi.
• Purvalap- ‘Kant’ ( Manishankar Ratnaji Bhatt ).
• Raino Parvat-Ramanbhai Neel-kanth.

Section-B

1. Gandhiyug & Anu Gandhiyug

• Hind Swaraj-Mohandas Kar-machand Gandhi.
• Patanni Prabhuta- Kanhaiyalal Munshi.
• Kavyani Shakti- Ramnarayan Vish-wanath Pathak.
• Saurashtrani Rasdhar Part 1- Zaver-chand Meghani.
• Manvini Bhavai-Pannalal Patel.
• Dhvani-Rajendra Shah.

2. Adhunik yug

• Saptapadi-Umashankar Joshi.
• Janantike- Suresh Joshi.
• Ashwatthama- Sitanshu Yash-aschandra.