Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) - Civil Services Examination 2007

Paper-I Answers must be written in Gujarati

• 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 :
• 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

• 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

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

• 1. Medieval
  (i) Vasantvilas phagu-Ajnatkrut
  (ii) Kadambari-Bhalan
  (iii) Sudamacharitra-Premanand
  (iv) Chandrachandravatini varta-Shamal
  (v) Akhegeeta-Akho
• 2. 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

• 1. 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) Dhvani-Rajendra Shah
• 2. Adhunik yug
  (vii) Saptapadi-Umashankar Joshi
  (viii) Janantike- Suresh Joshi
  (ix) Ashwatthama- Sitanshu Yash-aschandra

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) - Civil Services Examination 2007