Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) - Civil Services Examination 2007
Sindhi – Optional of Part B - Main Examination of Civil Services Exam
Paper-I Answers must be written in Sindhi (Arabic or Devanagari script).
Section-A
- 1. (a) Origin and evolution of Sindhi language-views of different scholars.
- (b) Significant linguistic features of Sindhi language, including those pertaining to its phonology, morphology and syntax.
- (c) Major dialects of the Sindhi language.
- (d) Sindhi vocabularly-stages of its growth, including those in the pre-partition and post-partition periods.
- (e) Historical study of various Writing Systems (Scripts) of Sindhi.
- (f) Changes in the structure of Sindhi language in India, after partition, due to influence of other languages and social conditions.
Section-B
- 2. Sindhi literature through the ages in context of socio-cultural conditions in the respective periods :
- a. Early medieval literature upto 1350 A.D. including folk literature.
- b. Late medicval period from 1350 A.D. to 1850 A.D.
- c. Renaissance period from 1850 A.D. to 1947 A.D.
- 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.
- (1) Poetry
a. "Shah Jo Choond Shair" : ed. H.I. Sadarangani, Published by Sahitya Akademi (First 100 pages)
b. "Sachal Jo Choond Kalam" : ed. Kalyan B. Advani Published by Sahitya Akademi (Kafis only)
c. "Sami-a-ja Choond Sloka" : ed. B.H. Nagrani Published by Sahitya Akademi (First 100 pages)
d. "Shair-e-Bewas" : by Kishinchand Bewas
("Saamoondi Sipoon" portion only)
e. "Roshan Chhanvro" : Narayan Shyam
f. "Virhange Khanpoije Sindhi Shair jee Choond" : ed. H.I. Sadarangani Published by Sahitya Akademi
- (2) Drama
g. "Behtareen Sindhi Natak" (One-act Plays) : Edited by M. Kamal Published by Gujarat Sindhi Academy.
h. "Kako Kaloomal" (Full-length Play) : by Madan Jumani
Section-B
References to context and critical appreciation of the texts included in this section.
- a. ‘Pakheeara Valar Khan Vichhrya’ (Novel) : by Gobind Malhi
- b. ‘Sat Deenhan’ (Novel) : by Krishan Khatwani
- c. ‘Choond Sindhi Kahanyoon’ (Short Stories) Vol. III. : Edited by Prem Prakash, Published by Sahitya Akademi.
- d. ‘Bandhan’ (Short Stories) : Sundari Uttamchandani
- e. ‘Behtareen Sindhi Mazmoon’ (Essays) : Edited by Hiro Thakur, published by Gujarat Sindhi Akademi.
- f. ‘Sindhi Tanqeed’ (Criticism) : Edited by Harish Vaswani : Published by Sahitya Akademi.
- g. ‘Mumhinjee Hayati-a ja Sona Ropa varqa’ (Autobiography) : by Popati Hiranandani
- h. "Dr. Choithram Gidwani" (Biography) : by Vishnu Sharma
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) - Civil Services Examination 2007
