UPSC Mains Exam Syllabus - Urdu Optional
UPSC Mains Exam Syllabus - Urdu Optional
PAPER-I:
(Answers must be written in Urdu)
Section-A:
Development of Urdu Language
a) Development of Indo-Aryan
(i) Old Indo-
Aryan
(ii) Middle Indo Aryan
(iii) New Indo
Aryan
b) Western Hindi and its dialects Brij
Bhasha Khadi Boli, Haryanavi Kannauji,
Bundeli-Theories about the origin of Urdu
Language
c) Dakhani Urdu-Origin and development,
its significant linguistic features.
d) Social and Cultural roots of Urdu language-
and its distinctive features.
Script, Phonology, Morphology, Vocabulary.
Section-B:
a) Genres and their development :
(i) Poetry: Ghazal, Masnavi, Qasida, Marsia,
Rubai, Jadid Nazm,
(ii) Prose : Novel, Short Story, Dastan,
Drama, Inshaiya, Khutoot, Biography.
b) Significant features of :
(i) Deccani, Delhi
and Lucknow schools
(ii) Sir Syed movement,
Romantic movement, Progressive
movement, Modernism.
c) Literary Criticism and its development
with reference to Hali, Shibli, Kaleemuddin
Ahmad, Ehtisham Hussain, Ale-Ahmad
Suroor.
d) Essay writing (covering literary and
imaginative topics)
IAS Mains General Studies Study Kit
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:
1. Mir Amman Bagho-Babar
2. Ghalib Intikhab-e-Khutoot-e
Ghalib
3. Mohd. Husain Nairang-e-Khayal
Azad
4. Prem Chand Godan
5. Rajendra Singh Apne Dukh Mujhe
Bedi Dedo
6. Abul Kalam Azad Ghubar-e-Khatir
Section-B:
1. Mir Intikhab-e-Kalam-e-Mir
(Ed. Abdul Haq.)
2. Mir Hasan Sahrul Bayan
3. Ghalib Diwan-e-Ghalib
4. Iqbal Bal-e-Jibrail
5. Firaq Gul-e-Naghma
6. Faiz Dast-e-Saba
7. Akhtruliman Bint-e-Lamhat
