The UPSC Optional Syllabus for Sindhi is as given below:
| Sindhi Literature Syllabus – Civil Services Mains Exam UPSC : |
| Optional Subject consists of 2 papers. Each paper is of 250 marks, making a total of 500 marks. SINDHI |
| 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 or 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 |
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