The UPSC Optional Syllabus for Urdu is as given below:
| Urdu 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. |
| URDU |
| PAPER-I |
| (Answers must be written in Urdu) Section-A |
| Development of Urdu Language |
| a) Development of Indo-Aryan (i) Old IndoAryan (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) |
| 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 Azad Nairang-e-Khayal 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 |
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