OPSC Main Exam Syllabus : Urdu
Updated on: Apr 18, 2013
Paper-I
Answers must be written in Urdu.
Section A
Development of Urdu Language
1. Development of Indo-Aryan
3. Dakhani Urdu-Origin and development, its significant linguistic features.
4. Social and Cultural roots of Urdu language-and its distinctive features. Script, Phonology, Morphology, Vocabulary
Section B
1. Genres and their development
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. Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan - Intekhab-e-Mazamin-eSir Sayed.
4. Prem Chand - Godan
5. Krishan Chander - Ann Data
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. Ali Sardar Jafri - Patthar-ki-Diwar
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Answers must be written in Urdu.
Section A
Development of Urdu Language
1. Development of Indo-Aryan
- Old Indo-Aryan
- Middle Indo
- Aryan
- New Indo Aryan
3. Dakhani Urdu-Origin and development, its significant linguistic features.
4. Social and Cultural roots of Urdu language-and its distinctive features. Script, Phonology, Morphology, Vocabulary
Section B
1. Genres and their development
1. Poetry : Ghazal, Masnavi, Qasida, Marsia, Rubai, Jadid Nazm,2. Significant features of
2. Prose : Dastan, Novel, Short Story, Drama, Inshaiya, Khutoot, Biography.
1. Deccani, Delhi and Lucknow schoolsPaper-II
2. Sir Syed movement, Romantic movement, Progressive movement, Modernism
3. Development of Urdu prose andpoetry in Orissa
4. Literary Criticism and its development with reference to Hali, Shibli, Kaleemuddin Ahmad, Ehtisham Hussain, Ale-Ahmad Suroor.
5. Essay writing (covering literary and imaginative topics)
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. Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan - Intekhab-e-Mazamin-eSir Sayed.
4. Prem Chand - Godan
5. Krishan Chander - Ann Data
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. Ali Sardar Jafri - Patthar-ki-Diwar
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