Odisha Public Service Commission Syllabus for Mains

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The Odisha Public Service Commission is the state agency authorized to conduct the Civil Services Examination for entry-level appointments to the various civil services of Odisha. Here is a Detailed Syllabus for Odisha Civil Services Main Exam Paper Urdu.

Odisha Civil Services Examination

OPSC Optional Paper - Urdu

Paper-I

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 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 : Dastan, Novel, Short Story, Drama, Inshaiya, Khutoot, Biography.

b) Significant features of : (i) Deccani, Delhi and Lucknow schools

(ii) Sir Syed movement, Romantic movement, Progressive movement, Modernism (iii) Development of Urdu prose and poetry in Odisha

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

Section-A

1. Mir Amman - Bagho-Babar
2. Ghalib - Intikhab-e-Khutoot-e Ghalib
3. Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan - Intekhab-e-Mazamin-e Sir Sayed.
4. Prem Chand - Godan
5. Krishan Chander - Ann Data
6. Abul Kalam Azad - Ghubar-e-Khatir

Section-B

1. Mir - Intikhab-e-Kalam-eMir (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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