Civil Service Exam Syllabus for IAS Main Exam – Gujarati
Paper-I
Answers must be written in Gujarati
Section-A
Gujarati Language: Form and history
1. History of Gujarati Language with special reference to New Indo-Aryan i.e. last one thousand years.
2. Significant features of the Gujarati language: Phonology, morphology and syntax.
3. Major dialects: Surti, Pattani, charotari and Saurashtri.
History of Gujarati Literature
Medieval :
Ashwatthama- Sitanshu Yash-aschandra
4. Jaina tradition
5.Bhakti tradition: Sagun and Nirgun (Jnanmargi)
6. Non-sectarian tradition (Laukik parampara)
Modern:
7. Sudharak yug
8. Pandit yug
9. Gandhi yug
10.Anu-Gandhi yug
11. Adhunik yug
Section-B
Literary Forms : (Salient features, history and development of the following literary forms):
(a) Medieval
- Narratives: Rasa, Akhyan and Padyavarta
- Lyrical: Pada
(b) Folk
- Bhavai
(c) Modern
- Fiction: Novel and short story
- Drama
- Literary Essay
- Lyrical Poetry
(d) Criticism
- History of theoretical Gujarati criticism
- Recent research in folk tradition
Paper-II
Answers must be written in Gujarati
The paper will reqire first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the critical ability of the candidate.
Section-A
1. Medieval
- Vasantvilas phagu-Ajnatkrut
- Kadambari-Bhalan
- Sudamacharitra-Premanand
- Chandrachandravatini varta-Shamal
- Akhegeeta-Akho
2. Sudharakyug & Pandityug
- Mari Hakikat-Narmadashankar Dave
- Farbasveerah- Dalpatram
- Saraswatichandra-Part-I Govar-dhanram Tripathi
- Purvalap- ‘Kant’ (Manishankar Ratnaji Bhatt)
- Raino Parvat-Ramanbhai Neel-kanth
Section-B
1. Gandhiyug & Anu Gandhiyug
- Hind Swaraj-Mohandas Kar-machand Gandhi
- Patanni Prabhuta- Kanhaiyalal Munshi
- Kavyani Shakti- Ramnarayan Vish-wanath Pathak
- Saurashtrani Rasdhar Part 1- Zaver-chand Meghani
- Manvini Bhavai-Pannalal Patel
- Dhvani-Rajendra Shah
2. Adhunik yug
- Saptapadi-Umashankar Joshi
- Janantike- Suresh Joshi
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