Assamese Syllabus for IAS Main Exam 2011

May 1, 2013, 16:28 IST

Here is the syllabus of Assamese for IAS (Main) Exam 2011 to be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in October/ November 2011.

Syllabus
Syllabus

Union PubliC Service Commission (UPSC) conducts Civil Services Examination for appointment to the various services including India Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), and Indian Police Service (IPS).The syllabus to be covered for the Assamese is divided in two parts as mentioned below:

ASSAMESE

PAPER-I


(Answers must be written in Assamese)

Section-A

Language

(a) History of the origin and development of the Assamese language-its position among the Indo-Aryan Languagesperiods in its history.

(b) Developments of Assamese prose.

(c) Vowels and consonants of the Assamese languages-rules of phonetic changes with stress on Assamese coming down from Old Indo-Aryan.

(d) Assamese vocabulary-and its sources.

(e) Morphology of the language-conjugation- enclitic definitives and pleonastic suffixes.

(f) Dilectical divergences-the standard colloquial and the Kamrupi dialect in particulars.

(g) Assamese scripts-its evolution through the ages till 19th century A.D.

Section-B

Literary Criticism and Literary History

(a) Principles of Literary criticism upto New criticism.

(b) Different literary genres.

(c) Development of literary forms in Assamese.

(d) Development of literary criticism in Assamese.

(e) Periods of the literary history of Assam from the earliest beginnings, i.e. from the period of the charyyageets with their socio-cultural background : the proto Assamese-Pre-Sankaradeva- Sankaradeva-post Sankaradeva- Modern period (from the coming of the Britishers)-Post-Independence period. Special emphasis is to be given on the Vaisnavite period, the gonaki and the post-Independence period.

PAPER-II

This paper will require first-hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidates’ critical ability. Answers must be written in Assamese

Section-A

Rãmãyana (Ayodhya Kãnda only)-by Madhava Kandali. Pãrijãt-Harana-by Sankaradeva. Rãsakrïdã-by Sankaradeva (From Kirtana Ghosa). Bargeet-by Madhavadeva Rãjasûya-by Madhavadeva. Kãthã-Bhãgavata (Books I and II)-by Baikunthanath Bhattacharyya. Gurucarit-Kathã (Sankaradeva’s Part only)- ed. by Maheswar Neog.

Section-B

Mor Jeevan Soñwaran-by Lakshminath Bezbaroa. Kripãbar Barbaruãr Kãkatar Topola-by Lakshminath Bezbaroa. Pratimã-by Chandra Kumar Agarwalla. Gãoñburhã-by Padmanath Gohain Barua.Monamatî-by Rajanikanta Bordoloi. Purani Asamîyã Sãhitya-by Banikanta Kakati. Kãrengar Ligirî-by Jyotiprasad Agarwalla Jeevanar Bãtat-by Bina Barwa (Birinchi Kumar Barua) Mrityunjoy-by Birendrakumar Bhattachary-ya Samrãt-by Navakanta Barua.

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