Syllabus of  “Manipuri” Paper-1  (Answers must be written in Manipuri) SECTION-A Language: a) General characteristics of Manipuri Language and history of its development; its Importance and status among the Tibeto Burman Languages of North-East India; recent development in the study of Manipuri language; evolution and study of old Manipuri script. b) Significant features of Manipuri language : 1) Phonology-Phoneme-vowels, consonants juncture, tone, consonant cluster and its occurrence, syllable-its structure, pattern and...

Syllabus of “Malyalam” Paper – 1 (Answers must be written in Malayalam) SECTION-A Unit 1-Early phase of Malayalam Language: 1.1 Various theories: origin from proto Dravidian, Tamil, Sanskrit.  1.2 Relation between Tamil and Malayalam: Six nayas of A.R. Rajarajavaran 1.3 Pattu school-definition, Ramacharitam, later pattu works-Niranam works at Krishnagatha. Unit 2-Linguistic features of : 2.1 Manipravalam-definition. Language of early manipravala works-Champ Sandesakavya, Chandrotsava, minor works. Later Manipravala work P medieval Champu...

Syllabus of “Maithili” Paper-1 History of Maithili Language and its Literature (Answer to be written in Maithili) PART-A History of Maithili Language 1. Place of Maithili in Indo-European language family. 2. Origin and development of Maithili language. (Sanskrit, Prakrit, Avhatt, Maithili) 3. Periodic division ofMaithili Language. (Beginning, Middle era, Modern era) 4. Maithili and its different dialects. 5. Relationship between Maithili and other Eastern languages (Bengali,1 Assamese, Oriya). 6. Origin and...

Syllabus of ” Law”  Paper-1 Constitutional and Administrative Law 1. Constitution and Constitutionalism: The distinctive features of the Constitution. 2. Fundamental rights – Public interest litigation; Legal Aid; Legal services authority. 3. Relationship between fundamental rights, directive principles and fundamental duties. 4. Constitutional position of the President and relation with the Council of Ministers. 5. Governor and his powers. 6. Supreme Court and High Courts: (a) Appointments and transfer. (b) Powers,...

Syllabus of “Konkani” Paper-1 (Answers must be written in Konkani) SECTION-A History of the Konkani Language: (i) Origin and development of the language and influences on it. (ii) Major variants of Konkani and their linguistic features. (iii) Grammatical and lexicographic work in Konkani, including a study of cases, adverbs, indeclinables and voices, (iv) Old Standard Konkani, new Standard and standardisation problems. SECTION-B History of Konkani literature: Candidates would be expected to...

Syllabus of “Kashmiri” Paper-1 (Answers must be written in Kashmiri) SECTION-A  1. Genealogical relationship of the Kashmiri language: various theories. 2. Areas of occurrence and dialects (geographical/social) 3. Phonology and grammar: i. Vowel and consonant system; ii. Nouns and pronouns with various case inflections; iii. Verbs: various types and tenses. 4. Syntactic structure: i. Simple, active and declarative statements; ii. Coordination; iii. Relativisation. SECTION-B 1. Kashmiri literature in the 14th century...

Kannada  Paper-1 (Answers must be written in Kannada) SECTION-A A. History of Kannada Language What is Language? General characteristics of Language. Dravidian Family of Languages and its specific features, Antiquity of Kannada Language, Different Phases of its Development. Dialects of Kannada Language: Regional and Social Various aspects of development of Kannada Language: phonological and Semantic changes. Language borrowing. B. History of Kannada Literature Ancient Kannada literature : Influence and Trends. Poets...

Syllabus of “Hindi” Paper-1 (Answers must be written in Hindi) SECTION-A 1. History of Hindi Language and Nagari Lipi. I. Grammatical and applied forms of Apbhransh, Awahatta & Arambhik Hindi. II Development of Braj and Awadhi as literary language during medieval period. III. Early form of Khari-boli in Siddha-Nath Sahitya, Khusero, Sant Sahitaya, Rahim etc. and Dakhni Hindi. IV. Development of Khari-boli and Nagari Lipi during 19th Century. V. Standardisation of Hindi...