UPSC Urdu Literature Syllabus For IAS Mains Exam 2024

The UPSC Urdu Literature Syllabus and the Exam Pattern 2024 is released by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) through their official notification. Candidates must keep checking the UPSC website to stay updated about the latest notifications. Candidates interested in choosing Urdu as their optional subject must read on to get details about the UPSC Urdu Literature Syllabus.

The UPSC Civil Service Exam Selection Process has three stages i.e., Prelims examination, Mains Examinations and Interview round.
The UPSC Syllabus offers several optional subjects such as Urdu Literature, English Literature, Tamil Literature, Marathi Literature etcetera.
Candidates are supposed to choose their Optional Subject and Indian Language from the available options as provided by the UPSC.
Both the Papers for Urdu Literature need to be written in Urdu only in the UPSC Mains Examination.

UPSC Aspirants are supposed to choose one optional subject for the Mains examination. There are a total of two papers for the Optional Subjects in the UPSC Mains Exam. Candidates looking for UPSC Urdu Literature Syllabus details have come to the right place. Read on this blog to get the syllabus details

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UPSC Urdu Literature Syllabus – Paper I & II

This Article details the UPSC Urdu Literature Syllabus for the candidates to organise their preparation and formulate a Plan of Action. The Selection Process consists of three stages i.e., Prelims examination, Mains Examinations and Interview round.

There are two papers of the Optional Subject in the Mains Examination stage of the UPSC Selection Process. Let us look at the UPSC Urdu Literature Syllabus 2024.

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The two Papers for the written examination of the UPSC Mains Urdu Literature subject– Optional Subject Paper-I and Optional Subject Paper-II. UPSC has given an elaborate section-wise syllabus for both the papers of the UPSC Urdu Literature subject. The topics included in the UPSC Urdu Literature Syllabus are:

UPSC Urdu Literature Syllabus
Section	Topics
Urdu Literature Syllabus For Optional Paper 1 (Answers must be written in Persian script)
Section-A	Development of Urdu Language: Development of Indo-Aryan Old Indo-Aryan Middle Indo-Aryan NewIndo-Aryan. Western Hindi and its dialects Brij Bhasha Khadi Boli, Haryanavi, Kannauji, Bundeli—Theories about the origin of Urdu language. Dakhani Urdu—origin and development, its significant linguistic features. Social and Cultural roots of Urdu language— and its distinctive features. Script, Phonology, Morphology, Vocabulary.
Section-B	Genres and their development : Poetry: Ghazal, Masnavi, Qasida, Marsia, Rubai Jadid Nazm. Prose: Novel, Short Story, Dastan, Drama, Inshaiya, Khutoot, Biography. Significant feaures of : Deccani, Delhi and Lucknow schools Sir Syed movement The Romantic movement Progressive movement Modernism. Literary Criticism and its development with reference to Hali, Shibli, Kaleemuddin Ahmad, Ehtisham Hussain, Ale-Ahmad Suroor. Essay writing(covering literary and imaginative topics).
Urdu Literature Syllabus For Optional Paper 2 (Answers must be written in Urdu)
Section-A	Mir Amman: Bagho-Babar Ghalib: Intikhab-e-Khutoot-e Ghalib Mohd. Husain Azad: Nairang-e-Khayal Prem Chand: Godan Rajendra Singh Bedi: Apne Dukh Mujhe Dedo Abul Kalam Azad: Ghubar-e-Khatir
Section-B	Mir: Intikhab-e-Kalam-e-Mir (Ed. Abdul Haq.) Mir Hasan: Sahrul Bayan Ghalib: Diwan-e-Ghalib Iqbal: Bal-e-Jibrail Firaq: Gul-e-Naghma Faiz: Dast-e-Saba Akhtruliman: Bint-e-Lamhat

UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam Pattern

The UPSC Civil Services Mains examination consists of many examinations of several different subjects. Check below the exam pattern of the UPSC Mains examination

Sr. No.	Paper	Subject	Marks
1.	Paper A	Indian Language (Qualifying)	300
2.	Paper B	English (Qualifying)	300
3.	Paper I	Essay	250
4.	Paper II	General Studies Paper I	250
5.	Paper III	General Studies Paper II	250
6.	Paper IV	General Studies Paper III	250
7.	Paper V	General Studies Paper IV	250
8.	Paper VI	Optional Subject Paper-I	250
9.	Paper VII	Optional Subject Paper-II	250
TOTAL			1750
INTERVIEW ROUND (PERSONALITY TEST)			275
GRAND TOTAL			2025

Each Paper would be of duration of 3 hours
The entire Mains Exam has two Qualifying rounds and seven merit-based papers
All papers are of the subjective type with no negative marking.
Indian Language and Optional Subjects are to be chosen by the candidate from the list of available options given by the UPSC.

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