ENGLISH
The syllabus consists of two papers, designed to test a first-hand and Critical reading of texts prescribed from the following periods in English Literature: Paper 1: 1600-1900 and Paper 2: 1900-1990.
There will be two compulsory questions in each paper: a) a short-notes question related to the topics for general study, and b) A critical analysis of UNSEEN passages both in prose and verse.
PAPER- I
Answers must be written in English.
Texts for detailed study are listed below. Candidates will also be required to show adequate knowledge of the following topics and movements:
The Renaissance: Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama; metaphysical Poetry; the Epic and the Mock-epic; Neo-classicism; Satire; the Romantic Movement; the Rise of the Novel; The Victorian Age.
Section A
1. William Shakespeare: King Lear and The Tempest.
2. John Donne. The following poems:
Canonization;
Death be not proud;
The Good Morrow;
On his Mistress going to bed;
The Relic.
3. John Milton: Paradise Lost, I, II, IV, IX
4. Alexander Pope. The Rape of the Lock.
5. William Wordsworth. The following poems:
Ode on Intimations of Immortality.
Tintern Abbey.
Three Years she grew.
She dwelt among untrodden ways.
Michael.
Resolution and Independence.
The World is too much with us.
Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour.
Upon Westminster Bridge.
6. Alfred Tennyson: In Memoriam.
7. Henrik Ibsen: A Dolls House.
Section B
1. Jonathan Swift. Gullivers Travels.
2. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
3. Henry Fielding. Tom Junes.
4. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
5. George Eliot. The Mill on the Floss.
6. Thomas Hardy. Tess of the dUrbervilles.
7. Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
PAPER II
Answers must be written in English-Texts for detailed study are listed below. Candidates will also be required to show adequate knowledge of the following topics and movements:
Modernism; Poets of the thirties; The stream-of-consciousness Novel; Absurd Drama; Colonialism and Post-Colonialism; Indian Writing in English; Marxist, Psychoanalytical and Feminist approaches to literature; Post-Modernism.
Section A
1. William Butler Yeats. The following poems:
Easter 1916
The Second Coming
A Prayer for my daughter.
Sailing to Byzantium,
The Tower.
Among School Children.
Leda and the Swan.
Meru
Lapis Lazuli
The Second Coming
Byzantium.
2. T.S. Eliot. The following poems:
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Journey of the Magi.
Burnt Norton.
3. W.H. Auden. The following Poems:
Partition
Musee des Beaux Arts
In Memory of W.B. Yeats
Lay your sleeping head, my love
The Unknown Citizen
Consider
Mundus Et Infans
The Shield of Achilles
September 1, 1939
Petition. .
4. John Osborne: Look Back in Anger.
5. Samuel Beckett. Waiting for Godot.
6. Philip Larkin. The following poems:
Next
Plaese
Deceptions Afternoons
Days
Mr. Bleaney
7. A.K. Ramanujan. The following poems:
Looking for a causim on a Swing
A River
Of Mothers, among other Things
Love Poem for a Wife 1
Small-Scale Reflections on a Great House
Obituary
(All these poems are available in the anthology Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets, edited by R. Parthasarthy, published by Oxford University Press, New Delhi)
Section B
1. Joseph Conrad. Lord Jim
2. James Joyce. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
3. D.H. Lawrence. Sons and Lovers.
4. E.M. Forster. A Passage to India.
5. Virginia Woolf. Mrs Dalfoway.
6. Raja Rao. Kanthapura.
7. V.S. Naipal. A House for Mr. Biswas.
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Scheme Of The Examination
a. Preliminary Examination (Objective Type)
The Preliminary Examination will be of a Test for selection of candidates for the Main Examination and would compromise of the following subjects:
Sl No.
Test
No.of Questions
Marks
Duration
1
Reasoning Ability
75
75
3 Hrs
2
General Awareness
75
75
3 Hrs
3
Arithmetic
75
75
3 Hrs
4
Language paper English/Hindi
75
75
3 Hrs
Total
300
300
Note :--
i. The papers in all the subjects will be of Objective Type (Multiple Choice Type).
ii. Question Papers (Test Booklets) in Reasoning Ability, General Awareness and Arithmetic will be set both in English and Hindi.
iii. Part (iv)-Language Paper (English or Hindi) will be of qualifying nature and the marks secured by the candidates in this part will
The Combined Matric Prelim. Exam. is to test for selection of candidates for the Main Examination for the different categories of posts mentioned in first paragraph. The written exam. will comprise one paper with two parts.
Test
Marks
Time allowed
Part I
General Intelligence
100
2 Hrs
Part II
General Awareness
100
2 Hrs
Note :-
The questions in all the tests will be "Objective Multiple-Choice-Type". Candidates will be required to qualify in each of the two tests separately. The questions will be set in English and Hindi.
Main Examinations
The Main Examinations will be of descriptive-type.
Typewriting Test/Shorthand Test
The candidates who qualify the Main Exam(s) will have to undergo a Typewriting
The competitive examination comprises two successive stages:
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and 1 (ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts.
2. The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of Objective type (Multiple choice questions) and carry a-maximum of 450 marks in the subjects set out in sub-section (A) of Section II. This xamination is meant to serve as a screening test only;
The main Examination is intended to assess the overall intellectual traits and depth of understanding of candidates rather than merely the range of their information and memory.
The scope of the syllabus for the optional subject papers for the examination is broadly of the honours degree level i.e. a level higher than the bachelors degree and lower than the masters degree! In the case of Engineering and law, the level corresponds to the bachelors degree.
Compulsory Subjects
English And Indian Languages
The aim of the paper is to test the candidates ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and to express his ideas
The written examination consists of the following papers:
Paper I One of the Indian Languages to be selected by 300 marks
the candidates from the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution
Paper II English -
The Civil Services Examination consists of two successive stages: (i) Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination; and (ii) Civil Services Main Exam. (Written & Interview) for selection of candidates for the various services and posts noted below. After appearing at the Preliminary Exam., candidates who are declared successful to have qualified for admission to the Main Exam, (held during October/November) have to apply again, in the detailed application form which is supplied to them. Number of vacancies for 2006 exams, have been notified as 495 approx. (liable to alteration).
(a) A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Administrative Service or the Indian Foreign Service on the results of an earlier examination and continues to be a member of that Service will not be eligible to compete at this examination.
In case such a candidate is appointed to the IAS/IFS after the Preliminary Examination of Civil Service Examination, is over and he/she continues to be a member of that service, he/she shall not be eligible to appear in the Civil Services Main Examination notwithstanding h^/her having qualified in the Preliminary Examination.
Also provided that if such a candidate is appointed to
1. Introduction
This examination is held once a year, generally in the month of August. The blank application and particulars are published in the Employment News, usually in the month of March. The last date for the submission of applications is usually first week of April every year.
2. Eligibility
a. Age Limits:
18 to 28 years on the first June of the year of examination.
b. Educational Qualifications:
Pass in Higher Secondary with 60% marks of Graduate of a recognized University.
3. Examination Fee
Rs. 40/- (Rs. Forty only). No fee for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, Physically Handicapped, Ex-Servicemen and
Scheme Of The Examination
The Combined Preliminary Examination will be of a Test for selection of candidates for the Main Examination for the different categories of posts, mentioned in the first paragraphs, and would comprise the following subjects:
Paper
No. of Questions
Marks
Duration
Part A General Intelligence &
General Awareness
100
100
2 Hrs
Part B Arithmetic
100
100
2 Hrs
Note :-
a. Both Parts A & B will be of objective type (multiple choice type).
b. Question Papers (Test Booklets) for both the Parts in Preliminary Exam will be set both in English and Hindi.
A candidate must hold a degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State legislature in India or other Educational Institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.
Note I: Candidates who have appeared at an examination the passing of which would render them educationally qualified for the Commissions examination but have not been informed of the results as also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination will also
Scheme Of The Examination
The examination comprises:
a.Part A
Written Test
b. Part A
Shorthand Tests in Hindi or in English for those who qualify at the written test.
Part A
The subjects of the examination, the time allowed and the maximum marks for each subject will as follows:
Written Test
I
General Test (Objective)
General English
200
2 Hrs
General Knowledge
II
Essay
100
2 Hrs
Part B
Shorthand Test in Hindi or English for those who qualify in the written test-300 marks.
Note:
a. Paper II of the written examination shall be evaluated of only those candidates who attain a minimum qualifying standard in Paper 1 as may
Scheme of the Examination
The subjects of the examination, the time allowed and the maximum marks for each subject will be as follows:
Sl No.
Test
Questions No.
Marks
Duration
1
General Intelligence
50
50
..
2
General Awareness
50
50
2 Hrs
3
Comprehension and Writing Ability in English
50
50
..
4
Arithmetic
50
50
..
Total
200
200
Note :-
Both the question paper will contain "Objective Multiple Choice" items, each containing four alternative responses. All parts except Comprehension and Writing Ability of English will be printed in both Hindi and English.
Introduction
The Combined Graduate Prelim Examination is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for selecting the candidates for the main examinations for the following recruitments:
a. Assistants Grade [Group `B' Non-Gazetted) for the groups of services/offices like AFHQ CSS, Railway Board, IFS (B) and Posts in offices like Research Designs & Standards Organization, Central Vigilance Commission, etc.
b. Inspectors of Central Excise, Income Tax, Preventive Officer in Custom Houses, Assistant Enforcement Officers, etc.
c. Sub-Inspectors in CBI.
d. Sub-Inspectors of Police in Central Police Organizations, [BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP),
e. Divisional Accountants/Auditors/Junior Accountants/ UDCs, in various Central Government Departments.
The
PAPER -I
Answers must be written in French except in the care of question requiring translation from French to English.
Section A
1. Main trends in French Literature
a) Classicism
b) Romanticism
c) Realism
2. Art in France
a) Romanticism
b) Realism
c) Impressionism
3. The Vth Republic
(a) De Gaulle and
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Admission to the M.A., MSW and P.G. Diploma Courses 2007
Applications are invited to the following academic programmes for the academic year 2007-08 in the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady and Regional Centre, Name of the centre and details of course offered all the Centres are given as under.
Main Centre, Kalady
a) M.A. Malayalam, Hindi, English, History, Philosophy, Music, Dance (Bharathanatyam, Mohiniyottom), Theatre, Comparative Literature, Sanskrit Sahitya, Vedanta, Vyakarana, Nyaya, Psychology and Vedic Studies.
b) M.S.W
c) P.G. Diploma
i) Tourism
ii) Translation and office proceedings
