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Punjabi Literature Syllabus For UPSC 2020

IAS Exam has one of the optional literature paper as Punjabi. It has two papers (1 & 2), each of 250 marks summing up to 500 for the paper. The duration of each paper is 3 hours. This paper proves to be a scoring subject for aspirants who are well versed & acquainted with the Punjabi language. Having knowledge of the grammatical aspects of the language is also important. It is easy to crack this optional subject for those who are native Punjabi speakers and familiar with it. This article provides you with the latest Punjabi literature syllabus for UPSC IAS Mains 2020.

UPSC Punjabi Optional Syllabus (Paper 1 and 2) – PDF Download

UPSC Mains Punjabi Syllabus Paper – I

Answers must be written in Punjabi in Gurumukhi Script.

Section A

• Origin of Punjabi language : different stages of development and recent development in Punjabi language : characteristics of Punjabi phonology and the study of its tones: classification of vowels and consonants.
• Punjabi morphology : the number-gender system (animate and inanimate), prefixes, affixes and different categories of Post positions: Punjabi word formation: Tatsam. Tad Bhav, forms: Sentence structure, the notion of subject and object in Punjabi: Noun and verb phrases.
• Language and dialect; the notions of dialect and idiolect;major dialects of Punjabi; Pothohari, Majhi, Doabi, Malwai, Puadhi; the validity of speech variation on the basis of social stratification, the distinctive features of various dialects with special reference to tones. Language and script; origin and development of Gurmukhi; suitability of Gurmukhi for Punjabi.
• Classical background; Nath Jogi Sahit
  Medieval literature : Gurmat, Sufti, Kissa and Var Janamsakhis.

Section B

• Modern trends Mystic, romantic, progressive and neomystic (Vir Singh, Puran Singh, Mohan Singh, Amrita Pritam, Bawa Balwant, Pritam Singh Safeer, J.S. Neki).
  Experimentalist (Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Ravinder Ravi,Ajaib Kamal)
  Aesthetes (Harbhajan Singh, Tara Singh)
  Neo-progressive (Pash. Jagtar,Patar)
  Origin and Development of Genres :
• Folk literature Folk songs, Folk tales. Riddles,Proverbs.
  Epic (Vir Singh, Avtar Singh, Azad Mohan Singh)
  Lyric (Gurus, Sufis and Modern Lyricists-Mohan Singh Amrita Pritam, Shiv Kumar, Harbhajan Singh)
• Drama (I.C. Nanda, Harcharan Singh, Balwant Gargi,S.S.Sekhon, Charan Das Sidhu)
  Novel (Vir Singh, Nanak Singh, Jaswant Singh Kanwal, K.S.Duggal, Sukhbir, Gurdial Singh, Dalip Kaur Tiwana, Swaran Chandan)
  Short Story (Sujan Singh, K.S. Virk. Prem Parkash, Waryam Sandhu).
• Socio-cultural   Sanskrit, Persian Literary influences : and Western.
  Essay (Puran Singh, Teja Singh, Gurbaksh Singh)
  Literary Criticism (S.S. Sekhon, Attar Singh, Kishan Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Najam Hussain Sayyad).

UPSC Mains Punjabi Syllabus Paper – II

Answers must be written in Punjabi in Gurumukhi Script.

This paper will require first-hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidate’s critical ability.

Section A

• Sheikh Farid The complete Bani as included in the Adi Granth.
• Guru Nanak Japu Ji Baramah, Asa di Var
• Bulleh Shah Kafian
• Waris Shah Heer

Section B

• Shah Mohammad Jangnama (Jang Singhan te Firangian)
  Dhani Ram Chatrik (Poet) Chandan Vari
  Sufi Khana
  Nawan Jahan
• Nanak Singh (Novelist) Chitta Lahu
  Pavittar Papi
  Ek Mian Do Talwaran
• Gurbaksh Singh (Essayist) Zindagi di Ras
  Nawan Shivala
  Merian Abhul Yadaan.
  Balraj Sahni (Travelogue) Mera Roosi Safarnama
  Mera Pakistani Safarnama
• Balwant Gargi (Dramatist) Loha Kutt
  Dhuni-di-Agg
  Sultan Razia
  Sant Singh Sekhon (Critic) Sahityarth
  Parsidh Punjabi Kavi
  Punjabi Kav Shiromani

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Facts about the Punjabi Language

Punjabi is the language that is native to the state of Punjab. It features amongst the top ten most spoken languages in the world. Punjabi culture is spread across both Punjab in India and some parts of Pakistan. Punjab uses Punjabi as the official language of its state. The language derives its name from the name of the native state it belongs to and means the language of the land of five rivers.

The language is the fourth most widely spoken language in the UK. The language has equal prominence in the US, UAE, Australia and Saudi Arabian countries.

It is unique that Punjabi does not follow a single script format. The language and its patterns can be well represented in more than one script, and thus we have Punjabi representations in Gurumukhi and Shahmukhi scripts. Around the world, there are very few languages that use more than one script for representing their language in the written form.

An alteration of the pitch in the spoken language represents different words and the likeliness of having to use different consonants to represent different words is a rarity in the Punjabi language. We can find a whole list of Punjabi words that sound very similar, except that they have variations in their tone and hence their meaning also changes accordingly.

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