Civil Service Exam Syllabus for IAS Main Exam – Assamese
Paper-I
Answers must be written in Assamese
Section-A
Language
- History of the origin and development of the Assamese language-its position among the Indo-Aryan Languages-periods in its history.
- Developments of Assamese prose.
- Vowels and consonants of the Assamese languages-rules of phonetic changes with stress on Assamese coming down from Old Indo-Aryan.
- Assamese vocabulary-and its sources.
- Morphology of the language-conjugation-enclitic definitives and pleonastic suffixes.
- Dilectical divergences-the standard colloquial and the Kamrupi dialect in particulars.
- Assamese scripts-its evolution through the ages till 19th century A.D.
Section-B
Literary Criticism and Literary History
- Principles of Literary criticism upto New criticism.
- Different literary genres.
- Development of literary forms in Assamese.
- Development of literary criticism in Assamese.
- 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 fist-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 Kirt
ana 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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