UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus Dogri Paper-I

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination Syllabus Paper VI (Optional Paper)

History of Dogri Language and Literature
(Answers must be written in Dogri)
Section- A 
History of Dogri Language
1. Dogri language: Origin and development through different stages.
2. Linguistic boundaries of Dogri and its dialects.
3. Characteristic features of Dogri language
4. Structure of Dogri Language:
(a)  Sound Structure: Segmental: Vowels and Consonants
Non-segmental: Length, Stress, Nasalization, Tone and Juncture.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Bodo-II

Paper VII (Optional Paper)

The Paper will require first-hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the critical ability of the candidates. 
(Answers must be written in Bodo) 

Section – A 

(a) Khonthai – Methai (Edited by Madaram Brahma & Rupnath Brahma.)
(b) Hathorkhi-Hala (Edited by Pramod Chandra Brahma)
(c)  Boroni Gudi Sibsa Arw Aroz    : Madaram Brahma
(d)  Raja Nilambar  : Dwarendra Nath Basumatary
(e) Bibar (prose section) (Edited by Satish Chandra Basumatary)

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Bodo-I

Paper VI (Optional Paper)

History of Bodo Language and Literature 
(Answers must be written in Bodo) 

Section- A 

History of Bodo Language 
1. Homeland, language family, its present status and its mutual contact    with Assamese.
2. (a) Phonemes : Vowel and Consonant Phonemes
(b) Tones.