(1) English Literature Period I
Scott, Wordsworth, Lamb, Keats, Shelly, Byrone and Jane Austen.
(2) English Literature Period II 1832-1901
Carlyle, Dickens, Thackery, Tennyson, Browning, Mathew Arnold and Thomas Hardy.
Note: - Special attention should be paid to the authors named and a candidate will be expected to be familiar with some of their works. A candidate will also be expected to have studied the literary history of this period and done some independent reading outside the author’s named. In marking the paper importance will be attached to evidence of wide reading and independent judgment.
(3) Arabic
Translation from the language into English and from English to the Language.
(4) Persian
Translation from the language into English and from English to the Language.
(5) French
Translation from the language into English and from English to the Language.
(6) Sanskirt
Composition on one or more specified subjects. Questions may be asked on the grammer of the Language.
(7) Latin
Composition on one or more specified subjects. Questions may be asked on the grammer of the Language.
(8) German.
Composition on one or more specified subjects. Questions may be asked on the grammer of the Language.
(9) History of Urdu Literature/History of Sindhi Literature
Candidates will be expected to know the best known works in the language and possess a knowledge of the history of the literature and such knowledge of general social history as will enable them to understand the literature.
(10) Arabic Literature, Period I
(i) Pre-Islamic Poetry.
(ii) The Holy Quran.
(iii) Tafsir Literature.
(iv) Evolution of Hadith Literature.
(v) Origin and Development of early Prose.
(vi) Omayyad Period Poets and Prose writers.
(11) Arabic Literature, Period II
(i) Abbasid Period Poets, Scientists, prose writers, geographers, historians philosophers, medical writers etc,
(12) Persian Literature, Period I
Upto 1500 A.D. The candidates will also be expected to answer questions regarding the cultural background Persian Literature in the above period.
(13) Persian Literature, Period II
After 1500 A.D. including also the literature produced in the indo Pakistan Sub-continent. The candidates will also be expected to answer questions regarding the cultural background Persian Literature in the above period.