JL DL English syllabus- APPSC /TGPSC/ TREIRB (gurukulam)

APPSC JL DL ENGLISH 

Scheme of Exam: 

Papers	No. of   Questions	Duration   (Minutes)	Maximum   Marks
PART-A: Written ‘Examination (Objective Type)
Paper-1: General Studies & Mental Ability	150	150	150
Paper-2:  English subject	150	150	300
PART-B: Interview (Oral Test)			50
TOTAL			500

SYLLABUS:

PAPER-1: GENERAL STUDIES & MENTAL ABILITY

1. Events of national and international importance.

2. Current affairs- international, national and regional.

3. General Science and its applications to the day to day life Contemporary developments in Science & Technology and Information Technology

4. The social-economic and political history of modern India with emphases on Indian national movement.

5. Indian polity and governance: constitutional issues, public policy, reforms, and e-governance initiatives.

6. Economic development in India since independence.

7. Physical geography of India sub-continent.

8. Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention, and mitigation strategies, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of Disaster

9. Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection

10. Logical reasoning, analytical ability, and data interpretation.

11. Data Analysis: Tabulation of data

Visual representation of data

Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean and variance coefficient of variation etc.,) and Interpretation

12. Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its Administrative, Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, and legal implications/problems, including

a). Loss of capital city challenges in building new capital and it’s financial implications.

b). Division and rebuilding of common Institutions.

c). Division of employees, their relocation and nativity issues. d). Effect of bifurcation on commerce and entrepreneurs.

e). Implications to financial resources of state government.

f). The task of post-bifurcation infrastructure development and opportunities for investments.

g). The socioeconomic, cultural and demographic impact of bifurcation.

h). Impact of bifurcation on river water sharing and consequential issues.

i). AP REORGANISATION ACT, 2014 on AP and the arbitrariness of certain provisions.



PAPER-2-SUBJECT: ENGLISH

I. Movements and Concepts

Renaissance, Metaphysical poetry, Neo-classicism, Romanticism, Rise of the novel, Modernism, Postmodernism, Colonialism, Postcolonialism, Diaspora, Psychoanalytical criticism, Myth and archetype, Feminism, Structuralism, Poststructuralism, Deconstruction.



II. Writers and Texts

1) William Shakespeare Hamlet, Tempest

2) John Milton Paradise Lost-Book 1 and Book 9

3) William Wordsworth “Immortality Ode”, Tintern Abbey

4) John Keats “Ode to a Nightingale”, “To Autumn”

5) Robert Browning “My Last Duchess”, “The Last Ride Together”

6) Charles Dickens David Copperfield

7) TS Eliot “The Waste Land”, Murder in the Cathedral

8) GB Shaw Saint Joan

9) Virginia Woolf “A Room of One’s Own”

10) Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot

11) William Golding Lord of the Flies

12) Robert Frost “Home Burial”, “The Road Not Taken”

13) Eugene O’Neill The Hairy Ape

14) Toni Morrison Beloved

15) Mulk Raj Anand Untouchable

16) AK Ramanujan “Love Poem for a Wife”, “Small-Scale

Reflections on a Great House”

17) Girish Karnad Hayavadana

18) Salman Rushdie Midnight’s Children

19) Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart

20) Margaret Atwood Edible Woman

21) AD Hope “Australia”, “Crossing the Frontier”

22) Bessie Head A Question of Power



III. English Language Teaching

1) ELT in India: (History and status of English in India; English as Second Language, English as Foreign Language, and English as Global Language).

2) Methods and Approaches: (Grammar-Translation method, Direct method, Audio- Lingual method; Structural approach, Communicative language teaching)

3) The teaching of Language Skills: (Teaching of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing Skills; Teaching of Grammar and Functional English; Teaching of Vocabulary; Classroom Techniques; Use of authentic materials)

4) Testing and Evaluation: (Principles, Types, Objectives of testing and evaluation) 5) Phonetics and Phonology; Syntax and Structure.

TGPSC/TREIRB JL DL ENGLISH 

Scheme of Exam: 

Papers	No. of   Questions	Duration   (Minutes)	Maximum   Marks
Paper-1: General Studies & Mental Ability	150	150	150
Paper-2:  English subject	150	150	300
TOTAL			450

SYLLABUS:

PAPER – I: GENERAL STUDIES AND GENERAL ABILITIES 

1. Current affairs – Regional, National and International. 

2. International Relations and Events. 

3. General Science; India’s Achievements in Science and Technology.

4. Environmental issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation Strategies. 

5. Economic and Social Development of India and Telangana. 

6. Physical, Social and Economic Geography of India. 

7. Physical, Social and Economic Geography and Demography of Telangana. 

8. Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Modern India with special emphasis on Indian National Movement. 

9. Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Telangana with special emphasis on Telangana Statehood Movement and formation of Telangana state. 

10. Indian Constitution; Indian Political System; Governance and Public Policy. 

11. Social Exclusion; Rights issues such as Gender, Caste, Tribe, Disability etc. and inclusive policies. 

12. Society, Culture, Heritage, Arts and Literature of Telangana. 

13. Policies of Telangana State. 

14. Logical Reasoning; Analytical Ability and Data Interpretation. 

15. Basic English (10th class Standard).

PAPER – II: ENGLISH

Part No	Topics
I	Genres, Movements, Schools, Concepts. · Renaissance-Reformation, Metaphysical poetry, Neo-classicism, Puritanism, Restoration, Romanticism, Victorian Age, Realism-Naturalism, Expressionism, Symbolism, Modernism, Postmodernism. · Structuralism, Poststructuralism, Feminism, Postcolonialism, Diaspora, Race Gender and Caste. · English Literary Criticism from Philip Sydney to Matthew Arnold · New Criticism, Formalism, Archetypal criticism, New Historicism, Psychoanalytical criticism, Reader response criticism. · Literary Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Prose, Drama (origins and development, elements, forms, types)
II	Writers and Texts i. Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus ii. William Shakespeare Hamlet iii. John Milton Paradise Lost-Book 1 iv. William Wordsworth “Immortality Ode”, Tintern Abbey v. Robert Browning “My Last Duchess”, “Andrea del Sarto” vi. Thomas Hardy Tess of the d’ Urbervilles vii. TS Eliot The Waste Land viii. G.B. Shaw Saint Joan ix. Virginia Woolf “A Room of One’s Own” x. William Golding Lord of the Flies xi. Walt Whitman “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, ”Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” xii. Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman xiii. Toni Morrison Beloved xiv. Mulk Raj Anand Untouchable xv. Kamala Das “An Introduction”, “The Old Playhouse” xvi. Girish Karnad Hayavadana xvii. Salman Rushdie Midnight’s Children xviii. Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart xix. Margaret Atwood Edible Woman xx. Derek Walcott Dream on Monkey Mountain
III	English Language Teaching 1. ELT in India: (History and status of English in India; English as Second Language, English as Foreign Language, and English as Global Language). 2. Methods and Approaches: (Grammar Translation method, Direct method, AudioLingual method; Structural approach, Communicative language teaching) 3. Teaching of Language Skills: (Teaching of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing Skills; Teaching of Grammar and Functional English; Teaching of Vocabulary; Classroom techniques; Use of authentic materials) Teaching literature. 4. Testing and Evaluation: (Principles, Types, Objectives of testing and evaluation) 5. Phonetics and Phonology; Syntax and Structure.
IV	IV. Literary comprehension- (Excerpts from poetry and prose for comprehension

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