UPSC Urdu Optional Notes (Paper I & II)
UPSC Urdu Optional - Paper I Notes (Khulasa)
1. Urdu Zaban ki Ibtida aur Irtiqa:
- Urdu zaban ki jadein Hindustani Aryai zabanon mein hain
- Urdu ki tashkeel mein Arabi, Farsi, Turki ka gahra asar hai
- Dakni Urdu: Junubi Hind mein Urdu ka pehla marhala
- Dilli aur Lucknow ke dabistaan Urdu ke irtiqa mein aham
- Urdu mein bol chaal aur Arabi/Farsi alfaaz ka imtizaj
2. Urdu Shayari ki Asnaaf:
- Ghazal: Meer, Ghalib, Iqbal, Faiz
- Masnavi: Meer Hasan, Nazeer Akbarabadi
- Marsiya: Meer Anis, Dabeer
- Qaseeda: Saudaa
- Nazm: Hali, Iqbal, N.M. Rashid, Faiz, Firaq
3. Urdu Nasr ki Asnaaf:
- Dastan: Tilism-e-Hoshruba, Dastan-e-Ameer Hamza
- Novel: Sir Syed, Ratan Nath, Quratul Ain Haider
- Afsana: Manto, Bedi, Ismat Chughtai
- Drama: Agha Hashr Kashmiri
- Maqala, Tanqeed, Sawanih: Shibli, Hali, Azad
4. Urdu Tanqeed:
- Altaf Hussain Hali: Muqaddama-e-Sher-o-Shairi
- Shibli Nomani: Sher-ul-Ajam
- Deegar Naqideen: Ehtisham Hussain, Gopi Chand Narang
UPSC Urdu Optional - Paper II Notes (Adabi Matn)
1. Muntakhib Nasri Matn:
- Ghubar-e-Khatir - Maulana Azad
- Khutoot-e-Ghalib - Ghalib
- Godaan - Prem Chand
- Aap ke dukh mujhe de do - Bedi
- Bagh-o-Bahar - Meer Aman
2. Muntakhib Shaaeri Matn:
- Meer: Dakhliyat ka shair
- Ghalib: Falsafi shair
- Iqbal: Khudi, Millat, Bedari
- Faiz: Inquilabi aur romanwi shair
- Firaq: Husn aur ishq
- Akhtar-ul-Iman: Alamaati zaban