Candidate may choose any optional subject from amongst the List of Optional Subjects given below:

Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Commerce and Accountancy, Economics, Electrical Engineering, Geography, Geology, History, Law, Management, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Science, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, and International Relations, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology. 

HINDI

PAPER-II

(Answers must be written in Hindi)

The paper will require first-hand reading of the prescribed texts and will test the critical ability of the candidates.

Section A

1. Kabir      : Kabir Granthawali, Ed. Shyam Sundar Das (First hundred Sakhis)

2. Soordas : Bhramar Geetsar, Ed. Ramchandra Shukla (First hundred Padas)

3. Tulsidas : Ramcharit Manas (Sundar Kand) Kavitawali (Uttarkand)

4. Jayasi : Padmawat Ed. Shyam Sundar Das (Sinhal Dwip Khand & Nagmativiyog Khand)

5. Bihari : Bihari Ratnakar Ed. Jagnnath Prasad Ratnakar (First 100 Dohas)

6. Maithili Sharan   : Bharat Bharati Gupta

7. Prasad : Kamayani (Chinta and Shraddha Sarg)

8. Nirala : Rag-Virag, Ed. Ram Vilas Sharma (Ram Ki Shakti Pooja & Kukurmutta)

9. Dinkar : Kurukshetra

10 Agyeya : Angan Ke Par Dwar (Asadhya Veena)

11. Muktiboth : Brahm Rakhashas

12. Nagarjun : Badal Ko Ghirte Dekha Hai, Akal Ke Bad, Harijan Gatha.

Section B

1. Bharatendu : Bharat Durdasha

2. Mohan Rakesh : Ashadh Ka Ek Din

3. Ramchandra : Chintamani (Part I) (KavitaKya Shukla Hai, ShraddhaAurBhakti)

4. Dr. Satyendra : Nibandh Nilaya—Bal Krishna Bhatt, Premchand, Gulab Rai, Hajari Prasad Dwivedi, Ram Vilas Sharma, Agyeya, Kuber Nath Rai.

5. Premchand : Godan, Premchand ki Sarvashreshtha Kahaniyan, Ed. Amrit

Rai/Manjusha—Prem Chand ki Sarvashreshtha Kahaniyan. Ed. Amrit Rai.

6. Prasad : Skandgupta

7. Yashpal : Divya

8. Phaniswar Nath  : Maila Anchal Renu

9. Mannu Bhandari  : Mahabhoj

10. Rajendra Yadav  : Ek Dunia Samanantar (All Stories)