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THE BHAWANIPUR EDUCATION SOCIETY COLLEGE
A MINORITY RUN COLLEGE. AFFILIATED TO UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA RECOGNISED UNDER SECTION 2(F) & 12 (B) OF THE UGC ACT, 1956
B.A. 1ST YEAR SELECTION TEST SYLLABUS SESSION 2017-18
ENGLISH (HONOURS)
PAPER I
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Group A: OE to 1700
SECTION 1: Old English Literature
Middle English Literature: Impact of Norman Conquest, Chaucer
SECTION 2: Early impact of the Renaissance of English Literature
SECTION 3: Civil War and Restoration
GROUP B: 1701 to 2000
SECTION 1: Augustan Age
Pre- Romantics
Section 2: Romantic Prose (Fiction and Non-fiction)
Victorian Poetry
Section 3: Imagism, W.B. Yeats, War Poetry
Modern Drama – G.B. Shaw, The Irish Dramatic Revival, Inter-war
Poetic Drama,
The Drama of the ‘Angry Young Men’
THE BHAWANIPUR EDUCATION SOCIETY COLLEGE
A MINORITY RUN COLLEGE. AFFILIATED TO UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA RECOGNISED UNDER SECTION 2(F) & 12 (B) OF THE UGC ACT, 1956
B.A. 1ST YEAR SELECTION TEST SYLLABUS SESSION 2017-18
PHILOLOGY
GROUP A: Latin, Greek, Scandinavian and French Influence
GROUP B: Word Notes
Group C: Word-Formation, Makers of English Language (Shakespeare, Milton
and the Bible)
PAPER II
POETRY FROM ROMANTIC REVIVAL TO MODERN AGE
GROUP A: The Tyger and the Lamb (Blake)
Ode to the West Wind/ Ode to a skylark (Shelley)
Ode to a Nightingale (Keats)
Tintern Abbey (Wordsworth)
Kubla Khan (Coleridge)
GROUP B: Rhetoric
GROUP C: Ulysses (Tennyson)
My Last Duchess (Browning)
GROUP D: Acre of Grass (Yeats)
GROUP E: Prosody
THE BHAWANIPUR EDUCATION SOCIETY COLLEGE
A MINORITY RUN COLLEGE. AFFILIATED TO UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA RECOGNISED UNDER SECTION 2(F) & 12 (B) OF THE UGC ACT, 1956
B.A. 1ST YEAR SELECTION TEST SYLLABUS SESSION 2017-18
ENGLISH (GENERAL)
Group - A
William Shakespeare: Sonnet No. 18 (Shall I compare thee to a summer's day)
John Milton: On His Blindness
William Wordsworth: Strange fits of passion
P.B. Shelley: To a Skylark
John Keats: To Autumn
UNSEEN
Identifying Figures of Speech (Simile, Metaphor, Metonymy, Synecdoche,
Personification, Apostrophe, Alliteration, Transferred Epithet, Oxymoron,
Epigram, Antithesis & Irony)
Group - B
Lord Tennyson: Ulysses
Robert Browning: The Last Ride Together
Wilfred Owen: Futility
W.H. Auden: Look Stranger
UNSEEN
Punctuation
THE BHAWANIPUR EDUCATION SOCIETY COLLEGE
A MINORITY RUN COLLEGE. AFFILIATED TO UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA RECOGNISED UNDER SECTION 2(F) & 12 (B) OF THE UGC ACT, 1956
B.A. 1ST YEAR SELECTION TEST SYLLABUS SESSION 2017-18
POLITICAL SCIENCE (HONOURS)
PAPER – I
POLITICS: CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES
100 Marks (25 x 4 Modules)
Module I:
1.1.1. Conceptualising politics: meaning of political.
1.1.2. Key concepts I: State; Nation; Sovereignty (evolution); Power and
Authority--- types and linkages;
1.1.3. Key concepts II: Law. Liberty, Equality--- interrelationships.
Module II:
1.2.1. Key concepts III: Rights; Justice; Freedom.
1.2.2. Key concepts IV: Democracy; Authoritarianism.
1.2.3. Key concepts V: Citizenship.
Module III:
1.3.1. Approaches I: Normative; Legal-Institutional; Empirical-Behavioural---
Systems Analysis; Structural
Functionalism.
1.3.2. Approaches II: Liberalism; Social Welfarism; Neo-Liberalism.
1.3.3. Approaches III: Postcolonial; Feminist.
Module IV:
1.4.1. Marxian approach--- Dialectical Materialism and Historical Materialism.
1.4.2. Key concepts: State (focus on Relative Autonomy); Class and Class
Struggle; Surplus Value; Alienation.
1.4.3. Party--- Democratic Centralism; Lenin-Rosa Luxemburg debate;
Revolution--- Lenin and Mao. Hegemony
and Civil Society: Gramsci.
Readings:
1. D. Held: Political Theory Today.
2. D. Held: Models of Democracy.
3. N. Daniels: Reading Rawls.
4. K. Marx and F. Engels: The Communist Manifesto.
5. V. I. Lenin: The State.
THE BHAWANIPUR EDUCATION SOCIETY COLLEGE
A MINORITY RUN COLLEGE. AFFILIATED TO UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA RECOGNISED UNDER SECTION 2(F) & 12 (B) OF THE UGC ACT, 1956
B.A. 1ST YEAR SELECTION TEST SYLLABUS SESSION 2017-18
6. Andrew Heywood: The Basic Political Concepts.
7. John Gray: Liberalism.
8. David McLellan: The Thought of Karl Marx.
9. David McLellan: Marxism after Marx.
10. Tom Bottomore ed.: A Dictionary of Marxist Thought.
11. D. Riaznov ed.: The Communist Manifesto of Marx and Engels.
12. M Cornforth: Dialectical Materialism.
13. J. Femia: Marxism and Democracy (ask SSDG).
14. S. Ramaswamy: Political Theory--- Ideas and Concepts.
15. R. Miliband: Marxism and Politics.
16. E. Barker: Principles of Social and Political Theory.
17. H.J. Laski: A Grammar of Politics.
18. David Easton: The Political System.
19. LaszekKolakowski: Main Currents of Marxism (3 volumes).
20. T. Ball and R. Bellamy: Twentieth Century Political Thought.
21. R. Bhargava and A. Acharya: Political Theory: An Introduction.
22. R. Bellamy: Theories and Concepts in Politics: An Introduction.
23. C. McKinnan: Issues in Political Theory.
24. W. Kymlicka: Multiculturalism.
25. GurpreetMahajan: The Multicultural Path.
26. R. Young: Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction.
27. Richard Bellamy: Citizenship: A Very Short Introduction.
28. Margaret Walters: Feminism: A Very Short Introduction.
29. Ravi Kumar: Contemporary Readings in Marxism.
30. James Curran: Media and Democracy.
31. S.P. Verma: Modern Political Theory.
Paper II
CONSTITUTION AND POLITICS IN INDIA
100 Marks (25 x 4 Modules)
Module I:
2.1.1. Evolution of the Indian Constitution. Role of the Constituent Assembly---
debates (overview). The Preamble.
2.1.2. Citizenship. Fundamental Rights and Duties.Directive Principles.
2.1.3. Nature of Indian Federalism: Union-State Relations.
2.1.4. Union Executive: President, Vice-President: election, position, functions
(focus on Emergency Powers), Prime Minister, Council of Ministers,
relationship of Prime Minister and President.
THE BHAWANIPUR EDUCATION SOCIETY COLLEGE
A MINORITY RUN COLLEGE. AFFILIATED TO UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA RECOGNISED UNDER SECTION 2(F) & 12 (B) OF THE UGC ACT, 1956
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Module II:
2.2.1. Union Legislature: RajyaSabha, LokSabha: Organisation, Functions –
Lawmaking procedure, Parliamentary procedure, Privileges, Committee system.
Speaker.
2.2.2. Government in states: Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers:
position and functions – State Legislature: composition and functions.
2.2.3. Judiciary: Supreme Court and the High Courts: composition and
functions – Judicial activism.
2.2.4. Constitutional amendment. Major recommendations of National
Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution.
Module III:
2.3.1. Party system: features and trends – major national political parties in
India: ideologies and programmes.
Coalition politics in India: nature and trends. Political parties in West Bengal:
Overview.
2.3.2. Electoral process: Election Commission: composition, functions, role.
2.3.3. Role of business groups, working class, peasants in Indian politics.
Module IV:
2.4.1.Role of (a) religion (b) language (c) caste (d) tribe and (e) regionalism in
Indian politics.
2.4.2. Regionalism in Indian politics.
2.4.3. New Social Movements since the 1970s: (a) environmental movements
(b) women’s movements (c) human rights movements.
Readings:
1.Constitution of India: Government of India.
2.D.D. Basu: An Introduction to the Constitution of India.
3.G. Austin: The Indian Constitution.
4.G. Austin: Working a Democratic Constitution.
5.M.V. Pylee: India’s Constitution.
6.S.L. Sikri: Indian Government and Politics.
7.S.C. Kashyap ed.: Perspectives on the Constitution.
8.A.G. Noorani: Constitutional Question in India.
9.R. Hardgrave and S. Kochanek: India: Government and Politics in a
Developing Nation (Latest edition).
10.ParhaChatterjee: State and Politics in India.
11.SudiptaKaviraj ed.: Politics in India.
THE BHAWANIPUR EDUCATION SOCIETY COLLEGE
A MINORITY RUN COLLEGE. AFFILIATED TO UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA RECOGNISED UNDER SECTION 2(F) & 12 (B) OF THE UGC ACT, 1956
B.A. 1ST YEAR SELECTION TEST SYLLABUS SESSION 2017-18
12.S.K. Chaube: The Constituent Assembly--- Springboard of a Revolution
(latest edition).
13.C. J. Nirmal ed.: Human Rights in India.
14.SiddharthaGuha Roy: Human Rights, Democratic Rights and Popular
Protest.
15.G. Shah: Social Movements in India.
16.Raka Ray and M.F. Katzenstein eds.: Social Movements in India.
17.S. Corbridge and J. Harris: Reinventing India: Liberalization, Hindu
nationalism and Popular Democracy
18.Bipan Chandra et al.: India after Independence (1947-2000).
19.Rajni Kothari ed.: caste in Indian Politics.
20.Bharati Ray and AparnaBasu eds.: From Independence to Freedom--- Indian
Women since 1947.
21.Fields of Protest: Women’s Movement in India.
22.D.N. Sen: From Raj to Swaraj.
23.R. Chatterjee ed.: Politics India--- State-Society Interface.
24.SumitGanguly et al. eds.: The State of India’s Democracy.
25.Z. Hasan et al eds.: India’s Living Constitution.
26.Z. Hasan: Politics and Party Politics in India.
27.B.L. Shankar and V. Rodrigues: The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at
Work.
28.AshutoshVarshney: India and the Politics of Developing Countries.
29.AchinVanaik and Rajiv Bhargava: Understanding Contemporary India:
Critical Perspectives.
30.A. Kohli and P. Singh eds.: The Routledge Handbook of India Politics.
31.N.G. Jayal and P.B. Mehta eds.: The Oxford Companion to Politics in India.
32.Anil Jana ed., Decentralizing Rural Governance and Development.
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A MINORITY RUN COLLEGE. AFFILIATED TO UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA RECOGNISED UNDER SECTION 2(F) & 12 (B) OF THE UGC ACT, 1956
B.A. 1ST YEAR SELECTION TEST SYLLABUS SESSION 2017-18
POLITICAL SCIENCE (GENERAL)
PAPER –I
POLITICAL THEORY
100 Marks
1. Nature and scope of Political Science- Approaches to Political Science:
Normative, Behavioural and Marxist
2. Theories of State: a. Social Contract Theory, b. Idealist Theory, c. Liberal
and neo liberal theory, d. Marxist Theory, e. Gandhian Theory
3. Sovereignty of the State: Monistic and Pluralist Theory- Doctrine of
Popular Sovereignty
4. Some Representatives Concepts: a. Nationalism and Internationalism:
Meaning and features, b. Democracy- Meaning and nature, c. Fascism-
meaning and nature
5. Nature of International Relations as a branch of study- liberal and realist
approaches to International Relations
6. Law: Meaning, sources, nature; International Law: Meaning and nature
7. Right, Liberty, Equality: Meaning and Nature- Relation between liberty
and equality; Safeguards of liberty- Right to resistance
8. Marxism: Dialectical Materialism, Concept of class and class struggle-
Theory of Revolution, Lenin’s theory of imperialism
Political Parties and Interest Groups: Their role in modern states- methods of
representation: territorial, functional and proportional
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HISTORY (HONOURS)
PAPER-I
History Of India From the earliest Times To 600CE
UNIT-I (50 marks; 40 lectures)
Module-I
Sources of Early Indian History
1.1Classification And importance of both Literary And Archaeological sources
1.2 Understanding The nature of thesourcesforeachperiod
1.3Historyand Itihasa
Module-II Changing Relationship between people and landscape, from hunter-
gatherers to post Harappan culturesintheIndiansubcontinent
2.1 The importance of understanding archaeological cultures viz a` viz
landscape features- Hunter Gatherers to Early Pastoralists and Agriculturists
2.2 An over view of archaeological cultures in the subcontinent- pre-Mehrgarh
,MehrgarhandcontemporarytoMehrgarh
2.3Early/Pre HarappanCultures‐Prelude To Harappan Civilization‐Harappan
Civilization‐ the First Urbanization
2.4 Pastoralist/Early agriculturist
Cultures contemporary to the
Harappan-various Neolithic and
Chalcolithic cultures of the Indian subcontinent
2.5 Decline of the Harappan civilization-Late/Pos
t Harappan Cultures- a) Cemetery H phase, b)
Gandhara Grave phase, c)
Lustrous Red Ware.
Module –III
The Vedic Corpus and transition to the age of Janapadas and Mahajanapadas
(c.1500BCE-400 BCE)
3.1 Spread of settlement
s -Political situation
3.2 Aryan Debate
3.3 Archaeological cultures beyond the Vedic milieu—Ochre coloured pottery,
Black &Red Ware and Painted Grey Ware
3.4Transition from chiefdom to kingdom- the Ganasangha tradition- sixteen
mahajanapadas- Pre-eminence of Magadha
Module-IV
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Mauryan & Post –Mauryan India (c. 400BCE-300CE)
4.1 Nature and extent of the Mauryan empire
4.2 Asoka’s Dhamma
4.3 Decline of the Empire - rise of regional power centres in the post Mauryan
period.
4.4 Central Asian intervention in north Indian politics focusing on the Indo-
Greeks and the Kushanas
4.5 The Satavahanas and their struggle with the Saka Kshatrapas of western
India
4.6 Kings and chieftains –the Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas- Sangam literature
and archaeological evidence.
Module- V
The Age of the Guptas (c.300CE – 600CE)
5.1 Historical Situation of India In 300CE—Emergence Of the Gupta empire
5.2 The Empire In its mature form ‐ Political Achievements of the rulers‐Disintegration of the empire
5.3 Administrative Structure of the empire with special reference to Bengal
5.4 Notion Of Classical Age and Threshold times
5.5 An Introduction to the contemporary dynasties like the Vakatakas, The
Kadambas etc.,
UNIT-II (50 marks; 40 lectures) Module-I Aspects of Society
1.1 Beginning Of the Varna Hierarchy in the Vedic Period ‐ Forms of marriage
‐ Position of women
1.2 Varna And Jati ‐ Property rights of women
1.3 Slavery, Untouchability And attitude towards women
odule-II
Religious Development
2.1 Vedic religion—Changing notion of gods and goddesses-Sacrificial
practices
2.2 Rise Of new religious groups & Philosophical thoughts—Buddhism,
Jainism And philosophy of the Ajivikas And Charvakas
2.3 Doctrinal And philosophical
Changes In Buddhism And Jainism–Rising Importance Of the Brahmanical
Religion ‐ Different Brahmanical Religious groups.
Module III
Comparative Structures of Economies in some early states-Maurya-
Satavahana-Kushana- Gupta
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3.1 Introduction
3.2 Agrarian economy
3.3 Non‐Agricultural production‐crafts‐guilds
3.4 Monetization
3.5Land Grants and its politico‐Economic significance (Gupta period)
Module-IV Patterns of Trade, Urbanization & Routes of communication
4.1 Trade and Urban development-Second urbanization
4.2Trading networks‐Both inland and maritime (with Special reference to
linkage with Roman Empire As well as Southeast Asian countries)
4.3 Merchants And Markets
Module-V Cultural life
5.1 Languages and Scripts –An overview
5.2 Nature Of Mauryan Art ‐Presence Of different schools of sculpture and
terracotta art
in the post‐Mauryan period
5.3Different Kinds of Religious Architecture,Sculptural Art and Painting‐An
overview
5.4 Systems Of knowledge‐ Science, Technology&Medicine
PAPER II
History Of India
From C 600 To C1500
UNIT I c AD 600 - 1200 (50 marks; 40 lectures)
Module 1
1.1Sources & their interpretation: Inscriptions, Literature, Architectural
Monuments & Sculpture, Coins
1.2 Historiography & Recent Debates (Periodisation / Feudalism / Segmentary
State)
Module 2. Polity
2.1 Emergence of major political centres c 600 - 650: Kanauj, Bengal,
Peninsular India
2.2 Political developments c 650 – 1200: Bengal, Western India, Peninsular
India
2.3 Arab, Ghaznavid and Ghorid invasions: nature and impact
Module 3. Economy
3.1 Agricultural Expansion: Land grants and irrigation/
agricultural technology
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3.2 Land tenure: nature and changes
3.3 Urban centres: urban processes and population increase
3.4Crafts and guilds
3.4 Indian and oceanic trade: a broad overview of trade linkages and
commodities
Module 4. Society
4.1 Varna-Jati: the proliferation of castes
4.2 Gender relations: property rights; forms of marriage; attitudes towards
women; women saints Module 5. Culture & Religion
5.1 Sanskrit Literature; Evolution of literature in regional language with special
reference to Bengali
5.2 Systems of knowledge: Schools of philosophy – an overview;
Science:Mathematics, Astronomy
5.3 Temple and CaveArchitecture; Sculpture
5.4 Overview of main religious sects: Buddhist, Vaishnavite, Shaivite, Bhakti
UNIT II c 600 – 1500 (50 marks; 40 lectures)
Module 1. Survey of sources and historiography with special reference to
Barani, AmirKhusrau and Ibn Batuta
Module 2. Polity & Institutional Structure [1206-1290;1290-1350;1350-1500]
2.1 The state in Northern India and the response to challenges
2.2 Legitimacy, Sovereignty and theories of kingship
2.3 Nature and composition of ruling groups and the consolidation of the
authority of the Crown
2.4 Patterns of regional political formations in Eastern and Peninsular India:
Bengal; Vijaynagar & Bahmani kingdoms
2.3 Evolution of iqta and amaranayaka / nayankara systems
Module 3 Economy
3.1 Agrarian economy of the Delhi Sultanate: agricultural production and
pattern of land tenure
3.2 Revenue system and magnitude of taxation
3.3 Urban processes and non-agricultural production
3.4 Monetary system, market regulations and trade during the Sultanate period
3.5 Peninsular India – Expansion of agricultural frontiers; incidence of taxation;
long-distance trade and the role of the state
Module 4 Society
4.1 Composition of rural society and the village community
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4.2 Forms of dominance and resistance – slavery, peasant uprisings in North
India; militarization of peasant society in Peninsular India.
Module 5. Culture & Religion
5.1 Literature : Persian, and literature in regional languages with special
reference to Bengali literature
5.2 Architecture: Forms & Function – Sultanate
& Provincial with special reference to Bengal
5.3 Sufism : origins, precepts, practices
5.4 Bhakti : Kabir, Nanak, Chaitanya
5.5 Science & Technology: Irrigation, Agricultural technology; Building
techniques; Textile production.
HISTORY (GENERAL)
Paper-I:
Indian History
(Pre-historic times to Sixteenth Century A.D.)
A. Literary and Archaeological sources of Ancient and Medieval Indian
History -Archaeological methods – Archaeological knowledge and the historical
understanding of the rise and decline of Indus Valley Civilization.
B. Political developments- I:
Indian Polity in later Vedic times -The Mahayanapadas – the rise
and fall of the Maurya Empire – the Satavahana and Kushana rule- the imperial
Guptas -Regional powers and the struggle for power in North India - Political
developments in South India
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C. Political developments-II :
Impact of Islam and political change in India-
Brief overview of the Delhi Sultanate- the administration of the Delhi Sultanate-
the centralized monarchy -political ideologies in the Delhi Sultanate –
Independent Sultans of Bengal – the Vijaynagar empire.
Economic life in ancient and early medieval India-Land systems in ancient
India-Framework of agriculture ; the state, taxation, irrigation and the agrarian
economy- The urban social formations- Internal and overseas trade- Crafts and
Guilds- the Indian Feudalism, issues and debates.
– history writing in India under the Sultanate – new developments in medicine.
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BENGALI (HONOURS)
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BENGALI (GENERAL)
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JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION (HONOURS)
Paper-I (100 Marks)
Module One: Principles of News Making , News: Elements, Values,
Objectivity; Beat and Source: definitions, types; Principles of News (Report)
Writing: Inverted Pyramid, Intro, Lead; Headline: types, importance, writing
headline for newspaper; Principles of Sub-Editing; Principles of Agency News;
Principle of Page Making; Principle of writing an Editorial; Post Editorial;
Feature: Definition, types, writing a feature; Interviewing: Research, planning,
framing questions, writing the piece; Advertorials; Covering Press Conference;
Journalistic aberrations: Paid News , Yellow Journalism.
Module Two: Structure of Newspaper Organizations- Positions and
Responsibilities 25 Marks Positions, qualities, duties and responsibilities of:
Executive Editor, Assistant Editor, Chief Reporter, Chief Sub-Editor, Sub-
Editor, News Editor, Chief of News Bureau, Correspondents: Special
Correspondent, District Correspondent, Foreign Correspondent.
Module three: Specialization in Journalism: Interpretative and Investigative
Journalism, Political Journalism, Crime and Legal Journalism, Public Affairs
Reporting, Human Interest Stories and Human Rights Reporting, Corporate,
Economic, Financial and Business Journalism, Agriculture Journalism, Science
Journalism, Sports Journalism, Film Journalism, Environment and Civic
Journalism, Fashion and Entertainment Journalism, Page-3 Reporting, Online
Journalism, Column Writing, Writing for Magazine, Special and supplementary
Pages, Photo Journalism and techniques of photo editing.
Module Four: Communication: Popular Definitions and Functions; Means of
Communication: Verbal and Non-Verbal; Linear Communication Frame:
SMCR; Types of Communication: Intra/ Inter/ Group/ Mass Communication;
Tools of Communication: Newspaper/Radio/ Television/ Cinema/ Web Media
(email, website, web-portal); Mass Media in India; Growth of new media:
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Social Media (SMS, WhatsApp, Youtube, Blogging, Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram).
Paper-II (100 Marks)
Module One: Early Indian Journalism: Contributions of James Augustus
Hickey, James Silk Buckingham and Calcutta Journal, Serampore Baptist
Missionary Press: Digdarshan, Samachar Darpan; Social Reform Movement
and Raja Rammohan Roy, H.L.V. Derozio and Young Bengal Movement, Iswar
Chandra Gupta and Sambad Prabhakar; History of Press Ordinances and
Liberation of Press;
Hindu Patriot and contributions of Harish Chandra Mukherjee, Movement
against Vernacular Press Act, Sandhya, BandeMataram and Jugantar;
Contribution of Bal Gangadhar Tilak; Contribution of Mahatma Gandhi in
Indian Journalism; Contributions of Nazrul Islam.
Module Two
First Half:
Recommendations of Indian Press Commissions; Development of News
Agencies; Growth of National Media System: All India Radio and Doordarshan;
E-Governance; Contributions of Eminent Journalists: Vinod Mehta, N.Ram.
Powers and Positions of President, Governor, Supreme Court, Election
Commission of India
Second Half: Practical (Written)
Writing a Report in about 150 words from given points; Writing a News
Feature; Writing Headlines from News Stories.
(Computer Practical)
Editing a given piece of News Report or Agency Copy using Word-Processing
Software (including a suitable lead and headline); Drawing a Dummy Front
Page of a Daily using a Page-making Software; Rewriting and Summarizing a
given piece with headlines using word processing software.
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JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION (GENERAL)
Module One:
(1) Newspaper as recorder of news and events; Newspaper as an organ of
public opinion; Newspaper as an instrument of social service and as a promoter
of democracy; Impact of newspaper on society; Newspaper and socio-economic
and cultural development.
(2) News: Definition; Elements of news; News Sources; Different types of
news.
(3) The Editor: functions and responsibilities; Editorial freedom; The role of the
editor in recent perspective.
(4) The News Editor: Functions; duties and qualities.
(5) Chief Sub-Editor; Sub-Editors; Their duties and qualities.
Module: Two
(1) The Reporter; Duties and Responsibilities of a reporter; Duties
responsibilities & qualities of a chief reporter; Foreign correspondent; Special
correspondent; Bureau Chief; Duties and responsibilities of a district
correspondent; Crime and legal reporting; Science and financial reporting.
(2) News writing; Different structures of news writing (inverted pyramid
structure); Intro; Lead; Language of news writing; Objectivity; Writing
techniques on society, fashion, music and arts, education, employment
opportunities, health, environment etc.; financial reporting.
(3) Feature: Definition, special kind of reporting, Different types, important
branch of modern Journalism.
(4) Editorial: Importance, Choice of subjects, Arrangement, Style of
presentation.
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Module: Three
(1) Editing; Principles of Editing; Copy Testing; Processing Copies; Computer
Editing;
(2) Making headlines of news stories; Importance; Rules to be followed;
Different types of headlines; Computer applications;
(3) Page Make-up; Front page and other pages; Principles to be followed;
Typography; Main type groups; Recent changes and development;
(4) Photo journalism; Definition; Importance; Duties, responsibilities and
qualities of a news photographer; How to edit news photos; Caption writing;
Photo printing process; Dark room processing;
Module: Four
(1) Column and columnist; Importance of column; Different types; Qualities of
a good columnist;
(2) Letters to the Editor; Importance; How to edit;
(3) Proof reading; Symbols of proof reading; Duties and responsibilities of
proof readers;
(4) The News Agencies; Their services; functions; Importance in today’s
journalism; Styles of Agency reporting; How does it differ from reporting in
other media; Different international News Agencies.
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SOCIOLOGY (HONOURS)
Paper I: Introductory Sociology (100 Marks)
GROUP A:
Module I:
(a) Sociological perspective; Sociology as a science; Sociology and Common
Sense; Sociology and other social sciences (only to understand Sociology’s
distinctiveness); Practical significance of Sociology : Sociology and Social Work.
(b) Social interaction; Communication—verbal non-verbal; Interpretation and
action; Understanding others: attributing meaning and interpretation; Social
relationship: Primary and Secondary.
Module II:
(a) Culture –meaning and characteristics; Types of culture – popular, elitist, folk,
and consumer cultures; Pluralism and Multiculturalism.
(b) Types of society; Pre-modern societies: hunters and gatherers, pastoral and
agrarian, non-industrial and traditional; Modern societies : Industrial,
Advanced/Post-industrial, Postmodern and Developing societies.
GROUP B:
Module I:
(a) Socialization : meaning and agencies; Theories of child development;
Resocialization.
(b) Social control: meaning, agencies and mechanisms; Conformity and
Deviance.
Module II :
(a) Social stratification : meaning and forms – Caste, Class, Status, Power,
Gender and Ethnicity; Social Mobility, Social Closure and Social Exclusion
(b) Social Change : definition, factors and theories of social change.
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Paper II : Western Sociological Thought( 100 Marks )
Group – A :
Module I :
(a) Origin and development of Sociology as a distinct discipline; Role of
European Enlightenment; Contributions of Montesquieu and St. Simon.
(b) Auguste Comte : Positivism; Law of Three Stages; Social Statics and Social
Dynamics.
Module II :
(a) Herbert Spencer : Organicism; Theory of Evolution.
(b) Emile Durkheim : Rules of Sociological Method; Division of Labour;
Suicide.
Group – B :
Module III :
(a) Karl Marx : Dialectics; Materialist interpretation of history; Capitalism:
origin and dynamics; Alienation; Class, Class Struggle and Revolution.
(b) Max Weber : Concept of social action; Methodology; Protestant Ethic and
Capitalism; Types of authority.
Module IV:
(a) George Simmel: Formal Sociology; Concepts of Sociation and Group
Formation; Objective Culture; Place of Money
(b) Vilfredo Pareto: Logical and Non-logical actions; Residues and Derivations;
Circulation of Elites.
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SOCIOLOGY (GENERAL)
Introductory Sociology ( 100 Marks)
Group A :
Module I :
(a) Nature and scope of Sociology; Sociology as a science; Place of Sociology
among other social sciences.
(b) Some basic concepts : society, community, association, institution,
organization, culture and civilization, folkways and mores, custom, norm and
value, conformity and deviance, role and status
Module II :
(a) Culture and Personality; Socialization : meaning, agencies and importance in
society.
(b) Social interaction : cooperation, competition, conflict, accommodation and
assimilation.)
Group B :
Module III:
(a) Social groups : Definition; Types : Primary and Secondary, Formal and
Informal, In-group and Out-group, Reference group.
(b) Social stratification : meaning and characteristics; Forms : Estate, Class,
Status, Power, Caste; Social Mobility : horizontal and vertical
(c) Institution: Definition and interrelationship among institutions.
Module IV :
(a) Family : structure and functions; Nuclear and Joint/ Extended family; The
modern family in India; Marriage and Kinship in India.
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b) Social control: meaning and significance; Agencies: Religion, Education,
Law and Mass Media.
(c) Social change, Social evolution and Social progress: meaning and nature;
Factors of social change: demographic, technological and cultural; Concept of
Cultural Lag; Theories of social change: Marxist and Weberian.
HINDI (GENERAL)
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EDUCATION (GENERAL)
Paper I
Principles of Education
Module I
1. Concept, scope and functions of education.
Education as a social process. Education and social change
2. Aims of education: Individualistic and socialistic aims of education.
Education for emotional, social and cultural adjustment. Education for
productivity and vocation.
3. Freedom and discipline: concept and need for free discipline. Self
discipline and student self government.
Module II
4. Factors of education:
a. The child – innate endowment and environment
b. The teacher – qualities and responsibilities
c. The curriculum – concept, principles of curriculum construction. Co-
curriculum activities – meaning, values and forms
d. The educational institutions – formal, informal, non-formal. Their
interrelations.
Module III
5. Agencies of education:
a. Home
b. School
c. Socio-cultural and religious organisations
d. State
e. Mass-media
Module IV
6. Child – centricism in education: its significance
Play and play-way in education: Kindergarten, Montessori, Basic education and
Project
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PSYCHOLOGY (GENERAL)
Paper-I (F.M. 100)
Module 1.1
THEORY- 50 Marks
a) Basic Psychological Processes
1. Introduction – Definition, Nature, Scope, Methods, Branches of
Psychology
2. Sensory Processes and Perception- a.) Sensation – Attributes, Modality,
Characteristics of Sensory Processes.
b.) Difference between Sensation and Perception, Determinants of
Perception. Gestalt Theory of perception.
c.) Attention – Determinants of Attention. Fluctuation, Oscillation and
Shifts
3. Emotion – Nature, Basic Emotions, Physiological Correlates of
Emotion.
b) Biological Bases of Behaviour
4. a)CNS–Brain and Spinal Cord
b) PNS- Nerve Cell and its functions. Receptors and Effectors.
5. Endocrine Glands – Pituitary and Adrenal.
Module 1.2
THEORY-50 Marks
a)Developmental Psychology
1. Introduction – Definition, scope, methods.
2. Heredity and Environment – Principles of heredity; Influence of
Heredity and Environment on Development.
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3. Child Development – Prenatal development; Postnatal development up
to adolescence – physical and social.
b) Educational Psychology
4. Introduction: Definition, Scope and Methods. Relation of Psychology
with Education.
5. Learning Theories – Trial and Error. Classical. Operant and Insight.
6. Memory and Forgetting – a) Encoding, Storage, Retrieval. Sensory,
STM, LTM.
b) Decay, Interference, Retrieval failure, Motivated forgetting.
7. Intelligence – a) Definition, Nature, Measurement
8. Exceptional Children – Gifted, MR.
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FILM STUDIES (GENERAL)
Group- A
1. Early Cinema-
a. Lumiere Brothers,
b. George Melies,
c. Edwin S. Porter
2. American Cinema:
a. D. W. Griffith
b. Silent Comedy Films
c. Hollywood Studio Era
d. Ideas of Hollywood: Genre & Auteur
3. French new wave:
a. Francois Truffaut
b. Jean Luc Godard
4. German Expressionism.
5. Italian Neorealism.
6. Soviet Cinema- (Sergei Eisenstein, Svevolod Pudovkin, Dziga Vertov etc.)
Group- B
1. Cinema of India:
a. Silent Era: D. G. Phalke
b. Sound Era: Studio System- Prabhat Studios & New Theatre Studio.
c. Social Films: Guru Dutt
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GEOGRAPHY (GENERAL)
Paper – I 100 Marks
MODULE I GEOTECTONICS AND GEOMORPHOLOGY (50 Marks)
1.1 Structure of the earth’s crust
1.2 Influence of rocks on topography
1.3 Broad outline of plate tectonics and major crustal formations: fold
mountains, trenches, island arcs
1.4 Development of landforms: Fluvial, Aeolian, glacial, coastal and karst;
cycles of erosion
MODULE II SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY (50 Marks)
2.1 Growth and distribution of world population; Migration: Types, causes and
consequences
2.2 Contemporary social issues: literacy, poverty, gender issues
2.3 Sectors of economy: primary, secondary tertiary and quaternary: Changing
emphasis through time ; Forms of economy
i) Tribal economies: hunting, gathering, shifting cultivation of India.
ii) Traditional economies: Intensive subsistence rice farming in India
iii) Modern Economies: Commercial grain farming and mixed farming
2.4 Scales of production, small-scale and large scale industries general
characteristics and examples.
2.5 Location, problems and prospects of Indian industries
i) Agro-based: Cotton textile industry
ii) Forest- based: Paper industry
iii) Mineral based: Iron and steel industry