URDU - SYLLABUS

PROSE AND LETTER WRITING

A. PROSE

1) Mirza Ghalib ke Akhlaq-O-Aadaath by Altaf Hussain Hali

2) Khitab by Dr Abdul Haq.
3) Nayi Aur Purani Tehzeeb ki Takkar by Mirza Farhathulla Baig.

B. LETTER WRITING

1. Letter to Principal asking for leave.

2. Letter to a publisher placing order for books.
3. Letter to a Firm manager seeking a job.
4. Letter to a bank manager seeking a loan.
5. Letter to father asking money for payment of college fees.
6. Letter to a friend inviting her for a function.
 PROSE GRAMMAR and TRANSLATION

A. PROSE (following lessons only)

1. Khushamad by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.

2. Doosti by Moulvi Zakaullah.
3. Khandan-e-Wallajahi ke Gumnam Shaer by Dr Syed Sajjad Hussain.

B. GRAMMAR

1. Ism Aur Uski Qismein

2. Sifath
3. Zameer.
4. Fe’l
5. Tazkeer-o-Tanees.

BOOK PRESCRIBED -URDU GRAMMAR- Yaqoob Aslam.

C. TRANSLATION

1. Translation of unseen package from English to Urdu.

2. Translation of Commercial words.

1. Profit. 2. Loss. 3. Expenses. 4. Investment. 5. Debit. 6. Credit. 7. Export. 8.

Import. 9.Wages. 10. Salary 11. Warehouse. 12. Cash 13. Account 14. Invoice
15. Transportation 16. Customer 17. Seller 18. Buyer 19. Discount 20.
Commission 21. Interest 22. Bank loan 23. Voucher 24. Inventory 25. Godown
26. Insurance 27. Ratge of Interest 28. Receipt 29. Share 30. Trade
31.Commerce 32. Finance.
 POETRY AND HISTORY OF URDU LITERATURE

A POETRY (Following ghazals only)

1. Faqeerana Aaye sada Kar Chale by Mir Taqi Mir.

2. Yeh na thi hamari kismet by Ghalib.
3. Yadash Bakhair jab wo tassawar mein aagayey by Jigar.

C. NAZM (Following nazms only)

1. Banjara nama by Nazeer Akbar Abadi.

2. Betey se khitab by Akbar Allahabadi
3. Taj Mahal by Sahir Ludhiyanavi.

C HISTORY OF URDU LITERATURE (Following topics only)

1. Urdu Zaban ki ibtada.

2. Ghar se door Dakhani Hindustan mein.
3. Delhi ki shaeri.
4. Nazeer Akbar Aabadi.
5. Dabistan –e-Lucknow.

BOOK PRESCRIBED

Urdu ki kahani by Ehtisham Hussain. (Published by National Council for promotion of

Urdu)
 NON -DETAILED AND JOURNALISM

A. NON- DETAILED (Following stories only)

1. Mahathirth by Premchand
2. Jamun ka Ped by Krishan Chandar.
3. Garam coat by Rejendar Singh Bedi.
4. Jeet by Dr Syed Safiullah.
5. Dard ka ehsas by Amirunnisa.

Book prescribed: Soughath-e-Adab

(Published by University of Madras)

B.JOURNALISM (Following topics only)

1. What is Journalism ? The purpose of Journalism, Importance of Journalism.

2. What is news, Sources of new, News room, News Desk.
3. Language of news, Design of newspaper, interview, editorial writing.
4. Duties of Reporter, Sub editor and Editor.
5. Applied Journalism: News reporting. Feature writing on environment, health
and sports.

Book prescribed: Sahafath Funni –o- Irthequai safar (Dr Perveen Fathima)
 URDU FOR BEGINNERS

UNIT- I : WRITING WORDS WITH MEANING

Connector and non Connector, three letter words with long vowels, three letter words
with short vowels, practice of words and meanings.

UNIT – II GRAMMAR
Noun, Demonstrative pronoun, Possessive pronouns, Prepositions, Postpositions,
Personal pronouns, Verbs.

UNIT – III MAKING SENTENCES

Making sentences with interrogative words, Genders and numbers, singular and plural
tenses, direct and indirect speech degree of comparison.

UNIT IV- LESSONS

1. Anar ka Sharbath
2. Railgadi ka safar
3. Chennai sheher main

UNIT –V POEMS (Oral)

Chidiya
Saray Jahan Se Acha Hindustan Hamara by Dr Iqbal