Urdu syllabus

General knowledge (detailed breakdown not specified in notification — indicative)

• Indian history and freedom movement
• Geography of India and Uttar Pradesh
• Indian constitution and polity
• Basic Indian economy
• General science and everyday science
• Environment and ecology
• Uttar Pradesh special — geography history culture and administration
• Current national and international events
• Current affairs of the education sector
• Sports awards and books-authors

Urdu language and grammar

• Urdu phonetics
• Urdu script and spelling
• Nouns and pronouns
• Verbs and adjectives
• Izafat and sentence construction
• Idioms and proverbs
• Unseen prose comprehension
• Unseen verse comprehension
• Translation practice

Urdu literature history

• Origin of Dakhni Urdu
• Development of ghazal
• Qasida marsiya masnavi
• Mir Taqi Mir
• Mirza Ghalib
• Altaf Hussain Hali
• Allama Iqbal
• Premchand Urdu fiction
• Modern nazm
• Urdu short story
• Urdu drama
• Urdu criticism
• Urdu journalism
• Progressive Writers Movement
• Firaq Gorakhpuri
• Josh Malihabadi
• Faiz Ahmad Faiz
• Quranic influence on Urdu
• Urdu media and publishing
• Teaching Urdu language
• Urdu literary awards