Dogri Optional Syllabus for UPSC 2025

Section A: History of Dogri Language

• 1. Dogri language: Origin and development through different stages
• 2. Linguistic boundaries of Dogri and its dialects
• 3. Characteristic features of Dogri Language
• 4. Structure of Dogri Language:
• - Sound Structure:
• • Segmental: Vowels and Consonants
• • Non-segmental: Length, Stress, Nasalization, Tone and Junture
• - Morphology of Dogri:
• • Inflection Categories: Gender, Number, Case, Person, Tense and Voice
• • Word Formation: use of prefixes, infixes and suffixes
• • Vocabulary: tatsam, tadbhav, foreign and regional
• - Sentence Structure: Major Sentence-types and their constituents, agreement and concord in Dogri syntax
• 5. Dogri Language and Scripts: Dogre/Dogra Akkhar, Devanagari and Persia

Section B: History of Dogri Literature

• 1. A brief account of Pre-independence Dogri Literature: Poetry & Prose
• 2. Development of modern Dogri Poetry and main trends in Dogri Poetry
• 3. Development of Dogri short-story, main trends and prominent short-story writers
• 4. Development of Dogri Novel, main trends and contribution of Dogri Novelists
• 5. Development of Dogri Drama and contribution of prominent playwrights
• 6. Development of Dogri Prose; Essays, Memoirs and travelogues
• 7. An introduction to Dogri Folk Literature—Folk songs, Folk tales & Ballads

PAPER—II

Answers must be written in Dogri