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Designation : State Eligibility Test-2014 SET
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Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission is conducting State Eligibility Test-2014 in 19 subjects accredited by the University Grants Commission at various examination centres located at Shimla, Solan, Mandi, Dharamshala, Palampur and Kangra stations of the State on 19.07.2015.
The Admit cards in respect of all the provisionally admitted candidates alongwith Instructions to the candidates have been uploaded on the official website of the Commission. Candidates must download the same and bring them for appearing in the said examination. For any query in this regard, candidates can contact on TOLL FREE NUMBER 1800 180 8004 of the Commission on any working day from 10.00AM to 5.00PM.
Syllabus :
ENGLISH
SUBJECT CODE : 11
PAPER-II
1. Chaucer to Shakespeare.
2. Jacobean to Restoration Periods.
3. Augustan Age : 18th Century Literature.
4. Romantic Period.
5. Victorian Period.
6. Modern Period.
7. Contemporary Period.
8. American and other non-British Literatures.
9. Literary Theory and Criticism.
10. Rhetoric and Prosody.
PAPER-III (A) (CORE GROUP)
1. British Literature from Chaucer to the present day.
2. Criticism and Literary Theory.
Unit-I : Literary Comprehension (with internal choice of poetry stanza and prose passage; four comprehension questions will be asked carrying 4 marks each).
Unit-II : Up to the Renaissance.
Unit III : Jacobean to Restoration Periods.
Unit IV : Augustan Age: 18th Century literature
Unit V : Romanatic Period
Unit VI : Victorian and Pre-Raphaelites
Unit VII : Modern British Literature
Unit VIII: Contemporary British Literature
Unit IX : Literary Theory and criticism up to T.S. Eliot
Unit X : Contemporary Theory
PAPER-III (B) (ELECTIVE/OPTIONAL)
Elective-I : History of English Language, English Language Teaching.
Elective-II : European Literature from Classical Age to the 20th Century.
Elective-III: Indian writing in English and Indian Literature in English translation
Elective-IV: American and other non-British English Literatures.
Elective-V : Literary Theory and Criticism.
GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING AND RESEARCH APTITUDE
SUBJECT CODE:77.
PAPER-I
Paper-I will be of general nature intended to assess the teaching / research aptitude of the candidate. They are supposed to possess and exhibit cognitive abilities like comprehension, analysis, evaluation, understanding the structure of arguments, evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning, weighing the evidence with special reference to analogical arguments and inductive generalization, evaluating classification and definition, avoiding logical inconsistency arising out of failure to see logical relevance and due to ambiguity and vagueness in language. The candidates are also supposed to have a general acquaintance with the nature of a concept, meaning and criteria of truth, and the sources of knowledge.