Note :-

1. Total Marks: 300
2. Duration of question paper: Two Hours Thirty Minutes.
3. Number of questions: 150 Multiple Choice Questions.
4. Negative marking: For every wrong answer, one-third of the marks prescribed for that particular question shall be deducted.

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Syllabus : English

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Part-I ( Secondary and Senior Secondary Standard )

1. Grammar and Usage

1. Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs
2. Articles and Determiners
3. Tenses
4. Prepositions
5. Modal Auxiliaries
6. Degrees of Comparison (Comparative, Superlative Degree)
7. Subject-Verb Agreement
8. Subordination and Co-ordination – Compound & Complex Sentences
9. Conditional Sentences
10. Transformation of Sentences a. Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative. b. Active, Passive c. Direct, Indirect
11. Phrasal Verbs
12. Proverbs/Idiomatic Expressions
13. Words often misspelt & confused
14. Synonyms and Antonyms
15. Phonetic Transcription and Word Stress

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Part-II ( Graduation Standard )

1. Grammar, Usage and Literature

1. Basic Sentence Patterns
2. Phrase analysis in terms of M Η Μ
3. Clause analysis in terms of SPOCA
4. Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary
5. Poetry Appreciation
6. An Acquaintance with Literary Forms/ Devices a. Ode b. Elegy c. Sonnet d. Epic/ Mock epic e. Dramatic Monologue f. Ballads g. Alliteration h. Hyperbole i. Simile/Metaphor j. Personification k. Satire/Irony l. Onomatopoeia
7. An Acquaintance with Major Literary Periods a. Renaissance b. Metaphysical c. Jacobean d. Neo Classical e. Romantic f. Victorian g. Modern h. Post-Modern
8. An Acquaintance with Literary Movements a. Romanticism b. Gothic c. Pre- Raphaelite Movement d. Realism e. Existentialism f. Stream of Consciousness g. Symbolism h. Modernism i. Post-Modernism
9. An Acquaintance with Twentieth Century Indian Writers/Poets in English a. Rabindra Nath Tagore b. Mulk Raj Anand c. R.K. Narayan d. Sarojini Naidu e. Toru Dutt f. Nissim Ezekiel g. Ruskin Bond h. Arun Kolatkar i. Anita Desai j. Shashi Deshpande k. Kamala Das l. Jayant Mahapatra m. Amitav Ghosh n. Manju Kapoor o. Arundhati Roy

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Part-III ( Teaching Methods )

1. Grammar - Translation Method
2. Direct Method
3. Structural Method
4. Audio-Lingual Method
5. Communicative English Language Teaching
6. Teaching Prose, Poetry, Grammar and Composition
7. Basic Principles of Second Language Teaching- Selection, Gradation, Presentation and Testing.