UPSC Gujarati Syllabus 2025 – IAS Mains Optional Subjects

Check out the latest UPSC Mains Gujarati Syllabus 2025. Gujarati subject is one of the optional papers in the UPSC IAS Mains Exam. Earlier we’ve provided UPSC Mains Syllabus, Now we are providing UPSC Mains Optional Subject Syllabus of Gujarati Paper. There is only “ONE” optional subject to choose from the list of optional subjects which are given below. It comprises of two papers each of 250 marks. So, the optional paper has a total 500 marks. In UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam, Gujarati is one of the Optional Subjects and consists of 2 papers. Each paper is of 250 marks with a total of 500 marks. Find below the UPSC Syllabus for Gujarati Optional Subject.

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UPSC Gujarati Syllabus

UPSC Mains Part B  – Optional Subjects
Subject: Gujarati Main Examination Syllabus

UPSC Mains Gujarati Syllabus PAPER – I

(Answers must be written in Gujarati)

Section-A

Gujarati Language: Form and history

1. History of Gujarati Language with special reference to New Indo-Aryan i.e. last one thousand years.
2. Significant features of the Gujarati language: Phonology, morphology, and syntax.
3. Major dialects: Surti, Pattani, charotari and Saurashtra. History of Gujarati Literature Medieval :
4. Jaina tradition
5. Bhakti tradition: Sagun and Nirgun (Jnanmargi)
6. Non-sectarian tradition (Laukik parampara) Modern:
7. Sudharak yug
8. Pandit yug
9. Gandhi yug
10. Anu-Gandhi yug
11. Adhunik yug

Section-B

Literary Forms : (Salient features, history, and development of the following literary forms):
(a) Medieval

1. Narratives: Rasa, Akhyan and Padyavarta
2. Lyrical: Pada
   (b) Folk
3. Bhavai
   (c) Modern
4. Fiction: Novel and short story
5. Drama
6. Literary Essay
7. Lyrical Poetry
   (d) Criticism
8. History of theoretical Gujarati criticism
9. Recent research in the folk tradition.

UPSC Mains Gujarati Syllabus PAPER – II

(Answers must be written in Gujarati) The paper will require first-hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the critical ability of the candidate.

Section-A

1. Medieval (i) Vasantvilas phagu-Ajnatkrut
   (ii) Kadambari-Bhalan
   (iii) Sudamacharitra-Premanand
   (iv) Chandrachandravatini varta-Shamal
   (v) Akhegeeta-Akho
2. Sudharakyug & Pandityug (vi) Mari Hakikat-Narmadashankar Dave
   (vii) Farbasveerah- Dalpatram
   (viii) Saraswatichandra-Part-I Govardhanram Tripathi
   (ix) Purvalap- ‘Kant’ (Manishankar Ratnaji Bhatt)
   (x) Raino Parvat-Ramanbhai Neelkanth

Section-B

1. Gandhiyug & Anu Gandhiyug (i) Hind Swaraj-Mohandas Kar-machand Gandhi
   (ii) Patanni Prabhuta- Kanhaiyalal Munshi
   (iii) Kavyani Shakti- Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak
   (iv) Saurashtrani Rasdhar Part 1- Zaverchand Meghani
   (v) Manvini Bhavai-Pannalal Patel
   (vi) Dhvani-Rajendra Shah
2. Adhunik yug (vii) Saptapadi-Umashankar Joshi
   (viii) Janantike- Suresh Joshi
   (ix) Ashwatthama- Sitanshu Yashaschandra

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