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PERSIAN
Total Marks - 200
Aims
The aims of the syllabus in Persian are as follows:
(i) To acquaint the students with classical and modern Persian
(ii) To familiarise them with such selection of Persian texts including those from Iqbal, which have a value in practical life.
PAPER - I (Marks 100)
1. (a) Origin and development of the language.
outline:
(i) Elementary information about: Avesta, Old Persian and Pahlavi languages.
(ii) The advent ...
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
Total Marks - 200
PAPER I (Marks - 100)
Detailed study of a literary age (19th century)
The paper will cover the study of English Literature from 1798 to 1900 with special reference to the works of W. Blake, Wordsworth, Shelly, Keats, Byron, Charles Lamb, Dickens, Tennyson, Robert Browning, Hardy, George Eliot, J.S. Mill, Ruskin and Oscar Wilde.
Evidence of first hand eading ...
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PUSTHO
Total Marks - 100
Essay on prominent works, personalities and writers.
Translation of unseen passages from Pushto into English or Urdu.
Translation of unseen passages from English or Urdu into Pushto.
General Questions on evolution and criticism of Pushto Prose and Poetry.
Folk Literature, Introduction of Tappa,
Charbaita, Lohha, Neemakai, Sandara,
and Badala including folk stories.
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PSYCHOLOGY INCLUDING EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHO LOGY
Total Marks - 200
PAPER I (Marks - 100)
1. Definition and scope of Psychology: Psychology as a science of behaviour, Schools and Systems of Psychology, Recent trends in Psychology.
2. Nervous System: Structure and functions of cells, Central and Peripheral Nervous System, Endocrine system
3. Learning: Conditioning — classical and operant Reinforcement, Avoidance conditioning, Extinction, Discrimination learning, imprinting, Theories of ...
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PHILOSOPHY
Total Marks - 200
PAPER I (Marks - 100)
1. Formal and informal arguments: Elements of deductive reasoning; validity and truth: Proposition and syllogism.
2. Definition with special reference to Aristotle, Ibn-e-Taimya's Criticism of Aristotle; Relativity of definition: Ambiguity; vagueness and emotive use of language as impediments in clear thinking: Fallacies – formal, material and linguistic
3. Symbolic Logic: value of special symbols, symbols for conjunction, ...
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Total Marks - 100
Part - A
1. The modern state system - history, basic features, evolving forms.
2. International Relations as a field of study, Basic Approaches - Power, Balance of Power, Imperialism, Nationalism.
3. Interaction between states - diplomacy, International Law, international economic and trade linkages - pressures in world politics.
Part - B
1. Evolution of the International System since 1815 (Congress of Vienna) ...
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