Civil Service Mains Optional CHINESE

 CHINESE

PAPER-I

This paper will require the candidates to
have a good knowledge of standard Chi-nese language and its characteristics so
as to test the candidate’s organisational
capabilities. All the questions except the
question on translation from Chinese to
English must be answered in Chinese. All
the questions carry equal marks.

Section-A

1. Essay writing in about 500 Chinese
characters on a topical subject.

2. Translation :
a) Chinese-English
b) English-Chinese

3. Syntactic and grammatical usage.
Section-B

1. Explanation of idioms and phrases in
Chinese.

2. Development of Chinese language

3. Comprehension Precis writing.


PAPER-II
This paper will require the candidates to
have a good grasp of Chinese studies and
will be designed to test the candidate’s criti-cal ability. All the questions must be an-swered in Chinese. All the questions carry
equal marks.

Section-A
1. Short notes on topics related to major
events in modern Chinese history
(from 1919 till date).

2. Critical evaluation of major literary works
in pre-liberation period (1919-1949) :

a) Lao She : Four Generations,
Rickshaw-puller.

b) Ba Jin : Family.

c) Lu Xum : Medicine,
Madman’s Diary.
The True Story of
Ah Q.

d) Mao Dun : Midnight

e) Ai Quing : Coal’s Reply (Mei
de Duihua),
Begger (Qigai), I
Love This Land
(Wo Ai Zhe Tudi),
Old Man (Laoren)


f) Guo Moruo : The Goddesses.

3. Role of Philosophy and Religion in the
Development of Chinese Society.

Section-B

1. Socio-Economic/Political/Educational/
Sports/Science and Technological
Development since 1979.

2. Critical appreciation of major literary
works in post-liberation period (1949
till date) :

a) Gu Hua : The Town Called
Hibiscus
(Furongzhen)

b) Chen Rong : Till the Middle Age
(Ren dao
Zhongnian)

c) Liu Xinwu : The Class-in-Charge (Ban
Zhuren)

d) Lu Yao : The Human
Existence
(Rensheng)

e) Ai Qing : Fish Fossil, The
Mirror, The
Gardener’s Dream,
The Hunter Who
Drew Birds

f) Shu Ting : Motherland, My
Beloved Mother-land