Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, known commonly as HPPSC, is a government agency and topmost constitutional body of Government of Himachal Pradesh. Here is a detailed syllabus for HPAS Main Exam Optional Paper English Literature.
Optional Paper – ENGLISH LITERATURE
Section A
PAPER-I
- William Shakespeare : The Tempest
- John Donne. The following poems:
- The Canonization
- The Good Morrow
- The Flea
- The Ecstasy
- The Sun Rising
- Death be not proud;
- John Milton. Paradise Lost, I, IV
- William Wordsworth. The following poems:
- Ode on Intimation of Immortality.
- Tintern Abbey.
- The Solitary Reaper
- The World is too much with us.
- Upon Westminster Bridge.
- Alfred Tennyson. The following poem:
- Ulysses,
- The Lotus Eaters
- Henrik Ibsen. A Doll's House.
Section B
- Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Thomas Hardy. Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
- Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
PAPER-II
ENGLISH LITERATURE: The Twentieth Century
Section A
- William Butler Yeats. The following poems:
- Easter 1916
- The Second Coming
- A Prayer for my Daughter
- Sailing to Byzantium
- The Tower
- Among School Children
- T.S. Eliot. The following poems:
- The Love Songs of J.Alfred Prufrock
- Journey of the Magi
- The Hollow Men
- Robert Frost. The following poems:
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
- The Road not taken
- After Apple Picking
- Birches
- Mending Wall
- W.H.Auden. The following poems:
- In Memory of W.B.Yeats
- The Unknown Citizen
- The Shield of Achilles
- September 1, 1939
- Samuel Beckett - Waiting for Godot
- Arthur Miller - Death of a Salesman
Section B
- E.M.Forster: A Passage to India.
- James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
- Nathaniel Hawthornem The Scarlet Letter
- R.K. Narayan: The Guide.
FORESTRY
PAPER-I
- Forest and forestry, branches of forestry. Forest types of India and their distribution.
- Factors influencing vegetation. Natural and artificial regeneration of forests. Collection, storage and viability tests. Pre- sowing seed treatments. Nursery practices-selection and preparation of site. Application of fertilizers. Preparation of growing mixture and filling of containers.
- Aforestation–selection and preparation of site, selection of stock, time and pattern of planting.
- Tending operation.
- Silviculture system-scope and classification. Detailed study of clear felling, shelter wood, selection, accessory and coppice systems and their modifications. Conversion. Choice of silvicultural system.
- Binomial nomenclature, systems of classification. Growth habit, distribution, habitat requirements, phenology, silvicultural characters, regeneration methods and uses of Cedrus deodara, Pinus roxburghii, Pinus wallichiana, Pinus gerardiana, Picea smithina. Abies pindrow, Quercus spp. Shorea robusta, Tectona grandis, Dalbergia sissoo. Acacia catechu and Bamboo spp.
PAPER-II
- Logging and ergonomics-felling, conversion, transport, safety. Forest depots, saw milling, defects in wood. Wood seasoning. Wood preservation. Important wood characteristics: Wood density and strength. Wood based industries-Composite and improved wood, Pulp and paper, rayon, furniture. Forest Products-Oleoresin, katha and cutch, charcoal, tannin, gums, dyes, fibres & flosses, lac, wild fruits and oil seeds. Distribution, cultivation and utilization of pepper, cardamom, clove, Rauwolfia, Dioscorea, isabgol, belladonna, citronella grass, lavender, geranium, Mentha, Ocimum.
- General characteristics of fungi, bacteria, viruses, phytoplasma and phanerogames causing tree diseases. Important diseases viz., Ganoderma root rot of shisham and khair, Armillaria root rot, Phytophthora root rot of deodar. Heart rots. Important characters of phylum, arthoropoda and class insecta. Insect-pest and disease management methods. Insect pests and diseases in forest nurseries and their management. Problems of weeds in forest nurseries and plantations.
- Weed control. Forest fires - their harmful and beneficial effects. Fire control methods. Fire fighting devices and extinguishing chemicals. Modern methods of forest fire control.
- Principles of forestry extension education, adoption and differences of farm technology, communication methods, techniques of motivating farmers, farm women, NGOs, etc. Role of village/rural institutions for rural development.
- Demand and supply analysis. Market structures and classification. Marketing of forest products and its role in economy. Cost-benefit analysis of forestry projects. Determination of optimal rotation of forest crops.
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