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University : Chaudhary Bansilal University Bhiwani
Entrance Test : PG Admission Entrance Test 2015
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Detailed Syllabus for Entrance Test for admission to M.A. (English) :
Semester I :
Section A:
Poetry :
Text Prescribed :
Chronicles of Time edited by Asha Kadyan, with the following deletions.
(i) “Leisure” by W.H. Davies
(ii) “The Flute Player of Brindaban” by Sarojini Naidu
(iii) “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke

Section B :
Grammar :
1. Tag Questions
2. Transformation
3. Confusion of Adjectives and Adverbs
4. Adverbial use of no, not and none
5. The Prop-Word one
6. Redundant Pronouns and Prepositions
7. The use of correlatives
8. Errors in the use of individual words: please and thank you, Dates and Times, Greetings and Salutations.

Semester II :
Section A :
Text Prescribed:
The Pointed Vision: An Anthology of Short Stories by Usha Bande and Krishan Gopal.

Section B :
i) „It?s Question Time? by Jayant V.Narlikar
ii) „An Interview with Christian Barnard? by N.Ram
iii) “Inhumanisation of War? by Huck Gutman.

Section C :
Grammar and Composition :

Semester III :
1. Sounds in Stillness An Anthology of Poems. ed.by S.S. Sangwan . Delhi: OUP,
2. Selected episodes from the Mahabharta by C.Raja Gopalachari, Mumbai 7 : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan .
The episode “Ganapti, the Scribe” and first 24 Chapters from “Devarata” to “The Wager”are prescribed for study.
3. Grammar, Pronunciation/Transcription
From A Text book of Grammar by Inderjit Kumar and Sanjay Kumar .Kurukshetra : K UK.

Semester IV :
1. Snapshots: An Anthology of One-Act Plays. ed. S.K.Sharma. New Delhi: OUP
2. The Mahabharta chapter 25 to 49 i.e. “Draupadi?s Grief” to ”Arjuna?s Charioteer.”
3. Precis, Translation, Comprehension, email and Resume writing From A Text book of Grammar by Inderjit Kumar and Sanjay Kumar .Kurukshetra:KUK.
Ch. Bansi Lal University Bhiwani Session 2015-16

BA-III :
Semester-V :
Prescribed Books :
1. The Eternal Muse edited by Brajesh Sawhney
2. The Spectrum of Life : A Selection of Modern Essays edited by M.K.Bhatnagar
3. A Text Book of English Grammar and Composition edited by S.C. Sharma, Shiv Narain, Gulab Singh and Pankaj Sharma

Semester-VI :
Prescribed Books:
1. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
2. A Text Book of English Grammar and Composition edited by S.C. Sharma, Shiv Narain, Gulab Singh and Pankaj Sharma

Suggested Reading:
1. English in Situations by R.O. Neill (O.U.P.)
2. Success with English: The Penguin Course Book I by Geoffry Bronghton (Penguin Books).
3. What To Say When Ed. Viola Huggins (BBC London) Fifty Ways to Improve your Presentation Skills in English by English by Bob Dignen (Orient Black Swan)

Semester-V :
English (Additional) :
Prescribed Text Book :
1. All My Sons by Arthur Miller (Recommended edition by Nissim Ezekiel), in the Modern Plays for students (OUP)
2. Select Short Stories (Book one) compiled by Nagpur University, (OUP)

Semester-VI :
English (Additional) :
Prescribed Text book:
1. The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope, edited by E.V. Sunderam
2. Essay and Precis Writing Ch. Bansi Lal University Bhiwani Session 2015-16

Semester-V :
Communicative/Functional English :
Business Communication and Writing Skills

Unit I :
1. Communication (Business, Commercial and Official) : Letters of enquiry, reference arrangements, announcing forthcoming events, letters inviting tenders and quotations, complaints and answer to complaints, apologies and thanks giving letters, placing of orders, writing circulars and memos.

Unit II :
2. Interpreting Figures, Writing Stories, Interpreting Statistics in Diagrams, Report Writing, Writing Notices, Agenda and Minutes.

Unit III :
3. Precis of passage of about 200 words.
4. Comprehension of a passage.
5. Translation from Hindi to English

Note: Students will be required to translate a passage of about 100 words from Hindi to English. The objective will be to test the student?s skill of translating conversation in actual situations.

Semester-VI :
Communicative/Functional English
(Broadcasting and T.V.)

Unit I :
1. Understanding News :
Concept of News, Qualities of News, Organization and Function of News Room, News Writing, Structure of News, Types of Leads, Use of Language, Style Book Leads, Use of Language, and Sources of News.
2. News Reporting
3. Editorial Writing and Make up :
News Editing, Copy Reading, Heading, Display and Page Make up, Picture Editing, Innovation, VDT.

Unit II :
4. Television News: Making of News Bulletin
5. Guidelines for Radio/ T.V. News Writing.
6. Correction of Mistakes in Broadcasting.
7. Difference between Radio and T.V. News

Unit III :
Essay Writing:
Students will be required to write an essay on a topic of current affairs and general knowledge.