CONTENTS
SUBJECT
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1. FOUNDATION COURSE /COMPULSORY
a) English
b) MIL
(i)
Alt. English
(ii)
Odia
(iii)
Hindi
c) Indian Society & Culture
d) Environmental Studies
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5-6
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Courses of Studies for B.A Examination
(Three Year Degree Course)
The three year Degree Course leading to the Bachelor Degree in Arts, DDCE, Fakir Mohan
University shall be spread over a period of three academic years. A candidate shall be required to
pass the following examinations.
i)
First University Examination (FUE)
ii)
Second University Examination (SUE)
iii)
Final University Examination (FNUE)
The final result shall be computed by taking into account all the examination held in three years.
The mark distribution in B.A (Pass & Honours) shall be as follows
A) B.A (PASS/GENERAL)
FIRST YEAR
Marks
SECOND YEAR
Marks
THIRD YEAR
Marks
English –I
100
English –II
100
Indian Society & Culture
100
MIL-I
100
MIL-II
100
Environmental Studies
100
Pass (A)-I
100
Pass (A)-III
100
Elective (B)-I
100
Pass(A)-II
100
Pass(A)-IV
100
Elective (B)-II
100
Elective (A)-I
100
Elective(A)-II
100
Nil
Nil
Total
500 Total
500
Total
400
Grand total marks BA (Pass) – 1400
A pass student shall offer compulsory subject carrying 600 Marks, one pass subject carrying 400
marks and two elective subjects carrying 200 marks each
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B) B.A (Honours)
FIRST YEAR
Marks SECOND YEAR
Marks
THIRD YEAR
English –I
100
English –II
100
Indian Society & Culture 100
MIL-I
100
MIL-II
100
Environmental Studies
100
Elective (A)-I
100
Hons. P-III
100
Hons. P-VII
100
Elective (A)-II
100
Hons. P-IV
100
Hons. P-VIII*
100
Hons. P-I
100
Hons. P-V
100
Elective (B)-I
100
Hons. P-II
100
Hons. P-VI
Elective (B)-II
100
Total
600
Total
Total
600
600
Marks
Grand total marks BA (HONS) - 1800
A Hons. Student shall offer compulsory subject carrying 600 Marks, one Hons. Subject carrying
800 marks and two elective subjects carrying 200 marks each. Elective subjects are without
practical components.
For subjects having practical components, following distribution of marks shall be made
PASS
SUBJECT
FIRST YEAR
P-I
75
P-II
75
P-III(Pr) 50
75
75
50
FINAL YEAR
P-IV
75
P-X
75
P-V
75
P-XI
75
P-VI
75
P-XII(Pr)
50
P-VII
75
P-VIII(Pr) 50
P-IX(Pr)
50
*In case of Mathematics Hons. P-VIII is a practical paper and will be of six hours duration.
HONOURS
P-I
P-II
P-III(Pr)
SECOND YEAR
P-IV
75
P-V
75
P-VI(Pr)
50
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ENGLISH
PAPER-I
Time -3hrs
Full Marks-100
The course shall comprise of 6 units. Alternative questions, where required shall be set from each
unit. There shall be three literary text, one prose anthology, one poetry anthology and one story
collection.
Unit-I: short prose pieces covering wide range of subjects shall be prescribed requiring the
candidates to grasp the content of each piece and develop certain reading skills such as identifying
central ideas of paragraphs, locating specific details, guessing the meaning of unknown words
from the context, predicting, inferencing, note-taking, summarizing grasping the intent and
purpose of the writer, understanding the stylistic aspects and evaluating etc.
BOOKS:
Ideas and skills: Ed. T Mishra and P.K Mohanty, Gyanajuga Publications, Bhubaneswar
Topics to be taught:
1) Orientation
–A.P. J Abdul Kalam.
2) A Sane Society
- Eric Fromm.
3) The Indian Mind
- Swami Vivekananda
4) Sustainable Cities
-Berbert Girardet.
Candidates will be required to answer one long question within 200 words carrying 10 marks and
five short questions following a passage given from any topic taught in the class, each question
carrying 2 marks each. These short questions will have variety, i.e., they could be global. Factual.
Inferential, evaluative etc.
UNIT-II:
Short poems carrying a wide range of authors and subjects shall be prescribed, requiring the
students to grasp the context of each piece to develop certain reading skills as mentioned in the
previous unit and to comprehend the techniques, all using, images and other rhetorical devices.
Candidates will have to answer one long question within 200 words and carrying 10 marks. In this
case they will be required not to present an abstract summary or criticism of a particular poem but
to substantiate their answer with sufficient proof from the text. In addition, they will answer five
short questions following an extract from a prescribed poem. The questions will carry 2 marks
each and have the same variety as in the case of prose comprehension.
Books Prescribed:
Light and Delight· Ed. Dr. S. K. Trivedi, Mc Millan India Ltd.
Pieces to be taught:
1) Let me not to the marriage
- William Shakespeare.
2) A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- John Donne.
3) The Tiger
- William Blake
4) Three years she grew
- William Wordsworth
5) To a Skylark
- P. B Shelley
UNIT III: There shall be a short story collection covering a variety of themes for non detailed
study. The students are required to grasp the general idea of each piece and to develop an
important skill -summary writing -since the book is meant for extensive reading.
Books Prescribed:
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Story World: Ed. T. Mishra, Gyanajuga Publications, Bhubaneswar.
Pieces to be studied:1) The lost Child
- Mulkraj Anand.
2) An Ideal Family
- Catherine Mansfield
3) The Gifts
- O Henry
4) The Selfish Giant
- Oscar Wilde
One long question shall be set from the story collection carrying 20 marks. The answer is to be
given within a limit of 250 words.
UNIT IV: Grammar and Usage: 15 marks
Candidates shall be asked to answer questions on grammar and usage covering the following areas:
(a) Articles (b) Nouns (c) Concord (d) Tenses (e) Clause (f) Replacing indicated sections with
single words/antonyms / synonyms etc.
Books Prescribed:
1) Practical English Usage -Michael Swan, Oxford University Press
2) Remedial English Grammar - FT. Wood
3) Intermediate English Practice Book - S Pitt, Corder
4) Intermediate English Grammar. - Raymond Murphy Cambridge Univ. Press. ,
UNIT -V: Paragraph Writing. Candidates will be asked to write either a paragraph beginning with
a given topic sentence or to expand the idea contained in a proverb. This question will carry 10
marks and the word limit will be 100.
UNIT -VI. Summary Writing: Candidates will be asked to write the summary of a given passage
and provide a suitable title to it. The question will carry 5 Marks.
PAPER- II
Time: 3Hours
Full Marks-100
UNIT-I: Fiction:
One novel either "Coolie" by Mulk Raj Anand or "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamla Markandaya is to
be studied. The students are required to grasp the broad themes and assess the main characters in
the novels.
i. There shall be two questions. The first question (objective / multiple choice types/ short
answer type) shall carry 10 marks
(2x5=10)
ii. The second question with an alternative shall carry 15 marks and test the student’s
knowledge of the text and the characters.
UNIT-II: On& Act Play: The play "Riders to The Sea" by A. Synge is to be studied.
i. There shall be two questions. The first question shall carry 10 marks and require short
answers of an objective / multiple choice types.
(2x5=10)
ii. The second question (with an alternative) shall carry 15 marks and test the student's
knowledge of the theme and the characters,
Unit-III: Letters Writing:
One .question with an alternative (Business / Official/ Domestic letters) carrying 10 marks
Unit-IV: Report-writing / Short essay:
i. One question on report writing and an alternative question on a short essay within 250
words carrying 15 marks.
UNIT-V: Language Skills:
i. One composite question carrying 10 marks covering reported speech. Punctuation and,
expanding points into complete sentences.
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M.I. L. (Alternate English)
Paper-I
Time -3hrs
Full Marks-100
UNIT-I: One question with an alternative from an anthology of short stories, carrying 20 Marks.
Books Prescribed:Home and the Horizon, Edited by P.C. Mohanty, Lark Books.
Pieces to be studied:1. Another Community
2. The Hills
3. The Eyes are not here. Wise Folks
4 Little Girls Wiser Than Men
5. The Model
6. The Fly
UNIT-II: One question with an alternative from a novel, carrying 20 marks.
Books Prescribed:Silas Marnet - George Eliot, O.U.P. or the Mayor of Caster Bridge - Thomas Hardy.
UNIT-III: One question with an alternative on a play, carrying 20 marks.
Books Prescribed:A Passage to India (Dramatlsed) - S. Rama Rao, O.U.P.
UNIT-IV: One question with an alternative on an anthology of poems, carrying 20 marks.
Books Prescribed: The Fire and the Rose, Edited by S.K. Mishra, Tara Tarini Pustakalaya.
Pieces to be studied:1. A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
2. Kubla Khan
3. To a Skylark.
4. Ode on a Grecian Urn.
5. Tithonus
6. Spring and Full
7. Snake
8. Preludes
9. The Unknown Citizen
UNIT -V In this section a candidate shall write a précis of a passage containing about 300 words.
The question shall carry 20 Marks.
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PAPER-II
Time- 3Hrs
F.M -100
UNIT -I: Language Skill
20
Multiple-choice questions shall be asked on punctuation, Direct-Indirect narration, Passive
Voice, Concord, Phrasal Verb etc. to test the candidates' language skills.
UNIT -II: Letter Writing:
20
Personal/ official letters or drafts with alternatives shall be asked in this unit.
UNIT-III: Copy editing/ sub-editing of a given passage.
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UNIT -IV: Report writing / short essay:
10
Candidates shall be asked to write a report on a topic of interest or write a short essay on a
given topic in about 200 words.
UNIT –V: Literary Texts:
20 + 20
In this unit literary text - one fiction and one play shall be prescribed. Candidates shall be
required to answer one long answer-type question each from the Fiction and the Play.
Alternatives shall be provided.
Books Prescribed:
1. Company Limited - Shankar (in translation) OR
Treasure Island - R.L. Stevenson
2. All My Sons - Arthur Miller OR Arms and the Man - S.B. Shaw
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INDIAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE
Time-3hrs
Full Marks-100
SECTION -I
UNIT I: Indian Society: Origin and composition formation of castes and tribes. Their religion and
tradition conflict and threats to. Unity, step for social integration
UNIT II: Changes in Social- Cultural pattern: impact of changes in different period of culture:
sanskritisation. Secularization, impact of western culture and modernization changes due to
democratization.
UNIT III: Liberalization and Globalization and its impact on Indian Society; conflict and
adjustment
of the emerging situation; the role of Civil society.
SECTION -II
UNIT I: Indian Culture
Roots of Indian Culture: - Concept of Bharata Varsa; Religious faith and belief; Social
systems. Characteristics of Indian culture: Protest and Religious movement during 6th
century B.C. culture attainment with reference to the Gupta period.
UNIT II: Cultural Expansion: - Overseas trade and commerce and is impact on south-east Asia.
External impact an Indian culture: Hellenistic impact an art and architecture; impact of
Islam on Indian life socio-religious Reforms movement: Bhakti Movement, Brahma Samaj
and Arya Samaj.
UNIT III: Nationalism in India, Freedom struggle and the role of Gandhi. Tagore, Nehru and
Subhas..
Suggested readings:
1. A Social Cultural and Economic History and of India by PN. Chapter, aN. Puri and B.N. Das in 3 volumes
2. The History and culture of Indian People by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Edited - R.C. Majumdar
3. Romila Thaper - Social History of India
4. R.K. Mission Series· relevant chapters volume 1, 2, 3.4.5
5. S.P Nanda - Economic and Social History of Modern Ind;a
6. K.M. Srinivas - Social changes in Modern India
7. B.K. Sarkar - The Positive Background of Hindu sociology
8. V. Gautam - Aspects of Indian Society and Economy in the Nineteenth century.
9. Rekha Sharma - A Hand Book of Sociology
10. Thapa - Tribe. Caste and Religion
11. Verghese - General Sociology.
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Time -3hrs
Full Marks-100
UNIT 1: The Multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies Definition, scope and importance.
Need for public awareness.
UNIT 2: NATURAL RESOURCES
Renewable and non-renewable resources:
Natural resources and associated problems.
(a) Forest resources: Use and over-exploitation, deforestation, case studies, Timber extraction,
Mining, dams and their effects on forest and tribal people.
(b) Water resources: Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, floods, drought,
Conflicts over water, dams benefits and problems·.
(c) Mineral resources: Use and exploitation, environmental effects of extracting and using Mineral
resources, case studies.
(d) Food resources: World food problems, changes caused by agricultural and over grazing, affects
of modern agriculture, fertilizer, pesticide problems, water logging, salinity, case studies.
(e) Energy resources: Growing energy needs, renewable and non-renewable energy sources, use of
alternate energy sources. Case studies.
(f) Land resouces: Land as a resource, land degradation, man induced landslides, soil erosion and
desertification.
Role of an individual in conservation of natural resources. Equitable use of resources for
sustainable lifestyles.
UNIT-3: Ecosystems
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Concept of an ecosystem.
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Structure and function of an ecosystem.
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Producers, consumers and decomposers.
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Energy flow in the ecosystem.
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Ecological succession.
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Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids.
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Introduction, types, characteristic features, structure and function of the following
ecosystem :a) Forest ecosystem.
b) Grassland ecosystem.
c) Desert ecosystem.
d) Aquatic ecosystem (Ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, oceans, estuaries)
UNIT-4: Biodiversity and its conservation
• Introduction-Definition: genetic, species and ecosystem diversity.
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Biogeographically classification of India.
• Value of biodiversity: Consumptive use, productive use, social, ethical, aesthetic and
Option values.
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Biodiversity at global, National and local levels.
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India as a mega-diversity nation.
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Hot-Spots of Bio-diversity
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Threats to biodiversity: Habitat loss, poaching of wildlife, man wildlife conflicts.
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Endangered and endemic species of India.
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Conservation of biodiversity: In-situ and Ex-situ consternation of biodiversity.
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UNIT-5: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION DEFINITION
• Causes, effects and control measures of:a. Air Pollution
b. Water Pollution
c. Soil Polluti0n
d. Marine Pollution
e. Noise Pollution
f. Thermal Pollution g. Nuclear Hazards
• Solid waste management: Causes, effects and control measures of Urban and Industrial
Wastes.
• Role of an individual in prevention of pollution.
• Pollution case studies.
• Disaster Management: Floods, Earthquake, Cyclone and Landslides.
UNIT-6: SOCIAL ISSUES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
• From Unsustainable to Sustainable development
• Urban problems related to energy
• Water conservation, rain water harvesting, watershed management
• Resettlement and rehabilitation of people: Its problems and concerns. Case studies.
• Environmental ethics: Issues and possible solutions.
• Climate Change, Global Warming, Acid rain, Ozone Layer depletion, Nuclear
accidents and holocaust case studies.
• Wasteland reclamation.
• Consumerism and Waste products.
• Environment protection Act.
• Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act.
• Water (Prevention and control of pollution) Act. Wildlife protection Act.
• Forest Conservation Act.
• Issues involved in enforcement of environmental legislation.
• Public awareness.
UNIT-7: Human population and the Environment\
• Population growth, variation among nations.
• Population explosion - Family welfare programme.
• Environment and human health.
• Human rights
• Value Education
• HIV / AIDS
• Women and Child Welfare
• Role of Information Technology in Environment and human health.
• Case studies.
UNIT-8: FIELD WORK
• Visit to a local area to document environmental assets river / forest / grassland / hill /
mountain.
• Visit to a local polluted site-Urban / Rural / Industrial / Agricultural
• Study of Common plants, insects, birds
• Study of simple ecosystems-pond, river, hill slopes, etc.
(Field work Equal to 5 lecture hours)
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