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CONTENTS

SUBJECT PAGE

1. FOUNDATION COURSE /COMPULSORY

a) English 3-4

b) MIL

(i) Alt. English 5-6

(ii) Odia 7-9

(iii) Hindi 10-11

c) Indian Society & Culture 12

d) Environmental Studies 13-14

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 Marks

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 600 Total 600

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

SUBJECT FIRST YEAR SECOND YEAR FINAL YEAR

PA

SS

P-I

P-II

P-III(Pr)

75

75

50

P-IV

P-V

P-VI(Pr)

75

75

50

HO

NO

UR

S

P-I

P-II

P-III(Pr)

75

75

50

P-IV

P-V

P-VI

P-VII

P-VIII(Pr)

P-IX(Pr)

75

75

75

75

50

50

P-X

P-XI

P-XII(Pr)

75

75

50

*In case of Mathematics Hons. P-VIII is a practical paper and will be of six hours duration.

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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. 10

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

• Concept of an ecosystem.

• Structure and function of an ecosystem.

• Producers, consumers and decomposers.

• Energy flow in the ecosystem.

• Ecological succession.

• Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids.

• 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.

• Biogeographically classification of India.

• Value of biodiversity: Consumptive use, productive use, social, ethical, aesthetic and

Option values.

• Biodiversity at global, National and local levels.

• India as a mega-diversity nation.

• Hot-Spots of Bio-diversity

• Threats to biodiversity: Habitat loss, poaching of wildlife, man wildlife conflicts.

• Endangered and endemic species of India.

• 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)