UPSC-CSE Main exam syllabus French Paper 1

FRENCH

PAPER-I

Answers must be written in French except in the case of question requiring translation from French to English.

Section-A

1. Main trends in French Literature

a) Classicism

b) Rommanticism

c) Realism

2. Art in France

a) Romanticism

b) Realism

c) Impressionism

3. The Vth Republic

(a) De Gaulle and the Vth Republique

(b) May 1968

(c) Pompidou

(d) Giscard d' Estaing

(e) Mitterrand

(f) Chirac

4. Translation : French to English (2 passages

of socio-politico-economic nature

of 200 words each).

Section-B

1. Main trends in French Literature

a) Symbolism

b) Surrealism

c) Theatre of the Absurd

2. Art in French

a) Surrealism

b) Cubism

c) Abstract Painting

3. The Vth Republic

a) Parts politiques en France

b) Place et rôle du Président de la Ve

Republique

c) Le gouvernement

d) Le Parlement

e) Le Senat

4. Translation : English to French 2 passages of socio-politico-economic nature of 200 words each.