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Telugu — Model Syllabus Roadmap

22 Official 2024 Lecturer Disciplines — Syllabus Directory · Subjects 12–22

Useful for: SSB Lecturer (Degree Colleges)

Overview

Telugu at lecturer level covers the history of Telugu literature, grammar and prosody, literary forms and modern movements.

Key points

History: Nannaya, Kavitrayam, Potana, Srinatha, Ashtadiggajas.
Grammar: traditional grammar attributed to Nannaya (Andhra Shabda Chintamani) and later grammars.
Prosody (chandassu): metres used in padyam.
Forms: champu, prabandham, satakam, avadhanam.
Modern literature: Gurajada, Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Sri Sri, Viswanatha Satyanarayana.
Linguistics and dialects of Telugu.

Explanation

Telugu is a classical language (2008).
Reform movements shaped modern prose.
Revolutionary poetry (Digambara, Viplava) is part of modern study.
Link writers with works.

Step by step

Place the question in its unit of the syllabus.
Recall the theory, thinker, law or work involved.
Eliminate options from other schools, periods or units.

Examples

Andhra Mahabhagavatam → Potana.
"Maha Prasthanam" → Sri Sri.
Telugu classical status → 2008.

Traps and advanced points

Trap: Wrong period placement.
Trap: Mixing writers and works.
Trap: Ignoring prosody.

Quick revision

Kavitrayam; Potana.
Chandassu; forms.
Modern writers.

Practice MCQs

The Telugu Mahabharatam was begun by
1. Pothana
2. Nannaya
3. Vemana
4. Annamayya
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Answer: (b) Nannaya. It was completed by Tikkana and Errana.
Andhra Maha Bhagavatamu was composed by
1. Tikkana
2. Bammera Pothana
3. Errana
4. Srinatha
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Answer: (b) Bammera Pothana. It is a Telugu rendering of the Bhagavata Purana.
The Ashtadiggajas were eight poets in the court of
1. Raja Raja Narendra
2. Akbar
3. Krishnadevaraya
4. Prataparudra
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Answer: (c) Krishnadevaraya. Allasani Peddana was one of them.
The early Telugu novel Rajasekhara Charitramu was written by the social reformer
1. Gurajada Apparao
2. Kandukuri Veeresalingam
3. Sri Sri
4. Chalam
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Answer: (b) Kandukuri Veeresalingam. He also campaigned for widow remarriage.
Viswanatha Satyanarayana received the Jnanpith Award for
1. Maha Prasthanam
2. Kanyasulkam
3. Amuktamalyada
4. Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu
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Answer: (d) Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu. He was the first Telugu writer to receive it.

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