Vinayaka Mission University
Vinayaka Missions University (VMU) is a pioneering and vibrant school offering a multi-social experience with an atmosphere checked by the ideal congruity of living in differing qualities.
Years1
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PROSE: THE LUNCHEON - SOMERSET MAUGHAM. IN PRISON - JAWAHARLAL NEHRU.
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PROSE: THE BEGGAR - ANTON CHEKHOV. CLIMATE CHANGE.
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PROSE: ON THE RULE OF THE ROAD - A.G. GARDINER. WHAT IS SCIENCE - GEORGE
ORWELL.
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POETRY: ALL THE WORLD`S A STAGE - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. BECAUSE I COULD NOT
STOP FOR DEATH - EMILY DICKINSON. THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US - WILLIAM
WORDSWORTH.
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POETRY: ON HIS BLINDNESS - JOHN MILTON. THE ROAD NOT TAKEN - ROBERT FROST.
MY DAYS AMONG THE DEAD ARE PASSED - ROBERT SOUTHEY.
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SHORT STORY: THE TELL - TALE HEART - EDGAR ALLEN POE.
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SHORT STORY: THE GIFT OF THE MAGI - O` HENRY.
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SHORT STORY: THE NECKLACE - GUY DE MAUPASSANT.
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SHORT STORY: HER FIRST BALL - CATHERINE MANSFIELD.
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SHORT STORY: THE MONKEY`S PAW - W.W. JACOBS.
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GRAMMAR: ARTICLES - PREPOSITIONS - ADJECTIVES - ADVERBS - INFINITIVE AND
GERUND -CONDITIONAL SENTENCES - TENSES - TAG QUESTIONS.
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COMPOSITION: NOTE - TAKING - READING COMPREHENSION - LETTER WRITING.
REFERENCE BOOK:
STUDY MATERIAL PREPARED BY VMU.
AN INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY:
AN INTRODUCTION OF HISTORY - MEANING OF HISTORY - DEFINITIONS OF HISTORY -
PHILOSOPHY DRAWN FROM EXAMPLES, AN ACCOUNT OF AN UNCHANGING PAST,
HISTORY MAKES MEN WISE, HISTORY IS AN ESSENCE OF BIOGRAPHIC, HISTORY IS
PAST POLITICS, HISTORY IS SCIENCE, HISTORY UNFOLDS HUMAN FREEDOM, HISTORY
IS CONTEMPORARY - MEANING, NATURE, SCOPE OF HISTORY - BRANCHES OF HISTORY
- POLITICAL HISTORY, CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY, PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY, LEGAL
HISTORY, MILITARY HISTORY, DIPLOMATIC HISTORY, SOCIAL HISTORY, ECONOMIC
HISTORY, INTELLECTUAL HISTORY, LOCAL HISTORY, BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - THE
HISTORY A SCIENCE OR AN ART.
USES OF HISTORY:
USES OF HISTORY - UTILITY OF HISTORY, PROMOTES INSIGHT, SOCIAL MEMORY,
PROVIDES PRECEDENTS, VISION - TESTED TEACHER, VISION AND MISSION, DIALOGUE
BETWEEN PRESENT AND PAST, SOCIAL EDUCATION, INSPIRING INSTRUCTION,
EDUCATION VALUE, STORE - HOUSE EXPERIENCE, FURTHER FOCUS - VALUES OF
HISTORY - HISTORY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER SUBJECTS - HISTORY AND
POLITICS, HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY AND ECONOMICS, HISTORY AND
SOCIOLOGY, HISTORY AND LITERATURE, HISTORY AND PSYCHOLOGY, HISTORY AND
PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY AND RELIGION, HISTORY AND ETHICS - HISTORY AND ALLIED
SCIENCES - CHRONOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, EPIGRAPHY, NUMISMATICS,
SIGILLOGRAPHY, PALEOGRAPHY, GRAPHOLOGY, DIPLOMATIC.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS:
NATURE AND SCOPE - IMPORTANCE - ECONOMICS AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES - IS
ECONOMICS A SCIENCE OR ART - POSITIVE ECONOMICS AND NORMATIVE ECONOMICS -
BASIC CONCEPTS - GOODS, UTILITY, VALUE, WEALTH, CAPITAL, INCOME, PRICE,
MARKET, EQUILIBRIUM.
BASIC THEORIES OF ECONOMICS:
BASIC THEORIES - HUMAN WANTS - LAW OF SUPPLY - CONSUMPTION LAW - ECONOMIC
SYSTEMS - TRADITIONAL ECONOMY - CAPITALIST ECONOMY - SOCIALIST ECONOMY -
MIXED ECONOMY.
SOCIOLOGY:
SOCIOLOGY - MEANING, HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY, DEFINITIONS, NATURE OF
SOCIOLOGY, SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY, IMPORTANCE OF SOCIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY IN
INDIA - SOCIOLOGY AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES - SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY,
SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS, SOCIOLOGY AND
HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY, SOCIOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY, SOCIOLOGY
AND ETHICS, SOCIOLOGY AND JURISPRUDENCE, SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY -
SOCIAL CHANGE - NATURE OF SOCIAL CHANGE, FACTORS OF SOCIAL CHANGE,
THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL CHANGE AND TOOLS OF PRODUCTION, SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS, TYPES OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, PRESSURE GROUP, SOCIAL FORMATION,
SOCIAL INVENTIONS.
CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION:
CULTURE - DEFINITIONS - CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE - THE STRUCTURE OF
CULTURE - THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURE - THE FUNCTIONS OF CULTURE - CIVILIZATION
- DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION - SOCIALIZATION - SOCIALIZATION
AND SOCIALISM, STAGE OF SOCIALIZATION, FAMILY AND SOCIALIZATION,
SOCIALIZATION PROCESS, FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOCIALIZATION, MERITS OF
SOCIALIZATION.
SOCIAL MOBILITY:
SOCIAL MOBILITY - INTRA-GENERATIONAL AS WELL AS INTER-GENERATIONAL MOBILITY,
STRUCTURAL AND EXCHANGE MOBILITY, UPWARD AND DOWNWARD MOBILITY, TYPES
OF MOBILITY, IMPORTANCE OF MOBILITY, CASTE AND SOCIAL MOBILITY, CLASS AND
MOBILITY, FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOCIAL MOBILITY - SOCIAL INSTITUTION -
DEFINITIONS, CHARACTERISTICS, IMPORTANCE OF INSTITUTION, DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN INSTITUTION AND SOCIETY, DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INSTITUTION AND
COMMUNITY.
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE:
NATURE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE - MEANING, HISTORY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE,
DEFINITIONS, SCOPE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE -
THE STATE - MEANING, DEFINITIONS, ELEMENTS OF THE STATE, POPULATION,
TERRITORY, GOVERNMENT, SOVEREIGNTY, STATE AND INDIVIDUAL, STATE AND
SOCIETY, STATE AND ASSOCIATION, STATE AND NATION, NATION-STATE, STATE AND
A.STORY
1.MAMTHA
B.GENERAL ESSAY
1.AADARSHA VIDHYARTHI
C.GRAMMAR
1.SANGNA
1.POOSH KI RAATH
1.NAAGARIK KE KARTHAVYA AAUR ADHIKAAR
1.SARVANAAM
1.VAAPASI
1.BHARATHIYA SAMAJ KI PRAMUKH SAMASYAAYEN
1.LINGH
1.HAAR KI JEETH
1.ANUSAASAN
1.VACHAN
1.NAMAK KAA DHAROGA
1.VIGNAAN SE HAANI-LAABH
C.GRAMMER
1.KAARAK
1.BHAAYEE-BHAHAN
1.PARYAAVARAN-PRADHOOSAN-SAMASYAYEN AURHAL
1.VISHESHAN
A.STROY
1.RAAKHI KA MOOLYA
1.JANASANKHYA KI SAMASYAA
1.KRIYA
1.PRITHIVIRAJ KI AANKHEN
1.SANGANAK (COMPUTER)
1.KRIYA-VISHESHAN
1.KADAMBA KE PHOOL
B. GENERAL ESSAY
1. MARE DES KA BHAVISHYA
C. GRAMMER
1.SAMBANDHA BHOODHAK
1.ALBAM
1.BEESVIN SATHABTHI KE PASHCHATH
1.SAMUCHAYA BHOODAK
1.SHIVAJI KI GURU BHAKTHI
1.SAHA-SIKSHA
1.VISMAYADHI BHOODAK
1.AAJADHI
1.SAHITHYA AUR SAMAJ
1.UPASARGE AUR PRATHYAYA
AS YOU LIKE IT - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAYS - THE STORY - IMPORTANT INCIDENTS -
IMPORTANT EPISODES - CHARACTER SKETCHES IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF
SHAKESPEARE:
ROMEO AND JULIET - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAYS - THE STORY - IMPORTANT
INCIDENTS - IMPORTANT EPISODES - CHARACTER SKETCHES IN THE PRESCRIBED
PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE:
HAMLET, THE PRINCE OF DENMARK - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAYS - THE STORY -
IMPORTANT INCIDENTS - IMPORTANT EPISODES - CHARACTER SKETCHES IN THE
PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE:
COMEDY OF ERRORS - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAYS - THE STORY - IMPORTANT
ALL`S WELL THAT ENDS WELL - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAYS - THE STORY - IMPORTANT
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAYS - THE STORY - IMPORTANT
THE TEMPEST - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAYS - THE STORY - IMPORTANT INCIDENTS -
ELIZABETHAN THEATRE AND AUDIENCE - SHAKESPEARE`S CAREER - THEATRE -
AUDIENCE IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE:
VARIOUS THEMES OF SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS - AS YOU LIKE IT - COMEDY OF ERRORS
- ROMEO AND JULIET - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - THE TEMPEST IN THE
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TITLE OF THE SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS - ALL`S WELL THAT
ENDS WELL - AS YOU LIKE IT - ROMEO AND JULIET - COMEDY OF ERRORS - THE TAMING
OF THE SHREW IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE:
DISGUISES IN THE PLAY, "AS YOU LIKE IT - THE ROLE OF CHANCES IN ROMEO AND
JULIET - GHOST IN THE PLAY, HAMLET - MISTAKEN IDENTITY IN THE PLAY, "ALL`S WELL
THAT ENDS WELL IN THE PRESCRIBED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE:
GENERAL ESSAYS - ROMEO AND JULIET AS A TRAGEDY - TRAGIC FLAW IN THE PLAY,
HAMLET - COMEDY OF ERRORS AS A COMEDY - PLOT CONSTRUCTION IN ALL`S WELL
THAT ENDS WELL - THE TEMPEST AS A PLAY OF RECONCILIATION IN THE PRESCRIBED
1.AS YOU LIKE IT
2.ROMEO AND JULIET
3.HAMLET, THE PRINCE OF DENMARK
4.COMEDY OF ERRORS
5.ALL`S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
6.THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
7.THE TEMPEST
Years2
PROSE: A VISIT TO INDIA - JULIAN HUXLEY. UNIVERSITY DAYS - JAMES THURBER.
PROSE: I HAVE A DREAM - MARTIN LUTHER KING. THE STORY TELLER - H.H. MUNRO
(SAKI).
PROSE: GEORGE BERNARD SHAW - BERTRAND RUSSELL. ONLY THEN SHALL WE FIND
COURAGE - ALBERT EINSTEIN.
POETRY: A DAY IS DONE - HENRY WORDSWORTH LONG FELLOW. KING ARTHUR`S
FAREWELL - ALFRED TENNYSON.
POETRY: O CAPTAIN - MY CAPTAIN - WALT WHITMAN. MY LAST DUCHESS - ROBERT
BROWING.
POETRY: ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE - JOHN KEATS. LOCH INVAR - WALTER SCOTT.
ONE ACT PLAY: REMEMBER CAESAR - GORDON DAVID. THE PROPOSAL - ANTON
CHEKHOV.
ONE ACT PLAY: THE MIRACLE MERCHANT - SAKI. THE STEPMOTHER - ARNOLD BENNET.
THE MAHATMA - RAMA SARMA.
GRAMMAR: RELATIVE CLAUSES - CONDITIONAL SENTENCES - MODAL AUXILIARIES -
REPORTED SPEECH.
GRAMMAR: TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES - SIMPLE COMPOUND AND COMPLEX
SENTENCES - INDEPENDENT CLAUSE - DEPENDENT CLAUSE - REFERENCE CLAUSES -
CORRECTION OF SENTENCES BASED ON - SUBJECT - VERB CONCORD - TENSES -
ARTICLES AND PREPOSITIONS - QUESTION TAGS.
COMPOSITION: PARAPHRASING - DIALOGUE WRITING - REPORT WRITING.
COMPOSITION: NOTE MAKING - GENERAL ESSAY - EXPANSION OF IDEA.
REFERENCE:
STUDY MATERIAL PREPARED BY DDE, VMU, SALEM.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY - THE STORY - IMPORTANT
PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE.
MACBETH NIGHT - CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY - THE STORY - IMPORTANT INCIDENTS -
SHAKESPEARE.
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