There are two patterns set for Competitive Examinations, one called ‘Objective’ and the second called ‘Descriptive’. The following Selection Boards require the candidates to take the Descriptive Paper along with the Objective one: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) – Read more
Both mean in Hindi ‘छाता’; but there is a conspicuous difference between both of them. Parasol (धुप छाता) A Parasol is a kind of Umbrella which is light in weight used to protect one from the sun. It is light Read more
William Shakespeare produced a new pattern of Sonnet called ‘Shakespearean Sonnet’ or ‘Elizabethan Sonnet’ or ‘English Sonnet‘. The following are the salient features of his Sonnet: The Shakespearean Sonnets are divided into three quatrains with four lines each and the Read more
Pay heed to the following: आपकी घड़ी में कितना बजा है – What is the time by your watch. कितना बज रहा है – What is the time? सवा दस बजा है – It is a quarter past ten. दस Read more
A Conjunction is a Part of Speech which conjuncts: two words (Radhe and Shyam) two phrases (Shila with her mother and Sushila with her father) two clauses (Shila is gentle but Sushila is not) The following is a Quiz comprising Read more
दोस्तों अंग्रेजी शब्दों का भंडार जितना ज्यादा होगा उतना आपमें अंग्रेजी के प्रति आत्मविश्वास होगा और जितना आपमें आत्मविश्वास होगा उतना ही आप आत्मविश्वास के साथ लिख और बोल पाएंगे. आप निम्न शब्दों को याद कर ले और उसे अपने Read more
‘The Colour Purple’ is a novel by an American novelist, short story writer, poet and social activist Alice Walker who wrote it in 1982 and won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for it. The novel deals with Read more
In order to have convenience, it is necessary to divide the history of English Literature into periods. Each period has its specific features. The following is the chart of literary periods and their approximate dates: LITERARY PERIODS APPROX. DATES HISTORIC Read more
Memorable Points on Chaucer’s Age Chaucer’s Age witnessed three kings-Edward III, Richard II and Henry IV It was the midsummer of English chivalry, which is portrayed in Chaucer’s ‘Knightes Tales’ dealing with successive wars with France and the famous victories Read more
Memorable Points on Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer was born in the feign of Edward III, lived through that of Richard II, and died the year after Henry IV took over the throne. He lived between 1340 and 1400. He was a Read more
A ‘Preposition’ is a word used to show relation between a Noun and pronoun or some other word in the sentences. The following is a Quiz on this very Chapter. The Quiz comprises 10 highly important questions each of which Read more
The following is the Scansion and the Prosodic Name of the scanned Extract from the Narrative Poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ by S.T. Coleridge. Now Scan the following following Poem and check the answer Day after day, day Read more
