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English Skill Building – 117 Rewriting Sentences Join sentences, convert from active to passive and direct to indirect a. Join the following sentences to form a single sentence 1. I was weak in grammar. I used to lose marks in literature paper. This lowered my … Read more
Othello William Shakespeare Questions and Answers 1. Discuss Othello as a typical Shakespearean tragedy highlighting its distinctive features. Answer – This Shakespearean tragedy is a saga of suffering culminating in the demise of the tragic hero. The cursed hero is a very unusual individual of … Read more
English Skill Building – 116 Vocabulary Word exercise to learn new useful words Fill in the blanks of the following paragraph selecting the right word from the list given at its end. A proposal was mooted in the village high school to take the final … Read more
The Fight Between Leopards by James Edward Corbett Questions and Answers (AECC BLOCK – 01) Click here for over 25 Long and Short Questions form the lesson ‘The Man Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag’. 1. How does the text open? Why was the woman waling? Answer … Read more
George V High School by Dinanath Pathy Questions and Answers (AECC BLOCK – 01) 1. How do you explain the term Master? Answer – Master, the term is an inherently profound word in the sense that it encompasses a wide range of contextual definitions. Context … Read more
Civil Service Writing Practice – 1 Writing practice for Civil Service aspirants Read the following article from Scroll and answer the questions underneath Pakistan’s recovery from the floods will be complicated by the upheaval in global markets The federal and provincial governments face an uphill … Read more
India on a tight rope: Taiwan Strait Tensions stretch foreign policy to its limits Points … 1. Both China and Taiwan are trying to expand their influence around the world, particularly in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal etc.) China wants to strengthen … Read more
No Learning without Feeling Claire Needell Hollander Questions and Answers (AECC BLOCK – 02) 1. What according to Hollander should determine an English teacher’s choice of suitable reading for adolescents? Answer – Adolescents generally like to read literature that packs high-octane emotion-gripping power. Stories and … Read more
Water – The elixir of life Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Questions and Answers (AECC – Block 02) Q1. State the different functions of water that makes it the most important liquid on earth. Answer – Nearly 65% of a human being’s body is constituted of water. … Read more
An Educated Person by Harold Nicolson Questions and Answers (AECC – Block 01) 1. What means and methods do you think one has to adopt in order to be educated truly? Answer- There can be quite a few ways to determine if a person is … Read more