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THE HINDU NEWSPAPER WORDS {VOCABULARY} from 16 to 30 Nov 2019. English vocabulary for SSC cgl 2019 || SSC RAILWAY english notes || IMPORTANT ENGLISH WORDS FOR UPSC, SSC, RAILWAY, BANKING AND OTHER GOVERNMENT EXAMS. Explicit (adjective) – clear, direct, obvious; precise, exact, definite. Cognitive (adjective) – related to the mental processes (cognition) of thinking, understanding, learning, remembering. Impinge (verb) – affect, have an effect/impact on, influence, have a bearing on. Impinge (verb) – encroach on, intrude on, infringe, strike, hit, collide with. Metaphor (noun) – figure of speech, figurative expression, comparison, image, symbol. Emanate (verb) – emerge, flow, ensue, come out, arise; originate from; exude, spread out. Ramifications (noun) – consequence, result, aftermath, outcome, effect; development; outgrowth. Evasive (adjective) – avoiding, dodging, escaping, eluding. Impetus (noun) – motivation, stimulus, encouragement, inspiration, ...

THE HINDU NEWSPAPER WORDS {VOCABULARY} from 1 to 15 Nov 2019. IMPORTANT WORDS FOR UPSC, SSC, RAILWAY, BANKING AND OTHER GOVERNMENT EXAMS. --Innate (adjective) – inborn; chronic, congenital. --Heed (verb) – pay attention to, take notice of. --Ruling (noun) – resolution, decree; judgement, verdict. --Context (noun) – circumstances, conditions, surroundings. --Aftermath (noun) – effects. --Portent (verb) –  prediction. --Articulate (verb) – express, communicate, state, announce. --Signatory (noun) –(person/party/organization/country) which signed an official document. --Scuttle (verb) – make something to fail intentionally. --Resilience (noun)- toughness. --Crackdown (noun) –  suppression, elimination. --Spectrum (noun) –  sweep, scope; ambit, compass. --Bound to (adjective) – very likely, guaranteed --Status quo (noun) –  the existing state of affairs. --Purported (adjective) –  asserted. --...

NCERT Class 6 History notes Chapter 9- "VITAL VILLAGE AND THRIVING TOWNS" In this chapter of NCERT of history we are gonna read about the lives of the normal people of the villages and towns. -- Things made up of iron are part of our daily routine. The use of iron began in the subcontinent around 3000 years ago.  Old tools and equipments of iron have been found at various places. -- Around 2500 years ago, there is evidence for the growing use of iron tools. These included axes for clearing forests, and the iron ploughshare. ==> Village life: -- Southern India: -- There were at least three different kinds of people living in most villages in the southern and northern parts of the subcontinent. -- In the Tamil region, large landowners were known as vellalar, ordinary ploughmen were known as uzhavar, and landless labourers, including slaves, were known as kadaisiyar and adimai. -- Northern India: -- The village headman was known ...

NCERT Class 6 History notes  Chapter 8- "ASHOKA, THE EMPEROR WHO GAVE UP WAR" In this chapter of NCERT we are gonna read about the great emperor Ashoka and his empire. --Ashok was one of the greatest emperor and on his instructions inscriptions were  carved on pillars, as well as on rock surfaces. -- The empire of Ashok was founded by his grandfather, Chandragupta Maurya, more than 2300 years ago. -- Chandragupta was supported by a wise man named Chanakya or Kautilya. -- Chanakya’s ideas were written down in a book called the Arthashastra. -- There were several cities in the empire. These included the capital Pataliputra, Taxila, and Ujjain. -- Taxila was a gateway to the northwest, including Central Asia, while Ujjain lay on the route from north to south India. Merchants, officials and crafts persons probably lived in these cities. Ashoka’s empire: -- In the empire officials were appointed to collect taxes from farmers, herders, crafts per...

NCERT Class 6 History notes Chapter 7- "NEW QUESTIONS AND IDEAS" ==> Buddhism: -- Buddha’s life: -- Siddhartha, also known as Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, was born about 2500 years ago. --The Buddha belonged to a small gana known as the Sakya gana, and was a kshatriya. -- When he was a young man, he left the comforts of his home in search of knowledge. -- He wandered for several years, meeting and holding discussions with other thinkers. -- He finally decided to find his own path to realisation, and meditated for days on end under a  peepal tree at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, where he attained enlightenment. - After that, he was known as the Buddha or the Wise One. -- He then went to Sarnath, near Varanasi, where he taught for the first time. -- He spent the rest of his life travelling on foot, going from place to place, teaching people, till he  passed away at Kusinara. Buddha’s teachings: -- The Buddha taught ...

NCERT Class 6 History notes Chapter 6 -"KINGDOMS,KINGS AND EARLY REPUBLICS" In this chapter of class 6 NCERT we are gonna learn about the development of  from tribe to people and from forest to Janpads (states). -- Rajas: The rajas that performed these big sacrifices were now recognised as being rajas of janapadas rather than janas. -- Janapadas: The word janapada literally means the land where the jana set its foot, and settled down. -- Archaeologists have excavated a number of settlements in these janapadas, such as Purana Qila in Delhi, Hastinapur near Meerut, and Atranjikhera. -- They made earthen pots. Some of these were grey in colour, others were red. -- One special type of pottery found at these sites is known as Painted Grey Ware. -- As is obvious from the name, these grey pots had painted designs, usually simple lines and geometric patterns. -- Mahajanpadas: Some janapadas became more important than others, and were known as mahajanapadas. ...

NCERT Class 6 History notes Chapter 5 -"WHAT BOOKS AND BRUIAL TELLS US" IN THIS CHAPTER 5 OF NCERT OF CLASS 6 WE ARE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT THE THE ANCIENT BOOKS CALLED "VEDAS" AND THE WRITINGS OF THE VEDAS. WE ARE GONNA ALSO READ ABOUT THE BURIAL PRACTICE OD ANCIENT TIMES. --> Vedas: -- The oldest books are "Vedas". -- There are four vedas – the Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda. -- The oldest Veda is the Rigveda, composed about 3500 years ago. The Rigveda includes  thousand hymns, called sukta or “well-said”. -- These hymns are in praise of various gods and goddesses. Three gods are especially important:  Agni, the god of fire; Indra, a warrior god; and Soma, a plant from which a special drink was prepared. -- These hymns were composed by sages (rishis).  -- Most of the hymns were composed, taught and learnt by men. -- A few were composed by women. The Rigveda is in old or Vedic Sanskrit. ...

NCERT Class 6 History notes Chapter 4- "IN THE EARLIEST CITIES" In this chapter 4 of NCERT we are gonna read about the cities of early times. At that  some places before eighty years, expedition took place and archaeologists found the site, and realised that this was one of the oldest cities in the subcontinent. As this was the first city to be discovered, all other sites from where similar buildings (and other things) were found were described as Harappan. :-  About these cities :  -- These cities developed about 4700 years ago. -- Many of these cities were divided into two or more parts. The west part is smaller but higher called as citadel and the part to the east was larger but lower is simple town. -- The bricks were lasted for thousands of years. The bricks were used in an interlocking pattern and that made the walls strong. -- In some cities, special buildings were constructed on the citadel. For example, in Mohenjodaro , a very ...

NCERT Class 6 History notes Chapter 2- "ON THE TRIAL OF THE EARLIEST PEOPLE" In the last chapter of NCERT we read about the people of the old age that they are hunter gatherer and lived near water resources {rivers like Narmada}. In chapter 2 of NCERT "ON THE TRIAL OF THE EARLIEST PEOPLE" we are gonna read about the livelihood of the people of the stone age. -- People need to find the season of the fruit ripen. -- They need to find out which part of which plant is edible. -- people need to move from one place to another for many reason.[reasons in next chapter} -- We get the knowledge of ancient people by the objects found like stone tools, fossils of the animals, utensil. -- People always search for good sone to make good stone tools the place where they make tools is known as "factory site". -- When grassland increase deers, rabbits, goats increase then people think of animal rearing. -- Many grain bearing gras...

What is the REASONING? REASONING QUESTIONS FOR SSC RAILWAY BANKING NDA and other competitive exams like state PSC and regional exams.       The reasoning is a very good subject in which you can gain marks very easily. The reasoning is of two types:- (i) verbal and (ii) non-verbal.         In this blog, we will gonna learn about reasoning.  (i) verbal reasoning is the type of reasoning in which alphabets, numbers, letters, words, etc are involved.       example:-  {i} a, c, f, k, ?, u.                    {ii} 2, 4, 6, 8, ?, 12 verbal reasoning is totally based on its name 'verbal'. Verbal reasoning is more important then non-verbal reasoning. verbal reasoning is generally important for BANKING, SAMVIDA, PATWARI, SI, POLICE exams, state PSC's, etc. non-verbal reasoning is another type of reasoning in which shapes, diagrams, symbols, pictures, etc are used. it i...