English Grammar and Idioms

• The most appropriate preposition to use with "smiling" is "at".
• Radically changing the education system will drag on a monstrous revolution, which will merely be another until there are.
• Totalitarian governments know how to shape minds and hearts, they have learnt the trick.

Idioms and Phrases

• "He makes decision on the fly." means he decides quickly without any seriousness.
• "Follow suit" means doing the same as someone else has just done.
• "Close shave" means miraculous escape.
• "At the crossroads" signifies an important stage or decision.
• "A pearl of wisdom" means an important piece of advice.

Ordering of Words in a Sentence

• The correct order is: "Debate for years as the devices have become integral to most people's lives have drawn intense interest and safety questions about cell phones."
• The correct order is: "By means of education, it is difficult in modern civilization to bring about an integrated individual."
• The correct order is: "Is that it is not professional enough a valid criticism of the profession of politics in India as the majority of its practitioners have not done their home work."
• The correct order is: "When great historical figures are appropriated, that suit partisan political objectives."
• The correct order is: "We are living at a time and reduced into stereotypes."
• The correct order is: "It is in this context that the role of agriculture is a provider of jobs and prosperity must be viewed."
• The correct order is: "And they largely relied on agriculture, fishing and hunting, the people had a subsistence economy from excavation sites indicae that rich materials are found."
• The correct order is: "And that is 'To learn to say I am sorry' something important enough that everyone should learn it but surely there must be."
• The correct order is: "Or an independent judiciary as essential as a limb of democracy a free press is freely elected by the people as a parliament."
• The correct order is: "The opinion that a human life is and that he would quite like to live that long could span 125 years there was a time when Gandhi expressed."
• The correct order is: "I must say what I feel to what I may have said before I am a votary of truth and think at a given moment without regards."
• The correct order is: "The man in the competition as the chairperson of the sports committee has been elected in red who stood first."
• The correct order is: "One of the difficulties the whole of mankind or affect the masses is that we want to transform the day after tomorrow"
• The correct order is: "The speaker of their inaction charging the opponents has identified many issues besides".
• The correct order is: "The government and job markets that are causing social ferment must offer convincing solutions to the crises in the rural economy."
• The correct order is: "The best part of literary flourishes long-formed journalism is that and locates the story with the larger framework of our world it brings back the importance of writing skills."
• The correct order is: "Children that grow into beautiful trees are like the tender samplings of a warm home and supportive surroundings with the sunshine and rain."
• The correct order is: "We with real life experiences tend to learn with interest and connect learning when we see beauty in our work."
• The correct order is: "Elementary education in developing the children is inevitable ensuring the growth of a nation to further education, thereby".
• The correct order is: "National Building Organisation besides and disseminates the statistical information conducting surveys on housing collects, tabulates on housing and building construction activities."
• The correct order is: "The Himalayan range is home to a chain of high altitude lakes sacred to the Gaddi people that towers over the Kangra valley".

Ordering of Sentences

• S1: The giant wall of the Dhauladhar range in Himachal Pradesh is one of the most stunning sights in the Himalayas. P: As the life line of the region it acts as a watershed ridge between Chamba's Ravi river system and Kangra's Beas river system. Q: Although of modest altitude compared to other Himalayan ranges the highest Dhauladhar peak is less than 5,000 m. R: Thus, the Dhauladhar could be stated as the life line of the region. S: Despite of that, the range sweeps up an astounding 12,000 ft. from the valley floor, creating a barrier wall in that is striking to look at. S6: Looming over the hill stations of Dharmsala and McLeodganj, the Dhauladhar is a popular trekking destination.

• S1: Truth is far more important than the teacher. P: Without self-knowledge, the air-plane becomes the most destructive instrument in life; but with self-knowledge, it is a means of human help. Q: Wisdom begins with self-knowledge; and without self-knowledge, mere information leads to destruction. R: In other words, you have to be the perfect teacher to create a new society; and to bring the perfect teacher into being, you have to understand yourself. S: Therefore you, who are the seeker of truth, have to be both the pupil and the teacher. S6: So a teacher must obviously be one who is not within the clutches of society, who does not play power politics or seeks position or authority.

• S1: Though most of us talk of discipline, what do we mean by that word? P: The teacher would understand each child and help him in the way required. Q: But if you have five or six in a class, and an intelligent understanding teacher with a warm heart, I am sure there would be no need for discipline. R: When you have a hundred boys in a class, you will have to have discipline; otherwise there will be complete chaos. S: Discipline in schools becomes necessary when there is one teacher to a hundred boys and girls. S6: And most of us are interested in mass movements, large schools with a great many boys and girls; we are not interested in creative intelligence, therefore we put up huge schools with enormous attendances.

• S1: Tolstoy Farm was founded in 1910 by which time Gandhi had already conceptualized ideas that he would develop in India. P: He was rich and used his money to buy the land and help set up the farm. Q: A Jewish architect, Kallenbach was by his side through this period. R: Tolstoy Farm became the subject of research for different kinds of cooperative communities across the world. S: He first put in the social, moral, religious components of his doctrine. S6: Both he and Gandhi often referred to the time that they spent in Tolstoy Farm as among the happiest in their lives.

• S1: Decentralized planning is a process of planning that begins from the grassroots level taking into confidence all the beneficiaries. P: Under decentralized planning, the operation is from bottom to top. Q: It can be said that it is more connected with the capitalistic economies. R: It empowers the individuals and small groups to carry out their plans for their achievement of a common goal. S: the decentralized planning is imple- mented through market mechanism. S6: But it cannot be described democratic for most national states adopt such a planning now.

• S1: It is doubtful if mankind, throughout his long history, has ever lived at all 'sustainably'. P: But in general mankind has regarded the environment as an endless 'resource' to be exploited and plundered. Q: May be a few isolated tribal groups found the necessary balance with nature lived without the desire for endless 'more'. R: Now we have reached a point where we are on the verge of destroying ourselves and most of the life on earth.

• S1: This process has accelerated greatly since the industrial revolution. S6: The concept of 'sustainable' is so far from reality that it is almost laughable. (a) PQRS (c) PQSR (b) QPSR (d) SRQP

• S1: Measurement is an important concept in performance management. P: It also indicates where things are not going so well, so that corrective action can be taken. Q: It identifies where things are going well to provide the foundations for building further success. R: It is the basis for providing and generating feedback. S: Measuring performance is relatively easy for those who are responsible for achieving quantified targets, for example, sales. S6: It is more difficult in the case of knowledge workers, for example, scientists and teachers.

• S1: Equity theory is concerned with the perception people have about how they are being treated compared with others. P: To be dealt with equitably is to be treated fairly in comparison with another group of people or a relevant other person. Q: Equity involves feelings and perceptions and is always a comparative process. R: Equity theory states, in effect, that people will be better motivated if they are treated equitably and demotivated if they are treated inequitably. S: It is not synonymous with equality, which means treating everyone the same, since this would be inequitable if they deserve to be treated differently. S6: This explains only one aspect of the process of motivation and job satisfaction, although it may be significant in terms of morale.

• S1 : We cannot understand the power of rumours and prophecies in history by checking whether they are factually correct or not. P: The rumours in 1857 began to make sense when seen in the context of the policies the British pursued from the late 1820s. Q: Rumours circulate only when they resonate with the deeper fears and suspicious of people. R: Under the leadership of Governor General Lord William Bentinck, the British adopted policies aimed at "reforming" Indian society by introducing Western education, Western ideas and Western Institutions. S: We need to see what they reflect about the minds of people who believed them their fears and apprehensions, their faiths and convictions. S6: With the cooperation of sections of Indian society they set up English-medium schools, colleges and universities which taught Western sciences and liberal arts.

• S1: The Constitution of India thus emerged through a process of intense debate and discussion. P: This was an unprecedented act of faith, for in other democracies the vote had been granted slowly, and in stages. Q: However, on one central feature of the Constitution mere was substantial agreement. R: Many of the provisions were arrived at through a process of give-and-take, by forging a middle ground between two opposed positions. S: This was on the granting of the vote to every adult Indian. S6: In countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom only men with education were allowed into the charmed circle.

Antonyms

• The antonym of "obscure" is "clear".