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A Question of Trust by Victor Canning Horace Derby (50) was a bachelor, who made locks for a living. He had two helpers to aid him in his trade. Summer brought him bouts of hay fever that made his housekeeper worry about him. Although he …
A Tiger in the Zoo by Leslie Norris A tiger is the lord of the jungles. He is the most ferocious, and the most dreaded. He is as agile , he is muscular. But, humans trap them using their superior brain. Once trapped, the tiger …
Vocabulary Exercise – 6. Learn new words and phrases with practical examples Beholden In India, voters have an impression that both BJP and Congress, the two main political parties are beholden to corporate interests. This is largely true. Russians may be angry with Gorbachev for …
Vocabulary Exercise – 5 Learn new words and phrases with practical examples Odyssey For Kanheya Kumar, the odyssey from Begulsarai to JNU and back has been very eventful. He has recorded his experiences in his book ‘From Bihar to Tihar.’ Entrepot For the early Portuguese …
The Stories about Flying His First Fight by Liam O’ Flaherly The timid seagull suffers because he is afraid to be on his own. ……………The young seagull was left to its fate. His two brothers and his sister had taken to their wings the previous …
Precis (Summary) Writing – 2 Creative Writing – 12 Write the summary of the following article Passage taken from the BBC India’s 100 million tribespeople are, in the words of a historian, its invisible and marginal minority. Despite affirmative action, most of them continue to …
Essay – 3 Creative Writing – 11 Bank PO and Junior College Level Essay – Word Limit – 250 India’s Unemployment Problem In the last few decades, Indian society has been roiled by soaring unemployment, particularly among the youth. India has a much higher number …
Precis (Summary) Writing – 1 Creative Writing – 10 Write the summary of the following article Passage taken from the web news magazine The Wire dated 25.2.2019 Kabul: Afghanistan began exports to India through an Iranian port on Sunday, an official said, as the landlocked, …
Going Places by A. R. Barton Complete explanation and answers for the prose ‘Going Places’ included in the CBSE Class 12 English book ‘Flamingo’ Explanation Sophie, the dreamer and Jansie, the pragmatist … Sophie and Jansie are two friends returning from school. They are in …
The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy About the author … Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was born in a not so well-to-do family. His father worked as a stone mason. His mother, however, was a gifted woman who took charge of Hardy’s education from the beginning. Hardy’s …