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A Critical Précis Characteristics (By: NICS)

Post author By National Institute of Civil Service
Post date December 14, 2018
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When assigned to write a critical précis, make sure you understand its characteristics which are:

A précis is a critical summary of writing abstracts.
A précis is NOT re-writing or interpretation of the original.
It is NOT written with words from the original, though you are welcome to use some quotes if appropriate.
It summarizes the content of the original.
A précis reveals a meaning of the original and explains its value.
As a rule, a précis is 1/4 of the original in length, except as noted.
It follows the standard format: an author’s thesis and methods he uses to represent it, results, and conclusion.

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English Grammar Solved MCQs Sentence Completion (Prepositions)

Post author By Shahzad F. Malik
Post date December 6, 2018
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Choose the appropriate preposition form from the given options to fill in the blanks below.

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English Grammar MCQs For: CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS, OTS, BTS, PPSC, FPSC and all other relevant Exams

01. The book has __________ 300 pages.
(a) for
(b) around
(c) between
(d) through
Answer: (b)

02. They went off ___________ the wide world, so their parents didn’t see them again.
(a) over
(b) to
(c) into
(d) through
Answer: (c)

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English Grammar: Idioms And Phrases (“Set-D”) | for CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS

Post author By Doctor Madiha Fatima
Post date November 2, 2018
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Idioms And Phrases (“Set-C”) | for CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS

De facto: (Real; having actual possession) – It was, we believe impossible to find, from the Himalayas to Mysore, a single Government which was at once a Government de facto and a Government de jure.

Dog cheap: (Very cheap) – You got the fowls dog cheap at a dollar forty the dozen.

Dog one’s footsteps: (Constantly follow one, as a dog follows close its master’s heels: importunately thrust one’s presence upon someone) – I regret having suggested that I might be able to help him, forever since then he has dogged my footsteps.

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English Grammar: Idioms And Phrases (“Set-C”) | for CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS

Post author By Doctor Madiha Fatima
Post date October 30, 2018
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Call a spade a spade:
(Speak plainly: say precisely what one means) – He was the kind of person who always calls a spade a spade.

Call to account:
(Take to task, demand explanation) – The cashier was called to account for the shortage in the cash balance.

Carry weight:
(Have influence with) – What he says carries weight with the management.

Cast pearls before swine:
(offer or express something valuable before an unappreciative audience) It didn’t take me long to note that they were not the lovers of poetry, and my talk about poetry was like casting pearls before swine.

Child’s play:
(Something very easy; work demanding no effort) – It’s not a child’s play to pass competitive examinations.

Close shave:
(narrow escape from danger or misfortune) – She had a close shave today. She stepped into the road and was nearly killed by a truck.

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English Grammar: Idioms And Phrases (“Set-B”) | for CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS

Post author By Doctor Madiha Fatima
Post date October 30, 2018
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Bad Blood:
(Enmity) – Misunderstanding caused much bad blood between the two friends.

Bad debts:
(Debts of which there is no hope that will ever be paid) – Among his assets he had included a number of bad debts.

Bag and Baggage:
(With all one’s belongings) – He has left Karachi with bag and baggage, as he intends to settle down in Islamabad.

Bear the Brunt:
Bear the main stress or burden (of a task, contest, etc.) – The Prime Minister will have to bear the brunt of the Opposition attack on the policy of the Government.

Beat about the bush:
(Talk around the point, instead of coming direct to a subject) – We should understand you better if you said exactly what you meant, instead of beating about the bush.

Beck and call:
(Always ready and waiting to carry out (someone’s) order or wishes) – She always has plenty of men at her beck and call.

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English Grammar: Idioms And Phrases (“Set-A”) | for CSS, PMS, PCS, NTS

Post author By Doctor Madiha Fatima
Post date October 29, 2018
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A Bed of Roses:
(An altogether agreeable position or situation) – A parochial life is not a bed of roses, Mrs. Mann. – Dickens

A bed of thorns: (Full of difficulties and troubles) – Shelley cried that his life was a bed of thorns.

A bird’s eye view: (A general account) – Maria had a bird’s eye view of the grand city from his apartment.

A black sheep: (An ill-conducted person; a member of society who is not considered respectable) I’m forbidden the house. I’m looked upon as a black sheep – a pest, a contamination.

A blank cheque: (Permission to do what one feels necessary with complete freedom) – He’s given me a blank cheque to carry out my plan.

A blue stocking: (A woman who prides herself on her learning) – Lucy Hutchinson was evidently a very superior young lady, and is known as a blue stocking by her colleagues

A bone of contention: (A cause of dispute) – Kashmir is still a bone of contention between India and Pakistan.

A bosom friend: (A very intimate friend) – “So I have heard; but he is not quite bosom friend enough with me to have told me all the particulars.”

A breathing-space: (A short time in which one can have a rest) – I’ve only a breathing-space of ten minutes before my next appointment.

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Some Basic General Hints on Précis Writing for CSS Exams

Post author By Shahzad F. Malik
Post date October 24, 2018
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1. When a list of things is given in the original, a general word should be used to express the idea

for example: ” There were dogs, cats, hens, ducks, geese and pigs barking, squealing, crowing, quacking and growling all over the farmyard.”

In compressing this, we shall convey the idea in the following manner:

Different animals and birds were making various noises over the farmyard.

The number of words used here is more than one-third of the original, but that is because the original passage is too short to allow a précis one-third in length. This is only an illustration to convey the technique.

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Sentence Completion (Grammar) Subject Verb Agreement Solved MCQs (Set-I)

Post author By Shahzad F. Malik
Post date October 17, 2018
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Sentence Completion (Grammar) Subject Verb Agreement MCQs (Set-I)

Sentence Completion (Grammar) Subject Verb Agreement Solved MCQs (Set-I)

Choose the auxiliary verb form from the given options to fill in the blanks below.

01. The students and instructors each ________for a new facility by next year.
(a) hopes
(b) hope
(c) has hoped
(d) none of these
Answers with Reason
(b) When ‘each’ or ‘every’ comes after the compound subject, a plural verb – ‘hope’ – is appropriate.

02. Either my mother or my father ________ coming to the meeting.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) have been
(d) none of these
Answers with Reason
(a) “either…or” referring to one person so singular verb will be used. (father or mother=both singular)

03. The dog or the cats __________ outside.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) was
(d) none of these
Answers with Reason
(b) In this case when one subject is singular and the other is plural, “The dog or the cats”, we use verb agrees with the one before the blank.

04. Either my shoes or your coat _________ always on the floor.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) were
(d) none of these
Answers with Reason
(a) In this case when one subject is singular and the other is plural, “Either my shoes or your coat” we use verb agrees with the one before the blank.

05. One of my sisters _______ going on a trip to France.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) have been
(d) none of these
Answers with Reason
(a) The subject of this sentence is ‘one,’ which is, of course, singular.