by
Sudhir K. Arora
ISBN 978-93-91984-26-7
pp. : 584
Price: Rs. 710.00
Excerpts from Preface to the First Edition
…The book is particularly designed with a view to keeping the requirement of the candidates preparing for the P.G.T. / T.G.T. Recruitment Test. The whole syllabus has been covered so that the candidates may not feel the need of any other book. Examination papers have been incorporated in the objective questions and in the end, the previous year unsolved paper has been given for assessment. In every chapter, some facts have been given to enhance the candidates’ knowledge which will help them in answering the objective questions. …
Excerpts from Preface to the SIXTH Edition
…The book in your hand is an updated version. Its updated version was required because of the pattern of asking the tricky, puzzling and tough questions in the 2016 TGT & PGT Examination papers. This Handbook will make the aspirants familiar with such type of questions (newly designed in every chapter) which are provided in 10 Practice Papers and 2 Model Papers. Thus, it will keep the aspirants ahead and make them ready to face the unexpected and crack the examinations. I am sure that these 10 Practice Papers will not only test the aspirants’ knowledge but also boost their confidence at the high level.
This Handbook is helpful for the PGT and the TGT aspirants but it is also equally useful for the aspirants appearing at the various examinations like NET, Ph. D. & M. Phil. entrance. The knowledge-packed Literary Terms and Forms, Figures, Biblical and Mythical Allusions, Basic Facts of English Literature, Awards, Known For, Known As and much more are its special features which make it ready reckoner in English literature. The table on “Shakespeare’s Plays” that contains genre, setting, popular lines and sources will become a guide for the aspirants for ready reference. A table, titled, “Authors at Glance” having name, birth, place of birth, death, father, mother, wife, beloved, popular works, awards and the critical books will prove to be a vade mecum for them. The capsule summaries will acquaint the aspirants with the major works of the major authors. Hence, it will prove to be a compact guide for the aspirants for the quick revision. …
Contents include:
PART ONE: LANGUAGE
Unseen Passages for Comprehension
General Grammar (Parts of speech, Tense, Preposition, Agreement, Transformation)
Spellings
Punctuation
Narration
Synonyms
Antonyms
One Word Equivalents
Foreign Expressions
Idioms and Phrases
Proverbs
Sentence Completion
Numbered Blanks
Sentence Arrangement
Miscellaneous Questions on Grammar
PART TWO: LITERATURE
Literary Forms and Terms
Figures of Speech
Mythological and Biblical Allusions
English Literature: Some Basic Facts
Authors and Their Works:
William Shakespeare
William Wordsworth
John Keats
Charles Lamb
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Charles Dickens
Matthew Arnold
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Stearns Eliot
Kamala Das
Mulk Raj Anand
Nissim Ezekiel
Robert Lee Frost
Walt Whitman
Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner
John Milton
John Galsworthy
A Quick Revision of Authors
Literary Awards and Winners
Know More
Practice Papers
Model Papers
Examination Paper (PGT)
Examination Paper (TGT)
3 comments:
Can i get this book in digital fformat such as in pdf etc. Since am person with visual impairment, it not possible for me to read the hard copy
It is very useful book like one stop solution, error free and exact level of questions of PGT/TGT. The clonological order of the topics and their works are very convenient that makes learnings very easy.
Must recommend book.
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