A Handbook of English for Competitive Examinations (Volume ONE)

 

TO BE RELEASED SOON

TGT/PGT English 
Volume ONE 

(complete TGT syllabus with relevant PGT syllabus)

conducted by UPESSC

by SUDHIR K. ARORA

ISBN 978-93-91984-56-4
pp. : 496
(9 X 11.5 square inches, untrimmed)

Price: Rs. 650.00

Competitive examinations have changed. The questions are becoming more dynamic, analytical and unpredictable. Memorising facts and revising familiar questions alone may not be enough now. The real challenge is to understand a concept so well that you can answer even when it appears before you in an unfamiliar form.

For nearly two decades, the book has remained a popular and trusted choice among aspirants preparing for competitive examinations. Written by Prof. Sudhir K. Arora, with 36 years of teaching experience, it has now been released in a substantially revised and restructured form under the title A Handbook of English for Competitive Examinations, responding to the new syllabus released by UPESSC and the rapidly changing nature of competitive examinations. Bringing TGT and PGT English preparation together in two integrated volumes, the series follows a simple principle: If the destination is connected, the preparation should be connected too. 

Volume I provides a strong foundation in Grammar, literary forms, rhetoric, figures of speech, prosody and stanza forms. It also covers important poetic forms such as the sonnet, ballad, elegy, ode, epic and mock epic, along with types of novel and forms of drama, and the literary study of six important authors—William Shakespeare, John Milton, William Wordsworth, John Keats, John Galsworthy and George Orwell. The content has been revised, modified and updated in accordance with recent examination trends. It also includes selected AI-generated questions to help aspirants prepare for the unexpected.

This is not merely a compilation of the syllabus. It is an attempt to develop Knowledge, Clarity, Comparison and Application—the essential tools required to face questions that may never have been seen before.

Whether you are preparing for TGT, PGT, or both, let this book become your companion in the journey towards success.

Contents include …

        LANGUAGE

1. Unseen Passage for Comprehension

2. English Grammar (Parts of speech, Tenses, Articles, Prepositions,

Conditional Sentences, Concord, Transformation and Synthesis, 

Correction of Sentences)

3. Spellings

4. Punctuation

5. Narration

6. Synonym

7. Antonyms

8. Homonyms

9. Prefixes

10. Suffixes

11. One Word Equivalents

12. Foreign Expressions 

13. Idioms and Phrases

14. Proverbs

15. Sentence Completion

16. Numbered Blanks

17. Sentence Arrangement

18. Miscellaneous Questions on Grammar

LITERATURE

19. Exploring the Forms of Literature

(Rhetoric and Prosody, Major Stanza Forms, Sonnet, Ballad, Elegy, Ode,

Epic, Mock Epic, Types of Novel, Forms of Drama, Some Other Terms)

20. Figures of Speech

21. English Literature: Some Basic Facts

22. William Shakespeare 

23. John Milton

24. William Wordsworth

25. John Keats 

26. John Galsworthy

27. George Orwell 

28. Literary Awards and Winners

29. Some Common Confusions

30. Model Papers

31. TGT Examination Papers