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Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) General English Syllabus
The General English syllabus for Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) in full: 4 chapters, 18 topics and 4 sub-topics, every one listed below, plus 49 General English flashcards with answers.
General English syllabus: all 4 chapters
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Grammar Fundamentals
5 topics- Parts of speech
- Nouns, pronouns and adjectives
- Verbs, adverbs and prepositions
- Tenses
- Subject-verb agreement
- Articles and determiners
- Voice and narration
- Active and passive voice
- Direct and indirect speech
- Parts of speech
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Vocabulary
5 topics- Synonyms and antonyms
- One-word substitution
- Idioms and phrases
- Spelling correction
- Homophones and confusable words
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Sentence Structure and Usage
5 topics- Sentence improvement and correction
- Spotting errors
- Sentence rearrangement
- Fill in the blanks
- Phrasal verbs and prepositional usage
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Comprehension and Composition
3 topics- Reading comprehension
- Cloze test
- Para jumbles
Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) General English flashcards — 49 questions with answers
What are the eight parts of speech in English?
Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
A common noun names a general class (city, boy, river); a proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing and is capitalised (Delhi, Ravi, Ganga).
Name the four main types of verbs by function.
Transitive (takes an object), intransitive (no object), auxiliary/helping verbs, and modal verbs (can, may, must, etc.).
List the 12 English tenses (4 aspects x 3 times).
Present/Past/Future each in Simple, Continuous, Perfect, and Perfect Continuous forms — e.g. Simple Present, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, and likewise for Past and Future.
Give the structure of the Present Perfect tense.
Subject + has/have + past participle (V3). Example: She has finished the work.
Give the structure of the Past Perfect tense and its use.
Subject + had + past participle (V3). It shows an action completed before another past action. Example: He had left before I arrived.
Give the structure of the Future Perfect Continuous tense.
Subject + will have been + verb-ing. Example: By June, I will have been working here for five years.
State the basic rule of subject-verb agreement.
A singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. Example: The boy runs / The boys run.
When two singular subjects are joined by 'or'/'nor', which verb is used?
A singular verb, agreeing with the nearer subject. Example: Neither the teacher nor the student was present.
What verb form do collective nouns (team, family, jury) usually take?
A singular verb when acting as one unit (The team is winning), but a plural verb when members act individually (The team are arguing among themselves).
Do 'each', 'every', 'everyone', 'somebody', 'neither', 'either' take singular or plural verbs?
Singular. Example: Each of the boys is present; Everyone has arrived.
What are articles, and name the definite and indefinite articles?
Articles are a type of determiner placed before nouns. 'The' is the definite article; 'a' and 'an' are indefinite articles.
When do we use 'a' versus 'an'?
Use 'a' before a consonant sound (a book, a university) and 'an' before a vowel sound (an apple, an hour, an MLA).
What are determiners? Give examples of their types.
Words placed before nouns to specify them. Types: articles (a, an, the), demonstratives (this, that), possessives (my, your), quantifiers (some, many, few), and numbers.
How is a sentence changed from active to passive voice?
The object becomes the subject, the verb changes to 'be + past participle', and the original subject moves to a 'by' phrase. Example: Rama wrote a letter -> A letter was written by Rama.
How does passive voice form in the Present Continuous tense?
Object + is/am/are + being + past participle. Example: She is cleaning the room -> The room is being cleaned by her.
In reported (indirect) speech, how do tenses generally change when the reporting verb is past?
They shift back one step: present -> past, past -> past perfect, will -> would, can -> could, may -> might.
How do you change a question into indirect speech?
Use 'asked/enquired', remove the question mark, change to statement order; for yes/no questions use 'if/whether', for wh-questions keep the wh-word. Example: He said, 'Where do you live?' -> He asked where I lived.
What is the difference between a synonym and an antonym?
A synonym is a word with the same or similar meaning (happy/glad); an antonym is a word with the opposite meaning (happy/sad).
Give a synonym and an antonym for the word 'abundant'.
Synonym: plentiful/ample; Antonym: scarce/insufficient.
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Give a synonym and an antonym for the word 'benevolent'.
Synonym: kind/generous; Antonym: cruel/malevolent.
What is one-word substitution? Give an example.
Replacing a phrase or group of words with a single word. Example: 'A person who walks in sleep' = somnambulist.
What is the one-word substitution for 'a person who cannot read or write'?
Illiterate.
What is the one-word substitution for 'a place where animals are kept for public show'?
Zoo (menagerie).
What is the one-word substitution for 'one who studies the stars and planets scientifically'?
Astronomer (note: astrologer studies their supposed influence on humans).
What is an idiom? Give the meaning of 'to bite the bullet'.
An idiom is a phrase whose meaning differs from the literal words. 'To bite the bullet' means to face a difficult situation bravely.
What does the idiom 'to let the cat out of the bag' mean?
To reveal a secret, often accidentally.
What does the idiom 'once in a blue moon' mean?
Very rarely; almost never.
What does the idiom 'a piece of cake' mean?
Something very easy to do.
Choose the correctly spelt word: accomodation / accommodation / acommodation.
Accommodation (double c and double m).
Choose the correctly spelt word: maintainance / maintenance / maintnance.
Maintenance.
Choose the correctly spelt word: priviledge / privilege / privelege.
Privilege.
What are homophones? Give an example.
Words that sound the same but differ in spelling and meaning. Example: their / there / they're; or 'flour' (for baking) and 'flower' (the plant).
Distinguish 'stationary' and 'stationery'.
'Stationary' means not moving; 'stationery' means writing materials like paper and pens.
Distinguish 'principal' and 'principle'.
'Principal' means the head of a school or 'main/chief'; 'principle' means a fundamental rule or belief.
Distinguish 'accept' and 'except'.
'Accept' means to receive or agree to; 'except' means excluding or apart from.
In sentence improvement, correct: 'He is senior than me.'
'He is senior to me.' (Latin comparatives like senior, junior, superior, prior take 'to', not 'than'.)
In sentence improvement, correct: 'One of my friend is a doctor.'
'One of my friends is a doctor.' ('One of' is followed by a plural noun and a singular verb.)
Spot the error: 'The scenery of Kashmir are very beautiful.'
Error is 'are'; 'scenery' is an uncountable noun and takes a singular verb: 'The scenery of Kashmir is very beautiful.'
Spot the error: 'He gave me an advice.'
Error is 'an advice'; 'advice' is uncountable. Correct: 'He gave me advice' or 'a piece of advice.'
What is sentence rearrangement (parajumble), and what is the first step to solve it?
Arranging jumbled sentences into a logical paragraph. First identify the opening sentence (introduces the topic, has no pronouns referring back) and the concluding sentence.
Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: 'She is good ___ mathematics.'
at — 'She is good at mathematics.'
Fill in the blank: 'He has been living here ___ 2010.'
since — 'since' is used with a point in time; 'for' is used with a period of time.
What is a phrasal verb? Give an example with meaning.
A verb combined with a preposition or adverb that creates a new meaning. Example: 'call off' = to cancel; 'put off' = to postpone.
What does the phrasal verb 'give up' mean?
To stop trying; to quit or surrender.
Which preposition follows 'depend' and 'rely'?
'on' — depend on / rely on. Example: You can rely on him.
What is reading comprehension, and what should you focus on while solving it?
Answering questions based on a given passage. Focus on the main idea, key details, tone, the meaning of words in context, and inferences — answers must be based on the passage, not outside knowledge.
What is a cloze test?
A passage with several blanks where you choose the most suitable word for each blank based on grammar, meaning, and the context/flow of the passage.
What are para jumbles, and what clues help link sentences in order?
Para jumbles are scrambled sentences to be put in correct order. Clues include pronoun references, connectives (however, therefore, also), time/sequence words, articles (a -> the), and cause-effect links.
Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) General English FAQ
What is in the Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) General English syllabus?
Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) General English is split into 4 chapters: Grammar Fundamentals, Vocabulary, Sentence Structure and Usage and Comprehension and Composition. Together they contain 18 topics and 4 sub-topics.
How many chapters are in Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) General English?
4 chapters, containing 18 topics and 4 sub-topics. The largest chapter is Grammar Fundamentals, with 5 topics.
Are there flashcards for Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) General English?
Yes — a 49-card General English deck, printed in full in the flashcards section of this page and available in the Examius app with spaced repetition. The free plan covers one exam of your choice, including its flashcards; Examius Pro, a one-time purchase, unlocks every other exam and deck.