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Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) General English Flashcards
49 question-and-answer cards covering General English as it is examined in Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme). 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the General English deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
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.
What this deck covers
The General English deck follows the Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) General English syllabus — 4 chapters and 18 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 12.3 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 91 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
General English flashcards FAQ
How many General English flashcards are in this Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) deck?
49 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 49-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the General English cards cover?
They follow the Agniveer (Agnipath Scheme) General English syllabus — 4 chapters and 18 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.