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General English for

Competitive Exams

English is an important part of major competitive and

government exams. Even though the general English
section is a bit tricky, candidates can fetch good scores
if they have strong basics in English.

Hence, this article will provide important topics in

general English for competitive exams. Candidates will
get competitive exams PDFs on English pertaining to
various topics containing lists, rules and general English
questions and answers.

Aspirants who are willing to apply for the various

Government exams 2021 must go through the topics of
general English for competitive exams, as the English
language is a key part of the syllabus, for most of these
exams.

Preparing for the upcoming Government exams?

Refer to the links given below for your assistance:

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Topics of General English for

Competitive Exams
The English section is considered to be the most
important and scoring section as it does not involve any
formula or tricks to remember. Moreover, answering
questions in the general English section takes lesser
time when compared to other tricky sections of
competitive exams.

General English questions are designed in the

examination to test candidates knowledge and
understanding of basic grammar, vocabulary and
important rules of the English language.

Hence, given below are a few important topics of general

English for competitive exams to assist candidates in
their preparations.

1. Rules For Tenses

2. Rules For Prepositions
3. List of Prepositions
4. Rules and List of Conjunctions
5. Active And Passive Voice Rules
Q. List of One Word Substitutions
7. List of Homophones/Homonyms
W. List of Synonyms and Antonyms
9. Idioms And Phrases
10. Spotting the Error
11. Reading Comprehension
12. Cloze Test
13. Letter Writing Format
14. Precis Writing
15. Sentence Correction Questions
1Q. Adjective Degree Of Comparison Rules
17. Article Rules
1W. Direct & Indirect Speech Rules
19. Sentence Rearrangement & Para jumbles

Candidates are advised to keep a track of this page as

we’ll keep adding new topics of general English for
competitive exams, in the list given above.

Candidates who are preparing for different competitive

exams must keep abreast with the common and
confusing words and their differences, as these are
frequently asked in the English section of the
examinations. Check the list below:

1. Difference Between 7. Difference Between

Besides and Beside Center and Centre

2. Difference Between 8. Difference between

Yolk and Yoke Rain, Reign and Rein

3. Difference Between 9. Difference Between

Principal and Principle Subject And Predicate

4. Difference Between 10. Difference Between

Program and Programme Fair and Fare

5. Difference Between 11. Difference Between

Award and Reward Precis and Summary

6. Difference Between 12. Difference Between

Affect and Effect Phrase and Clause

Aspirants can check 100 difference between articles for

revision in the linked page, where they will get
differences between important concepts and topics
covered under different subjects, relevant from the exam
point of view.

After going through the concepts and rules on important

topics given above, aspirants can check the relevant
English questions and answers that are frequently asked
in various government exams or other competitive
exams.

One Word Substitution Questions & Answers

Tenses Questions And Answers
Direct & Indirect Speech Questions & Answers
Idioms and Phrases Questions and Answers
Synonyms Questions And Answers

For more question and answer articles on important

topics of the Verbal Ability section, candidates can visit
the linked article.

Aspirants of upcoming government exams can also

check important topics for general awareness sections
in the links provided below:

SSC General Awareness

Bank General Awareness

General English Syllabus for

Competitive Exams
The English Syllabus for competitive exams covers a
variety of topics like synonyms and antonyms, `ll in the
blanks, cloze test, reading comprehension, para-jumbles,
error spotting and more.

Candidates, in order to clear the general English section

of various government exams easily, need to possess
excellent vocabulary, grammar and communication
skills.

Therefore, to prepare English for competitive exams and

to secure good marks it is important to be updated with
the detailed English syllabus.

Given below are some of the topics of General English

syllabus broadly covered in almost all competitive exams
–

English Syllabus For Competitive Exams

Vocabulary Synonyms And Antonyms,

Homonyms

Spelling Test/Cloze Test

Fill in the Blanks

Idioms & Phrases

One Word Substitution

Sentence or Phrase
Improvement

Word Association

Grammar Active and Passive Voice

Direct & Indirect Speech

Fill in Blanks – Conjunction,

Preposition, Tenses, etc.

Sentence Correction/Error
Spotting

Multiple Meaning

Rearrangement Para Jumbles/ Jumbled

of Sentences Sentence

Paragraph Completion

Comprehension Reading Comprehension

Descriptive Essay Writing/ Letter Writing/

Precis Writing

Candidates preparing for the various government exams

can refer to the detailed exam syllabus from the links
given below:

Bank Exam SSC

RRB Syllabus
Syllabus Syllabus

UPSC UPSC CAPF

LIC Syllabus
Syllabus Syllabus

Sample – General English

Question and Answer for
Competitive Exams
To understand the prominence of English in the
competitive exam it is important to understand the types
of general English questions and answers asked in the
government exams. Hence, given below are a few
examples of the type of questions asked in these
examinations.

Q.1. Given below are 5 parts of a sentence, you are

required to make a meaningful sentence. The correct
order of parts is the answer:

A. Left B. The C. House D. He E. Suddenly

1. ABCDE
2. BACED
3. DEABC
4. EBCDA

Answer (3) DEABC

Q.2. In the following questions, `nd the correctly spelt

word:

1. Recommandation
2. Recommendation
3. Recomendations
4. Reccomendation

Answer (2) Recommendation

Q.3. Rearrange the parts to form a meaningful sentence:

I read an advertisement that said : (A) posh, air-

conditioned (B) gentleman of taste (C) are available for
(D) fully furnished rooms.

1. ABCD
2. ADCB
3. DACB
4. BDAC

Answer (2) ADCB

Q.4. Find the word spelt correctly

1. Treatmeant
2. Bitterment
3. Egcient
4. Employble

Answer (3) ePcient

Q.5. Bring out a meaningful sentence:

Then (A) it struck me (B) of course (C) suitable it was (D)

how eminently

1. ABCD
2. BCDA
3. CBDA
4. ADCB

Answer (4)

Apart from the above-mentioned questions, to check

more variety and scope of general English questions and
answers go through Previous Year Question Papers PDF
with Solutions.

Tips For General English Preparation

1. Building vocabulary: This contributes the most to
ace the English language section of competitive
exams. Learn new words every day and use them
in daily conversation to remember them for a
longer time period. Make use of iashcards for
vocabulary building. Nowadays, many mobile
applications for online iashcards have gained
popularity, download and use them to memorize
new words.
2. Strong Grammar Basics: Brush up and strengthen
basic English grammar essentials such as noun,
verb, pronoun, tenses, prepositions, conjunctions,
degree of comparison, etc. Go through English
grammar tests and guides, use English books like
Wren and Martin to prepare. Practise exercises on
tenses and active-passive voices, etc on a daily
basis. Take up writing tasks, form meaningful
sentences, analyse mistakes and improve.
3. Improve comprehension skills: Practise reading
comprehension daily, identify the manner of the
paragraph and read the starting and last
paragraph thoroughly, two times. Note down major
points while reading to remember and carefully go
through the questions to recognise and `nd the
answer easily.
4. Reading newspapers and magazines – Daily
habits of going through important newspapers
and magazines will help improve grammar and
vocabulary. Analyze the formation of sentences,
note down new words and learn their meanings.
With all this, you will simultaneously prepare for
general awareness and current affairs as well.
5. Error spotting is digcult as you cannot remember
all the grammar rules, therefore with serious
reading habits, you will intuitively get to know the
error in the sentence. Similarly, sentence
formation is also built up with reading exercise.

For further information regarding any competitive or

government exams, their syllabus and other preparation
tips, candidates can turn to BYJU’S for assistance.

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Pritam AUGUST 21, 2020 AT 12:29 PM

I want online cls for CAT & GOVT exam preparation

for the subject English only. I have watched Rani
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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 AT 8:40 AM

Appreciate your efforts, it was really helpful.

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Ekta yadav DECEMBER 7, 2020 AT 6:44 PM

Mock test for this exam??

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Mentor DECEMBER 8, 2020 AT 6:37 PM

Hi,
Please check the Free Government exam
mock tests on the given link.

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