NATIONAL FLAG

NATIONAL  FLAG  OF  INDIA

1.      It was designed by                  Pingali Venkaiah

2.      Its size                                     3:2

3.      Who can hoist                         on August 15 any body / any citizen of India

4.      Who can fly on car                  1. The President of India

2. The P.M.

3. the ambassadors

4. the High Commissioners

5. the Cabinet Ministers

6. the Loka Sabha Speaker

7. the Vice President

5.      Who can fly on offices           1. The President

2. The P.M.

3. Courts

4. Collectorates

      6.  as ensign                                   1. Chief of the Army staff

                                                            2. chief of the Navy staff

                                                            3. chief of  the Air staff

                                                            4. Vice Admirals

                                                            5. Rear Admirals

     7.     Don’ts                                    1. As drapers

                                                2. as dresses

                                                3. as decorative item

                                                4. as bed sheets

                                               

Any way in which its dignity is not hampered.                                                                                             

ENGLISH - IDIOMS

-: IDIOMS :-

1.         turn  a deaf ear  =  neglect

2.         by hook or by crook  =  by doing anything

3.         flesh and blood   =   human

4.         once in a blue moon    =  rarely

5.         bring to light   =   disclose

6.         eleventh hour   =  very  late

7.         up to date   =   latest

8.         wash hands   =   refuse

9.         tooth and nail   =   very hard

10.       take to heels   =   run away

11.       in cold blood   =   without any mercy

12.       nip in the bud   =   remove early

13.       in full swing   =   active

14.       go to dogs   =   ruin

15.       go out of way   =   take risk

16.       storm in tea cup   =   a small fight

17.       fish in troubled waters   =   act miserly

18.       like a fish out of water   =   strange situation

19.       by fits and starts   =   without preparation

20.       not a bed of roses   =   not easy

21.       burn candle at both ends   =   over work

22.       birds of same feathers   =   like minded

23.       red handed   =   with proof

24.       bag and baggage   =   belongings

25.       take last breath   =   die

26.       move heaven and earth   =   try all ways

27        wild goose chase   =   foolish effort

28.       cats and dogs   =    heavy rain

29.       black and blue   =   very severely

30.       bolt from the blue   =   unexpected

31.       by leaps and bounds   =   fast

32.       beat around the bush   =   not straight

33.       cock and bull stories   =   wrong information

34.       live from hand to mouth   =   very poor

35.       make head and tail of   =  clear

36.       white elephant   =   very difficult to maintain

37.       at fingers’ tips   =   perfect

38.       black and white   =   in writing

39.       red tapism   =   delay

40.       hard and fast   = strict

41.       lion’s share   =   major share

42.       cement jungle   =   city

43.       out of one’s mind   =   mad

44.       be in the red   =   waste

45.       the yellow press   =   sensational

46.       double Dutch = cannot understand anything

47.       a drop in the ocean = negligible thing

48,       dyed in the wool = cannot change easily

49.       dig one’s own grave = destroy oneself

50.       do away with = abolish

51.       eagle eye = very careful

52.       eat humble pie = become obedient

53.       at the eleventh hour = very late

54.       faint hearted = weak persons

55.       fish in troubled waters = very mean minded

56.       fools paradise = imaginary world

57.       French leave = without intimation

58.       from pillar to post = meet every body

59.       from rags to riches = from low level

60.       give a big hand = praise

61.       get through = pass

62.       move heaven and earth = do what one can do

63.       high and dry = collapse

64.       hi-fi = with great pomp and show

65.       hustle- bustle = lot of noise

66.       iron curtain = not known what is inside

ENGLISH - ARTICLES

Articles

I        Fill in the blanks with suitable articles :-

This is----goose.    2] He is ---umpire.   3] This is---- ant.    4] He is ----owner of my house.   5] It is----iron chair.   6] I bought ----orange.   7] This is----historical novel.   8] This is----fine horse.  9] We played foot-ball on----uneven ground.  10] He made ----uproar.  11] I met ----European   12] Ulyssis killed----one-eyed giant.  13] He cut----tree with----axe.  14] You are worse than----ass.  15] She takes----egg daily.  16] Rama is----honest man.  17] Is it----owl or----eagle ?  18] I placed ----order for wrist watch.  19] He went on----urgent business.  20] This is----useful thing .  21] ----Krishna is a big river.  22] ----Himalayas lie on ----north of India.  23] Govind is----cleverest of all boys.  24] ----more you have, ----more you want.   25] ----stars are in ----sky.

II       Insert Articles  wherever necessay:-

1. Moon shines at night.  2] I bought dozen of fruits from nearest market.  3] Man grazed cows in finest meadows.  4] Have eye on thief.  5] I saw boy and girl in garden.  6] You are late by hour.  7] Old man lived on island.  8] Rajahmundry lies by river Godavary.  9] Earth goes round sun.  10] Sita is most beautiful of all girls.  11] Ganges is holy river.  12] English ruled India for long time.  13] Lion is ferocious animal  14] Vindhyas lie in middle of India.  15] This tree grew to enormous height.  16] This is book that I want.  17] He is Hampden  18] Calcutta is London of east.  19] He is stronger of two.  20] There is electric light in corner of street.  21] I read Mahabharata.  22] Rich and poor honoured Gandhi  23] Akbar is one of greatest Kings.  24] Each of girls wore gown.  25] Andamans lie in Bay of Bengal.

III     Insert or omit article :-

1. she saw thief entering her house.  2]The God is our Heavenly Father.  3] Ganges is the holy river.  4] The Everest is a highest peak in Himalayas.  5]The Ceylon is in Indian Ocean on south of the India.  6] A man is the mortal  7] The gold is a costliest metal.  8] Kaalidas is Shakespeare of India.  9]Teacher asked boy to get out of a classroom.  10] The Calcutta is a biggest city.  11] The Valmiky’s Ramayana is a interesting book.  12] The Rama is a honest man.  13] The Sita was a wife of the Rama.  14. I read a Milton.  15] An earth goes round a sun.  16] A rich and a poor, young and old, all attended funeral of Gandhi.  17] He is Chief Commissioner of Andamans.  18] The physics is my favourite subject.  19] The dogs bark.  20] I met the professor Raman.  21] The girls, you may go the home now.  22  The death lays his icy hands on the king.  23] The English is the difficult language.  24] Germans are the strong.  25] Is the supper ready ?  26] Brown and black cow is in field.  27] More she looked at him, less she liked him.  28] Cow eats the grass.  29] A tiger is fierce animal.  30] The Brahmins never eat the fish.