Day 2 of the 70-day plan. Each subject has its own 30-question test — study a topic from the checklist, then attempt it straight away. Or take all 150 questions together (117 minutes). A wrong answer costs 0.25 marks.
General Studies
History: British expansion, Governors-General, Acts 1773–1858
- Plassey 1757, Buxar 1764, Treaty of Allahabad 1765 (Diwani)
- British conquest of Odisha from the Marathas, 1803
- Regulating Act 1773, Pitt's India Act 1784
- Charter Acts 1793, 1813, 1833, 1853
- Subsidiary Alliance (Wellesley), Doctrine of Lapse (Dalhousie)
- Government of India Act 1858: end of Company rule, Secretary of State, Viceroy
Learn dates as pairs: event and Governor-General.
Quant
Simplification, decimals, recurring decimals
- BODMAS order
- Fraction ↔ decimal conversion
- Pure and mixed recurring decimals to fractions
- Comparing fractions
- Algebraic shortcuts in simplification
Write recurring decimals as fractions before adding.
Reasoning
Alphabet series
- Letter positions (A=1 … Z=26) and reverse positions
- Letter series with growing gaps
- Pair and triplet letter series
- Position from left and right
- Fill the gaps (a _ c a b _ type); skipped letters; letter-number series
Write the alphabet with numbers once at the start of the exam.
English
Articles
- A vs an by sound, not spelling (an hour, a university, a one-eyed man)
- The with unique objects, rivers, seas, superlatives, instruments
- No article with games, meals, languages and most proper nouns
- Articles with abbreviations (an M.A., a B.Sc.)
- Spotting the article error; choosing the correct sentence; double blanks
Say the word aloud — the first sound decides a or an.
Odia
ପ୍ରତିଶବ୍ଦ I (synonyms)
- ପ୍ରକୃତି ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧୀୟ ଶବ୍ଦ: ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ, ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର, ଜଳ, ପବନ, ଅଗ୍ନି
- ପୃଥିବୀ, ଆକାଶ, ସମୁଦ୍ର, ମେଘ, ପର୍ବତ, ନଦୀ
- ସମାନ ଦେଖାଯାଉଥିବା ଶବ୍ଦ: ଅନଳ / ଅନିଳ, ଜଳଦ / ଜଳଧି
- 'ପ୍ରତିଶବ୍ଦ ନୁହେଁ' ଚିହ୍ନାଅ; ବାକ୍ୟରେ ପ୍ରତିଶବ୍ଦ; ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରତିଶବ୍ଦ ଥିବା ବିକଳ୍ପ
Many options are synonyms of a different word; read the stem twice.