A Few Forgettable Questions and Memorable Answers!!!!

MARY : John says I'm pretty. Wilson says I'm ugly. What do u think, Peter?


PETER : A bit of both. I think you're pretty ugly.









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BOY : May I hold your hand?

GIRL : No thanks, it isn't heavy.





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GIRL : If we become engaged will you give me a ring??

BOY : Sure, what's your phone number??





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GIRL : I think the poorest people are the happiest.

BOY : Then marry me and we'll be the happiest couple





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GIRL : Darling, I want to dance like this forever.

BOY : Don't you ever want to improve??





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BOY : I love you and I could die for you!

GIRL : How soon??





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BOY : I would go to the end of the world for you!

GIRL : Yes, but would you stay there??





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WIFE : You tell a man something, it goes in! one ear and comes out of the other.

HUSBAND : You tell a woman something: It goes in both ears and comes out of the mouth.





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1) Girlfriend : "...And are you sure you love me and no one else ?"

Boyfriend : "Dead Sure! I checked the whole list again yesterday".





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2) Teacher : "Which is more important to us, the sun or the moon?"

Pupil : "The moon".

Teacher : "Why?"

Pupil : "The moon gives us light at night when we need it but the sun

gives us light only in the day time when we don't need it".





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3) Teacher : "What do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?"

Pupil : "A teacher".





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4) Waiter : "Would you like your coffee black?"

Customer : "What other colors do you have?"





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5) My father is so old that when he was in school, history was called

current affairs.





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6) Teacher : "Sam, you talk a lot !"

Sam : "It's a family tradition".

Teacher : "What do you mean?"

Sam : "Sir, my grandpa was a street hawker, my father is a teacher".

Teacher : "What about your mother?"

Sam : "She's a woman".





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7) Tom : "How should I convey the news to my father that I've

failed?"

David: "You just send a telegram: Result declared, past year's

performance repeated".





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8) Teacher : "Now, children, if I saw a man beating a donkey and

stopped him, what virtue would I be showing?"

Student : "Brotherly love".





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9) Teacher : "Now, Sam, tell me frankly do you say prayers before

eating?"

Sam : "No sir, I don't have to, my mom is a good cook".





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10) Patient : "What are the chances of my recovering doctor?"

Doctor : "One hundred percent. Medical records show that nine out of

ten people die of the disease you have. Yours is the tenth case I've

treated. The others all died".





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11) Teacher : " Can anybody give an example of COINCIDENCE?"

One Student : "Sir, my Mother and Father got married on the same day

and at the same time."





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12) Teacher : " George Washington not only chopped down his father's

Cherry tree, but also admitted doing it.

Now do you know why his father didn't punish him ?"

One Student: " Because George still had the axe in is hand."

Democracy and Dynastic Ambitions

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6. DO NOT LIE DOWN IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKING MEDICINE.
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The Role of Grammar in Spoken English

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A Writer's Pain and Pleasure!

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Prime Lending and Base Rates

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Dreaming to be An IAS?

Dreaming To Be an IAS ?







When one pursues a career goal the most important aspect which is involved in it, is choosing the right one.Once you are clear in your mind about the brighter and darker sides of any career, selection of a career would not prove at all difficult. If there is any difficulty it is in the area of execution. To my mind Civil Service as a career should be cinsidered as a goal worth pursuing. Here goes my brief and humble views about the facts and myths around IAS Examination.










The civil services examination is basically a test to choose suitable administrators. It tests the candidate right from the stage when one starts the preparation. One common misconception about the prelims is that it is a test of facts and figures. That was never so and specially now. A candidate should have the right frame of mind and the will power to succeed in the exam. A proper action plan is needed for the preparation itself since he /she will be tested for some essential qualities like power of retention, clarity of concepts, ability to identify the correct alternatives with efficiency and accuracy. All this requires a quick decision making power.

 With the new pattern, more stress is on language skills and analysis and decision making capacities, so work on these on a consistent basis as these are skills that are developed over years and not just in a few months. It would be advisabble to start focusing on your problem solving and language skills as sooon as you decide to take these exams.
Since the preliminary exam in particular is a test of endurance the candidate needs to prepare himself on the physical as well as mental level. The main constraint is the time one gets to answer questions. On an average one gets around 40 seconds for each question. Added to this time constraint is the fact that the exam is conducted in the month of May which is usually the hottest month all over the country. Most of the centres for the exam do not have proper facilities which adds to the stress. One sure way of dealing with this stress is to count numbers or to take a few deep breaths. Meditation and Yoga also help in dealing with stress to a great extent.
Now we come to the actual preparation for the prelims exam. Since it is a multiple choice question paper, it needs a different preparation and a proper strategy. The first thing a candidate needs to bear in mind is that the examination is designed to evaluate certain qualities like a sharp memory and basic retention power. There are ways to increase one's memory like preparing charts. One gets confused when faced with mind boggling facts and figures. Important facts and figures can be simplified and represented on charts and they can arranged in the form of tables or graphs. Another thing to remember is to make short and brief notes on each topic so that the entire syllabus can be revised a day before the exam. It is better to use diagrams and link words which make it easier to understand difficult concepts. One more technique to help in retaining information is the use of abbreviations. Since the syllabus involves exhaustive information abbreviations help you to remember it better. It is a good method to remember dates, facts and figures in a picture format and to break up complex names and places into smaller and simpler words. The last and the most important technique is doing regular revision. This helps in retaining the maximum information. A separate time slot should be given to doing not only regular but multiple revisions like daily, weekly, monthly etc.


Many candidates make a mistake of overloading themselves with lots of information and end up remembering nothing. One should be able to differentiate between relevant and irrelevant information. Since the preliminary exam is an elimination round the candidate should also learn to focus only on the information needed and filter out the rest. It helps to discuss with friends and teachers but the most reliable way is to solve past years question papers. One should also keep abreast with current events and information related to them.
An important thing to remember is that for this exam it is just enough to remember information but to understand the concepts well instead of memorizing facts and figures. The questions asked are of 10+2 level. Therefore emphasis has to be on conceptual clarity. Any concept has to be understood with its origin, merits and de-merits, then it needs to be analysed with other relevant topics and lastly it has to be correlated with the events that have taken place during the year.
The preliminary exam requires candidates who have the acumen and the ability to choose the right option of many given options. This needs a proper method of elimination. It is a good idea to go through previous years and model question papers and solve as many as possible. Taking a mock test of a certain number of G.S. questions and maths and general ability questions would be a good practice and help to pick out the most appropriate option.
Each prelims paper is for two hours but a lot of time is wasted in signing attendance sheets etc, therefore there is a lot of need for effective Time Management not only for the exam but in the preparation as well. It is not enough to know the right answer but it has to be marked correctly on the answer sheet. Speed and Accuracy are important, so solving model question papers on a regular basis would be a great help.
A good presence of mind is needed to eliminate the least appropriate options and arrive at the right one. However beware of negative marking so it is better to mark only sure shot answers than making guesses.
Throughout the preparation for the prelims exam, it is important to remember that any topic or concept should not be studied in isolation. It is better to understand and establish a correlation between related concepts from other subjects and current events and happenings.
Even with all this preparation, it is necessary to have a positive attitude and a great amount of will power to succeed to achieve your goal,that of getting through the civil services examination with flying colors!
Please respond with your valuable comments.

Going Beyond Domestic Mutual Fund

All we have the experience of investing in domestic MFs. Have you thought of investing your money in the units of International Fund.It's worth considering for quite a few reasons.When you park all your investments in domestic MFs lacking in diversity.The result or return of your investments would be country specific and if the economic does well the performance of a fund would be commensurate with that.

Why International fund is so special It is special because it allows to partake of the success achieved off-shore.Although investment opportunities in our country are quite substantial but we should not let go of opportunities which lie outside our shore!So think of giving your portfolio some stability by investing money in developed and emerging economies.Some time back the number of such fund was almost non-existent now we have as many as 24 such funds.

Tax Treatment

It is important to examine the tax implication of your income arising out of income from such funds.In India the domestic MF which allocates 65% of its corpus in domestic equities is exempted from long-term Capital Gains .But it is not so in the case of your income from International Fund.

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