Set your stop watch and check how much time you take to do these multiplications.
397 x 11 =
8598 x 11 =
59784 x 11 =
287986 x 11 =
8894357 x 11 =
157 x 12 =
2189 x 12 =
45876 x 12 =
914785 x 12 =
8237694 x 12 =
Now make a note of your time,and Read This
Check your time again with these figures and see the difference

When one starts thinking about English grammar,the first thing he/she must look into is the parts of speech.Just like studying alphabets when we start studying a language,studying parts of speech is the first step we should take when we start with English grammar.
Just look at the set of words given below and pic the odd one.
India,Srilanka,Pakistan,Orange
Here one can easily pic orange as the odd one,its because of the categorization of the words,all except orange are names of different countries.Similarly the parts of speech are categories used to organize or classify …

SQUARES
1. Square of a number ending with 5
Let y5 be the number then
square is :- y*(y+1)25
Eg :-
35 * 35 = 1225
3*(3+1)25=1225
2. Square of a number near to a known square
This is real simple you just need to look around ,the formula is very familiar.
(n+1)^2 = n^2 +2*n +1
Eg:-
35^2 can be found easily,so 34^2 = 1225-2*34-1=1156
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To find the digit in the unit place of a number given in powers???
Have a look at the pattern below,here the case is with “powers of 2″
2^1 = 2
2^2 =4
2^3 …

English one of the most widely used languages is so deep, that it  is very difficult to search for its roots.British have navigated the globe many times so ENGLISH has in it influences from many others languages or almost every other languages.Because of this significance of ENGLISH most of the competitive exams test your skills in the language.Exams like TOEFL,IELTS etc test your communicative skills,understanding skills,your grammer, your accent etc.But when it comes to CAT,XAT,MAT etc they test mainly you reading and writing skills only.And when it comes to …

Mathematics the base every engineering branch,is used not only by engineers,but by economists,historians,teachers…infact everyone need maths in there everyday life.And because of this importance of arithmetics almost every competitive exams test your maths skills.In most cases they test not only your skill but also your ability to use right thing at the right place.In  big exams like CAT,XAT, GMAT etc if we try answering the quatitative questions after the exam it will look easier to us.So the key in such exam is SWIFT thinking,and small tricks.Conventional maths is a bit …