Although humans are primarily land dwellers, the Earth’s surface is largely water. The world’s oceans make up 99% of the planet’s biosphere and contain the greatest diversity of life. Even the most biologically rich tropical rain forests cannot match the... Read more
The idea of a biologically diverse environment is easy to imagine in the middle of the tropical rain forest, where there are living organisms all around you, but what about the desert? A lot of sand, cactus, scrubby plants, and... Read more
The following table lists the most common word roots, their meanings, and examples of words with those roots. There are more than 150 roots here, but don’t be intimidated by the length of this list. To learn these roots, try... Read more
There aren’t many benefits to being a starving college student. Unless you consider eating ramen noodles two meals out of every three and forking over hundreds of dollars for textbooks as attractive perks. That college ID, however, is good for... Read more
The land mass of the crust is thin compared to the rest of the Earth’s layers. It makes up only about 1% of the earth’s total mass, but the continental crust can be as much as 70 km thick. The... Read more
Everyone has three vocabularies in every language he or she speaks: a reading vocabulary, a listening vocabulary, and a speaking vocabulary. The 80 questions in this practice test (set 2) will help you assess your vocabulary skills. After you complete... Read more
Everyone has three vocabularies in every language he or she speaks: a reading vocabulary, a listening vocabulary, and a speaking vocabulary. The 80 questions in this practice test (set 1) will help you assess your vocabulary skills. After you complete... Read more
When you come across unfamiliar words without context, breaking those words into their parts can help you determine their meaning. A good knowledge of prefixes and suffixes is essential to building an effective vocabulary. The more familiar you are with... Read more
Recruiters, Corporate HR screeners, and hiring executives like telephone interviews because they save time and money. They are fact-finding missions. You can slice through more candidates and shorten your list of potential hires through targeted questions on the phone much... Read more
When you attend an interview, the hiring manager and HR manager hope to hire you. The easiest thing for them to do is move beyond the hiring process and get back to work. Hiring is costly and tiresome for a... Read more
Researching a company, as with anything else today, is much easier than it was even a decade ago. You can spend 90 minutes on the Internet and learn more than you could in a full day of doing research the... Read more
The geography structure of a country helps in understanding the types and character of rocks and slopes, the physical and chemical properties of a soil, the availability of minerals, and the surface and underground water resources. Also Read: Geography MCQ... Read more
As we make our way through the second decade of the twenty-first century, World is undergoing an extraordinary transformation. This is visible everywhere one looks. After centuries of relative decline, the world economy is reasserting itself. Also Read: Geography MCQ... Read more