RSSB CET (Graduation)
100 key terms for this subject — each defined in plain language, with where it helps in the exam and a link to the study note it comes from.
- Active voice
A sentence pattern in which the subject performs the action, as in The clerk issued the certificate.
Where it helps Voice transformation
Read the study note →- Agenda
The list of business to be taken up in a meeting; a frequently tested administrative term.
Where it helps Office terminology
Read the study note →- Alphabetical order
Ordering words or letters from A to Z by comparing letters one position at a time.
Read the study note →- Alphanumeric transformation
A pattern involving both letters and numbers, often using alphabet position, attached digits, or mixed sorting.
Read the study note →- Alternating rule
A rule that places different categories in turn, such as word-number-word-number.
Where it helps Mixed arrangements
Read the study note →- Anekarthak shabd
A multi-meaning word whose correct sense is fixed by sentence context.
Where it helps Core syllabus item
Read the study note →- Antonym
A word opposite in meaning to the target word in the sense used by the sentence or passage.
Where it helps Core syllabus term
Read the study note →- Antonym in context
The opposite of the word's passage-specific meaning after the sentence context has been fixed.
Where it helps Vocabulary questions
Read the study note →- Anusvara
The nasal sign used in many standard Hindi spellings such as "संविधान" and "संलग्नक"; it must not be inserted randomly.
Read the study note →- Article
A, an and the; their correct use depends on countability, sound, specificity and established expression.
Where it helps Common correction clue
Read the study note →- Article 343
The constitutional article on the official language of the Union, Hindi in Devanagari script, and numerals for Union official purposes.
Where it helps Direct PYQ-style fact
Read the study note →- Ascending order
Ordering numbers from the smallest value to the largest value.
Read the study note →- Aspect
The part of verb meaning that shows whether an action is simple, continuous, perfect or perfect continuous.
Read the study note →- Author attitude
The writer's stance toward the subject, such as approval, criticism, concern, caution or neutrality.
Where it helps Tone-based questions
Read the study note →- Backshift
The change of a reported verb to an earlier tense form after a past reporting verb, such as am becoming was.
Read the study note →- Bahuvrihi samas
A compound whose meaning points to an outside possessor rather than merely to the literal component words.
Where it helps Identification trap
Read the study note →- Base value
The original value on which a percentage increase, decrease, profit or loss is calculated. In most commercial arithmetic, profit and loss percentages use cost price as the base.
Read the study note →- Cause-effect
The relation between why something happens and what happens as a result.
Where it helps Factual and inference questions
Read the study note →- Central theme
The underlying message, concern or lesson around which the passage is organised.
Where it helps Theme and conclusion questions
Read the study note →- Circular
A communication circulated to several offices or persons to convey instructions, information or policy.
Where it helps Office communication
Read the study note →- Close distractor
An option related to the target word but wrong in exact meaning, degree, tone or context.
Where it helps Objective practice
Read the study note →- Coded statement
A statement in which symbols represent relations or operations and must be decoded before drawing a conclusion.
Read the study note →- Collocation
A natural word partnership in English, such as interested in, good at, depend on or senior to.
Where it helps Preposition accuracy
Read the study note →- Cost price
The amount paid to buy or produce an article. Profit or loss is measured by comparing selling price with this value.
Where it helps Commercial arithmetic
Read the study note →- Descending order
Ordering numbers from the largest value to the smallest value.
Read the study note →- Determiner
A word placed before a noun to show quantity, possession, selection or reference, such as many, each, this or my.
Read the study note →- Diction
The choice of the correct word for meaning, tone and register; important in sentence correction and close synonym options.
Where it helps Sentence correction
Read the study note →- Direct speech
The exact quoted words of a speaker, usually shown with quotation marks in grammar exercises.
Read the study note →- Direct variation
A relationship in which two quantities increase or decrease together in the same ratio, such as cost with quantity or wages with days at a fixed rate.
Read the study note →- Distractor
A wrong option designed to look attractive because it is related in spelling, field, intensity or partial meaning.
Where it helps Objective elimination practice
Read the study note →- Dvandva samas
A compound in which both or all members are principal, often recoverable with `और` in the vigrah.
Where it helps Direct identification
Read the study note →- Enclosure
A document attached with a letter or application and listed at the end or in the body of the office letter.
Read the study note →- Explicit fact
Information directly stated in the passage, such as a reason, sequence, quality, example or result.
Where it helps Direct comprehension
Read the study note →- Extreme option
An option using absolute words such as always, never, only or completely without matching support in the passage.
Where it helps Objective option traps
Read the study note →- Figurative sense
The accepted non-literal meaning of an idiom or proverb in standard usage.
Where it helps Meaning recognition
Read the study note →- Final arrangement
The completed output after all required elements have been placed according to the rule.
Where it helps Machine arrangement
Read the study note →- Fixed block
The part of an arrangement already placed correctly and normally not disturbed in later steps.
Read the study note →- Idiom
A fixed expression whose accepted meaning is different from the literal meaning of its separate words.
Where it helps Listed near vocabulary tasks
Read the study note →- Indirect speech
Reported speech that gives the meaning of the speaker's words without keeping the original quotation form.
Read the study note →- Inference
A conclusion that is not directly copied from the passage but is strongly supported by its statements.
Where it helps Higher-value comprehension trap
Read the study note →- Input
The original row, expression, coded statement, or alphanumeric group on which a rule is applied.
Read the study note →- Inverse variation
A relationship in which one quantity increases as the other decreases for a fixed total, such as time with speed for a fixed distance or time with workers for fixed work.
Read the study note →- Karmadharaya samas
A descriptive compound in which one part qualifies the other and both refer to the same object or person.
Where it helps Samas type confusion
Read the study note →- Krit pratyay
A suffix added after a kriya or dhatu to form a derived word; CET asks this distinction directly.
Read the study note →- Line return
The habit of returning to the exact sentence that supports an answer before selecting an option.
Where it helps Accuracy strategy
Read the study note →- Literal meaning trap
The error of choosing word-by-word meaning when a fixed expression requires figurative sense.
Read the study note →- Lokokti
A proverb-like saying that expresses a general lesson, observation or practical truth.
Read the study note →- Main idea
The controlling point of the whole passage, combining the topic with what the author says about it.
Where it helps Central theme and title questions
Read the study note →- Matra
A vowel sign attached to a consonant in Devanagari; many spelling questions change only one matra to create an incorrect option.
Read the study note →- Memorandum
A formal written note, communication or statement used in office and administrative contexts.
Where it helps Administrative correspondence
Read the study note →- Minutes
The formal record of decisions and proceedings of a meeting, prepared after the meeting.
Where it helps Meeting vocabulary
Read the study note →- Muhavara
A fixed idiomatic phrase with figurative meaning and standard usage inside a sentence.
Read the study note →- Notification
A formal official announcement or publication issued by a competent authority.
Where it helps Official-use vocabulary
Read the study note →- Oblique form
The noun or pronoun form used before postpositions, as in "लड़कियों से" or "कर्मचारियों के लिए".
Where it helps Case and postposition questions
Read the study note →- Official term
A standard term used in public documents or administration, tested mainly for recognition or translation in CET English.
Where it helps Translation vocabulary
Read the study note →- One-word substitution
Replacing a descriptive phrase with one precise word, such as polyglot for a person who knows many languages.
Where it helps Frequent objective vocabulary item
Read the study note →- Option checking
A fast verification technique in which each answer option is tested against the original condition, useful when the arithmetic is short but the proportion setup is error-prone.
Read the study note →- Output
The result obtained after applying the given or inferred rule to the input.
Read the study note →- Over-reading
Adding a conclusion or assumption that sounds reasonable but is not supported by the passage.
Where it helps Inference elimination
Read the study note →- Paryayvachi shabd
A synonym or near-equivalent word selected by accepted meaning, register and context.
Where it helps Core syllabus item
Read the study note →- Passive voice
A sentence pattern in which the receiver of the action becomes the subject, using be plus past participle.
Where it helps Voice recognition
Read the study note →- Past participle
The verb form used in perfect tenses and passive voice, such as written, done, gone, issued and completed.
Where it helps Passive and perfect forms
Read the study note →- Phrasal verb
A verb plus particle combination with a special meaning, such as call off, put up with or look into.
Where it helps Idioms and usage
Read the study note →- Phrase
A group of words functioning as a unit inside a sentence, often tested through meaning or standard usage.
Where it helps Vocabulary and grammar link
Read the study note →- Phrase-to-word term
A standard term recalled from a phrase, such as अजेय for जिसे जीता न जा सके.
Where it helps One-word substitution
Read the study note →- Postposition
A Hindi relational marker such as "को", "से", "में", "पर" or "के लिए" that normally follows the noun and affects case form.
Where it helps Sentence correction
Read the study note →- Pratyay
A suffix added after a base to form a new word or grammatical category, divided importantly into krit and taddhit groups.
Read the study note →- Preposition
A word such as in, at, on, for or with that links nouns or pronouns to other parts of a sentence.
Where it helps Common correction clue
Read the study note →- Proportion
Equality of two ratios. It is useful only when the direction of variation has been correctly identified before placing the terms.
Read the study note →- Rajbhasha
Official language in the constitutional and administrative sense; for the Union, Article 343 names Hindi in Devanagari script.
Where it helps Constitutional facts
Read the study note →- Ratio part
One share in a ratio distribution. If a total is divided in the ratio 3:5, the total has 8 equal ratio parts.
Where it helps Ratio applications
Read the study note →- Region A
A category under the Official Language Rules, 1976 for communication rules; Rajasthan is included in this region.
Where it helps Rajbhasha rule questions
Read the study note →- Register
The level of formality or tone of a word, such as formal, neutral, literary, colloquial or insulting.
Where it helps Close-option elimination
Read the study note →- Reporting verb
The verb that introduces reported speech, such as said, told, asked, requested, ordered or advised.
Where it helps Narration conversion
Read the study note →- Samas
Compound formation in which two or more words combine into a shorter expression with a recoverable vigrah.
Where it helps Core syllabus term
Read the study note →- Samas-vigrah
The expanded explanation of a compound, used to identify the relation between the component words.
Where it helps PYQ question style
Read the study note →- Sandhi
A sound change that occurs when two letters or sounds meet, producing a combined form such as `प्रत्येक` or `सदैव`.
Where it helps Core syllabus term
Read the study note →- Sandhi-vicched
The reverse operation of sandhi: showing the correct original parts from which the joined word was formed.
Where it helps Direct PYQ format
Read the study note →- Selling price
The amount for which an article is sold. It equals cost price plus profit or cost price minus loss.
Where it helps Commercial arithmetic
Read the study note →- Sequence of tenses
The agreement of verb forms across clauses, especially when one past action precedes another or speech is reported.
Where it helps Tense and narration
Read the study note →- Shabd shuddhi
Correction of an incorrect word into its standard written Hindi form, especially by fixing matra, consonant, conjunct, nasal or accepted usage errors.
Where it helps Core spelling-correction area
Read the study note →- Step
One intermediate arrangement produced by the machine before the final output is reached.
Where it helps Machine arrangement
Read the study note →- Swar sandhi
Vowel sandhi, where the change occurs because two vowels meet, as in दीर्घ, गुण, वृद्धि, यण and अयादि patterns.
Where it helps Sandhi classification
Read the study note →- Symbol operation
A coded arithmetic pattern where symbols stand for operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
Where it helps Coded arithmetic
Read the study note →- Synonym
A word or expression close in meaning to another word in a given context; exact replacement depends on tone, grammar and usage.
Where it helps Core syllabus term
Read the study note →- Synonym in context
The nearest meaning of a word as used in the passage, not every dictionary meaning of that word.
Where it helps Vocabulary questions
Read the study note →- Taddhit pratyay
A suffix added after a noun or adjective base to create derivative relation, quality, abstract or possessive forms.
Where it helps Pratyay distinction
Read the study note →- Tense
The verb form that shows the time of an action and works with aspect to show habit, continuity, completion or sequence.
Where it helps Fill-in-the-blank verb forms
Read the study note →- Unit rate
The value attached to one unit, such as price of one article, work done by one worker in one day, or distance covered in one hour.
Read the study note →- Unitary method
A method of solving proportional questions by first finding the value, cost, work, distance or share for one unit and then scaling it to the required number of units.
Read the study note →- Unseen passage
A prose passage not studied beforehand, used to test reading comprehension through objective questions.
Where it helps Core syllabus phrase
Read the study note →- Upasarg
A prefix placed before a base word or root to alter or intensify meaning, such as `उद्` in `उद्यम`.
Read the study note →- Vakya shuddhi
Correction of an incorrect sentence or phrase by applying agreement, case, postposition, verb, idiom and clarity rules.
Where it helps Core sentence-correction area
Read the study note →- Vilom shabd
An antonym that reverses the core sense of the target word, not merely its prefix form.
Where it helps Core syllabus item
Read the study note →- Virama chihn
Punctuation marks used to show pause, completion, list, quotation, question or relation in a sentence.
Where it helps Punctuation-linked correction
Read the study note →- Visarg sandhi
A sandhi pattern where visarg changes before another sound, producing forms such as `निस्सार` or `मनोबल`.
Where it helps Frequent trap area
Read the study note →- Visheshya-visheshan family
A noun-adjective word family, such as दया-दयालु, used to recognise related meanings and opposites.
Where it helps Supporting vocabulary skill
Read the study note →- Vyanjan sandhi
Consonant sandhi, where consonants change or combine because of neighbouring sounds in word formation.
Where it helps Sandhi classification
Read the study note →- Work rate
The quantity of work completed per unit time by one person, machine or group. It is the central unit in men-work-time questions.
Where it helps Inverse variation
Read the study note →- Zero article
The deliberate use of no article before a noun, common with general plural nouns and general uncountable nouns.
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