SEMESTER END REGULAR EXAMINATIONS (AR21), AUGUST - 2022

U.G. Common to All Degree Bachelor of Technology

Academic Year 2021-2022 Sem. 2
Course Title
Course Code 21HSX03
ADVANCED COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
Duration 3 Hours Maximum Marks 70 (SEVENTY)
Remember % 6 Understand % 26 Apply % 68 Analyze % -
SECTION-I (7 x 2 = 14 Marks)
No. Questions (a to f)
RBT Level COs
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a List the benefits of reading. Remember CO1
b Mention the ways of beginning a presentation. Remember CO2
c What does it mean by ‘contextual clues’? Remember CO3
d Compare formal letter with email. Understand CO4
e Explain the theme of ‘Time Machine’ written by H. G. Wells. Understand CO3
f As a child how was Abdul Kalam inspired to read books? Understand CO3
Write any two parameters on which a candidate is evaluated in a group Remember CO3
g
discussion.
SECTION-II (4 x 14 = 56 Marks)
No. Questions (2 to 9) RBT Level COs Marks
Explain in detail about the key elements of effective
(a) Apply CO1 10
listening.
Complete the sentences using appropriate Phrasal verbs from
the alternatives given in the brackets.
(made up, keep up, take up, carried away, bogged down)
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(a) The employee decided to ____ a new job. Understan
(b) CO6 4
(b) Kamal ______ a whole story to avoid punishment for d
being late.
(c) I got ______ by his enthusiasm.
(d) We must ______ the good work.
OR
(a) Discuss various Non-Verbal signs of Ineffective Listening. Apply CO1 10
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Write the meaning of the roots with example and make use
Understan
(b) of them in your own sentences. CO6 4
d
i. Aero- ii. Inter- iii. Anti- iv. Re-
Explain the process of planning, preparing and delivering a
4 (a) Apply CO2 10
formal presentation using PPT.
Change the following sentences into passive voice.
i. Close the door.
(b) ii. She is not washing the clothes. Apply CO5 4
iii. Were they drinking coffee?
iv. Komal was attending coding classes..
OR
You are interested in organizing a cultural fest in your
institution. Write a letter to your Principal expressing your
(a) Apply CO2 10
interest and plan in brief and seek his appointment to explain
your plan to him.
Correct the following sentences using the concord (subject-
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verb agreement) appropriately.
i)The mother along with her children ____ (is/are)waiting for
the bus.
(b) Apply CO5 4
ii)Either he or you ___ (has/have) to go.
iii)The leader as well as his brother ____( belongs/belong) to
the same tribe.
iv) Neither he nor I ______ ( was/were) there.
6 Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
Many United States companies have, unfortunately, made the
search for legal protection from import competition into a major
line of work. Since 1980 the United States International Trade
Commission (ITC) has received about 280 complaints alleging
damage from imports that benefit foreign governments’ subsidies.
Another 340 charge that foreign companies “dumped” their
products in the United States at “less than fair value.” Even when
no unfair practices are alleged, the simple claim that an industry
has been injured by imports is sufficient grounds to seek relief.

Contrary to the general impression, this quest for import relief has
hurt more companies than it has helped. As corporations begin to
function globally, they develop an intricate web of marketing,
production, and research relationships, The complexity of these
relationships makes it unlikely that a system of import relief laws
will meet the strategic needs of all the units under the same parent
company.

Internationalization increases the danger that foreign companies

will use import relief laws against the very companies the laws
were designed to protect. Suppose a United States-owned
company establishes an overseas plant to manufacture a product
while its competitor makes the same product in the United States.
If the competitor can prove injury from the imports—and that the
United States company received a subsidy from a foreign
government to build its plant abroad—the United States
(a) Understand CO3 10
company’s products will be uncompetitive in the United States,
since they would be subject to duties.

Perhaps the most brazen case occurred when the ITC investigated
allegations that Canadian companies were injuring the United
States salt industry by dumping rock salt, used to de-ice roads. The
bizarre aspect of the complaint was that a foreign conglomerate
with United States operations was crying for help against a United
States company with foreign operations. The “United States”
company claiming the injury was a subsidiary of a Dutch
conglomerate. In contrast, the “Canadian” companies included a
subsidiary of a Chicago firm that was the second-largest domestic
producer of rock salt.

i. Which of the following options is most similar in meaning to the

word: “Intricate” mentioned in the article?
Twisted, Straightforward, Simple, Advance, Developed

ii. What is the full form of ITC as per the passage?

iii. Since 1980 the United States ITC has received how many
complaints alleging damage from imports that benefit from
subsidies by foreign governments?
iv. As per the passage, who is the second-largest producer of rock
salt?
v. What scenario causes the US company products to be
uncompetitive in the US?

(b) Correct the misplaced modifiers in the following sentences. Apply CO5 4
i. They presented a car to the winner named Ford.
ii. The culprit was sentences to death by the judge who
committed murder.
 iii. She arrived home and fell onto the sofa covered in sweat.
iv. James bought a horse for his sister called Prince
OR
7 (a) Read each sentence/set of sentences and choose the correct Understand CO3 10
choice from the given statements based on the logical
inferences.

i) The lifeline of Mumbai is its train network. One of the most

crowded places in the city. A Group of commuters of the Mumbai
suburban railways called for a strike in response to the increase in
the number of accidents in that route in the past one year due to
overcrowding. The commuters want to continue the strike unless
the authorities agree to increase the frequency of the trains in that
route.

Which of the following can be inferred from the above statement?

a. Increase in the frequency of the trains would lead to decrease
in number of such accidents.
b. The trains in the Mumbai suburban run overcrowded.
c. The railway authorities are in different to the safety of
commuters.
d. The railway did not increase the frequency in proportion to
the increase in the number of commuters in the past one year

ii) People are always less happy to accept scientific data they feel
contradicts their preconceived beliefs. No surprise here; no human
likes to be wrong. But science isn't supposed to care about
preconceived notions. Science, at least good science, tells us about
the world as it is, and not as some wish it to be. Sometimes what
science finds is consistent with a particular religion's wishes. But
usually, it is not.

What can be inferred about good science?

a. A good science is well received by the educated people.
b. A good science is based on concrete results obtained through
testing the hypothesis.
c. A good science and religion are same.
d. A good science will always prove the general populace wrong.

iii) Most successful professional football players began playing

football as youths, though a significant number learned the sport
later in life. No professional football player who ignored the
advice of his coaches, however, has ever become successful. If the
above statements are true, which of the following must also be
true?
a. Not all professional football players who played the sport as
youths ignored the advice of coaches.
b. The more attentive a professional football player is to his
coaches' advice, the more likely he is to be successful.
c. All unsuccessful professional football players have ignored the
advice of coaches.
d. No professional football player who learned the sport later in
life will ignore his coaches' advice.

iv) Indian granite industry is in peril in the absence of a uniform

policy from the State Governments, despite the thrust given by
liberalisation policies of the Union Government in the last two
years. Compared to the remarkable progress in the field during the
last three years, the absence of matching policies by State
Governments had put granite quarry owners and others involved in
 the industry on the verge of collapse in the international market.
The policies differed from state to state, had created problems as
far as loyalty, dead rent and duration of lease were concerned.

Statement: The granite produced in India does not match with the
quality of international level.
a. The Statement is definitely true.
b. The Statement is probably true.
c. The data provided is inadequate to answer the question.
d. The Statement is definitely false.

v) Some people still listen only to the radio instead of

downloading songs. Apparently, they do not want to miss the thrill
of accidentally listening to a song that they did not expect to listen
to.

Which of the following is a statement that can be inferred from the

facts stated in the above statement?

a. Songs cannot be downloaded from the radio.

b. One can discover songs by accident when they are downloading
them.
c. Songs are better on radio
d. Download is expensive.
Fill in the blanks with suitable academic vocabulary from the
choices given in the brackets.
( Source, established, policy, individual, proceedings)
i. The board of directors did submit the _______of the meeting
to the CEO.
(b) Apply CO6 4
ii. The refund _______________ at this store allows you to
return items for a credit, but not for cash.
iii. The institution ____________ a new laboratory for Robotics.
iv. Do you believe that _______________ rights are more
important than the collective rights of society?
You are in meeting with the Mayor of your city seeking a solution
(a) to the problem of water logging in your area. Write a dialogue on Apply CO4 10
this situation.
Edit the following passage by correcting the possible errors
(Spelling, grammar and punctuation).

As Bob Dylan rightly obversed, you don't need a whetherman to

know which way the wind blows. But if you want to do long-term
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fourcasting, predict the path of a Category 5 hurricane, or simulate
(b) Apply CO5 4
the damage from decaedes of climate change, you will need a
supercomupter.

These machines are just what their name implies: thousands of

procesors operating in parallel, performing quadrilions of
operations each second on unimagnable volumes of data.
OR
(a) Write an essay on ‘Importance of engaging in physical activity’. Apply CO4 10
Rewrite the following sentences correctly.
i. If I was the CEO I will have fired him.
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(b) ii. In this region it rain very frequently even in winters. Apply CO5 4
iii. They have do there duty honestly.
Iv iv. Raman have understood the problem.
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