Assessment Paper-Communication in English

Instruction: Answer question number 1 and any 4 from rest of the questions

TOTAL MARKS:-60

1. Choose the right answer from the following ( any 20): (20X1=20 marks)

1. ___ means communication without words.

a. Object communication
b. Written communication
c. Oral communication
d. Non-verbal communication
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Answer: (D)
2. The person who transmits the message is called ___.
a. channel
b. sender
c. receiver
d. response
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Answer (B)
3. ___ aims at making people work together for the common good of the
organization.
a. communication
b. conversation
c. combination
d. connection
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Answer (A)
4. At each stage in the process of communication, there is a possibility of
interference which may hinder the process. Such interference is known as ___.
a. sender
b. receiver
c. barrier
d. none of them
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Answer (C)
5. ___ describes all forms of human communication that are not verbal.
a. prosody
b.vocalics
c.haptics
d.para language
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Answer (D)
6. Normally communication is ___, wherein the information or message is transferred
from one person to another.
a. impersonal
b. interpersonal
c. personal
d. important
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Answer (B)
7. A ___ connects the sender to the receiver.
a. Channel
b. Noise
c. Communication
d. feedback
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Answer (A)
8. The ___ in the usage of words may be a serious barrier to effective
communication.
a. disturbance
b. discrimination
c. disorder
d. distortion
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Answer (D)

9. Most of us use ___ and ___ in addition to words when we speak.

a. words and gestures
b. gestures and body language
c. body language and posture
d. posture and eye gazing
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Answer (B)
10. ___ refers to pitch, loudness, duration, intonation and, tempo.
a. touches
b. prosody
c. gestures
d. haptics
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Answer (B)
11. In ___ main intention is to seek certain information which will be appreciated.
a. empathetic
b. comprehension
c. appreciative
d. therapeutic
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Answer (D)
12. Dialogic listening is also known as ___.
a. therapeutic
b. appreciative
c. relational
d. evaluative
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Answer (B)
13. ___ means looking quickly over a textbook to get a general superficial idea of the
content.
a. scanning
b. extensive reading
c. skimming
d. intensive
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Answer (B)
14. ___ reading is ideal and helps comprehension
a. extensive
b. loud
c. intensive
d. silent
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Answer (D)
15. The second step in the SQ3R of reading is ___.
a. survey
b. question
c. read
d. review
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Answer (C)
16. While making a slide the number of words should be limited to a maximum of
___ per slide.
a. seven
b. nine
c. eight
d. ten
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Answer (D)
17. A business proposal from a branch manager of a company to the managing
director of the company is an example of horizontal communication. ((True / False).
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Answer (FALSE)
18. ___ is the full form of the abbreviation TQM.
a. team quality management
b. total quality management
c. total quality manager
d. total quality management
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Answer (D)
19. Communication that takes place between the members of an organization within
itself is ___.
a. external
b. formal
c. informal
d. internal
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Answer (D)
20. Informal meetings mark the ___ of the problem.
a. immediately
b. immediacy
c. importance
d. improvement
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Answer (C)
21. ___ is sent to a specific group of people whereas ___ may be meant for the
general public.
a. notice, memo
b. memo, circular
c. notice, circular
d. circular, notice
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Answer (D)
22. The problem with proofreading is that you will have to be good at ___ and ___.
a. spelling, punctuation
b. pronunciation, spelling
c. punctuation, pronunciation
d. paraphrasing, spelling
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Answer (A)
23. Every sentence has two essential parts a ___ and a ___.
a. clause, predicate
b. subject, phrase
c. predicate, subject
d. subject, clause
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Answer (C)
24. Oral communication ensures___ and ___.
a. fluency; speed
b. adequate attention; immediate response
c. speedy interaction; immediate response
d. speed; attention
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Answer (B)
25. Find out errors:
Either the manager or their subordinates failed in his duty.
a. either- neither, or- nor
b. their- his, his- their
c. failed- fails, subordinates- subordinate
e. the- a in- for
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Answer (B)
26. As a means of communication, e-mails have features of the immediacy of both
___ and ___.
a. reading, receiving
b. writing, sending
c. calling, receiving
d. receiving, sending
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Answer (D)
27. Unclarified assumptions in communication can lead to ___ and ___.
a. premature evaluation, poor listening
b. lack of planning, physical barriers
c. information overload, selective perception
d. confusion, misunderstanding
Ans: D

28. A resume needs conceptualization of your ___ and___ all into one document.
a. objectives, experiences
b. projects, skills
c. accomplishments, experiences
d. skills, aims
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Answer (C)
29. The semantic markers used to express time relationship are:
a. next, after
b. after, consequently
c. hence, to summarize
d. while, because
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Answer (A)
30. ___ and ___ are acted as barriers to communication.
a. semantic distortions, lack of planning
b. sender, receiver
c. channel, message
d. feedback, the sender
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Answer (A)
2. Answer the following questions:
 Which of there are the external sounds present in the channels of
communication?
a) Noise b) Cultural barriers c) Over communication d) Semantic problems.
 Name some factors which should not be avoided for effective communication?
 ___________ are problems arising from expression.
a)Semantic barriers b) Wrong assumptions c) cultural barriers d) Selecting
perception.
 Communication should serve as a conflict reduction exercise. (True /False)
 When we can say that process of communication completes?
 What is the first enemy of communication mentioned below?
a)Noise b) politeness c) Lack of confidence d) Hesitation
 What are factors avoided in effective communication?
 Name some barriers which we face while we communicate with someone?
 Write down the communication barriers and explain them briefly.
 Write down the 7Cs of effective communication?
(10 marks)

3. Define Life skill, Adaptability ,Interpersonal communication, Self

awareness and Emotional intelligence. (2+2+2+2+2=10 marks)

4. What is technical communication? What is the purpose of technical

communication? Write down the importance of technical communication.
Which one of these must be avoided in a technical communication?
a)Facts b) Grammar c) Personal feelings d) Pronunciation
What is Soft skill and Hard skill? Give example to explain.
(1+2+2+1+4=10 marks)

5. i) Change the Voice of the following sentences: (1X10=10 marks)

a. She is studying to get good marks in her board exam.

b. Everyone knows Thomas Alva Edison for his invention.

c. Intel was founded by Gordon Moore in 1960.

d. Ram has represented India in AFC champion’s league.

e. A diode coverts AC current into DC current.

ii) Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of tense:

1. How many cups of tea_____ yesterday?
1. Did you drink
2. Do you drink
 3. You have drank
4. You were drinking

2. She shall _____ your ice-cream parlour soon because she ____ ice-cream.
1. Be visiting, like
2. Visit, likes
3. Have been visiting, is liking
4. Visiting, like

3. Shakespeare ____ dramas that are appealing to the people of all ages.
1. Wrote
2. Had written
3. Had been writing
4. Has written

4. The barber ___ his finger while he ____ off my hair.

1. Had cut, was chopping
2. Cut, chop
3. Cut, was chopping
4. Cuts, had been chopping

5. Prasoon ___ for Bangalore early and he must ___ by this time.
1. Leave, have been reaching
2. Left, have reached
3. Had left, be reaching
4. Left, have been reached

5. Write a Curriculum Vitae of a candidate who is applying for the post of

Junior engineer at Progressive Corporation Pvt. Ltd.The office of the company is
located at Howrah. Write a cover letter alongwith the CV.

6. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow :

Mike and Morris lived in the same village. While Morris owned the largest
jewelry shop in the village, Mike was a poor farmer. Both had large families with
many sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren. One fine day, Mike, tired of
not being able to feed his family, decided to leave the village and move to the
city where he was certain to earn enough to feed everyone. Along with his
family, he left the village for the city. At night, they stopped under a large tree.
There was a stream running nearby where they could freshen up themselves.
He told his sons to clear the area below the tree, he told his wife to fetch water
and he instructed his daughters-in-law to make up the fire and started cutting
wood from the tree himself. They didn’t know that in the branches of the tree,
there was a thief hiding. He watched as Mike’s family worked together and also
noticed that they had nothing to cook. Mike’s wife also thought the same and
asked her husband ” Everything is ready but what shall we eat?”. Mike raised
his hands to heaven and said ” Don’t worry. He is watching all of this from
above. He will help us.”
The thief got worried as he had seen that the family was large and worked well
together. Taking advantage of the fact that they did not know he was hiding in
the branches, he decided to make a quick escape. He climbed down safely
when they were not looking and ran for his life. But, he left behind the bundle of
stolen jewels and money which dropped into Mike’s lap. Mike opened it and
jumped with joy when he saw the contents. The family gathered all their
belongings and returned to the village. There was great excitement when they
told everyone how they got rich.
Morris thought that the tree was miraculous and this was a nice and quick way
to earn some money. He ordered his family to pack some clothes and they set
off as if on a journey. They also stopped under the same tree and Morris
started commanding everyone as Mike had done. But no one in his family was
willing to obey his orders. Being a rich family, they were used to having
servants all around. So, the one who went to the river to fetch water enjoyed a
nice bath. The one who went to get wood for fire went off to sleep. Morris’s wife
said ” Everything is ready but what shall we eat ?” Morris raised his hands and
said, ” Don’t worry. He is watching all of this from above. He will help us.”
As soon as he finished saying, the thief jumped down from the tree with a knife
in hand. Seeing him, everyone started running around to save their lives. The
thief stole everything they had and Morris and his family had to return to the
village empty handed, having lost all their valuables that they had taken with
them.

Question 1 : Why did Mike and his family decide to rest under the thief’s tree ?
A) Being a large family, they knew that they could easily defeat the thief
B) It was a convenient spot for taking a halt at night
C) There was a stream nearby and wood enough to build a house
D) That was the only large tree that could shelter their large family
Solution : B) It was a convenient spot for taking a halt at night
A is incorrect as they didn’t know that a thief was hiding on the tree.
C is incorrect as nothing has been mentioned in the passage about the amount
of wood
D is incorrect as nothing has been mentioned about the number of trees.

Question 2 : Which of the following best describes Morris ?

A) He was a rich businessman
B) He bullied his wife
C) He paid his servants well
D) He was greedy and imitated Mike
Solution : D) He was greedy and imitated Mike

Question 3 : What did Mike mean when he said “He is watching all this from
above”?
A) He had spotted the thief and wanted to scare him
B) He was telling his wife to have faith in god
C) It was just a warning for his family members to stick together
D) He was begging the thief to help his family
Solution : B) He was telling his wife to have faith in god

Question 4 : Why did the thief return to the tree?

A) To wait for Mike to return
B) To set up a trap
C) To wait for Morris’s family
D) Not mentioned in the passage
Solution : D) Not mentioned in the passage

Question 5 : How did the fellow villagers react to Mike getting rich overnight?
A) They were jealous of him
B) They were very excited
C) They followed his example
D) They envied him
Solution : B) They were very excited

7. Take a note of the following passage:

Passage:
The economic transformation of India is one of the great business
stories of our time. As stifling government regulations have been lifted,
entrepreneurship has flourished, and the country has become a high-
powered centre for information technology and pharmaceuticals.
Indian companies like Infosys and Wipro are powerful global players,
while Western firms like G.E. and I.B.M. now have major research
facilities in India employing thousands. India’s seemingly endless flow
of young, motivated engineers, scientists, and managers offering
developed-world skills at developing-world wages is held to be putting
American jobs at risk, and the country is frequently heralded as “the
next economic superpower.”
But India has run into a surprising hitch on its way to superpower
status: its inexhaustible supply of workers is becoming exhausted.
Although India has one of the youngest workforces on the planet, the
head of Infosys said recently that there was an “acute shortage of
skilled manpower,” and a study by Hewitt Associates projects that this
year salaries for skilled workers will rise fourteen and a half per cent, a
sure sign that demand for skilled labor is outstripping supply.
How is this possible in a country that every year produces two and a
half million college graduates and four hundred thousand engineers?
Start with the fact that just ten per cent of Indians get any kind of post-
secondary education, compared with some fifty per cent who do in the
U.S. Moreover, of that ten per cent, the vast majority go to one of
India’s seventeen thousand colleges, many of which are closer to
community colleges than to four-year institutions. India does have
more than three hundred universities, but a recent survey by the
London Times Higher Education Supplement put only two of them
among the top hundred in the world. Many Indian graduates, therefore,
enter the workforce with a low level of skills. A current study led by
Vivek Wadhwa, of Duke University, has found that if you define
“engineer” by U.S. standards, India produces just a hundred and
seventy thousand engineers a year, not four hundred thousand.
Infosys says that, of 1.3 million applicants for jobs last year, it found
only two per cent acceptable.
There was a time when many economists believed that post-
secondary education didn’t have much impact on economic growth.
The really important educational gains, they thought, came from giving
rudimentary skills to large numbers of people (which India still needs to
do—at least thirty per cent of the population is illiterate). They believed
that, in economic terms, society got a very low rate of return on its
investment in higher education. But lately that assumption has been
overturned, and the social rate of return on investment in university
education in India has been calculated at an impressive nine or ten per
cent. In other words, every dollar India puts into higher education
creates value for the economy as a whole. Yet India spends roughly
three and a half per cent of its G.D.P. on education, significantly below
the percentage spent by the U.S., even though India’s population is
 much younger, and spending on education should be proportionately
higher.
The irony of the current situation is that India was once considered to
be overeducated. In the seventies, as its economy languished, it
seemed to be a country with too many engineers and Ph.D.s working
as clerks in government offices. Once the Indian business climate
loosened up, though, that meant companies could tap a backlog of
hundreds of thousands of eager, skilled workers at their disposal.
Unfortunately, the educational system did not adjust to the new
realities. Between 1985 and 1997, the number of teachers in India
actually fell, while the percentage of students enrolled in high school or
college rose more slowly than it did in the rest of the world. Even as
the need for skilled workers was increasing, India was devoting
relatively fewer resources to producing them.
Since the Second World War, the countries that have made successful
leaps from developing to developed status have all poured money,
public and private, into education. South Korea now spends a higher
percentage of its national income on education than nearly any other
country in the world. Taiwan had a system of universal primary
education before its phase of hypergrowth began. And, more recently,
Ireland’s economic boom was spurred, in part, by an opening up and
expansion of primary and secondary schools and increased funding for
universities. Education will be all the more important for India’s well-
being; the earlier generation of so-called Asian Tigers depended
heavily on manufacturing, but India’s focus on services and technology
will require a more skilled and educated workforce.
India has taken tentative steps to remedy its skills famine—the current
government has made noises about doubling spending on education,
and a host of new colleges and universities have sprung up since the
mid-nineties. But India’s impressive economic performance has made
the problem seem less urgent than it actually is, and allowed the
government to defer difficult choices. (In a country where more than
three hundred million people live on a dollar a day, producing college
graduates can seem like a low priority.) Ultimately, the Indian
government has to pull off a very tough trick, making serious changes
at a time when things seem to be going very well. It needs, in other
words, a clear sense of everything that can still go wrong. The paradox
of the Indian economy today is that the more certain its glowing future
seems to be, the less likely that future becomes
8. Imagine that you are the Cultural Secretary of your college. There are

total 450 students in the college. The principal of the college has

announced a cultural program and given the responsibilities to you to

 connect all the students and list the name of the students who are

willing to participate in the program. Send a mail to the students and

request them to share their name in a given format to participate in this program.

9. Imagine that you are the Cultural Secretary of your college. There are

total 450 students in the college. The principal of the college has

announced a cultural program and given the responsibilities to you to

connect all the students and list the name of the students who are

willing to participate in the program. Write a memo to the respective class

representative to inform the students of their respective class about the

participation of the program.