Gauhati University Question Papers
Communicative and Functional English – I (May-June’ 2014)
Full Marks: 80
Time Allowed: 3 hours
Answer either in English or Assamese
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1.
Choose whether ‘true’ of ‘false’: 1x10=10
a) Communication
skill makes and mars the difference in success and failure.
b) The
flow of communication in an organisation is not a continuous process.
c) Our
sensory preceptors are unlimited.
d) Communication
helps man to satisfy its basic emotional needs.
e) Positive
personal attitude is not important in developing communication skill.
f) In
written communication, effective listening is vital.
g) Demographic
factor is an audience is not measureable.
h) Improper
timing in communication acts as a barrier.
i)
In communication of ‘chain of understanding’ has
no relation to the ‘chain of command’.
j)
Unlike Fax, E-mail system does not provide the
advantage of storage of message in the memory.
2.
Answer the following questions: 2x5=10
a) What
is ‘communication’?
b) What
is ‘encoding’ in the process of communication?
c) Mention
two ways in which communication can be important for business.
d) Why
is ‘listening’ an important communication skill?
e) What
is Informal Communication?
3.
Answer any four out of a, b, c, d, e and f: 5x4=20
(a)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions: 1x5=5
1) P.C.
Bora excels _____ dancing.
2) The
godown is infested _____ rats.
3) India’s
wholesale price based inflation fell _____ 4.68 per cent in February, 2014.
4) Finance
Minister P. Chidambaram decided to sell the stake in IOC _____ a discount of 10
per cent.
5) India’s
economy is expected to pick _____ in the next two financial years.
(b)
Fill in the blanks with correct tense of the verbs in brackets: 1x5=5
1) The
Film fare trophy, the iconic Blank Lady _____ (unveil) in the presence of
Jitesh Pillai.
2) Assam
_____ (lost) over 20 rhinos to poachers in 2013.
3) The
locals _____ (agitate) when the DN Chilarai Express hit a car at the Bondapara
unmanned level crossing.
4) With
the stage set for Lok Sabha pools, hectic politicking _____ (begin).
5) Mahasweta
Devi _____ (become) a legend in her lifetime.
(c) Change
the voice of the following: 1x5=5
1) Promises
should be kept.
2) The
State Government has declared March 17, 2014 as a local holiday for ‘Holi’.
3) He
was refused admittance.
4) Do
not insult the weak.
5) The
road was lined with people.
(d)
Correct the common errors in the following: 1x5=5
1) Whom
do you think won the prize?
2) Bill
Gates is the most rich man in the world.
3) He
is rather good in maintaining accounts.
4) You
did not reply our enquiry.
5) He
hardly sat down than the phone rang.
(e)
Rewrite the sentences as directed: 1x5=5
1)
Their glory can never fade. (Turn into
Interrogative sentence)
2)
O that I were young again! (Change into an
Assertive sentence)
3)
He must not be late, or he will be punished.
(Change into a Simple Sentence)
4)
He confessed his guilt. (Change into Complex
sentence)
5)
To his disgrace, he betrayed his friend. (Change
into a Compound sentence)
(f) Frame
sentences to illustrate the use of any five of the following phrases: 1x5=5
Order of the day, gift of the gab, from hand to mouth, take
exception to, on and off, within the ace of, losing ground.
4.
(a) Answer any two of the following: 10x2=20
1)
Discuss the idea of ‘Noise’ on Communication.
2)
Discuss the essentials of good Business Writing.
3)
What are the different types of ‘Audience’ to
consider in ‘Communication’?
4)
Discuss the elements of Communication Process.
5)
Discuss the Non-Verbal Communication.
(b)
Answer any two of the following: 10x2=20
1) Draft
a request letter to the SBI, Panbazar Branch, Guwahati, Assam for a vehicle
loan.
2) You
are Ashok Das, Manager Rajiv Electronics, G.S. Road, Guwahati. Write an order
letter to the manufacturing unit, Thompson electronics for 50 L.G.
Refrigerators of different capacity, sizes and colours.
3) Write
a letter to the editor of a local daily expressing your views on the lack of
civic sensibilities of students in the college campus.
4) You
are the PRO of an oil company. Write out an e-mail to the board of directors
notifying them about the AGM (Annual General Meeting) at an appointed date.
Or
Write an application to the Managing Director, Shanti Udyog
Limited, A.T. Road, Guwahati for the post of Production Manager as advertised
in the local newspaper.
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