Gauhati University Question Papers
Communicative and Functional English – I (May-June’ 2016)
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.
State whether ‘true’ of ‘false’: 1x10=10
a) Ability
to communicate effectively is closely linked to the ability to perform
effectively.
b) Communication
can never be selective.
c) There
is no change at all when people move from one communicative situation to
another.
d) Identifying
critical points in communication helps to build an effective communicative
bride.
e) Prejudice
may be termed as ‘noise’ in communication.
f) ‘Listening’
is a passive activity in communication.
g) A
low-pitched, well-modulated voice conveys strength and confidence.
h) More
time and energy are needed for a non-verbal communication.
i)
Intrapersonal communication is the internal
dialogue occurring within the mind of an individual.
j)
The primary audience in a communicative
situation has no obligation to decide nor to act on the given message.
2.
Answer the following questions: 2x5=10
a) Why
is communication necessary? Give two reasons.
b) Name
the elements of communication process.
c) Mention
two disadvantages stemming from the use of an inter office memorandum or memo.
d) What
is ‘kinesics’ in communication?
e) Why
is ‘emotional content’ necessary is an effective communication?
3.
Answer the following: 5x4=20
(a)
Correct the following:
1) I
have an urgent business.
2) I
shall take you leave.
3) Give
me hundred rupees.
4) He
caught me by hand.
5) He
was elected as chairman.
(b)
Rewrite the following as directed: 1x5=5
1) When
I went there I found him absent. (Change into a simple sentence)
2) He
was poor, but he was honest. (Change the sentence by using ‘although’)
3) He
was glad to hear this. (Change into a complex sentence)
4) Only
Ram was present there. (Change into negative)
5) Hari
and his brothers do not fight with the neighbours. (Add a tag question)
(c)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions: 1x5=5
1) He
was buried _____ the snow.
2) Social
workers do not hanker _____ wealth.
3) Health
is essential _____ success in life.
4) He
is jealous _____ my fame.
5) I
cannot bear _____ such conduct.
(d)
Make sentences to illustrate the use of the following phrases (any five): 1x5=5
With flying colours; Weal and woe; Lag behind; Hand over
fist; Hold good; Part and parcel; Tooth and nail.
4.
(a) Answer any two of the following: 10x2=20
1) Discuss
the different types of ‘audience analysis’. 10
2) Effective
business messages have a number of common characteristics. Mention five such
common characteristics. 10
3) What
do you understand by ‘organizational barrier’ in communication? 10
4) What
is a ‘Good News Letter’? Discuss the occasions and purposes for writing such
letters. 2+3+5=10
5) What
are the advantages of working in a team? Discuss. 10
(b)
Answer any two of the following: 10x2=20
1) What
is newsletter? You are the Public Relation Officer of ‘Bata’. Draft a
newsletter highlighting the performance of your shoe company, adding sidelights
about the employees and their personal lives too. 2+8=10
2) On
behalf of ‘Rama Stores’, write a letter of order to a wholesale local supplier
for certain specified items that you have already ordered over the telephone. 10
Or
Write a letter to ‘State Bank of India’, Panbazar, Guwahati,
to Supply necessary information about the credit standing of a firm desirous of
opening a credit account with you. 10
3) You
are the Vice President of ‘Vision Care Business’. Write a sales letter to
market your product ‘Renu Multi Plus’ a lens care solution. 10
Or
‘A Smart City must first have Smart Citizens.’ Write a letter
to the Editor of the local newspaper emphasizing the quoted words. 10
4) Write
a circular to announce that your Delhi-based ‘Retail Shop’ dealing with sports
goods is opening a temporary outlet outside I. G. Stadium at Sorusojai,
Guwahati during the S.A. Games, 2016, especially for the sale of equipments for
the ‘Shooting Sports’.
5) Lance
Naik Raj Kumar Singh had defied death for six days buried under snow when an
avalanche hit the Indian post on Siachen Glacier in February, 2016. Although he
was rescued and hospitalized, he could not finally survive. You are the
Superintendent of the Army Hospital, Delhi, Write a letter to the family of the
Siachen brave heart informing them of his sad demise. 10
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