English Language and Communication Skills Question Paper 2025 [Dibrugarh University BCOM 2nd SEM Question Paper FYUGP]

English Language and Communication Skills Question Paper 2025
Dibrugarh University BCOM 2nd SEM Question Paper FYUGP

ENGLISH (Ability Enhancement Course)

Paper: AECENG2 (English Language and Communication Skills)

Full Marks: 60 (80 for 2023 Batch)

Time: 2 hours (3 hours for 2023 Batch)

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

UNIT-I (Communication: Theory and Types)

1. (a) Define communication. Write three components of communication. (2+3=5)

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(b) What are the main barriers of communication? Elaborate. (5)

2. (a) Write five differences between intra-personal and inter-personal communication. (5)

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(b) What is group communication? Briefly describe any three benefits of group communication. (5)

3. (a) Discuss five functions of communication. (5)

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(b) Write five differences between formal and informal communication. (5)

UNIT-II (Speaking Skills)

4. (a) What are the differences between monologue and dialogue? (5)

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(b) You are Tulsi and suffering from flu. You have visited your doctor and want medical treatment from her. Write a dialogue between your doctor and you (patient). (5)

5. Prepare a public speech to be given in the assembly of your institution on any one of the following (100-150 words): (5)

(a) Importance of Exercise

(b) Power of Positive Thinking

6. (a) What is group discussion? What are the features of group discussion? (5)

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(b) Discuss five skills required in a group discussion. (5)

UNIT-III (Reading and Understanding)

7. (a) Define close reading. Mention three steps involved in close reading. (2+3=5)

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(b) Discuss the role of teachers and students in close reading. (5)

8. (a) Read the passage provided in the paper regarding India as an agricultural land and its water supply. Answer the following:

India is chiefly an agricultural land. The cultivation of crops depends on a proper supply of water throughout the year. Since olden times, large parts of our country have suffered from occasional periods of too much rain and those of drought. People had known that if surplus flood water could be stored for use during the dry season, these problems will be solved. Unfortunately, they had neither the knowledge nor the means to do much in this direction. Whatever little they knew, they tried to put to practice. They dug canals to draw water from perennial rivers. This was heavy and expensive work and practicable over only a small area. Large tanks were excavated and small dams built to hold back floods. But it was not possible to do anything on a countrywide scale.

(i) How has our country suffered since olden times? (1)

(ii) What did the people do to avoid such sufferings? (1)

(iii) Why were they not able to do much? (1)

(iv) Give the synonyms from the passage for:  1. Want of rain; 2. Making hollow by digging. (1+1=2)

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(b) From the passage given in Q. No. 8(a), make a summary and add a title to it. (4+1=5)

9. (a) What is paraphrasing? What are the similarities between summarizing and paraphrasing? (5)

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(b) Explain the role of contextual analysis in effective text analysis. (5)

UNIT-IV (Writing Skills)

10. (a) What is documenting? Mention four needs for documentation. (1+4=5)

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(b) Discuss the steps necessary in documenting. (5)

11. (a) Write a report on the observation of the World Environment Day celebrated in your college. (Do not mention the name of your college)

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(b) Write a letter to your father informing him how you have fared in your exams. (5)

12. Make notes from the provided passage on "Tolerance" using headings, subheadings, and recognizable abbreviations. (5)

A man who is intolerant, is not a human being in the full sense of the expression. To become enraged at antagonism is surely a sign of weakness. Of course, there are many who do not want to recognize the principle of tolerance as being eternal. The feelings of anger which accompany negative reaction must somehow be vented, and those who think and act in this way are keen to retain the illusion that, in hitting back, they are not doing anything unlawful. Such thinking is quite wrong. In reality when a man is enraged at anything which goes against his will, tolerance as a priority becomes paramount. Many men try to become superman. But the true superman is one who is really trying situations and can demonstrate his super-tolerance. In everyday matters, where there is none of the stress, and strain of opposition, no one has difficulty in being tolerant. It is only in extraordinary situations, fraught with conflict, that the truly tolerant man will prove his mettle.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS (Backlog Students - 2023 Batch Only)

13. What are the advantages and disadvantages of communication? (5)

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What are the differences between verbal and non-verbal communication? (5)

14. Discuss five characteristics of a good monologue. (5)

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Write five essentials of a dialogue. (5)

15. Write five aims or objectives of close reading. (5)

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What is the significance of close reading? (5)

16. What are the features of a good document? (5)

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What is report writing? What are the kinds of report according to subject matter? (5)