Shivaji University, Kolhapur
Question Bank for Mar/Apr 2022 (summer) Examination
Subject Code: 81987 Subject Name: English for Communication
Q. 1 Choose the appropriate answer and complete the following sentences.
1. A cover letter or covering letter can also be called ………….
A) a resume or CV B) a CV sales letter C) a letter of application D) none
2.______ is the correct and good date format for a cover letter.
(A) . 10/9/20 (B). 9/10/20 (C). October 9, 2020 D) none
3. Cover letters starting with explaining how applicant ___________
(A) . found out about the job (B). spend their free time
(C). began their education D) get information
4. One way to make other candidates relate to your point of view in a group discussion is to
A)Give examples from your life B)Tell a short story to justify your point
C) Use humor if required D) All
5. How can a candidate prepare for GD?
A) Be updated on current affairs B) Practice discussing various topics
C) Develop your own point of view D) All
6. What are the types of Interview Skills?
A) Face to face B)
Behavioral C) Telephonic
D) All of these
7. The word interview is derived from:
A) Latin B) French C) German D) English
8. How many types of interviews are:
A) five B) two C) three D) four
9 . How much stages of interview are:
A) five B) two C) three D) four
10. What are the successful strategies for interview:
A) Personal rapport B)Good eye contact
C) Clear idea of the key point D) All of the above
11 .Which two is the type of semi structured interview:
A) In depth B) On the spot C) case study D) Both a and c
12. _____ establishes the technical report.
A) Logical conclusion B) Illogical Conclusion C) Personal prejudice D) Misplaced learning
13. Which is not basis for a technical report?
A)Facts B) Tests C) Personal prejudices D) Experiments
14. Shorter report is considered to be as.
A) One to five pages B) Three to five pages C)Four to five pages D) Two paragraph
15. A report may be used for?
A)Reading B) Hearing C) . Both A and B D) None of these
16. A list of illustrations, included; figures and tables, placed on;
A) . Abstract vision B) Title page C) Table of contents D)Bottom line
17. Reports that present data without analysis or recommendations are
A) justification of report B) analytical report C) Both A and B D) informational report
18. When you’re writing a report, be sure to adapt to your audience by
A) being sensitive to their needs. B) controlling your style and
tone.
C) both a and b. D) None of the above.
[Link] one is used for the Shortest document among technical written documents?
A).report B).website C).summary D).paragraph
[Link] must avoided…………… in technical writing
A).Facts B).Grammar C).Punctuation D). Personal
feelings
21. means ‘language full of technical or special words..
A) Colloquialism. B) Abbreviations C) Pedantic D) Jargon
22. Communication is a ___ process in which there is an exchange and chain of ideas towards
a mutually acceptable direction.
A)One-way B)Two-way C)Three-way D)Four-way
23. ___ is the use of oral, unwritten words, and is an essential part of interacting with others.
A)Informal communication B) Non-verbal communication
C)Verbal communication D) Formal communication
23. Body language, body posture, and hand gestures are examples of ___ type of
communication
A)Informal communication B)Non-verbal communication
C)Verbal communication D)Formal communication
24. ___ communication includes instances of unrestrained communication between people
who share a casual rapport with each other
A) Informal B)Formal C)Verbal D) Non-verbal
25. ___ is a system of arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols.
A)Interpretation B)Languag C) Message D)Media
26. “She did a lot for her son”. Here the word ‘for’ is a ___
A)conjunction B)preposition C)adjective
D)pronoun 27. Words are classified according to the function they perform in a sentence.
These different classes are called……….
A) Voices B) Tenses C) Synonyms D) Parts of Speech
28. What is a Memo?
A) Memo is a document presenting a compilation of facts or a number of options and
related conclusions and recommendations.
B) A Memo is a formal, written document, the objective of which is to draw attention to
something or some event that would take place and is usually displayed on the Notice Board
of the organization.
C) Memo is a written statement that provides information by a person or a committee to
other people and forms a part of inter – and intra- departmental correspondence.
D) Memos are announcements that are distributed to small or selective groups of people
within the organization.
29. Communication is non-stop …………..
A) plan B) paper C) Programmer D) process
30. Communication is part of …………….
A) hard skills B) soft skill C) rough skill D) short skill
31. A group of people working with common objectives or goals is known as a _________
A) Team B) Teamwork C) Group D) Club
32. Leadership is best defined as ________.
A) the ability to merely project one's abilities in the lack of actual accomplishments
B) the ability to reduce the dependence of team members on each other
C) the ability to induce the team members to focus on individual goals rather than collective
goals
D) the ability to influence a group toward the achievement of a vision or set of goals
33. Which of the following is a desirable feature of leadership?
A) One-directional influence from the leader to the follower
B) Coercive power and authority
C) Lack of freedom
D) Coexistence of leaders and managers
34. _________ used the terms “employee-centred” and “production-centred” to describe leader
behaviour:
A) Blake and McCanse B)Fiedler C) McGregor D) Likert
35. An individual’s motivation is dependent on:
A)Whether path-goal relationships are clarified
B)Expectations that increased effort to achieve an improved level of performance will be
successful
C)Their effective performance
D)The necessary direction, guidance, training and support is provided
36. Cost leadership as a strategy requires a firm to __.
A) aim at a cost advantage in a niche market
B) be unique in its product offering
C) aggressively search out efficiencies to maintain the lowest cost structure
D) aim to be similar to its competition in most operations
37. Firms pursuing a cost-leadership strategy are typically characterized by?
A) loose cost control systems.
B) close supervision of labor, raw materials, inventory, and other costs.
C) Both A and B
D) a de -emphasis on quantitative cost goals and costs.
38. A (n) ________ is a problem, situation, or opportunity requiring an individual, group, or
organization to choose among several actions that must be evaluated as right or wrong.
A) Crisis B) ethical issue C) indictment D) fraud
39. Better access to certain markets, differentiation of products, and the sale of pollution-
control technology are ways in which better environmental performance can:
A)increase revenue B) increase costs C)decrease revenue D)decrease costs
40. Most companies begin the process of establishing organizational ethics programs by
developing:
A) ethics training programs. B) codes of conduct.
C) ethics enforcement mechanisms. D) hidden agendas.
