Gauhati University Question Papers
Communicative and Functional English – I (May-June’ 2015)
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) Messages
are not the meanings, but indicative of meanings.
b) Effective
communication is essential only for uninterrupted working of any enterprise.
c) Two
way communications does not allow any scope to ensure that the intended message
of the sender is understood by the receiver.
d) Egotism,
hostility and prejudice determine ‘Noise’ in communication.
e) ‘Listening’
in communication, is purely passive activity.
f) Formal
communication has nothing to do with the line and authority of an organization.
g) Group
communication is possible through oral communication.
h) ‘Acquired
Gestures’ are imbibed from a cultural environment.
i)
Chronemics is study of the use of time in non-verbal
communication.
j)
Hapatics is the discourse of ‘touch’ in a
communicative situation.
2.
Answer the following questions: 2x5=10
a) Mention
two features of formal communication.
b) What
is ‘proxemics’ in communication?
c) State
two ways by which an effective communicative bridge may be built to ensure
‘whole communication’?
d) How
does the creation of Synergetic Environment help communication in an
organization?
e) Mention
two factors that help speaker analyse his/her audience.
3.
Answer the following questions: 5x4=20
a) Correct
the following incorrect sentences 1x5=5
1)
No pain was spared.
2)
All his kiths and kins are with him.
3)
Please give me fooding and lodging.
4)
Which do you prefer most?
5)
Suffice to say, you are wrong.
b) Change
the narration of the following sentences: 1x5=5
1)
Ram said to me, ‘Can you speak French’?
2)
You said to me, ‘Do you hear me?’
3)
He said to the members, “Obey the chair.”
4)
I said to her, ‘May you live long!’
5)
He said, ‘Thank you.’
c) Do
as directed:
1) If
I (be) you, I (not do) it. (Put the verbs in brackets into the correct forms).
2) Please
ask the boys to come in, _____? (Add an appropriate question tag)
3) He
tried all plans. (Change into a negative sentence)
4) A
little learning is a dangerous thing. (Change into an exclamatory sentence)
5) Misery
is the greatest of all mysteries. (Change into comparative degree without
altering the sense.)
d) Frame
sentences to illustrate the use of the following phrases: (Any five) 1x5=5
All
eyes, cut no ice, out of hand, keep good hours, make or mar, play ducks and
drakes with, taken aback, taken ill.
4.
(a) Answer any two of the following: 10x2=20
1) What
do you understand by ‘Barriers to Communication?’ Discuss.
2) Elaborate
the rules that can contribute to an effective group discussion.
3) How
does ‘Self-Development’ ensure good communicative skills?
4) What
are the 7Cs (or the Essentials) of communication?
5) Discuss
the merits of oral communication.
(b)
Answer any two of the following: 10x2=20
1) You
are a college student. Your SBI debit card is damaged. Write an application to
the Manager, Panbazar Branch, Guwahati, requesting him to issue a new one.
2) You
are the Managing Director of A.C. Enterprises Co. Ltd. Write a circular to
announce the revision to pay scales of all the employee of your company.
Or
Draft a Press Release for Wipro Ltd. announcing preference
share issue for expansion purposes.
Or
3) You
are the Managing Director of Ashoka Leather Ltd. Guwahati. Write a complaint
letter to M/S Javid Chemical Ltd., Kolkata regarding the delay of delivery of
chemicals, causing inconvenience in the production of your goods.
Or
You are the
Managing Director of Ashoka Textile Mills, Barpeta, Assam. Write a letter to
congratulate your Sales Executive on the increases of sales of the new fabric
produced by your mill.
4) You
are the Management Consultant of ‘Jagmohan Management Consultants’ Guwahati and
have been consulted by M/S Ruddar Tractors at Morigaon. Write a report on controlling
raw material cost.
Or
You are an M.Com (Accountancy). You are applying for the post
of Manager, Accounts in Mohindra Tractors Ltd. For this you need a reference
letter. Write a letter to a renowned person seeking consent for reference.
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