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Communicative English Notes FY BCA
Paper Solution for Communication English paper of April 2009
| 1 | Do as directed : | 14 |
| (A) | Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of verb given in the bracket (any four) | 4 |
| 1 | She was reading a book when Ravi came in. (read) | |
| 2 | The boy is laughing becuse he is very happy. (laugh) | |
| 3 | The children thrown stones at the frogs when i stopped them. (throw) | |
| 4 | They had prepared the plan a month ago. (prepare) | |
| 4 | The sun was shining when we went out. (shine) | |
| (B) | Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions (any four) | 4 |
| 1 | He hide himself behind the door | |
| 2 | He is fond of sweets. | |
| 3 | He died by typhoid. | |
| 4 | You should apply for the post of a teacher. | |
| 5 | I wish to open an account in your bank. | |
| (C) | Change the voice (any three) | 3 |
| 1 | Who gave you this book ? | |
| 1 | By whom, this book is given to you ? | |
| 2 | He can solve these sums easily. | |
| 2 | Can he solve these easily ? | |
| 3 | I spoke to him. | |
| 3 | Can I speak to him ? | |
| 4 | Do you know him ? | |
| 4 | Is he known by you ? | |
| (D) | Choose the correct word from the bracket and fill in the blanks (any three) | 3 |
| 1 | Excess of smoking is injurious to health. ( access,excess) | |
| 2 | she was Excess the letters, when I went to see her. (ceiling,sealing) | |
| 3 | His mother asked him to bring milk from the dairy (dairy,diaary) | |
| 4 | I paid the freight charges at the office counter (fright,freight) | |
| 2 | Do as Directed : | 14 |
| (A) | Use the following pharasal verbs in meaningful sentences (any three) : | 3 |
| 1 | Stand By | |
| 1 | I want at least one stand by computer to provide on time service | |
| 2 | Look down upon | |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | Put on | |
| 4 | Hit upon | |
| (B) | Give meanings of the following idions (any three) : | 3 |
| 1 | To turn the tables. | |
| Answer | To turn the tables means "to reverse someone's position. | |
| The splendid bowling by the Indian pinners turned the tables against Pakistan. | ||
| 2 | To turn a deaf ear. | |
| 3 | By and large | |
| 4 | A white elephant. | |
| (C) | Give one word substitute for the following (any three) : | 3 |
| 1 | A disease which ends in death. | |
| 2 | A person who satisfied with ones own character and achivement. | |
| 3 | A bird that moves from one region to another. | |
| 4 | A group of judges. | |
| 4 | Penal | |
| (D) | Match the words in column 'A' with their opposite in column 'B' (any three) : | 3 |
| A B | ||
| justify borrow | ||
| inhale stern | ||
| lend Condemn | ||
| mild exhale | ||
| (E) | Mark the syllable which should be stressed in the following words (any two) : | 2 |
| 1 | account | |
| 2 | cadbury | |
| 3 | departure | |
| 4 | comedian | |
| 3 | Answer the following (any one) | 14 |
| 1 | Discuss Verbal communication and its types. | |
| Answer | Discuss Verbal communication and its types. | |
| 2 | write short-note on any two of the following | |
| (1) Downward Communication and Upward Communication. | ||
| Answer | ||
| It flows from a manager, down the cahin of command. When manager infor, instruc, advise or erquest their subordinates, the communication flows in downward parttern. This kin of communication is generally used to convey routine information, new new policies or procedures, to seek clarification, to ask for an analysis etc., Superior send thier feedback about their subordinates action trhough this channel. | ||
| When subordinates send reports to inform their superiors or to present thier finding and rcommandations, the communication flows upward. | ||
| (2) Body language | ||
| (3) Dimensions of Communication | ||
| (4) Psycho-Sociological Barriers | ||
| 4 | Answer the following. | 14 |
| (A) | Answer any one of the following. | 7 |
| 1 | Draft an application for the post of an accountant in a Nationalized Bank. | |
| 2 | Write a letter as from the manager of the companyinforming your clerk regarding increase in his salary. | |
| (B) | Explain any one of the following. | 7 |
| 1 | As R.K.Patel, the Public Relations Officer of M.N. Software Limited,draft a memo to the office staff about company's Annual Business Meeting. | |
| 2 | you are Pooja Shah,Purchase Officer,Alpha Industries, Ahemedabad.Write an e-mail to the Sales Manager of HCL Limited, Ahemedabad. You want ten HCL desktop computers. Request the Sales Manager to send details regarding payment system,freight and the delivery time. | |
| 5 | Answer the following. | 14 |
| (A) | write a paragraph of about 150 words on any one of the following : | 8 |
| 1 | Election - a necessary evil | |
| 2 | Reality shows | |
| 3 | A picnic | |
| (B) | Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions given below : | 6 |
| As a small boy, Edison had his laborarory in the cellar of his father's house. It contained two hundred bottles and they were marked POISON, to keep people away. When he needed money to buy more chemicals,he maneged to persuade his parents to let him seek a job. With remarkable enterprise, he obtained permission to sell newspapers on the railway train between Port Huron and Detroit | ||
| This opportunity helped him in three further ways.First, he was able to put in a great deal of timek, reading at the Detroit Public Library betwwen trains. Secondly, he thought he would start a newspaper of his own printing it on the train nad making it up from the bits of local information picked up on the line. Thirdly, without asking any one's permission, he set up a laboratry in the van. One day, when the train was rounding a piece of badly laid track a stick of phosphorus fell on the floor and set the van on fire. The fire was exitnguished, but the energy crowd hit Edison on the ear, causing the defness from which he was afterwards to suffer. | ||
| Questions : | ||
| (1) Why did Edison mark all the botteles in hi9s laboratry 'Poison' ? | ||
| (2) What job did he get when he needed some money ? | ||
| (3) Where did Edison paln to print his newspaper ? | ||
| (4) Why did the crowd become angry ? What did they do ? | ||
| (5) Give a suitable title to the passage. | ||
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