University:West Bengal University of Technology
Course: ENGLISH
Subject : PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH
Year of Question Paper : 2012
CS/BOPTM/SEM-1/BO-105/2012-13
2012
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH
Time Allotted : 3 Hours Full Marks : 70
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words
as far as practicable.
GROUP – A
( Multiple Choice Type Questions )
1. Read the following passage and answer the following
questions : 5 X 1 = 5
A. Some religious teachers have taught that the man is
made up of a body and a soul : but they have been
silent about the intellect. Their followers try to feed the
body on earth and to save the soul from perdition after
death but they neglected the claims of the mind. Bread
for the body and the virtue for the soul : these are
regarded as the indispensable requisites of human
welfare here and hereafter. Nothing is said about
knowledge and edcuation. Thus Jesus Christ spoke
much of feeding the hungry, healing the sick and
converting the sinners : but he never taught the duty of
teaching the ignorant and increasing the scientific
knowledge. He himself was not a well educated man;
an intellectual pursuit was beyond his horizon. Gautam
Buddha also laid stress on morality, medication and
asceticism, but did not attach great importance to
history, science, arts or literature. St. Ambrose
deprecated scientific studies and wrote, "To discuss the
nature and position of earth does not help us in our
hope for life to come." St. Basil said very frankly and
foolishly, "It is not a matter of interest for us whether
the earth is a sphere or a cylinder or disc." Thomas
Carlyle also followed the Christian traditions when he
declared that he honoured only two men and no third :
the manual labour and the religious teacher. He forgot
the scientist, the scholar and the artist. The cynics of
Greece despised education at last.
i) What have the religious teachers taught in the
past ?
a) That man is made up of body only
b) That man is made up of soul only
c) That man is made up of bubbles
d) That man is made up of body and soil together.
ii) What is the food for soul ?
a) Bread b) Virtue
c) Vice d) Education.
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iii) The following names are not in correct order.
Correct the order as in the passage above.
a) Jesus Christ b) Gautam Buddha
c) St. Ambrose d) Thomas Carlyle
e) St. Basil.
iv) Intellectual pursuits have been neglected because
a) they are unnecessary and superfluous
b) they make people dwarf
c) they lead people to hell
d) none of these.
v) The style of the passage is
a) Narrative b) Expository
c) Critical d) Analytical.
B. Fill in the gaps with the correct words you consider
appropriate : 5 X 1 = 5
vi) Authority ......................... when it is supported
by the moral purity of the user.
a) empowers b) crumbles
c) prevails d) waits.
vii) Speeding and blocking are ........................
offences which lead to accidents.
a) moral b) intellectual
c) traffic d) international.
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viii) ........................ learning does help in the mental
growth of a child.
a) Guided b) Fat
c) Assisted d) Rote.
ix) ........................ of his best efforts he failed.
a) However b) In spite
c) Because d) Though.
x) An optiminst is a person who is habitually
........................ .
a) sad b) angry
c) full of hope d) silent.
GROUP – B
( Short Answer Type Questions )
Answer any three of the following. 3 X 5 = 15
2. Reduce this short passage to one-third their llength.
What convinces a reader about your claims on behalf of your
product or services ? Is the name in itself a gurantee ? Are
there testimonies from people whom the readers refer and
trust, like great public figures ? What is the experience of
users elsewhere ? How many numbers have been sold ?
What about the reputation of the technology used ? Is there
a warranty to back up the product or an assurance of after
sales service ? Can you give a demonstration or a free trial
offer ? Can give a money back guarantee ? What is the
standing of other products from your company ? These are
the questions to ask and answer in making your sales pitch.
CS/BOPTM/SEM-1/BO-105/2012-13
3. State whether the following sentences are true or false :
5 X 1 = 5
I. You can use abbreviations in business letters.
II. Bullets and numbers can't be used in letters, as they
are too informal.
III. E-mails have a different structure to letters.
IV. In modern business documents punctuation is not used
in the receiver's address.
V. Formal language, such as with reference to, is used in
modern business letters to show respect for the
readers.
4. Each of the following sentences has four parts underlined.
In some sentences there in an error in one of these parts.
No sentence has more than one error. If you find an error,
write the number of that underlined parts in which you find
the error. If you find no error, write 5.
1. The ticking of the only sound no error
clock was to hear.
1 2 3 4 5
2. You had better to repeat in order not to no error
Them forget
Every them.
day
1 2 3 4 5
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3. If anything is to come Work be no error
from the Should Started
plan at once.
1 2 3 4 5
4. When he had what he he was home. No error
Got Wanted gone
1 2 3 4 5
5. She told her she is busy No error
Sister
1 2 3 4 5
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions : 5 X 1 = 5
a) Mohan is arriving ................... January 26
.................2'O clock ..................the afternoon.
b) The printer is ................... the table ...................
the computer.
6. Rewrite the following sentences correctly : 5 1 = 5
a) The manager called Shyam and I to the boardroom.
b) I and Rita is going to Delhi tomorrow.
c) Did you pay your rent yet ?
d) Thee committee on students' welfare are about to
announce its decision.
e) The more profit one makes, the more you want.
CS/BOPTM/SEM-1/BO-105/2012-13
GROUP – C
( Long Answer Type Questions )
Answer any three of the following. 3 X 15 = 45
7. Write an essay on any one of the following topics :
a) English in India
b) Society and Tele-serials in India
c) Blindness.
8. Write an application to the principal of D.A.V. Public School,
Moga for the post of P.G.T. in English. Attach your bio-data
along with this application.
9. What is an advertisement ? What are the important elements
that have to be remembered while drafting an advertisement
of a free eye check up camp ?
10. As a senior optometrist you feel that your juniors are not
performing well. How would you handle the situation to
mutual satisfaction ?..
Course: ENGLISH
Subject : PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH
Year of Question Paper : 2012
CS/BOPTM/SEM-1/BO-105/2012-13
2012
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH
Time Allotted : 3 Hours Full Marks : 70
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words
as far as practicable.
GROUP – A
( Multiple Choice Type Questions )
1. Read the following passage and answer the following
questions : 5 X 1 = 5
A. Some religious teachers have taught that the man is
made up of a body and a soul : but they have been
silent about the intellect. Their followers try to feed the
body on earth and to save the soul from perdition after
death but they neglected the claims of the mind. Bread
for the body and the virtue for the soul : these are
regarded as the indispensable requisites of human
welfare here and hereafter. Nothing is said about
knowledge and edcuation. Thus Jesus Christ spoke
much of feeding the hungry, healing the sick and
converting the sinners : but he never taught the duty of
teaching the ignorant and increasing the scientific
knowledge. He himself was not a well educated man;
an intellectual pursuit was beyond his horizon. Gautam
Buddha also laid stress on morality, medication and
asceticism, but did not attach great importance to
history, science, arts or literature. St. Ambrose
deprecated scientific studies and wrote, "To discuss the
nature and position of earth does not help us in our
hope for life to come." St. Basil said very frankly and
foolishly, "It is not a matter of interest for us whether
the earth is a sphere or a cylinder or disc." Thomas
Carlyle also followed the Christian traditions when he
declared that he honoured only two men and no third :
the manual labour and the religious teacher. He forgot
the scientist, the scholar and the artist. The cynics of
Greece despised education at last.
i) What have the religious teachers taught in the
past ?
a) That man is made up of body only
b) That man is made up of soul only
c) That man is made up of bubbles
d) That man is made up of body and soil together.
ii) What is the food for soul ?
a) Bread b) Virtue
c) Vice d) Education.
CS/BOPTM/SEM-1/BO-105/2012-13
iii) The following names are not in correct order.
Correct the order as in the passage above.
a) Jesus Christ b) Gautam Buddha
c) St. Ambrose d) Thomas Carlyle
e) St. Basil.
iv) Intellectual pursuits have been neglected because
a) they are unnecessary and superfluous
b) they make people dwarf
c) they lead people to hell
d) none of these.
v) The style of the passage is
a) Narrative b) Expository
c) Critical d) Analytical.
B. Fill in the gaps with the correct words you consider
appropriate : 5 X 1 = 5
vi) Authority ......................... when it is supported
by the moral purity of the user.
a) empowers b) crumbles
c) prevails d) waits.
vii) Speeding and blocking are ........................
offences which lead to accidents.
a) moral b) intellectual
c) traffic d) international.
CS/BOPTM/SEM-1/BO-105/2012-13
viii) ........................ learning does help in the mental
growth of a child.
a) Guided b) Fat
c) Assisted d) Rote.
ix) ........................ of his best efforts he failed.
a) However b) In spite
c) Because d) Though.
x) An optiminst is a person who is habitually
........................ .
a) sad b) angry
c) full of hope d) silent.
GROUP – B
( Short Answer Type Questions )
Answer any three of the following. 3 X 5 = 15
2. Reduce this short passage to one-third their llength.
What convinces a reader about your claims on behalf of your
product or services ? Is the name in itself a gurantee ? Are
there testimonies from people whom the readers refer and
trust, like great public figures ? What is the experience of
users elsewhere ? How many numbers have been sold ?
What about the reputation of the technology used ? Is there
a warranty to back up the product or an assurance of after
sales service ? Can you give a demonstration or a free trial
offer ? Can give a money back guarantee ? What is the
standing of other products from your company ? These are
the questions to ask and answer in making your sales pitch.
CS/BOPTM/SEM-1/BO-105/2012-13
3. State whether the following sentences are true or false :
5 X 1 = 5
I. You can use abbreviations in business letters.
II. Bullets and numbers can't be used in letters, as they
are too informal.
III. E-mails have a different structure to letters.
IV. In modern business documents punctuation is not used
in the receiver's address.
V. Formal language, such as with reference to, is used in
modern business letters to show respect for the
readers.
4. Each of the following sentences has four parts underlined.
In some sentences there in an error in one of these parts.
No sentence has more than one error. If you find an error,
write the number of that underlined parts in which you find
the error. If you find no error, write 5.
1. The ticking of the only sound no error
clock was to hear.
1 2 3 4 5
2. You had better to repeat in order not to no error
Them forget
Every them.
day
1 2 3 4 5
CS/BOPTM/SEM-1/BO-105/2012-13
3. If anything is to come Work be no error
from the Should Started
plan at once.
1 2 3 4 5
4. When he had what he he was home. No error
Got Wanted gone
1 2 3 4 5
5. She told her she is busy No error
Sister
1 2 3 4 5
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions : 5 X 1 = 5
a) Mohan is arriving ................... January 26
.................2'O clock ..................the afternoon.
b) The printer is ................... the table ...................
the computer.
6. Rewrite the following sentences correctly : 5 1 = 5
a) The manager called Shyam and I to the boardroom.
b) I and Rita is going to Delhi tomorrow.
c) Did you pay your rent yet ?
d) Thee committee on students' welfare are about to
announce its decision.
e) The more profit one makes, the more you want.
CS/BOPTM/SEM-1/BO-105/2012-13
GROUP – C
( Long Answer Type Questions )
Answer any three of the following. 3 X 15 = 45
7. Write an essay on any one of the following topics :
a) English in India
b) Society and Tele-serials in India
c) Blindness.
8. Write an application to the principal of D.A.V. Public School,
Moga for the post of P.G.T. in English. Attach your bio-data
along with this application.
9. What is an advertisement ? What are the important elements
that have to be remembered while drafting an advertisement
of a free eye check up camp ?
10. As a senior optometrist you feel that your juniors are not
performing well. How would you handle the situation to
mutual satisfaction ?..
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