1) The proverb, Birds of a feather flock together means:
A) From one trouble to another big trouble
B) Said of something impossible
C) People of like character come together
D) One never loses hope
2) Following sentence is divided into four parts. One of the
parts may contain a mistake. Identify that part and select
the appropriate answer.
A) Six prototype
B) in hospitals in India
C) of each device
D) are now being tested
3) Outsourcing means:
A) The activity of providing goods and services involving
financial and commercial and industrial aspects.
B) The commercial processes involved in promoting and
selling and distributing a product or service.
C) Contracting out selected functions or activities of an
organization to other organizations that can do that
work more efficiently.
D) Business or government activity that is purposely
designed to stimulate invention and innovation.
4) A___________ is used to end a declarative sentence,
a sentence which is not a question or an exclamation.
A) Comma
B) Space
C) Hyphen
D) Full stop
5) In _________ several people can talk to each other and
see each other on the television screen simultaneously.
A) Teleconferencing/ videoconferencing
B) Multimedia
C) Fax
D) Voice mail
6) Choose the appropriate combination of articles (a, an,
or the) to fill the two blanks in each of the sentences given
below: It is not at all unusual for ____ editor to tamper
with____ writer’s manuscript.
A) an, a
B) an, the
C) the, no article
D) an, no article
7) A well-written _______________ delivers the most
important information, without the recipient even having to
open the email.
A) Salutation
B) None of the above
C) Subject line
D) Message
8) Any asset that is pledged as security for a loan
instrument is called___________.
A) Liability
B) Share
C) Collateral
D) Capital
9) Give an Antonym for the word:
Audacity
A) Affectionate
B) Lavish
C) Bravado
D) Cowardice
10) Answering the letters promptly, apologizing for any
omissions or thanking generously for a favour are the few
examples of ____________ principle in communication.
A) Completeness
B) Courtesy
C) Correctness
D) Clarity
11) Noise is a _____________ barrier to communication.
A) Physical
B) Socio-Psychological
C) Semantic
D) None of the above
12) Always start writing your email with a _________.
A) Closing remarks
B) Greeting
C) Purpose
D) Question
13) Give Synonym for the word:
Idiosyncrasy
A) Affectionate
B) Tormenting
C) Preposterous
D) Eccentricity
14) Which of these reports contains information of a
routine nature?
A) Progress report
B) Periodic report
C) Laboratory report
D) Trouble report
15) The idiom: Crocodile tear means:
A) a narrow escape from mishap
B) jealously
C) without emotion
D) pretended sorrow
16) When words are used in communication, either
spoken or written, this kind of communication is known as:
A) Downward communication
B) Upward communication
C) Non-verbal communication
D) Verbal communication
17) The receiver’s response (or non- response) to a
message is called:
A) Channel
B) Message
C) Feedback
D) Input
18) The Communication within the organisation is known
as________.
A) Internal communication
B) Informal communication
C) External communication
D) Verbal communication
19) In MIS system design, the sources of information may
be categorized as ________ and__________.
A) constructive, destructive
B) internal, external
C) personal, organizational
D) useful, unuseful
20) The channel of communication which is mostly
associated with gossip and rumours, is called:
A) Upward communication
B) Formal communication
C) Grapevine
D) Social gatherings
21) The original amount that is borrowed or the
outstanding balance to be repaid less interest is
called________.
A) Dividend
B) Principal
C) Simple interest
D) Instalment
22) Before sending any written communication, one
should take a moment to review for spelling, grammar,
and punctuation mistakes. This practice is called:
A) Courtesy
B) Over-communication
C) Checking the tone
D) Proof reading
23) Which of the following protocol is used by the web?
A) HTPH
B) HPPT
C) HTTP
D) HTPT
24) ‘A single controlling authority is involved in a vertical
type communication and people are communicating with
a central figure or person. This central figure or person
radiates instructions and orders to several of his
employees who are working under him.’ This type of
network is called :
A) Wheel & spoke network
B) Vertical network
C) Circuit network
D) Chain network
25) Pick the most effective word from the given words to
fill in the blank to make sure the sentence is meaningfully
complete.
The proud king turned a deaf ear to the _____ of wise
counsellors.
A) Advise
B) Advice
C) Advices
D) Advises
26) Communication word is derived from the Latin
word__________.
A) Communicare
B) Communion
C) Cosmos
D) Communis
27) Which one of the following is the odd word out?
A) Gorgeous
B) Elegant
C) Exquisite
D) Hideous
28) The phrase vox populi means:
A) the voice of the people is voice of god
B) an oral examination
C) word for word
D) conversely
29) Use a single word for:
Deliberate killing of whole community or race.
A) Hangar
B) Genocide
C) Atheist
D) Flora
30) Given below is a paragraph where the sentences are
not in order. Choose the correct order in which the
sentences can be rearranged to form a coherent paragraph.
(i) Columbus called these people Indians because he
thought that he had reached India
(ii) And, of course, most scholars agree that America was
discovered many years ago by Asians who crossed the
narrow Bering strait to Alaska
(iii) Few lands have been discovered as often as America
(iv) They then spread south and east across North
America and further southward to Central America and
beyond
(v) According to various claims, voyages to the New World
had been made by the Phoenicians, Irish, Vikings, Welsh
and Chinese long before Christopher Columbus reached
the Caribbean in 1942.
The correct order in which the above sentences can be
organised to form a paragraph is:
A) (v), (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
B) (iii), (v), (ii), (iv), (i)
C) (iii), (v), (i), (ii), (iv)
D) (v), (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
Read the following passage and answer the questions:
India loses grain crops worth crores of rupees every year
because of pests. In fact, the increased food production
made possible by modern technology and agricultural
research would become more evident if farmer is able to
effectively combat the various pests and insects that
destroy crops. While some of the crops are destroyed
after harvesting, a large quantity of grains is destroyed in
the fields. True that Indian farmer today is better able to
combat these destroyers of grains, for he made available
to him better storing facilities for the harvested crops, and
modern chemical aid like insecticides with which he may
spray the growing crops in his fields. But, one has to
remember that not all insects are harmful. The common
earthworms, for instance, is a friend of man, because it
works like a dustman by breaking up the dead leaves and
wood from plants and mixes them with the soil, thus
making the soil richer. Therefore, when a farmer sprays
his field with chemicals that kills insects, he destroys his
friends with his enemies.
31) After harvesting what the farmer needs is:
A) A good supply of seeds
B) A safe place for storage
C) A lot of chemical fertilizers
D) Ability to combat the weather
32) A large part of the increased food production is lost
because of:
A) The lack of irrigation facilities
B) The inadequate rainfall in the country
C) Bad eating habits of the people
D) The destruction caused by the harmful insects
33) The common earthworm:
A) Breaks up the leaves on the crop
B) Is the greatest destroyer of crops
C) Reduces the grain to dust
D) Makes the soil more rich
34) The function of the insecticide is:
A) To protect the growing crop
B) To harvest the growing crop
C) To nourish the growing crop
D) To store the harvested crop
35) When the farmer sprays his field with chemical that
kills insects:
A) He decreases his food productions
B) He kills good as well as bad insects
C) He spoils his growing crop
D) He fertilizers the soil
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