Regular Arrear Examination - December 2013

Course

: ENG101_20

Time

: Three Hours

- English for Engineers - I

Max.Marks:100
Answer ALL Questions

1.

Change the following Sentences into impersonal passive.

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a) The gatekeeper refused him admittance.

b) Mr. Robert teaches us grammar.
c) The manager will give you a ticket.
d) Who taught you French?
e) He handed her a chair.
2.

Join the following sentences, using proper conditionals:

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a) It may rain I will not go to college.

b) They sincerely worked they could easily win the scholarship.
c) I were the Prime Minister, I could end the corruption.
d) This tea test better it have more sugar in it.
e) I had the time, I could have written a book.
3.

Answer the following questions with proper conditionals.

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a) What would you do if you were a great Politician?

b) Where will you go if you get 25 lakhs?
c) How will you contact me, if there is no address?
d) What would have happened, if you had not jumped in to Swimming pool?
e) Which university would you choose, if you had chance to study in abroad.
4.

Identify the faculty shifts in the tense and correct them.

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I work in this office for the past six years. You should complete the job by now.
If you help him tomorrow, you support by his friends in the coming election.
If you stay there for two days more last year, the manager impress with you patience.
5.

Assume that you have acquainted with the CEO of IBM last week. Write an
informal e-mail to him expressing the impact of it.
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6.

Assume your self as the purchase Manager of Jindal Steel & Power Raigarh, place

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an order for computers. Address the order letter to the sales manager of DASS
computer Gandhi Nagar Vellore, clearly indicating the specifications of the product
ordered and and asking for other relevant details.
7.

In the following passage 01 to 10, some of the words have been left out. First read

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the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with
the help of the alternatives given.
Ones body can kept healthy by adopting breathing programmes that use the respiratory
system to its maximum potential, letting in 1 oxygen 2 the body as possible while
removing as much 3 carbon dioxide as possible. The most effective is total breath
control. Practice it 4 it becomes Second nature. 5 that happens, you 6 find that you are
less tired. Happy is the man who 7 the habit of reading when he is young. He has
secured a life-long source of 8 instruction and inspiration. So long as he has his beloved
books he need 9 feel lonely. He always has a pleasant 10 of leisure moment.

8.

1. (a) as much

(b) as little

(c) into

2. (a) in

(b) through

(c) into

3. (a) useful

(b) necessary

(c) waste

4. (a) as soon as (b) until

(c) after

5. (a) then

(b) when

(c) where

6. (a) can

(b) should

(c) must

7. (a) owns

(b) buys

(c) acquires

8. (a) pleasure

(b) satisfaction (c) sadness

9. (a) always

(b) ever

10. (a) source

(b) occupation (c) possession

(c) never

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Rewrite the following jumbled sentences in the correct order:

a) Accidents are still bound to happen occasionally though despite everyones best
effort.
b) Will normally be granted candidates should note that no request for change of centre.
c) When a chemical substance the food poisoning occurred in the food preparations was
mistaken for salt and used.
d) The doctor prescribed some antibiotics having examined the patient for over an hour.
e) It becomes difficult satisfying our desire but once we set about if not responsible to
restrain them.
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9.

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Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
A man learns much more from difficulty than from facility. In this world success
depends on effort. Great discoveries and inventions are the outcome of hardship.
Failures and defeats of life lead to success. Without difficulty we cannot achieve
anything. Difficulties train our strength and they fly away from a determined man.
A life of comfort and advantage makes us dull. On the other hand a man, who faces
difficulty with courage, becomes strong; in every walk of life success can definitely be
acquired. If difficulties are overcome, if we face difficulties boldly and are not
disheartened by them, they give us experience and help us in attaining success. We
should never give up hope. Even very difficult things are learnt by effort.
a) On what does success depend?
b) Why do difficulties come?
c) How do people become dull?
d) How doe difficulties help us?
e) What part does effort play in our life?

10.

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Read the following case study and answer the questions:

The importance of keeping the lines of communication with ones business partner
cannot be overemphasized. Both our domestic partnerships and especially our foreign
partnerships are premised extensively of the degree and quality of the relationship that
the parties have assumed. A relationship can only survive if the parties involved
maintain a line of communication. This concept becomes even more relevant when the
partnership entails an international agreement where the enhanced distance between the
partners will exacerbate the need to keep in touch. An executive can only keep on top of
things if they are in contact with their partners because otherwise, how are they going to
know whats going on?
Secondly, the line of communications needs to be a two way process and should flow
back and forth. It happens that too many international negotiators do not take the time,
and dismiss the need to include some frank discussion on how the two parties will
maintain contact with each other. They assume wrongly that the communication process
will evolve all in its own sweet time. The time to discuss the line of communications is
when the venture is being negotiated. They should not consider the issue later, and after
the fact, when serious problems suddenly arise and challenge the viability and the
stability of the joint venture. The other problem occurs when the two parties neglect to
keep in touch with each and simply allow their interest in their agreement to wither on

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the vine, while the agreement simply falls apart due to a genuine lack of interest.
Many joint ventures have collapsed or gradually fell apart needlessly due to a lack of
communications between the parties involved. International agreements are especially
prone to dissolution when the partners fail to maintain a respectable level of contact.
Take the case that occurred between one particular U.S. Company and their Japanese
partner for example. The agreement that they signed stipulated that the Japanese
company would supply the manufacturing, management, and marketing components of
the deal, while the American company would supply the technology. The American
representative, who was based in Hong Kong, met with their Japanese counterparts only
once every three months where all aspects of the operation would be discussed. The
Japanese took a dim view of what they now perceived as an agreement that was signed
in bad faith. The Japanese became bitter as the relationship soured and ended in
arbitration. What was the result the arbitration? The partnership was dissolved. This
illustrates the importance and need for communications. The American firm should have
appraised their counterpart about the change in their strategy, but the Japanese should
perhaps have communicated their displeasure earlier, rather than allowing their
disgruntlement to fester. Never dismiss the importance and impact that a good line of
communications can have on your business relationships, whether it be a domestic or a
foreign relationship.
a) Explain the line of communication.
b) Illustrate the impact of communication in relationship.
c) How the different perspectives have derailed their business?
d) Describe communication gap with reference to case study.
e) Suggest some ways and means to overcome such problems.

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