Communications skills Laboratory

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Student Name: ADMIN

Registration No : ADMIN
Total Marks : 40 marks
Test Name : Communication Skills
Subject Name: Communication Skills
Total Time : 45 minutes
Laboratory
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Section I : Listening Comprehension

Part 1: Gap filling (This part carries 5 Marks)
Instruction: Listen to the passage and type the correct word in the blanks.
NOTE: Audio can be replayed twice.
Q 1.Click play button to listen the Audio.

its lifetime of over a thousand years, the bicycle hasnt changed mucha pair of wheels, a seat, a frame and
. While you shouldnt always fix something that isnt broken, is progressand these 10 custom bicycle show
just how far progress can go. Some are strange, others are good-looking, but all of them where the future of
cycling could go, or reasons why it should stay the same. That much up to you.
Part bike, part car, part halo? The Artikar is a four-wheeled bicycle enclosed within a light . The light may be
all for show, but bikes tend to be as much about style as they are about now-a-days. Recumbent bikes can
register some pretty high speeds, and this flashy light becomes a safety measure when one weaves through the
busy traffic in downtown London.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part 2: True/False (This part carries 5 Marks)
Instruction: Listen to the passage and indicate whether the given statement is True or False by clicking on the
appropriate option.
NOTE: Audio can be replayed twice.
Click play button to listen the Audio.
Q 2. A new family of legless amphibians has been discovered in north-east India
True
False
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 3. These creatures make sophisticated nets to breed.
True
False
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 4. DNA analysis has revealed a totally new species of animals.
True

False
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 5. The reptiles bury themselves in very shallow pits close to the earth.
True
False
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 6. These reptiles are often mistaken for snakes and are killed.
True
False
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instruction: Listen to the passage and indicate whether the given statement is True or False by clicking on the
appropriate option.
NOTE: Audio can be replayed twice.
Click play button to listen the Audio.
Q 7. Archimedes used parabolic mirrors to create fire on ships attacking Syracuse was only speculation.
True
False
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 8. Today scientists are using the principle of parabolic mirrors to harness solar energy to generate laser beams.
True
False
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 9. Small-scale analogues of giant reflector telescopes can convert at least 35% of suns energy to power.
True
False
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 10. The laser light can be reflected on ordinary mirrors.
True
False
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 11. The contraption used to produce the required wavelength is surrounded by water.
True
False
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part 3: Multiple Choice (This part carries 5 Marks)
Instruction: Listen to the passage and answer the question/s by clicking on the appropriate option.
NOTE: Audio can be replayed twice.
Click play button to listen the Audio.

Q 12. Which of the following factor is responsible for the quality and type of sand?
granularity
mineral value
kind of soil it is found in
rock sources
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 13. To be termed sand, particles have to bestandard size
variable size
within a specified range

granular in shape
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 14. The size of a piece of gravel is
larger than sand
smaller than sand
same size as sand
as large as stones
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 15. What is the standard range fixed by the International Standards Organisation for sand?
0.063- 0.2 mm
0.63 2.00 mm
1 1/16th-1/8 mm
0.063-2.0 mm
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 16. On the Krumbein phi scale sand value of ranges from
-2 to +2
-1 to +4
2.0 - +4
-1 to +2
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 17. What is a precious material found in white sand?
shell fragments
coral
quartz
aluminium
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 18. Which of the following is not a component of sand?
magnetite
glauconite
alluvial
gypsum
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 19. From which of the following is black sand derived?
volcanic basalts
magnetite
obsidian
both a and c
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 20. Which of the following sand is rounded?
sand transported by water
sand transported by wind
sand transported by birds
desert sand
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 21. What is the name given to people who collect sand as a hobby?
psammophiles
arenophiles
arbophiles
ophiophiles
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Section II : Reading Comprehension

Part 4: Gap filling -Choose 10 correct words out of 15 words (This part carries 5 Marks)
Instruction: Fill in the blanks using the list of words given below.(Enter option number in the Appropriate Box)
1.released

2.reduction

6.districts

7.including

11.difference

12.stunted

3.survey
8.decrease

4.malnutrition
9.noting

13.unacceptably

5.underweight

10.cutting
14.conducted

15.prevalence

Q 22. India has seen a in the prevalence of child malnutrition in the last seven years but the levels are still
"unacceptably high", a new survey has found. The of child underweight has decreased from 53 per cent to 42 per
cent and this represents a 20.3 per cent decrease over a seven-year period with an average annual rate of of 2.9
per cent, according to the Hunger and Malnutrition survey report released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
recently. The reduction found that the rates of child were still high in the 100 focus districts with the poorest
child development indicators where over 40 per cent of children were and almost 60 per cent were stunted.
Conducted by Naandi Foundation across 112 rural districts, the survey found "positive change for child nutrition in
India is happening, including in the 100 focussed districts." The focussed districts are located across six states -Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Among those who were part of the survey
included young parliamentarians across party lines who decided to get together to make a to the shocking
levels of malnutrition among children. that child malnutrition is widespread and starts early in life, the survey said
that 42 per cent of children under five are underweight and 59 per cent in the 100 focused districts are stunted. "Of
the children suffering from stunting, about half are severely ; about half of all children are underweight or stunted
by the age of 24 months," the report said.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part 5: Sequencing of Jumbled Sentences (This part carries 5 Marks)
Instruction: Arrange the following sentences in correct sequence
Q 23.

1.Love for the country is a necessity but it should in no way exceed the limits and take the shape of jingoism.
2.Similarly nationalism has to be sacrificed at the altar of internationalism.
3.Provincialism has to be sacrificed in the interest of the nation as a whole.
4.There is no reason why the nations of the world cannot live together in harmony and peace.
5.God created the globe, but man drew lines of hatred and enmity on it.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part 6: Multiple Choice (This part carries 5 Marks)
Instruction: Read the Passage Carefully and Answer the Questions.
Passage:
In a pioneering research, scientists claim to have produced the worlds first magnetic soap that is composed of
iron-rich salts dissolved in water.
For long, researchers have been searching for a way to control soaps (or surfactants as they are known in
industry) once they are in solution to increase the ability to dissolve oils in water and then remove them from a
system.
To test its properties, the team introduced a magnet to a test tube containing their new soap lying beneath a less
dense organic solution. When the magnet was introduced, the iron-rich soap overcame both gravity and surface
tension between the water and oil. It levitated through the organic solvent and reached the source of magnetic
energy, proving its magnetic properties.
When surfactants are added to water they are known to form tiny clumps (particles called micelles). The potential
applications of magnetic surfactants are huge. As most magnets are metals, from a purely scientific point of view
these ionic liquid surfactants are highly unusual, making them a particularly interesting discovery.
From a commercial point of view, though these exact liquids arent yet ready to appear in any household product,

by proving that magnetic soaps can be developed, future work can reproduce the same phenomenon in more
commercially viable liquids for a range of applications from water treatment to industrial cleaning products.
Q 24. What is the magnetic soap composed of?
it is composed of natural oils
it is composed of natural salts
it is composed of iron rich salts
it is composed of sodas of non-metals
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 25. What is the need to remove surfactants from water?
to efficiently treat effluents
to recover salts from water
to increase the ability to dissolve oils in water
to add them to a system
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 26. How did researchers test the magnetic properties of the soap?
they brought a magnet to a test tube containing the solution
they brought iron molecules to the solution in the test tube
they magnetised the solution
they passed electricity through the solution
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 27. How are micelles formed in water?
on adding soap to water
surfactants are added to water
when iron atoms are added to soap
when iron molecules are added to water
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 28. What is an important application of these magnetic soaps?
to clean water
to clean clothes
to clean pots and pans
to clean drains
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instruction: Read the Passage Carefully and Answer the Questions.
Passage:
In three stars far, far away, one of the rarest elements known to man has been spotted, improving our
understanding about how heavy elements are created, bolstering evidence that a rare type of supernova may have
been responsible for their creation.
Tellurium -- a brittle and toxic semiconducting metal -- has for the first time been discovered in the atmospheres
of three stars that are nearly 12 billion years old. The stars, all a few thousand light-years from Earth, live inside
the Milky Way.
With the help of the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers from MIT and other institutions were able to "see"
tellurium by the light it absorbs.

The wavelength of starlight tellurium absorbs the ultraviolet part of the electromagnetic spectrum -- the kind of
light that is readily absorbed by our atmosphere. Therefore, ground-based observatories cant detect tellurium
even if they want to. Hubble, orbiting high above our atmosphere, was essential for this study.
Q 29. What is the significance of finding rare earths in outer space?
it gives an understanding of space and time
it gives us an understanding of how far the milky way can stretch
it gives us an understanding of how heavy metals are created
it tells us where we can go to mine rare earths
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 30. What is the hypothesis about the creation of these rare earths?
that a rare type of supernova created them
that a rare type of solar movement created them
that a rare occurrence in the Milky Way created it
that they occur naturally on these stars
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 31. Where is Tellurium -- a brittle and toxic semiconducting metal found?
on the earth
in space
in the sun
in the three stars
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 32. How are the scientists able to see Tellurium which is located a few thousand light years away?
through a telescope
by the light it absorbs
through an aperture in the astronomical telescope Hubble
through mathematical calculations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 33. What is the advantage the Hubble telescope has over ground based telescopes to observe the presence of
Tellurium?
the telescope orbits high above our atmosphere
it is placed in space
it is very powerful
it can detect rare earths
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Section III : Common Errors in English
Part 7: Correct the errors(grammar) in 10 sentences (This part carries 10 Marks)
Instruction: From the following pairs of sentences identify the grammatically correct sentence Q.34 to Q.43.
Q 34.Identify the correct sentence.
I studied very hard, which ought to help my score.
I studied very hard, so this ought to help my score.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 35.Identify the correct sentence.

The middle four sentences in each passage have been removed and jumbled.
The four sentences from the middle of each passage have been removed and jumbled.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 36.Identify the correct sentence.
Few people die young now than in the nineteenth century
Fewer people die young now than in the nineteenth century.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 37.Identify the correct sentence.
All the children are coming except Adil.
All the children are coming accept Adil.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 38.Identify the correct sentence.
The survey covering seven colleges reveals a growth in enrollment.
The survey covers seven colleges reveals a growth in enrollment.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 39.Identify the correct sentence.
Each student must bring his/her own dictionary to class.
Every student must bring his/her own dictionery to class.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 40.Identify the correct sentence.
Elena told the childrens not to touch the glasses.
Elena told the children not to touch the glasses.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 41.Identify the correct sentence.
A high percentage of the people was voting for the new school.
A high percentage of the people were voting for the new school.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 42.Identify the correct sentence.
The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring are more than just a nuisance.
The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring is more than just a nuisance.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q 43.Identify the correct sentence.
I hope our services far accede your expectations.
I hope our services far exceed your expectations.
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