Course Name: Enhancing Soft Skills and Personality

Course Instructor: Dr. T. Ravichandran

Institute Affiliation: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Assignment 2 for Week 2 (27February 2017 - 5 March 2017)
I MCQ’s
1. Salvador Dali’s “Clocks”:
(i) Show how to manage time well
(ii) Indicate the rigidity of time
(iii) Denotes the relative nature of time
(iv) Disregards time

2. While managing time, one should:

a. Take unplanned events into account
b. Ignore contingencies
c. Ignore interruptions
d. Plan only important activities

3. A person who follows a rigid schedule has a:

a. Monochronic sense of time
b. Diachronic sense of time
c. Polychronic sense of time
d. No sense of time

4. Successful people:
a. Scrutinize time wastage
b. Minimize time wastage
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)

5. Time as a resource:
a. Is always fixed
b. Can be created
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)

6. Life plan should be:

a. Based on merits and achievements
b. Informed by shortcomings and weaknesses
c. Broken down into achievable goals
 d. All of the above

7. An ideal and optimized life-plan should always be:

a. Rigid
b. Fixed
c. Flexible
d. All of the above

8. Which of the following techniques is helpful in achieving one’s goals:

a. Visualizing targets
b. Prioritizing
c. Perseverance
d. All of the above

9. Which of the following can be categorized as a “time cancer”:

a. Procrastination
b. Laziness
c. Tendency to seek instant gratification
d. All of the above

10. According to the Pareto Principle:

a. 90% productivity depends upon 10% activity
b. 80% productivity depends upon 20% activity
c. 70% productivity depends upon 30% activity
d. 60% productivity depends upon 40% activity

11. In the word “Procrastination,” the root word “cras” means:

a. Forward
b. Tomorrow
c. Time
d. Clock

12. In Procrastination, one spends time in:

a. High value tasks
b. Low value tasks
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)
13. Procrastination may lead to:
a. Unused opportunities
b. Completion of activities
c. Fulfilled potentials
d. Creating opportunities

14. The tendency of a body at rest to stay at rest and resist change is known as:
a. Paralysis
b. Inertia
c. Psychosis
d. Neurosis

15. Social and emotional immaturity has been referred to as:

a. Pinocchio syndrome
b. Peter Pan syndrome
c. Cinderella syndrome
d. Snow White syndrome

16. According to Abraham Maslow, in any given situation one must choose:
a. Growth
b. Safety
c. Fear
d. None of the above

17. Assertiveness causes a:

a. I-win/You-lose situation
b. You-win/I-lose situation
c. I-Win/You-win situation
d. I-lose/You-lose situation

18. As far as deadlines are concerned, good time-planners:

a. Finish a job on the deadline
b. Finish a job before the deadline
c. Finish a job after the deadline
d. None of the above
19. __________ is the tendency to yield to the will of others:
a. Compulsion
b. Complaint
c. Compliance
d. Complacence

20. Under which situation, saying a “Yes” would mean that you are being assertive:
a. When you say yes to make others happy
b. When you say yes to avoid hurting others
c. When you say yes out of conviction and intention
d. All of the above

II T/F:
(i) Soft skills are independent of time management skills. False
(ii) Successful and accomplished people are by default early risers. False
(iii) An informed life-plan would factor in one’s strengths only. False
(iv) The Zeigarnik Effect is always positive and productivity-enhancing. False
(v) Under positive procrastination, one both delays and denies a task. False