SESSION: 2022-23

Assignment SEM - I (ODD)

Department of Mechanical Engineering/Biotech Engineering

ASSIGNMENT-1

Subject: Professional Communication Subject Code: ASL0151

Date of assigning: 07-Dec-22 Date of Submission:12th-Dec, 2022

Faculty Name: Mr. Vishal Kumar Max Marks: 30

Email Id: vishal.kumar@niet.co.in

Questions (1 x3=3)

Fill up the blanks:

Q1. __________to quickly gather the most important information. CO1

A. Skimming
B. Scanning
C. Churning
D. Assimilation

Q2. ____________to comprehend the text. CO1

A. Skimming
B. Scanning
C. Churning
D. Assimilation

Q3. Reading comprehension is CO1

A. the ability to process text

B. understand its meaning
C. to integrate with what the reader already knows
D. All the above

Questions; (1.5 x 2=3)

Answer the following questions: (Do any 2 questions)

Q4. What are the difference between paraphrasing and summary? CO1

Q5. What are the basics steps of efficient reading? CO1

Q6. Critical thinking is an extension of critical reading. Explain. CO1

Question: 5 x4 =20

Read the following text carefully, then answer the questions below CO1

The Discovery of X-rays

X-Rays played a crucial role in the development of modern physics.X-rays were discovered
in 1895 by Roentgen while studying the phenomena of gaseous discharge. Using a cathode
ray tube with a high voltage of several tens of kilovolts, he noticed that salts of barium would
fluoresce when brought near the tube, although nothing visible was emitted by the tube. This
effect persisted when the tube was wrapped with a layer of black cardboard. Roentgen soon
established that the agency responsible for the fluorescence originated at the point at which
the stream of energetic electrons struck the glass wall of the tube. Because of its unknown
nature, he gave this agency the name X-rays. The discovery of X-rays aroused the interest of
all physicists, and many joined in the investigation of their properties.

1. Read the given text and write the central idea of the text.(Churning)

2. Read the given text and give your ideas on the discovery of X Ray and its crucial role
in the development of modern physics. (Assimilation)

Q.Read the text for the first time, you should skim over it to grasp the main idea. Read
the highlighted text and quickly look over the rest of the text:

Are electric cars really eco-friendly?

Electric-car drivers are saving the planet, right? Their vehicles produce none of the pollutants
that dinosaur-burning, fossil-fuel-powered machines do. That is the standard view, and
governments around the world provide incentives to encourage the uptake of this new
technology.

That is why a Tesla owner got a rude shock when he went to import his vehicle into
Singapore - the first person to do so. The Tesla Model S is a 100% electric vehicle. It does
not have an exhaust to emit from. So what happened?

Instead of an expected rebate of around S$15,000 (US$10,800) he received a fine of the same
amount for being a gross polluter. The company commented the incident, "The Model S that
our customer imported into Singapore left our factory only two years ago with energy
consumption rated at 181 Wh/km. This qualifies as the cleanest possible category of car in
Singapore and entitles the owner to an incentive rather than a fine."

The Singapore authorities calculated the ‘carbon cost’ of generating the electricity that will
be used to charge the car. This is the elephant in the trunk of electric vehicles. Where and
how the power is produced is not often considered, but perhaps it should be. Let’s move the
elephant up to the passenger seat and address it directly.

The authorities in Singapore apparently found the Tesla in question consumes 444 watt-hours
of electricity per km (Wh/km) in tests. Without wanting to get too maths-heavy, the number
of 444Wh/km does seem high. And as we still need power stations to produce such amount
electric energy, the environmental impact is not so small as it seemed to be.

But what about the bigger picture - should we be factoring in the emissions of power stations
when working out how green an electric car is? The logical answer is yes. Emissions shifted
elsewhere are still emissions, and CO2 impacts the global atmosphere wherever it is released.

Now let’s look at the questions:

1. What is the aim of this text?

A. To discourage people from visiting Singapore

B. To prove that electric cars are less eco-friendly than fossil-fuel-powered machines
C. To show that we need to count the emissions of power stations to see how green an
electric car is.

2. When the owner of the electric car went to Singapore, he received

A. a rebate of around US$10,800

B. a fine of around US$10,800
C. a fine of around US$15,000

Question: (1 x 4 =4)

Compare the pie charts and then paraphrase in your own words (word limit 60 to 70).