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III B.Tech I SEM EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS
Date of Exam: 19/12/2022 Time: 3 Hr
Branch: Mechanical SUB: Advanced Communication Skills Lab Marks
PART-A
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. ‘A’ and ‘an’ are the _____ articles. [ ]
(A) Definite
(B) Indefinite
(C) Particular
(D) Specified
2. Any word that adds more meaning to the noun is called an _____ [ ]
(A) Adverb
(B) Verb
(C) Adjective
(D) Noun
3. The _____ is the action or description that occur in the sentence. [ ]
(A) Predicate
(B) Subject
(C) Object
(D) Compliment
4. ________ means communication without words. [ ]
(A) Object communication
(B) Written communication
(C) Oral communication
(D) Non-verbal communication
5. The person who transmits the message is called ____ [ ]
(A) Channel
(B) Sender
(C) Receiver
(D) Response
6. Normally communication is _______ where in the information or message is transferred from one person
to another. [ ]
(A) Impersonal
(B) Interpersonal
(C) Personal
(D) Important
7. The ______ in the usage of words may be a serious barrier to effective communication. [ ]
(A) Disturbance
(B) Discrimination
(C) Disorder
(D) Distortion
8. What is the synonym for ‘canny’ [ ]
(A) Obstinate
(B) Handsome
(C) Clever
(D) Stout
9. Synonym for ‘Alert’ [ ]
(A) Energetic
(B) Observant
(C) Intelligent
(D) watchful
10. Antonym for ‘Protects’ [ ]
 (A) Defends
(B) Deprives
(C) Deserts
(D) Secures
11. A person who knows everything [ ]
(A) Omnipresent
(B) Omniscient
(C) Omnipotent
(D) Omnivorous
12. A system of government in which power is held by the people. [ ]
(A) Bureaucracy
(B) Autocracy
(C) Democracy
(D) Monarchy
13. Choose the option where the prefix ‘Mis’ is wrongly used. [ ]
(A) Misheard
(B) Misfortune
(C) Miscertain
(D) Mishandle
14. To add fuel to the fire ( Idiom / Phrase). [ ]
(A) In disorder
(B) To be confuse
(C) Pure water
(D) To aggravate some matter.
15. Complete the collocation :
“I was running late so I only had time for a _____ shower” [ ]
(A) Short
(B) Quick
(C) Fast
(D) Little
16. A student is reading fast, looking for specific information in a manual. What is the reading sub skill
known as? [ ]
(A) Skimming
(B) Scanning
(C) Bottom up reading
(D) Critical reading
17. Looking quickly over a textbook to get a general or superficial ideas of the content is called ____ [ ]
(A) Scanning
(B) Extensive reading
(C) Intensive reading
(D) Skimming

18. Read the passage given below and select the inference(s) that hold true based on the facts in the passage. [ ]

Passage: The Paris Agreement often referred to as the Paris Accords or the Paris Climate Accords is an
international treaty on climate change, adopted in 2015. It covers climate change mitigation adaptation and
finance. The Agreement was negotiated by 196 parties at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change
Conference near Paris, France. The Paris Agreement was opened for signature on 22 April 2016 (Earth Day)
at a ceremony in New York After the European Union ratified the agreement sufficient countries had ratified
the Agreement responsible for enough of the world's greenhouse gases for the Agreement to enter into
force on 4 November 2016. As of September 2022 104 members of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are parties to the agreement. Of the four UNFCCC member states
which have not rated the agreement the only major emitter is lean. The United States withdrew from the
Agreement in 2020 but rejoined in 2021
 Inferences:
I: The Paris Agreement is not enough to prevent the global average temperature from rising 1.5°C.
II: The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change.
III: The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris.
(A) Only inference I follows.
(B) Only inference II follows.
(C) Both I and II follow.
(D) Only inference III follows

19. Read the passage given below and select the inference(s) that hold true based on the facts in the passage.
Passage: [ ] Isaac van Schinne was baptized on 12 February 1640 in Middelburg. He married in that city on 12
October 1667 to Catharina Dammaert (1646-1683). His son Isaac was born in Veere. In 1676 he arrived in Deshima;
after a year he left, but in 1679 he went again. In 1681 he was appointed as chief of the factory. After one year he
had to leave. After his wife died he remarried the widow Aletta de Bitter (1654-1708). Early in 1684 they left
Batavia and arrived in Middelburg later that year. Van Schinne was buried there on 18 September 1686; after a few
years, his widow and their daughter moved to Utrecht.
Inferences:
I: Isaac's wife Catharina Dammaert died from lung cancer.
II: Isaac was baptized at the age of 12 in Middelburg.
III: Isaac was buried in Middleburg.
(A) Only inference I follows.
(B) Only inference Il follows
(C) Both and II follows.
(D) Only inference III follows.

20. The following sentences are jumbled. Choose the option which has the right order. [ ]
A. For example, a lot of things in space would have not been discovered if it were not for the telescope.
B. It could also be used for other things: hunting, war, and making new discoveries. What would the world be like
without the telescope?
C. It helped scientists to discover things that could not be seen by the naked eye.
D. The telescope has changed the world greatly by being able to make distant objects appear closer and more
distinct.
E. Also, it helped the world of eyesight. It would not only let you see objects from far away, it would also help you
see if you had a problem with it.
(A) DCABE
(B) DACEB
(C) DACBE
(D) DCAEB

PART-B
ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS

1. Prepare a Resume Of your own.

2. Write the mock Interview session of yourself for a post of Project engineer at Mechanical CAD Design
Company
3. Present a short discussion (JAM Session)) on your Favorite Game or your Favorite Book
4. Multinationals: A Boon or a bane. Discuss with your group and present
5. Prepare PPT for any given Technical Topic

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