KNC 201 Soft Skills 2 - Unit 1

Through Multiple Type Questions (MCQs)
Unit # 1
LSRW Skills
(Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing)
Unit # 1
LSRW Skills
(Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing)
with
Mr. Ankit Sharma
Unit # 1
Active Listening: Meaning and Art of Listening,

Speaking: Pronunciation, Tongue-Twisters, Stress in English Language,
Reading style: Skimming; Scanning; Churning & Assimilation,
Writing: Effective writing tools, Writing: Methods: Inductive; Deductive; Exposition;
Linear; Interrupted; Spatial & Chronological etc
Receptive Productive
Listening Speaking
Reading Writing
Which of these is the first step in the listening process?
a) Stop talking
Stop Talking
b) Receiving Receiving
Understanding / Interpreting
c) Interpreting Evaluating
Responding
d) Responding
Remembering
e) None of the above

Which of these is the third step in the listening process?
a) Stop talking
Stop Talking
b) Interpreting Receiving
Understanding / Interpreting
c) Responding Evaluating
Responding
d) Receiving
Remembering

Which of these is not a type of listening?
a) Appreciative listening
Types of Listening:
b) Superficial listening
1. Superficial Listening
2. Appreciative Listening
c) Focused listening 3. Focused Listening
4. Evaluative Listening
5. Attentive Listening
6. Empathetic Listening
d) Musical listening 7. Critical Listening
8. Comprehensive Learning
In which of these types of listening, does the listener feel grateful?
a) Superficial listening
Types of Listening:
b) Attentive listening
c) Appreciative listening 3. Focused Listening
d) Evaluative listening 7. Critical Listening
Which of these types of listening is followed by skilled listeners?
a) Focused listening
Types of Listening:
b) Evaluative listening
c) Attentive listening 3. Focused Listening
d) Empathetic listening 7. Critical Listening
In which of these, the listener puts himself in place of the speaker?
a) Focused listening
Types of Listening:
b) Evaluative listening
c) Attentive listening 3. Focused Listening
d) Empathetic listening 7. Critical Listening
Finding a job advert in the Local Newspaper:
a) Skimming
Styles of Reading:
b) Scanning
1. Skimming
2. Scanning
c) Assimilation 3. Churning
4. Assimilation
d) Churning

Reading a leaflet handed to you in the street
a) Skimming
Styles of Reading:
b) Scanning
1. Skimming
2. Scanning
4. Assimilation
d) Churning

Finding a telephone number in your address book is :
a) Skimming
Styles of Reading:
b) Scanning
1. Skimming
2. Scanning
4. Assimilation
d) Churning

Learning a subject for an exam:
a) Skimming
Styles of Reading:
b) Scanning
1. Skimming
2. Scanning
4. Assimilation
d) Churning

Researching a topic for your childcare assignments:
a) Skimming
Styles of Reading:
b) Scanning
1. Skimming
2. Scanning
4. Assimilation
d) Churning

Technical writing demands ______ use of language.
a) Figurative
Characteristics of Technical
b) Poetic Communication:
1. Accuracy
c) Factual 2. Brevity
3. Clarity
d) Dramatic
Which of these must be avoided in technical writing?
a) Facts
Characteristics of Technical
b) Grammar Communication:
1. Accuracy
c) Punctuation 2. Brevity
3. Clarity
d) Personal feelings

Which of these terms refer to the study of speech process?
a)Phonology
Explanation:
b) Phonetic substances
1. Phonology: The science of sound
2. Phonetics: The study of human
c) Phonetics speech process
3. Phonetic Substances: Elements of
Phonetics
4. Semantics: The study of meaning of
d) Semantics words and phrases

Complete "If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes __________?“
a) Are whose
b) Will move
c) Will be used
d) Does he choose

What is the ending to this crazy tongue twister? "I wish to wash my Irish
____________.”
a) Clothes
b) Squash
c) Wristwatch
d) Swash
What is the ending to this repetitive one? "How much wood could a
woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could ___________?“
a) Chuck wood
b) Wood chuck
c) Would chuck
d) Chuck would
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers
did Peter Piper ______?“
a) Pin
b) Pipe
c) Pick
d) Pickle
The melody of the language produced by the elements of stress, pitch,

and pauses is known as:
a) Tempo
b) Voice Quality
c) Intonation
d) Rhyme
The force of a speaker’s breath on a syllable or sound that conveys

emphasis or meaning differences is known as:
a) Stress
b) Junction
c) Tempo
d) Pitch
A pause between utterances that is a natural part of speech and is used

for signalling the end of a thought, emphasizing the meaning of the
previously spoken words, or selecting the exact word to convey the right
meaning is:
a) Onset
b) Auditory Sense
c) Syntax Moment
d) Juncture
Total number of sounds in English are :
a) 26
Explanation:
b) 5
• Despite there being just 26 letters in
the English language there are
c) 44 approximately 44 unique sounds, also
known as phonemes.
d) 141
• The 44 English sounds fall into two
categories: consonants and vowels.
Which of these is not a deterrent to the listening process?
a) Lack of interest
b) Ego
c) Confidence
d) Fear
Which of the following is the best definition of empathy?
a) Feeling sorry for other
b) Feeling what someone else is feeling
c) Understand the situation
d) Feeling guilty
Reading is a .................skill.
a) Receptive
b) Productive
c) Dynamic
d) critical
Listening for pleasure and enjoyment is called ________.
a) empathetic Listening
b) critical Listening
c) appreciative Listening
d) passive Listening
Banana” has _______ syllables.
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
Which of these is not an element of the speaking technique?
a) Voice Quality
b) Word Stress
c) Appearance
d) Correct Tones
Environmental barriers are the same as ______ noise.
a) Phsiological
b) Psychological
c) Physical
d) Sociological
Environmental barriers are the same as ______ noise.
a) Physiological
b) Psychological
c) Physical
d) Sociological
____is defined as the ability to deliver information with speed,accuracy

and proper expression.
a) Fluency
b) Vocabulary
c) Grammar
d) Pronunciation
Which of these is the most important element of the speech process?
a) Message
b) Audience
c) Feedback
d) Speech style
Which of these should be avoided while speaking?
a) Fluency
b) Jargon
c) Clear voice
d) Abstract words
Which of the following is not a Method of Paragraph Writing?
a) Deductive
b) Conductive
c) Chronological
d) Spatial
Which of the following is/are the significant component/s of churning?
a) Reading between the lines
b) Reading beyond the lines
c) Reading with the lines
d) All of these
Most of us speak at the rate of about ______words per minute.
a) 125
b) 140
c) 160
d) 200
Which of the statement is true?
a) Listening and hearing are same.
b) Frequent Interruption is integral part of active listening.
c) Active listening is meant to prepare oneself for disagreement.
d) None of the above

When a psychiatrist listens to her subject, she employs:
a) Active listening
b) Superficial Listening
c) Empathetic Listening
d) None of the above

The ________ of a language refers to the patterns of pitch variation or

the tones it uses in its utterances.
a) Pitch
b) Rhythm
c) Pronunciation
d) Intonation
Which of the following does not belong to the class of vocal clues?
a) Pitch
b) Articulation
c) Pauses
d) Scanning
_____ Listening means learning through conversation.
a) Evaluative
b) Dialogic
c) Appreciative
d) Empathetic
Which type of communication style is considered as the most appropriate

style in any given situation.
a) Passive
b) Aggressive
c) Assertive
d) Submissive
How many syllables are there in "Intelligent"?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Fluency means:
a) The ability to speak fastest
b) The ability to generate many ideas quickly
c) Both A and B
d) None of these
Which of these should be avoided for effective listening?
a) Pre-listening analysis
b) Listening to structured talks
c) Team listening
d) Predicting
Which of these should be avoided while note talking?
a) Concentration
b) Evaluation
c) Listening
d) Using phrases
_________ is an important factor of technical communication.
a) Objectivity
b) Subjectivity
c) Ambiguity
d) Complexity
Diphthong is a
a) Pure vowel sound
b) Pure consonant sound
c) Vowel sound that is created by two vowels
d) none of the above

Expository method of writing is used to:
a) Describe the objects in a place
b) Explain a concept
c) State a process step by step
d) To show the historical development

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Through Multiple Type Questions (MCQs)

Active Listening: Meaning and Art of Listening,

Which of these is the first step in the listening process?

e) None of the above

Which of these is the third step in the listening process?

e) None of the above

Which of these is not a type of listening?

In which of these types of listening, does the listener feel grateful?

Which of these types of listening is followed by skilled listeners?

In which of these, the listener puts himself in place of the speaker?

Finding a job advert in the Local Newspaper:

e) None of the above

Reading a leaflet handed to you in the street

e) None of the above

Finding a telephone number in your address book is :

e) None of the above

Learning a subject for an exam:

e) None of the above

Researching a topic for your childcare assignments:

e) None of the above

Technical writing demands ______ use of language.

Which of these must be avoided in technical writing?

e) None of the above

Which of these terms refer to the study of speech process?

e) None of the above

Complete "If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes __________?“

e) None of the above

The melody of the language produced by the elements of stress, pitch,

The force of a speaker’s breath on a syllable or sound that conveys

A pause between utterances that is a natural part of speech and is used

Total number of sounds in English are :

Which of these is not a deterrent to the listening process?

Which of the following is the best definition of empathy?

a) Feeling sorry for other

b) Feeling what someone else is feeling

c) Understand the situation

Listening for pleasure and enjoyment is called ________.

Banana” has _______ syllables.

Which of these is not an element of the speaking technique?

Environmental barriers are the same as ______ noise.

Environmental barriers are the same as ______ noise.

____is defined as the ability to deliver information with speed,accuracy

Which of these is the most important element of the speech process?

Which of these should be avoided while speaking?

Which of the following is not a Method of Paragraph Writing?

Which of the following is/are the significant component/s of churning?

a) Reading between the lines

b) Reading beyond the lines

c) Reading with the lines

Most of us speak at the rate of about ______words per minute.

Which of the statement is true?

a) Listening and hearing are same.

b) Frequent Interruption is integral part of active listening.

c) Active listening is meant to prepare oneself for disagreement.

d) None of the above

When a psychiatrist listens to her subject, she employs:

d) None of the above

The ________ of a language refers to the patterns of pitch variation or

_____ Listening means learning through conversation.

Which type of communication style is considered as the most appropriate

How many syllables are there in "Intelligent"?

a) The ability to speak fastest

b) The ability to generate many ideas quickly