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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Diploma Engineering – SEMESTER – 1 (NEW) – EXAMINATION – Winter-2022

Subject Code: 4300002 Date: 28-02-2023

Subject Name: Communication Skills in English
Time: 10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make Suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Use of programmable & Communication aids are strictly prohibited.
5. Use of non-programmable scientific calculator is permitted.
6. English version is authentic.

Marks

Q.1 (a) Answer the following questions. (Any three) 03

1. What is verbal communication?
2. How many steps are there in communication cycle?
3. How many types of communication are there? Which?
4. What is communication barrier?
5. What is the channel suggested in communication cycle?
(b) Choose the correct options. (Any four) 04
1. The woods are filled with ……
(a) wind (b) rain (c) sunlight (d) snow
2. According to the officer, the restaurant existed till ………
(a) 5 years ago
(b) 15 years ago
(c) 10 years ago
(d) 20 years ago
3. Who wrote the poem Where the Mind is without Fear?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) [Link]
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Who visited the stream regularly?
(a) The Forktail
(b) The Leopard
(c) The Tiger
(d) The Peahen
5. How many minutes did Bob wait for his friend?
(a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 45
(c) You are Amit Patel living at C-207, Shastri Nagar, Vapi. Street lights in 07
the area have not been working for the last six months leading to
accidents and a rise in unsocial activities. Write a letter to the General
Manager of the Electrical corporation of your city complaining about
this problem.
OR
(c) On behalf of your college, you have to draft a letter to place an order for 07
purchasing laboratory instruments.

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Q.2 (a) Explain the central idea of the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy 03
Evening.
(b) Describe the valley where the leopard lived. 04
(c) Answer the following questions. 07
1. What was the hunter’s advice to the author?
2. What used to be there in the place of that shop twenty years ago?
3. Why had the ravine become a little heaven for wildlife?
4. Whose note was handed over to Bob in the end?
5. Who does the poet address as ‘thee’ and ‘my father’?
6. What does the poet says about the owner of the woods in the
poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy evening?
7. At what time the story After Twenty Years begins?
OR
Q.2 (a) Describe the heaven imagined by the poet in Where the Mind is without 03
Fear.
(b) Write a note on Bob’s appearance. 04
(c) Answer the following questions. 07
1. When and how did Bob realize that the tall man was not his
friend?
2. Why was Bob under arrest?
3. Why didn’t author’s approach disturb the birds and animals?
4. What kind of freedom does the poet desire for his country?
5. What according to the speaker will surprise the horse?
6. What are the sights and sounds that the poet experiences in the
woods?
7. When did Bob realize that the tall man he had met was not
Jimmy Wells?
Q.3 (a) Join the sentence using appropriate connector. 03
1. The crystal glass is ………… the showcase. (of, on, at)
2. Gujarat is ………… Rajasthan and Maharashtra. (from, toward,
between)
3. The person ………… is in black suit is my uncle. (whom,
which, who)
(b) Fill in the blanks using proper preposition. 04
1. He felt bad ………… no reason at all. (for, against, of)
2. Have you heard ………… the accident? (at, about, from)
3. Do you prefer coffee ………… tea? (than, to, or)
4. Tina fell ………… the ladder. (out of, off, on)
(c) Write 10 sentences what you did during last vacation using Simple Past 07
Tense.
OR
Q.3 (a) Fill in the blanks using appropriate adjective or adverb. 03
1. You have ………… sense.(yes, no, right)
2. She is ………… girl.(beauty, beautiful, beautify)
3. Biren looked ………… nervous. (some, quiet, loudly)
(b) Fill in the blanks with proper auxiliary verb. 04
1. ………… you like something to drink? (may, might, would)
2. All students ………… wear uniform. (can, must, could)
3. The sky is dark; it………… rain today. (may, must, can)
4. ………… I come in? (should, must, may)
(c) Write 10 sentences regarding your daily routine in Simple Present 07
Tense.
Q.4 (a) Identify the interjection in the following sentences. 03
1. Hush! Don’t murmur.
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 2. Hello! My name is Krishna.
3. Hurrah! Tomorrow is holiday.
(b) Rearrange the jumbled words to make meaningful sentences and 04
punctuate them.
1. rest /take /some
2. baked /yesterday /a cake /mother /my
3. finish /well /homework /my /in time /I
4. book /whose /this /is
(c) Fill in the blanks using appropriate form of the verb. 07
1. My friends ………… to Delhi next week. (go)
2. Let him ………… TV. (watch)
3. The sun ……… us light and heat. (give)
4. Keyur ………… in my school last year. (study)
5. Listen, someone ………… outside. (cry)
6. The flight has not ………… yet. (arrive)
7. She ……… to England in 2018.(to go)
OR
Q.4 (a) Use appropriate noun or pronoun. 03
1. Shweta called her brother to play with …………(she, her, his)
2. How dare she call ………… an idiot? ( his, they, him)
3. Gujarat is a ………… ( country, state, district)
(b) Identify the pattern of the following. 04
1. Kalpana cooks very well. ( SVO, SVA, SVC)
2. Close the window. (SVO, SVA, SV)
3. She cried. (SVO, SVA, SV)
4. Her dress appears new. (SVC,SVA,SVO)
(c) Fill in the blanks using right verb. 07
1. The police ………… arrested the culprits. (are, is, have)
2. There ………… a temple near the hospital. ( have, had, is)
3. The girls ………… playing cricket. (were, had, was)
4. She, not you ………… given the right answer. (was, is, has)
5. Either the captain or the bowler ………… at fault. (is, was, are)
6. Some more milk ………… needed. (is, are, were)
7. A little dust ………… visible. (is, have, are)
Q.5 (a) Discuss the communication cycle. 03
(b) Describe the types of communication. 04
(c) You are In-charge of Physical Education in your school, Sardar School, 07
Motera, Ahmedabad write an email to Messrs Pioneer Sports Co.,
Mumbai, placing an order for a minimum of 4 sports items with details,
asking for the discount also.
OR
Q.5 (a) Write a note on types of barriers for communication. 03
(b) Explain non-verbal communication. 04
(c) Mr Janak Bhatt writes an email to [Link] requesting them to 07
replace the mobile phone he has purchased as the piece is not working
properly. Draft an email on his amazingkart@[Link] on his behalf
in about 100 words.