Birla Institute of Technology (BIT Mesra) 2006 TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING - Question Paper

TA ZC312 (EC-1 REGULAR) 2nd SEMESTER 2006-2007 PAGE 2



In the perception of art, there are, again, 2 phases as stated, namely, that which attracts by its beauty and that which attracts by its sublimity. The towering Himalaya mountains, the astounding expanse of the blue sky with its wondrous stellar kingdom, the majestic tumult of the ocean, and even the grand personality of the elephant evokes our sense of wonder and awe, partly because their largeness of quantum and unapproachableness makes us feel small in our own selves. The ego is pressed down to its minimal level and there it is in the absence of an egoistic affirmation of ourselves that we appreciate in wonderment the power and greatness of things, which are above us and seem to defy us with all our presumed importance. The other aspect of aesthetic perception is the attraction caused by beautiful things such as the blossoming of a healthy flower, the charming face of the full moon in a clear sky, as also the healthy shape presented in a symmetrically ordered body, whether of a substance a plant, an animal or a human being. Apart from the beauty of health and symmetry in the case of a human personality, there is also the factor of youthfulness, which adds to the charm of vigour, vitality and symmetry of the physical presentation.



But what is it that makes anything look beautiful? Philosophically, we may say that the proportion in which the Infinite, or the Absolute, as the highest universal, is visualised in any particular thing will decide the extent of beauty which that thing evokes. It is the universality involved in the particular that is the source of beauty and the sense of perception. In the perception of beauty, the processes involved are the perceiving mind, the act of perception and the object itself. The ques. arises, whether the object can be considered to be beautiful even if there is no 1 to perceive it. We may perhaps, in a way, concede that beauty and perfection do not require somebody to know them, since the flower and the moon and the charming face of a child can remain beautiful even if there is no 1 to see them. Our commonsense understanding would like to assert that this is true, but is this really true? Does the flower know that it is beautiful? Is the moon beautiful to itself? That is, does beauty really from part of the beautiful object? Here we seem to be in a doubtful position, and it does not look that, in the end, beauty can justify itself apart from the process of its being perceived. If being perceived is what provide beauty to an object, it would mean that beauty is in the perceiving mind rather than in the object. It has been well stated that beauty is in the beholder. But here, again, is a question: can the mind perceive beauty if there is nothing to be perceived at all? Does the mind know that it is the source of beauty even if it has nothing to conceive or think of? (873)



Q.2. elaborate the different kinds of barriers that exist in a professional organization. discuss with examples and also suggest ways to overcome them. (10)



Q.3. discuss the various principles of business correspondence. provide suitable examples. (10)



Q.4. As the Chief of info Processing Unit, write a Memorandum to the Financial Manager explaining why you feel the need of purchasing 40 Computers for your institution. Also seek his approval discussing the needed software and quality of tools you would like to have these computers. (8)



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