Annamalai University 2007 B.Com COMMUNICATION SKILLS - Question Paper

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B.Com. (International Business)
DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2007
( 1st YEAR )
( PAPER - V )
550. COMMUNICATION SKILLS
( Common with B.B.S., B.Com, ( Business Studies ) )
May ] [ Time : three Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks
All ques. carry equal marks.
(5 × 20 = 100)
1. Write the subsequent 2 letters :
(a) Write a letter to the Postmaster, GPO
of your town complaining of the late
delivery of letters.
(b) Write a reply to an Advt. for the
post of an assistant.
2.
Attempt an essay on ?The role of the banksin fighting poverty?.
3.
Write your own curriculum vitae and try toinclude as much info as you want youremployer want to know.
4.
discuss principles of snippet writing.
5.
Convert the subsequent messages intotelegrams :
(a)
Thirteen year old Ravi is going toChennai by the Rockfort Expressleaving Trichy on Sunday. His elderbrother in Chennai has to receivehim at the Egmore station on Mondaymorning.
(b)
Your friend has secured an admissionin your college. He has to pay hisfees within 2 days. Send him atelegram asking him to come withmoney.
6.
discuss ?body language? and its place incommunication.
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learn the subsequent passage and ans thequestions provided beneath :The status of women in India hasseen many ups and downs. History tellsus that throughout the Vedic periodwomen were provided a place equal to men.They performed the sacred rites andyagnas, and were men?s equals inupholding ?Dharma?. They could fightwars, go to battle fields, participate inall festivals and remain unmarried, if theyso desired.But it is relevant to remember thatman and woman are complementary toeach other. They should lead a
harmonious life, working as a team, andnot as rituals. Both are human and bothfeel pain and pleasure. 1 oftenwonders why is that a woman is
treated as a 2nd class citizen inindependent India. She does not needpity nor does she need to be treated asa weaker sex. Women, by and large, areconsidered incapable of competing withTurn over

that women cannot be independent and
are not capable of taking their own
decisions.
ques. :
1. How were men and women treated
during the Vedic period ?
2. What were the privileges women
enjoyed during the Vedic period ?
3. How is a woman treated in
independent India ?
8. elaborate the guidelines to be followed in
writing a summary of a passage ?
9. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions :
.......... a developing country like India,
greater emphasis has to be laid .......... the
quality of tech. education as the country?s
future depends to a large extent .......... those
coming out .......... the tech. institutions.
The need .......... the hour is to improve the
standards .......... tech. education. This can
be done only .......... strengthening the
Directorate .......... tech. Education.

10. select any 5 of the idioms and
phrases and use them in phrases of
your own :
(a) Teething troubles.
(b) A raw deal.
(c) A cock and bull story.
(d) A tall order.
(e) The last straw.
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