University of Delhi 2005-2nd Year B.Com English

(a) How can population be both an asset and a drawback ?
(b) elaborate the issues created by a growing population ? How is the government tackling them ?
© How can people be made to understand that a small family is a happy family ?
(d) Use the subsequent words in phrases of your own : production, resources.
(e) give antonyms: skilled, blessed.

Q. 5. Make a precis of the subsequent passage in about 80 words and provide it a suitable title : 10
Good communication is the lifeblood of organizations. It takes many forms such as speaking, writing and listening, though its purpose is always to convey a message to recipients. Effective communication hinges on people understanding your meaning, and replying in terms that move the exchange forward-preferably in the direction you would like it to go. Communicating is always a two-way process. In management you communicate to get things done, pass on and find information, reach decisions, achieve joint understanding and develop relationships.
There are always at lowest 2 parties involved in communication, every of whom may have various wants, needs and attitudes. These wants and needs can current barriers if they conflict with those of the other party and such barriers may stop you conveying or receiving the right message. Any communication must overcome such barriers if it is to be successful, and the 1st step is to recognize that they exist. Good communication means saying what you mean and fully comprehending any feedback.
It is essential when communicating a message that you provide serious thought to the medium you select. For many, this option is ranging from the spoken and the written word. Electronic media have generated even more possibilities by creating a hybrid form of speech and writing. Thus emails have the speed and informality of a phone conversation, yet they are in letter form and can be filed.

Q. 6. You are heading an NGO that works with slum children. Write a reply to a letter you have received from a private company that has offered help suggesting the different ways in which they can. 10
Or

You are part of a group of students that went on an outstation study tour of historical monuments organized by the college. Write a report giving details of the issues faced along with suggestions to overcome them.

Q. 7. (a) Use the subsequent phrases in sentence of your own:
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(i) to stick to one’s gun
(ii) bring to the fore
(iii) at one’s wit’s end
(iv) worn out
(v) as a guinea pig.
(b) (i) You must reconsider your decision.
(Change voice)
(ii) Will you be there at time ?
(Correct the sentence)
(iii) The clerk gave me a form……………..fill.
Use suitable preposition).
(iv) The bed is……………….the table, (beside, besides)
(v) It is………………………cold to go out. (too, very) 5

Q. 8. Write an application with your complete bio-data for the post of a marketing executive in a bank. 10
Or

Imagine you are a Police Office interviewing a lady who has just witnessed an armed robbery. Write in about 150 words (direct speech) the conversation that takes place.

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