Cochin University of Science and Techology (CUST) 2007-1st Year B.Tech technical communication and social sciences - Question Paper

BTECH 1st YEAR MODEL exam

tech. COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES

PART A
tech. COMMUNICATION

1. Do as directed in the brackets.
a) They obtained him guilty of murder (change into passive voice)

b) He was too late that he could not catch the train (change into simple sentence using
‘too’)

c) As soon as they took refuge in his domains he put them to death (rewrite using ‘no
sooner than’)

d) If you do not sing I won’t dance (rewrite using ‘unless’)

e) Hydrogen is the lightest of all gases (use comparative degree)

f) She stated to me, “Ram gas borrowed my book” (use indirect speech)

g) Is this the way to behave in a classroom? (change into affirmative sentence)

h) He descends………….a noble family (supply the accurate preposition)

i) I am not a rich man (rewrite into affirmative sentence)

j) a) logaritham b) logorithm c) logarithm d) logorithm
pick the correctly spelt word.

2. Suppose you are appearing for a job interview. Frame 5 ques. the interview
board is likely to ask you.

3. a) Write a letter to the editor of a newsprint about the alarming rise in the number of
road accidents. Suggests a few measures for preventing them.

b) Compose a conversation ranging from 2 friends on the uses and abuses of mobile
phones.

4. a) define with illustrations various kinds of charts and graphs used in tech.
communication.

b) Prepare your CV and a covering letter.
PART B
SOCIAL SCIENCES

1. Write notes on: a) improper technology b) moral dilemma c) food chain d) bio
diversity e) rain water harvesting.

2. a) Write a short essay on the technological advance of modern India.
OR

b) What is meant by engineering ethics? explain.

3. a) define the concept of an ecosystem. define the structure and functions of a
forest ecosystem. How is it various from an aquatic ecosystem?
OR

b) define the causes, effects and control measures of air and water pollution.

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Earning:   Approval pending.