Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2008 Diploma Apparel Mfg Tech in Apparel and Fashion Design- BUSINESS ENGLISH - Question Paper

DIPLOMA/B.Sc. DEGREE exam – JUNE 2008.
First Year
Apparel and Fashion Designing
BUSINESS ENGLISH
Time : three hours Maximum marks : 75
ans for five marks ques. should
not exceed two pages.
ans for 10 marks ques. should
not exceed five pages.
part A — (5 × five = 25 marks)
ans any 5 ques..
1. Explain the various kinds of chart and diagrams and provide their uses.
2. Give the difference ranging from formal and informal dialogues.
3. What are the cohesive devices used in a paragraph?
4. What are the 6 parts of a business letter?
5. List out the steps involved in editing.
6. What is a punctuation and discuss its uses?
7. Fill up with improper indefinite adjectives.
(a) There are –––––––––––––––– pictures in this book.
(b) He has called –––––––––––––––– times.
(c) You have –––––––––––––––– sense.
(d) That industry does not produce
–––––––––––––––– heavy metal products.
(e) –––––––––––––––– cats like cold water.
8. Narrate the uses of :
(a) Hyphen
(b) Parenthesis.
part B — (5 ? 10 = 50 marks)
ans any 5 ques..
9. Explain scanning and skimming.
10. Write a business letter quoting an export order.
11. Fill up the blanks with proper tense of the verb.
(a) A magnet ––––––––––––––– (attract) Iron.
(b) Now, I ––––––––––––––– (write) the examination.
(c) He ––––––––––––––– (go) to the party.
(d) While she –––––––––––––––– (drive) to her office, she saw an accident.
(e) The driver ––––––––––––––– (stop) the car and ––––––––––––––– (come) to me.
12. Convert into passive voice :
(a) The company markets new products every year
(b) The company marketed many new products every year
(c) Company can market new products every year
(d) The driver begins the engine
(e) Welders normally prefer a V shaped weld.
13. Write a snippet on “pollution and its effects on environment”.
14. Give the homonyms of :
(a) Bear
(b) Wear
(c) Write
(d) Hair
(e) Sell.
15. Prepare a profile of a company making garments for export business.
16. Write short notes on :
(a) Elements of sentence
(b) Gerunds.
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