DSP-1611 DIPLOMA IN SECRETARIAL PRACTICE SEMESTER I COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT Max. Marks:100 DURATION:3HRS MODEL QUESTION PAPER PART A I Answer any five of the following in two or three sentences. 1. What is special about the Pine Forest? 2. What was Mr. Oliver s attitude towards the boy? 3. A vision, long cherished materializes. What was the vision? 4. What was Nehru s pledge to the nations and peoples of the world? 5. Why do we celebrate Teachers Day? 6. Comment on the works of Dr. S Radhakrishnan. 7. What difference do we find between slow and fast reading? (5x2=10) II Answer any three questions from the following in about 50 words. 1. What would have happened if you were in Mr. Oliver s place? 2. Write in your diary about what had happened In the pine forest 3. Whom did Nehru want his people to remember of the great day of India s freedom? 4. Freedom brings us responsibilities and burdens, Discuss on the basis of The Appointed Day. 5. How did the broad mindedness of his parents help Dr. S. Radhakrishnan to acquire the best qualities required for becoming a great man? 6. How does critical reading make the task more enjoyable? 7. How do we choose the different methods of reading for different purposes? (5x5=25) III Construct meaningful sentences using the words given below. 1. Oversight 2. reverence 3. prejudice 4. outskirts 5. temptation (1x5=5) IV Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. The newspapers have taken the place of the Gita, the Bible and the Quran witht the people. For them, the printed sheet is gospel truth. The fact throws a great responsibility on the editors and newswriters. Newspapers are a powerful influence. It is the duty of the editors to see that no false report or report likely to excite the public is published in their newspapers. The editors and their assistants
have to be extra careful about the news they give and the manner in which they dress it. In a state of independence, it is practically impossible for Governments to control the Press. It is the duty of the public to keep them on the right path. An enlightened public would refuse to patronise inflammatory and indecent newspapers. Newspapers which indulge in untruth or exaggeration harm the cause they profess to espouse. I admit that there is enough untruth in enough newspapers to warrant action. But my experience is that no amount of public criticism will affect the policy of newspapers which make their livelihood by such policy. But I write this in no way to condone untruths in newspapers. I am quite clear that if newspapers weighed every word that is printed therein, we should have a speedier removal of abuses whether in the States or elsewhere. 1. Whose place have the newspapers taken? 2. What is gospel truth for people? 3. What throws a great responsibility on editors and news writers? 4. What is the duty of the editors? 5. How far is it possible for the government to control the press? 6. What is the duty of the public? 7. How do newspapers harm their own cause? 8. How can we have a speedier removal of abuses? 9. Find words that have similar meaning from the passage. a. Provocative b. disregard 10. Give a suitable title to the passage. (1 x 10 = 10) PART B V Construct a readable story from the given outline. A miser loses a purse of a hundred pieces of gold in great distress goes to the Town Announcement Section - the announcer makes him offer a reward of 10 gold pieces A few days later a farmer finds the purse returns to the miser counts the money the farmer asks for the reward miser says there were 110 pieces in the purse and the farmer has already taken his reward they quarrel brings to the court the judge hears the case takes the purse and count the money it holds 100 pieces decides it cannot be the miser s purse so gives the purse to farmer the miser had over reached himself. (5) VI Read the following passage and give a note (five points) on the important points discussed. With the changing times come revolutionary changes in the tastes, styles and priorities of people. The teenagers of today are not what they used to be a few decades ago. They have more freedom and options to lead their own lives than ever before. They have more diversions and choices to spend their free time. The recent survey conducted by the Weekly Magazine clearly indicates that T.V is the biggest attraction for the teenagers. Boys spend 40% and girls spend 50% of their free time watching television programmes.
Sports programmes are the favourite of the boys. The girls prefer watching movies, songs and serials on T.V. Playing indoor and outdoor games is the favourite pastime of 30% boys. Only 5% girls spend their free time on games. More girls read Comics and General Knowledge Books than the boys. Girls spend 5% more of their free time talking to their friends than the boys. Very few teenagers pursue a constructive recreational activity or a hobby. Girls, unfortunately, don t spend enough time on sports and games. This doesn t augur well for the harmonious development of their personalities (5) VII Complete the given conversation. Gopal: Reghu, I am so happy that our exam ends today. Reghu: Yes Gopal,.. Gopal: I am going home tomorrow. I shall vacate the hostel next week. Reghu: Why should you pay for another week? Gopal: My father. What about you? Reghu: My uncle is on his way home. So he has promised to.. Gopal: How do you think about the results? Reghu:. Any way I will have to find a job first. Gopal: Reghu: See you later at the farewell party. Bye (5) PART - C VIII In the following passage, one word has been omitted from each line. Rewrite the passage filling the omitted words. Sandstone is /common sedimentary Sandstone is a common sedimentary rock. It is made /particles of sand that /cemented together. It mostly contains quartz grains. Sandstone /be yellow, brown, red or pink-coloured. / Red Fort in New Delhi is made of sandstone. 2 IX Provide appropriate question tags. 1. These children hardly speak English,..
2. Renuka has never met Chairman for this matter,. 2 X Choose the correct form of adjectives to fill in the blanks 1. Uttar Pradesh is the.state in India. (more populated, most populated, populous) 2. Shabana is the. Painter of the two. (good, better, best) 3. Health is.. than wealth. (better, best) 4. No other mountain in the world is as.. as Mt. Everest.(high, higher, highest) XI Rearrange the following words to form meaningful sentences. 1. Person/a/healthy/exercise/makes 2. Important/in /life/it/one s/is 2 2 XII Find out adjectives from the following passage and write their noun forms. 1. Karan is more intelligent than me. He is senior to me by five years. 2 XIII Give short answers to the following questions in affirmative and negative. 1. Is your father a businessman? 2. Can you help me to solve this problem? 2 XIV Choose the suitable word from the brackets to complete the sentence 1. Raju got many for winning the gold medal. (complements, compliments.) 2. Thushar s father him on many matters. (advised, adviced) 3. Sree Sankaracharya had many.. (disciplines, disciples) 4. Raju showed much (patients, patience) in that circumstance. 2 XV Fill in the blanks with appropriate collective nouns 1. He brought Sarah, a... of flowers. 2. A... of bees attacked the monkey. 3. The case was decided by a... of judges. 4. The robbery was planned by a... of thieves. 2 XVI Fill in the blanks with the antonym of the word underlined in the following sentences 1. The longer a candle burns, the... it becomes. 2. Thampy used to work hard. So it was... for him to get high marks. 3. Rita and Laju were... at first, but now they have turned foes. 4. The old farmer was very gentle, but his sons are... 2
XVII Rewrite the following passage using proper punctuation marks and capital letters wherever necessary. swallow swallow little swallow said the prince far away across the city I see a young man in the garret. tonight I go to egypt said the swallow. 2 PART D XVII Answer any five of the following questions. 1. Explain the three personality types proposed by Sheldon on the basis on body build and temperament. 2. State Allport s Trait theory giving suitable examples. 3. State Maslow s approach to personality. 4. Enumerate the types of intelligence proposed by Gardner s theory of multiple intelligence. Mention the persons like to have such kinds of intelligence. 5. State the three important dimensions that affect learners subsequent motivation towards task or activity according to Weiner s Attribution theory, suggesting suitable examples. 6. Prove that attributions influence behaviour with the help of an example. 7. State the key features of trait.... (5 x 3 =15)