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Part-A

Answer all the questions                                                                                                

1.      The  _________ of a calculator is to perform arithmetic operations

                                a) function             b) cause           c) effect           d) view

            2.      If there is vacuum, it __________ all objects towards it.

              a) will pull             b) pulls            c) would pull  d) would have been pulled                                

     3.      Hawkings says, “Do you understand quantum mechanics?”

a) Hawkings asks whether I understand quantum mechanics.

b) Hawkings asked whether I understand quantum mechanics          

c) Hawkings asks whether I understood quantum mechanics

d) Hawkings asked whether I had understood quantum mechanics

    4.       Discourse markers show the  ____________ of a process.

a) Focus                 b) Sequence                 c) Aim             d) Result

    5.      Choose the appropriate active imperative of The logistics should be identified.

a) Identify the logistics                 b) Must identify the mistakes

c) May identify the mistakes         d) Shall identify the mistakes

    6.     Find out the proper linker:  _________ I went earlier, I could not see him.

a) But                     b) Although                 c) So                            d) In spite of

    7.    The crux of a paragraph is addressed as  ____________

a) Concluding sentence      b) Topic sentence        c) Ambiguous sentence                        d) Introductory sentence

    8.    ‘Cc’ in e-mail refers to

a) Carbon copy                                          b) Chambers copy      

c) Confidential copy                                  d) Control copy          

    9.     Be a voracious reader __________ you can communicate well.         

a) in order that       b) for the purpose of               c) with a view to                      d) so as to

   10.  The voice used in process description is ______

a) Conditional Active       b) impersonal passive            c) Future active             d) present active

 Part-B                                                      

11.  How should instructions be framed?

12.  What are the different types of a paragraph?

13.  What are connectives and state their usage?

14.  Change into impersonal passive

   a. They constructed this house fifty years ago.

   b. Coal miners produce millions of tons of coal every week.                    

15.  What are the types of conditional clauses? Give Example

                                                       PART-C 

1. Write a letter to the Executive Director to Caterpillar company, seeking permission for one-month in- plant training  in Earthmover Machine Technology  during your winter vacation. Assume the necessary details

                                                           

 2.  Write a set of ten instructions for the proper maintenance of your laptop.   

3.  Rewrite the following jumbled sentences in the appropriate sequential order

            The Egyptian knew the art of Jewellery making as early as 3000 BC.

1)      It is malleable and we can, therefore, change its shape by pressing and hammering.

2)      It has been accepted by the nations of the world as a medium of international exchange.

3)      It is also ductile; this means that we can draw it out into a wire.

4)      In ancient India, too, exquisite gold ornaments were made by skilled craftspeople.

5)      Although we do not use fold for coinage nowadays, there was a time when gold coins were in use.  The Greeks developed the art of coin-making to a high degree of skill.

6)      Gold is important for another reason.

7)      Gold possesses two properties which makes it easy for the artisan to work on.

4.   Write a paragraph on the concept of ‘Brain Drain’ in India for about 200 words.

5.  Describe the process of treating a snake bitten victim.