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Answer Script of Online Assessment
Date of Exam: 12/11/2018 Print

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Student Name: H.Priyanga Registration No: 311418621002
Subject Name: Communication Skills Test Name: Communication Skills Laboratory
Exam Summary Total Questions : 32 Max Marks: 35
Correct Answers: 25 Wrong Answers: 7 Marks Obtained:28
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Section I : Listening Comprehension
Part 1: Gap filling (This part carries 5 Marks)

Instruction: Listen to the passage and type the correct word in the blanks.
Click play button to listen the Audio.
Q 1. Children's early reading is critical to the development of their lifelong reading skills, a new
study from the of Leicester has discovered.
It found that the age at which we learn words is key to how people read later in life.
The study a 20-year riddle: When researchers reading behaviour in children they find
different patterns. Some have found children's reading mimics that of , but others have
seen a different pattern of reading . Psychologists have struggled for twenty years to offer a
convincing for why different studies looking at the same topic have found different .
Correct Answer :
experience~University~understanding~addresses~investigate~researchers~adults~behaviour~explanation
Your Answer :
experience~university~understanding~addressess~investigate~researchers~adults~behaviour~explanatio
: Wrong Marks : 4.5
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Section I - Listening Comprehension: Multiple Choice (This part carries 5 Marks)

Instruction: Listen to the passage and answer the question/s by clicking on the appropriate option.
NOTE: Audio can be replayed twice.
Click play button to listen the Audio.
Q 2. How can India attain self-sufficiency in food and control food inflation?
increase production and productivity
increase the area of cultivation
provide free seed and fertilizer to the farmer
increase technology of farming everywhere
Correct Answer : 1 Your Answer : 1 Status : Correct Marks : 0.5

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Q 3. What will reflect in the outlay for food and public distribution system?
public distribution system's efficacy
enhanced food subsidy to the poor
give enhanced food security to citizens
promote the National Food Security Bill

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Q 4. What is the factor that will make the food subsidy go up for the Government?
food inflation
not enough food
not enough productivity
both a and c
Correct Answer : 4 Your Answer : 1 Status : Wrong Marks : 0

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Q 5. What will give an indication about the government's intention for food subsidy?
food budget
food allocation
fund allocation
food subsidy

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Q 6. From whom does the government want help to increase storage capacity for grain?
from the public
from the food supply department
from private sector
from public sector undertaking

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Q 7. Why was the need for direct sales of vegetables felt?
the role of middlemen
the rise in onion prices
the increase in food inflation
both b and c

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Q 8. Which of the following is not a credible issue for reducing farmers' woes?
suicide of farmers
reduced farm credit
pressure on land and water
high input costs

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Q 9. Which of the following is not a flagship programme of the Indian government for the growth in the farming sector?
The National Food Security Mission
The Horticultural Department
The National Horticulture Mission

The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna

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Q 10. Farm growth is expected to increase from 0.2 per cent last year to 5.6 per cent this year but which is the sector n
this growth?
dairy
fishery
food grains
horticulture

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Q 11. Which of the following are ways that the Indian government can improve the agricultural sector?
increasing areas under cultivation
increasing areas under irrigation
introducing crop insurance schemes
improved assessment of crop conditions

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Sequencing of Jumbled Sentences (This part carries 5 Marks)

Instruction: Arrange the following sentences in correct sequence (This question carries 5 mark)
Q 12.
"Mr. Watson! Come here! I want to see you!" Those three short exclamations mark the moment when the telephone pro
being, thanks to Watson's brilliant colleague Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922).
It was one of those moments when the world changes forever.
On March 10, 1876, Thomas Watson was staring at a strange piece of mechanical apparatus when he heard it speak the
made history.
Apart from handling voice calls, it helps us send documents by fax and it's also the basic infrastructure on which the Inte
Since that moment, a little over a century ago, the telephone has become one of the most commonplace inventions in th
Correct Answer : 2~3~1~5~4 Your Answer : 2~3~1~5~4 Status : Correct Marks : 5
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Section II Reading Comprehension: Multiple Choice (This part carries 10 Marks)

Instruction: Read the Passage Carefully and Answer the Questions
An ice pack (commonly used therapeutically) is a plastic sack of crushed or cubed ice, refrigerant gel or liquid, or even fr
The refrigerant, usually non-toxic, can absorb a considerable amount of heat, since its specific heat capacity is high. The
type of ice pack is simply a sack, bag or towel filled with cubed or crushed ice. It is commonly used to alleviate the pain o
Ice packs are used in ice boxes to keep disease-bearing foods (meats, milk products, eggs, etc.) below 41 °F (5 °C) to ke
eating. If the foods and the ice packs fill the cooler directly from the freezer, then the equivalent of 10 to 20 pounds of ic
each 24-hour period. If the ice pack is filled with a coolant, then the same weight may last longer. If the foods come from
then they will not stay cool as long with the same size ice pack. These foods should remain over 41 °F (5 °C) and under 1
no longer than 4 hours accumulated over their entire existence. In that way, ice packs can be considered equivalent to a
Gel packs have the added benefit over ice that they do not cross-contaminate foods as ice can do when it turns liquid and
foods. Gel packs are often made of non-toxic materials that will not liquify, and therefore will not spill or contaminate if t
breaks. Gel packs may be made from hydroxyethyl cellulose (Cellusize)or vinyl-coated silica gel.
Another type of ice pack uses the endothermic reaction of ammonium nitrate and water to cool down quickly. When one
inside the pack, the ammonium nitrate is released allowing it to mix with the water. Other chemicals which produce a sim
calcium chloride (exothermic reaction) and ammonium chloride.
Q 13. The word therapeutic means ________
medical
preventive
treatment
disease
Correct Answer : 3 Your Answer : 3 Status : Correct Marks : 1

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Q 14. According to the passage why are ice packs used?
to reduce pain from minor injuries
to prevent blood clots
to stop bleeding
to remove bumps and goose flesh

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Q 15. Why are icepacks used in iceboxes?
to stop food from rotting
to keep food away from others
to freeze the food
to retain the colour of the food

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Q 16. How are gel icepacks more beneficial than ordinary ice packs?
they are more flexible
they are more usable
they do not contaminate the food
they are made of gel and so can be moulded to the shape of the food pack

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Q 17. Which of these is not a chemical used to make gel packs?
hydroxyethyl cellulose
sodium pantothenate
ammonium nitrate
calcium chloride

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Instruction: Read the Passage Carefully and Answer the Questions
Devices have been used to aid computation for thousands of years, using a one-to-one correspondence with our fingers.
counting device was probably a form of tally stick. Later record keeping aids included calculi (clay spheres, cones, etc.) w
counts of items, probably livestock or grains, sealed in containers, are an example.
The abacus was used for arithmetic tasks. The Roman abacus was used in Babylonia as early as 2400 BC. Since then, ma
reckoning boards or tables have been invented. In a medieval counting house, a checkered cloth would be placed on a ta
moved around on it according to certain rules, as an aid to calculating sums of money (this is the origin of the word "Exc
for a nation's treasury).
A number of analog computers were constructed in ancient and medieval times to perform astronomical calculations. The
Antikythera mechanism and the astrolabe from ancient Greece (c. 150–100 BC), which are generally regarded as the firs
analog computers.
Q 18. Various computing devices used in the early part of history are
fingers
digits of the foot
tally sticks
both a & c

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Q 19. Record keeping aids included calculi (clay spheres, cones, etc.) which were probably used for
livestock or grains
containers of livestock
clay spheres
cones

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Q 20. The Roman abacus was used in
Rome
Babylonia
Egypt
Turkey

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Q 21. A checkered cloth would be placed on a table, and markers would move around it according to certain rules, as an
sums during the
ancient times
Medieval times
Iron age
Bronze Age

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Q 22. The Antikythera mechanism and the astrolabe were
computing abacuses
computing devices for astronomy
were simple calculators
computing devices for astrology

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Section III : Common Errors in English
Correct the errors(grammar) in 10 sentences (This part carries 10 Marks)

Instruction: From the following pairs of sentences identify the grammatically correct sentence Q.23 to Q.32.
Q 23. Identify the correct sentence.
Here are the sales figures for January, February and March. If there is any possible explanation, I want it before the
Here's the sales figures from january, february and march. If there is any possible explanation I want it before the ne
Correct Answer : 1 Your answer : 1 Status : Correct Marks : 1

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The psychopath read the thriller with moribund interest.
The psychopath read the thriller with morbid interest.

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The doctor who examined them said that the triplets were quite healthy.
The doctor said that the triplets were quite healthy who examined them.

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Quasars fascinate me which many astronomers throughout the world study.
Quasars, which many astronomers study throughout the world, fascinate me.

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She didn't want to get marry with him.
She didn't want to marry him.

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Sachin Tendulkar was one of the batsman who was qualified for the world cup.
Sachin Tendulkar was one of the batsmen who qualified for the world cup.

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The dog barked at the letter carrier that has been running loose in the neighborhood.
The dog that had been running loose in the neighborhood barked at the letter carrier.

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Company policy prohibited smoking, which many employees regretted.
Company policy prohibited smoking, a policy that many employees regretted.

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In the beginning everybody put their money into Internet enterprises.
At the beginning everybody put his money into Internet enterprises.

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The deputies found the videocassette recorder stolen from the media centre.
Stolen from the media centre, the deputies found the videocassette recorder

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Section I : Listening Comprehension

Part 1: Gap filling (This part carries 5 Marks)

study from the of Leicester has discovered.

Section I - Listening Comprehension: Multiple Choice (This part carries 5 Marks)

increase the area of cultivation

provide free seed and fertilizer to the farmer

increase technology of farming everywhere

Correct Answer : 1 Your Answer : 1 Status : Correct Marks : 0.5

public distribution system's efficacy

enhanced food subsidy to the poor

give enhanced food security to citizens

promote the National Food Security Bill

Correct Answer : 2 Your Answer : 2 Status : Correct Marks : 0.5

not enough food

not enough productivity

Correct Answer : 4 Your Answer : 1 Status : Wrong Marks : 0

Correct Answer : 3 Your Answer : 2 Status : Wrong Marks : 0

from the public

from the food supply department

from private sector

from public sector undertaking

Correct Answer : 3 Your Answer : 3 Status : Correct Marks : 0.5

Q 7. Why was the need for direct sales of vegetables felt?

the role of middlemen

the rise in onion prices

the increase in food inflation

Correct Answer : 4 Your Answer : 2 Status : Wrong Marks : 0

reduced farm credit

pressure on land and water

high input costs

Correct Answer : 1 Your Answer : 3 Status : Wrong Marks : 0

The National Food Security Mission

The Horticultural Department

The National Horticulture Mission

Correct Answer : 2 Your Answer : 1 Status : Wrong Marks : 0

Correct Answer : 3 Your Answer : 3 Status : Correct Marks : 0.5

increasing areas under cultivation

increasing areas under irrigation

introducing crop insurance schemes

improved assessment of crop conditions

Correct Answer : 2 Your Answer : 2 Status : Correct Marks : 0.5

Sequencing of Jumbled Sentences (This part carries 5 Marks)

Section II Reading Comprehension: Multiple Choice (This part carries 10 Marks)

Q 13. The word therapeutic means ________

Correct Answer : 3 Your Answer : 3 Status : Correct Marks : 1

Q 14. According to the passage why are ice packs used?

to reduce pain from minor injuries

to prevent blood clots

to remove bumps and goose flesh

Q 15. Why are icepacks used in iceboxes?

to stop food from rotting

to keep food away from others

to freeze the food

to retain the colour of the food

Correct Answer : 1 Your Answer : 1 Status : Correct Marks : 1

they are more flexible

they are more usable

they do not contaminate the food

Correct Answer : 3 Your Answer : 3 Status : Correct Marks : 1

Q 17. Which of these is not a chemical used to make gel packs?

Correct Answer : 2 Your Answer : 2 Status : Correct Marks : 1