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1 SEM TDC ENGG (CBCS) AECC1
2 0 2 1
( March )
ENGLISH
Paper : AECC–1
( English Communication )
Full Marks : 40
Pass Marks : 16
Time : 2 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks
for the questions
UNIT—I
( Communication : Theory and Types )
1. (a) What do you understand by the term
‘communication’? Explain Shannon and
Weaver model of communication. 2+3=5
Or
(b) What is non-verbal communication?
Discuss its sub-categories. 2+3=5
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2. (a) What is business communication?
Discuss. 5
Or
(b) Elaborate the features of group
communication. 5
UNIT—II
( Speaking Skills )
3. (a) What are the main functions of a
monologue? Discuss. 5
Or
(b) Puja and Rashmi are waiting for a bus
at a bus stop. Write a dialogue between
them. 5
4. (a) What is miscommunication? Briefly
discuss any four causes of
miscommunication. 1+4=5
Or
(b) What is an interview? Briefly explain
any four types of interviews. 1+4=5
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UNIT—III
( Reading and Understanding )
5. (a) What is close reading? Discuss its
significance. 2+3=5
Or
(b) Read the passage carefully and answer
the questions that follow :
Man’s concepts of what constitutes the
Universe have altered radically over the
ages. At first the earth was put at the
centre of the Universe. Then Earth was
found to be just a planet, the Sun was
thought to be at the centre. Soon the
Sun was found to be an ordinary star,
which was part of a galaxy, and man
began to think that the galaxy was the
Universe. Now science has found that
there are many galaxies and that
clusters of many galaxies make our
Universe.
Claudius Ptolemy, a Graeco-Egyptian
astronomer, in 140 AD, conducted a
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regular enquiry into the Universe. He
theorised that the Earth was the centre
of the Universe and that the Sun and
other heavenly bodies revolved around
it. There have been several theories
since then. In 1543, Polish astronomer
Copernicus argued that the Sun, and
not the Earth was the centre of the
Universe. Though the Copernican theory
changed the centre of the Universe it did
not change the extent which was still
equated with the solar system. It took
another three and half centuries before
our ideas changed further.
By 1805 telescopic studies made by the
British astronomer William Herschel
(1738–1822), made it clear that the
Universe was not confined to the solar
system. The solar system itself was only
a part of a much vaster star system
called the galaxy. The Universe thus
became quite extensive comprising
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millions of stars scattered about the
Milky Way. But our vision of the
Universe did not end there.
As the 20th century began, it seemed
that the Milky Way galaxy with its cluster
of over a hundred billion stars, planets,
their attendant satellites, the Magellanic
clouds, was the Universe. In 1925
American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble
(1889–1953) pointed out that there are
other galaxies in the Universe and that
the Universe actually consists of
millions of galaxies like the Milky Way.
In 1929 Hubble proved that these
galaxies are flying away from each other
and that the farther they are, the faster
they fly.
The movement of a star or a galaxy
affects its light as seen by an observer.
If the star is moving towards the
observer, its light will be shifted towards
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the blue end of the spectrum. If the star
or galaxy is moving away from the
observer, its light will be shifted to the
red end of the spectrum. This is known
as the Doppler Effect or Shift. The
Doppler Shifts of galaxies show that
they are receding and that the Universe
is in a state of rapid expansion. Modern
theories about the Universe are based
on this flight of galaxies, that is, on the
assumption that the Universe is in a
state of rapid expansion.
Questions :
(i) What did Ptolemy theorise? 1
(ii) What did William Herschel’s study
reveal about the Universe? 1
(iii) What did Hubble point out in 1925? 2
(iv) Find a word in the passage which
means ‘a group of similar things
that are close together’. 1
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only with a fraction of our nutritional
requirements. We have to supplement
cereals with other food that provide
plenty of fats and proteins and minor
quantities of a number of vitamins and
minerals. This means that the larger our
diet sheet, the better our health will be.
The nutrients found in foodstuffs may
be broadly classified as—carbohydrates,
fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins and
water. Carbohydrates include every
kind of starch and sugar. Fat is a
concentrated source of energy for us.
Proteins are the chief substance of the
cells of the body. They form important
constituents of muscles and other
tissues and vital fluids like blood.
Proteins, fats and carbohydrates are
called macro-nutrients.
(c) What is paraphrasing? How does it
improve one’s reading skill? 2+3=5
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UNIT—IV
( Writing Skills )
7. (a) What purpose does documenting serve?
Briefly discuss the features of a good
document. 1+4=5
Or
(b) What is a report? Explain the steps
involved in report writing. 1+4=5
8. (a) Make notes from the following passage
using headings, sub-headings and
recognizable abbreviations : 5
In 1851, the British government invited
the world to a ‘Great Exhibition’ of
industrial products and machinery,
held in London’s Hyde Park in a
purpose-built palace of steel and glass.
The Crystal Palace exhibition was a
celebration of the new industrial age
and of Britain’s undisputed primacy
among the emerging industrial nations.
It was the first great party to celebrate
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principles which obliged serfs to work
for the lords of the great estates on
which they lived, while apprentices and
journeymen in various trades were tied
to guildmasters in the towns. This
system began to break down in England
and the Netherlands from as early as
the thirteenth century, and by the
sixteenth century it had in several parts
of Europe effectively been replaced by a
system of production based upon
monetary payments. The expansion of
trade was largely responsible for the
erosion of feudalism, for it diffused a
system of monetary exchange
throughout Europe, gradually
substituting cash payments for feudal
duties and creating a market in land
and in loans. Urban craftsmen and
rural cottagers increasingly worked for
wages from merchants who supplied
them with their raw materials and who
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sold their finished products in markets
which extended far beyond their
immediate localities. While the feudal
lords and princes managed in some
parts of Europe to retain their power
and social position well into the
eighteenth and even the nineteenth
centuries, the system which they
represented had been eroded
economically long before that. The
nineteenth century was the period when
industrial capitalism consolidated its
base in England and began to take over
the world. The twentieth century
witnessed the final triumph of this
capitalist world system. Now political
might is insufficient to resist the forces
for change unleashed by the most
dynamic economic system the world has
ever witnessed. It took several centuries
for capitalism to develop, but once
established it has carried all before it.
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Or
(b) The public water supply system under
National Rural Drinking Water
Programme (NRDWP) in your locality is
out of order for the last few days. Write
a letter to the Executive Engineer of the
Public Health and Engineering
Department, Government of Assam of
your district asking him/her to restore
the damaged system immediately.
(Write a fictitious name of the district
and do not mention the name of your
college or your name anywhere in the
letter.) 5
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