BA Marathi And English SEM II 2019 20 Nov 2019-20 ATKT COMMUNICATION SKILLS Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

• 2- Figures to the right indicate full marks

1. Q1 Do as directed: i
   • A) Match the word in column X with its antonyms in column Y: 2
   • i) expensive
   • d) stupid
   • B) Choose the odd words from the lists of synonyms given below: 2
   • C) Add the appropriate prefix /suffix: (04) ‘
   • i) girl
   • ii) What avery
   • iii) active
   • iv) The railway runs
   • D) Identify and underline the
   • i) illogical
   • ii) kingdom
   • iii) unacceptable
   • iv) encourage £) Choose the correct homophones: (2)
   • i) the car has failed. (break brake) Jy ii) as longer and we will be delayed. (root
   • F) Make two sentences with each homonym to bring out al eanings: 4
   • ii) Fan \
   • G) Choose the correct collocates: (2) \
   • i) Rohan in her exam. (did /made)
   • ii) Please do me a favour. ( do/make)
   • H) Give the noun form of the following: 2
   • i) attend
   • ii) collect
2. Q2 A) Edit the following passage for a spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors. (Rewrite the passage with the corrections underlined) Mumbai is the city houses thousands of peorle from all over country the Cosmopolitan tolerant image : of the sity is its Landmark. every year innumerable people visit the city for sightscene .some comes to the city with there sick relatives hoping that the city doctors would do miracle for the people and their sick relatives and very often they are not disappointed. the skyscrapers in the City are also Harbour several hutments in its shadow This city is there for a city with a difference however the land of dream and hopes is also best with its own share of problems one such burning problem face in the city is of water crunch .this is despite the heavy rains and water logging that brings the city under problem during 10 marks
   • B) Summarize the following passage in about 100 words and give a suitable title. In our country, there is a huge gap between the ever increasing demand for electric power and its generation and supply. This gap is widening. That, combined with large scale power theft and major transmission losses, a poor maintenance regime, inefficiency, widespread corruption and a chalta hai attitude, results in regular cuts in almost every part of the country. Chronic power shortage has a crippling effect on almost everything from industrial output, agricultural production, railways, hospitals, businesses, offices The problem can be solved in two ways: by finding new sources of power and by using the available power carefully Researchers have figured out a way to plig into the power generated by trees and that might.become the source of the ultimate green power. They discovered that big maple trees generated a steady voltage of up to a few hundred millivolts. To extract power froin trees and convert it into useful energy, experts built a boost converter capable of picking up as little as a 20 millivolt output and storing it to produce a greater output By hooking it up to a tree using electrodes, the custom-built device was able to generate an output voltage of 1.1 volts, enough to run low-power sensors Por saving power, opt for fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs, instead of the regular bulbs. Tie advantages are many. Though the initial costs may seem a little high, CFLs can recover your initial costs, within the first 300 hours of use because they use 50 to 80 per cent less energy. You shall be using less electricity, for of ight. A CFL, last ten times Just replacing one incandescent bulbin your home with a CFL, means that you prevent about 450 lbs of carbon from entering the atmosphere. Accordingly to the experts, if every home around the country just replaced one regular light bulb with a the emissions saved may be equivalent to the emissions of about 8,00,000 vars annually 10
3. Q3 Draft emails on any two of the following. 20 marks
   • a) Invite your friend for a party on the occasion of your promotion
   • b) Write an email thanking the chief guest for attending the award ceremony of your organization
   • C) Write to the principal of a college requesting him to grant you permission for conducting a research siudy at his Institute
4. Q4 Attempt any one of the following. (200 -250words) 20 marks
   • a) You have witnessed a road accident in which a person lost his life give an account of this to the police in form of a report
   • b) Write a report covering the sports day activity of your college 5 Attempt any one of the following. ‘290 (20)
5. Q3 Write a blog on any book which you have read recently
   • b) Write a dialogue between two friends,on children addiction of mobile phones

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