Subject

Day Session Date

04 04 2020 Code 18EGH28

Roll No 1 M V 1 9 I S 0 0 6

Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology

Bangalore 562 157
TEST PAPER

TEST / ASSIGNMENT : 01 SEM : II

COURSE/BRANCH : MAX. MARKS : 40
SUBJECT:TECHNICAL ENGLISH DURATION : 90 min
STUDENTS NAME : Ashok Ammanagi SECTION :
NAME OF THE SIGN. OF THE
INVIGILATOR: INVIGILATOR:
Instructions:
1. All questions all compulsory.
2. Write only one option in the box provided.

1 Topic sentence is also known as,

a. Introducer b. Developer c. Terminator d. None A
2 What should be avoided in Developers?
a. Crux b. Augment c. Chinks d. Emphasis C
3 The expectations raised by the Introducer is fulfilled by
a. Terminator b. Communication c. Developer d. None C
4 Which is the sixth point in Construction of a Paragraph?
a. Sustained Analogy b. Episodes c. Enumeration d. Definition C
5 Through Comparisons and Contrasts we can carry
a. Emphasis b. Coherence c. Objectives d. Conviction D
6 Comparing things which are generally not from the same class
a. Expert testimony b. Peer testimony c. Sustained analogy d. Facts C
7 The Testimony cited before the discussion
a. Peer testimony b. Expert testimony c. Both d. None A
8 Credibility also lends author’s opinion in
a. Quotations b. Synopsis c. Peer testimony d. Expert testimony D
9 The Art of Condensation is
a. Précis writing b. Abstract c. Synopsis d. All D

10 Write the following answers in Standard usage of English:

ii) August audience --special or distinguished gathering
iii) Wheatish --lighter brown
iv) Yesterday evening --last evening
v) Bio-data and Jack resume and approach

11 Heater --geyser

12 How do you do? How are you?

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13 Female --lady

14 Pin drop silence complete silence

15 One –eyed man --monoculus

16 The word ‘Essay’ is derived from the French Expression

a. Essa b. Essai c. Essayi d. Esai B
17 The Essay which establish argument in nature is
a. Analytical essays b. Argumentative essays c. Descriptive essays d. None B
18 Expository essay is
a. To argue b. To analyze c. To explain d. All D
19 Philosophical essays are not
a. Mundane b. Universalizing c. with profound meaning d. Chinks D
20 Which is not a Component in Essay writing?
a. Introduction b. Development of an idea c. Conclusion d. Quotations D
21 Terminator is to
a. Describe b. Narrate c. Conclude d. Explain C
22 What should be avoided in Effective writing?
a. Ostentatious beginning b. Coherence c. Emphasis d. Unity A
23 To use more words than necessary to express something is
a. Clichés b. Redundancy c. Idiom d. Phrase B
24 Meaning of Precise writing
a. Accurate b. Exact c. Concise d. All D
25 Precis is
a.Blank verse b. Rime royal c. Summary or Abstract d. Style C
26 Avoid being unnecessarily in Effective writing.
a. Equivocal b. Emphatic c. Systematic d. All A
27 These days I am going to office on
a. By walk b. On walk c. On foot d. By foot C
28 Don’t go for this car , it has a small
a. Dickey b. Seat c. Boot d. None C
29 You have missed something! The speech was good
a. Too b. Really c. Just good d. None B
30 E- mails came into existence in
a. Late 21st century b. Late 20th century c. 19th century d. 18th century B
31 Which is not a pitfall I E-mail writing?
a. Creeping of casualness b. Lost of privacy c. Ambiguity impairs in Communication d. None D
32 E-mails capture the
a.Spirit of age b. Effectiveness c. Creative writing d. Flexibility A
33 The silent letter in Parliament is,
a. a b. e c. i d. t C
34 Virtue is sacrificed to
a. Convenience b. Privacy c. Junkyard d. Ambiguity A
35 Find the correct spelt word

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a. Affedevit b. Affidavit c. Affidevit d. Afidevit B

36 Language is a set of skills.
a. Listening b. Speaking c. All d. Reading and Writing C

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