U.G. (Three Year) DEGREE EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 2018.
End-Semester Examination
First Semester
(Regular/Supplementary)
COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND SOFT SKILLS
(Common for all UG Courses)
2 C 1118
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 60
SECTION — A
I. Answer any FIVE of the following questions in about 150 words.
5 25 marks)
1. Write a note on the vowel sounds.
2. Define communication. Name the kinds of communication.
3. Bring out the listening process.
4. What is Intonation and its kinds?
5. What is stress? Give the rules with examples.
6. Give the barriers of communication.
II. Answer any FIVE of the following questions. 2 10 marks)
7. Types of listening.
8. Active listening.
9. Distinguish listening and hearing.
10. Syllable.
11. Consonant sounds.
12. Barriers in listening.

SECTION — B
III. Answer ALL the questions. 5 25 marks)
13. Write Syllable division of the following words. 1
Compliment
Morning
Finger
Attract
Demonstration.
14. Write Phonemic transcription of the following words. 1
School
Education
Literature
Movement
Exuberation.
15. Mark stress for the following words. 1
Controversy
Candid
Academic
Elimination
Excitement.
16. Mark Intonation of the following sentences. 1
Is the water cool?
The child is hungry.
Stop the car.
I live in an apartment
Open the door.
3 C 1118
17. Reading comprehension. 1
Animal and plant species have begun dying or changing because of global warming.
There are trends of animal populations moving northward if they can, of species
adapting slightly because of climatic change, of plants blooming earlier, and of an
increase in pests and parasites. The most noticeable changes in plants and animals
have to do with the earlier onset of spring. The best example can be seen in earlier
cherry blossoms and grape harvest and in 65 British bird species that are laying
their first eggs nearly nine days earlier than thirty five years ago. Cold adapted
species are rapidly declining in numbers. Emperor penguins have dropped from
300 breeding pairs to just nine in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Polar bears are
dropping in numbers and weight in the Arctic; two-thirds of a certain frog species
which live on mountain tops have died. Population of animals that adapt better to
warmth or can move and live farther north are adapting better than other
populations of the same species.
Which phenomenon is causing changes in animal and plant species?
How are bird species affected by the early onset of spring?
How have polar bears been affected?
Which kind of animals are adapting better to climatic changes?
What does the author describe in the passage?