DHM301 Foundation English DHM Question Paper : tmu.ac.in

University : Teerthanker Mahaveer University
College : Teerthanker Mahaveer Polytechnic
Degree : DHM (Diploma in Hotel Management )
Subject : DHM301 Foundation English
Semester : I
Document Type : Question Paper
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Foundation English :

POLYTECHNIC (LATERAL) III SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2010-11
Course Code : DHM301
Paper ID: 0113109

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Time : 3 Hours
Max. Marks : 50
Note : Attempt six questions in all. Q. No. 1 is compulsory.
1. Answer any five of the following (limit your answer in 50 words). (2×5=10)
a) What is synthesis- Give two examples.
b) What do you understand by ‘Modals’- Give two examples
c) What is the difference between formal and informal letters-
d) Give the definition of précis.
e) What is communication-
f) What are the 7 c’s of communication.
g) What is electronic communication-
h) What do you understand by commercial correspondence-

2. Rewrite any four of the following sentences after correcting
(8)a. Do you have a twenty rupees note-
b. Come, meet my cousin sister.
c. I and she are friends.
d. One should not conceal his talent.
e. Name of the workers have arrived.
f. Why don’t you go by the air-

3. Write a précis of the following with a suitable title : (8)
One great defect of our civilization is that it does not know what to do with its knowledge. Science as we have seen has given us powers fit for gods. Yet we use them like small children. For example we do not know how to manage our machines.

Machines were made to be man’s servants, yet man has grown so dependent on them that they are in a fair way to become his masters. Already most men spend most of their lives looking after and waiting upon machines.

And the machines are very stern masters. They must be fed with fuel and must be maintained, cleaned and serviced. And if they don’t get what is needed at the right time they grow sulky and refuse to work, or burst with rage and blow up spreading ruin and destruction all around them.

So we have to wait upon them very attentively and do all that we can to keep them in a good temper. Already we find it difficult to work or play without the machines and a time may come when they will rule us altogether.

4. Write a note on the importance of communication. (8)
5. What are the barriers to effective communication- (8)
6. Write a letter to the district magistrate about the nuisance caused by the
7. Write an application to your director requesting him for your fee
8. Write a brief note on the elements of human communication. (8)

Foundation English :
1. Answer any five of the following (limit your answer in 50 words). (2×5=10)
a) Write four examples of preposition of Time & Date.
b) How modal auxiliary is different from primary auxiliary?
c) What are the types of letters?.

d) What is the difference between solicited and unsolicited letters?
e) Write any four parts of a business letter?
f) What is a topic sentence in a paragraph?
g) What do you mean by précis?
h) Give any two techniques of précis writing.

2. Write the uses of can & could with a mention of at least three examples in each case. (8)
3. Make a chart with a mention of the auxiliary verbs for each tense. (8)
4. Write an application for leave. (8)

5. Write a letter for getting a character certificate issued. (8)
6. Write a paragraph on any topic of your choice and underline the topic sentence in it. Also mention which technique you have used in bringing coherence and unity in it. (8)

7 Write a précis of the following passage : (8)
Life is not static; it is a flux. The pace of time never stops. How the principle of change governs and regulates this universe can be seen in the cycle of seasons. It cannot be winter for ever just as it cannot be spring for ever.

All of the seasons come and go, and endlessly repeat this eternal, ceaseless sequence. This system of change and flow is significant. It teaches us the lesson of acceptance and optimism. Ups and downs would occur to make the road uneven.

Man’s feelings would fluctuate between joy and sorrow. And he himself would swing between life and death. Day and night alternate. So wait for the dawn; the gloom would disperse
8. Write a business letter on any issue of your choice. (8)