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Interpersonal and Communication Skills
2,145 Questions
Interpersonal and communication skills focus on effective messaging, negotiation, conflict resolution, and professional relationship building. The questions cover verbal and non-verbal communication, networking, and diplomatic correspondence. This topic is commonly evaluated in banking, SSC, and teaching aptitude examinations.
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Interpersonal and Communication Skills Questions
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Encoding
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Decoding
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Transfer
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Feedback
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Feedback is correct because it represents the reactions and responses provided by receivers after receiving a message, completing the communication loop. Encoding and decoding are preparation and interpretation steps, while transfer is movement.
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Word of Mouth (WOM)
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Personal Selling (PS)
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Direct Marketing (DM)
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Customer Service (CS)
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Word of Mouth (WOM) is correct because it's informal, peer-to-peer communication where the source is perceived as unbiased rather than trying to sell. Personal selling, direct marketing, and customer service all involve organizational representatives with selling objectives.
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Talking to oneself
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Person-to-person contact
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When more than two persons are involved
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When two groups are involved
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None of these
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Interpersonal communication is an exchange of information between two or more people.
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Formal communication
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Informal communication
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Verbal communication
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Both 1 and 2
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Both 1 and 3
E
Correct answer
Explanation
Yes, it is the correct answer as both the options are correct.
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Keith Davis
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W. H. Norman and Summer
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Koontz and O'Donnell
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Keith and Gubellini
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None of these
B
Correct answer
Explanation
According to W. H. Norman and Summer, 'Communication is an exchange of facts, ideas, opinions or emotions by two or more persons'.
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Interpersonal communication
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Intrapersonal communication
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Intragroup communication
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Mass communication
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None of these
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Mass communication is when a firm or a person communicates with a very large group of people or society without meeting them in a conference hall or a meeting room. So, it is the correct answer as it includes both audience and feedback.
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Single strand
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Gossip
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Probability
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Cluster
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None of these
E
Correct answer
Explanation
As all of the above options form the part of informal communication, so it is the correct answer.
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Downward communication
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Upward communication
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Lateral communication
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Grapevine communication
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None of these
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Grapevine communication takes place outside the formally prescribed and planned network of channel. It is not included in formal communication.
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Correct
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Complete
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Concrete
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Clarity
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Character
E
Correct answer
Explanation
This is not included in the 7 Cs of communication. So, it is the right answer.
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Economical
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Flexible
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Speedy
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Distorted
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None of these
D
Correct answer
Explanation
In oral communication, misunderstanding and misinterpretation of the message occur because of distorted meanings by the receiver. So, it is the right answer.
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Semantic barrier
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Physical barrier
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Climatic barrier
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Organisational barrier
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Psychological barrier
C
Correct answer
Explanation
There is no such barrier to communication. So, it is the correct answer.
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The right form of communication on the basis of message
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The physical and human environment before communication
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The true purpose of communication
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Clarification of ideas before communication
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All of the above
E
Correct answer
Explanation
All of the above options are correct. So, it is the correct answer.
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Single strand
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Cluster
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Probability
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Gossip
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None of these
B
Correct answer
Explanation
In cluster form of communication, information is paased by 1 person to many persons in an informal manner.
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one-way process
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two-way process
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three-way process
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Both 1 and 2
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Both 1 and 3
D
Correct answer
Explanation
This is the correct option.
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Lasswell model
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Shannon-Weaves model
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Berlo model
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Transactional process model
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None of these
D
Correct answer
Explanation
This model believes that there is a continuous process of feedback in the communication process. So, it is the right answer.