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Writing and Communication Skills

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This hub tests writing techniques, essay structuring, and effective communication skills. It includes practical exercises on vocabulary replacement, drafting passages, and formatting reports. These English language questions appear in most competitive exams.

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Writing and Communication Skills Questions

Multiple choice elements of business sales promotion promotion and promotional techniques promotion meaning, role and techniques of sales promotion pricing

For a letter to be a good news letter is should have

  1. Evident approach

  2. Direct approach

  3. Long sentences

  4. Short sentences
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In business communication, a direct approach is preferred for good news letters to ensure the recipient immediately understands the positive information being conveyed.

Multiple choice

Nuance

  1. The general idea of a detailed scheme

  2. An insignificant detail

  3. Very small details and differences

  4. The emotional content of a statement
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C Correct answer
Explanation

A nuance is a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound. It refers to very small details.

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy sub-division of journal - 2 (subsidiary books) introduction, meaning, types and advantages of subsidiary books journal proper or general journal meaning and types of subsidiary books

Narration is given along with journal entry _____________.

  1. To signify the impact of entry on profitability

  2. To disclose the profit or loss of the transaction.

  3. To give a precise explanation

  4. To secretly understanding the inner meaning of entries
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C Correct answer
Explanation

A narration is a brief explanation provided below each journal entry to describe the nature of the transaction for future reference and clarity.

Multiple choice elements of book keeping and accountancy nature of accounts and rules of debit and credit meaning, advantages and limitations of journals understand the classification of accounts introduction to books of prime entry

Journalising process is in __________.

  1. Analytical manner

  2. Summarized manner

  3. Chronological order

  4. None of the above.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

All business transaction must be recorded as soon it occur. 

Hence, every entry will be passed in a chronological order in journal.

Multiple choice organization of commerce and management business services 1 communication services postal services 4 - rapid communication and other facilities postal services and warehouses importance, types and documentation in warehousing meaning of warehousing and warehousing warehousing
Written communication is called _________.

  1. compliments

  2. consideration

  3. correspondence

  4. none of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

C. correspondence

A written  communication is usually in the form of a letter and is called business correspondence. It is a way by which any person who is related to the business expresses oneself. 
He may also ask any doubts or queries through business correspondence. Any correspondence between two organizations or within an organization is referred to as business correspondence.  
For example, a letter to the supplier, letter of inquiry, complaint letters, job applications, etc.


Multiple choice statistics vital statistics and official statistics guiding rules for tabulation vital statistics textual and tabular presentation of data

 A serious drawback of this method of presentation is ______.

  1. it enables one to emphasise certain points of the presentation

  2. one has to go through the complete text of presentation for comprehension

  3. both A and B

  4. none of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Textual presentation requires the reader to read the entire passage to understand the data, which is time-consuming and makes comparison difficult compared to tabular or graphical methods.

Multiple choice statistics vital statistics and official statistics guiding rules for tabulation vital statistics textual and tabular presentation of data

__________ are used to clarify anything which is not otherwise clear by the heading, title, captions, stub etc.

  1. Source Note

  2. Footnotes

  3. IMP Notes

  4. None of above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Footnotes are supplementary notes provided at the bottom of a table to clarify specific entries or provide additional context that does not fit into the standard headers or stubs.

Multiple choice elements of book keeping and accountancy book of original record - journal understand the need for journal journals functions, advantages, objects and importance of journal

Narration is not necessary for each and every journal entry. 

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A short explanation of each transaction is written under each entry which is called narration. The subject matter of the transaction can be ascertained through narration. Besides this, if there is any mistake in determining debit or credit aspect of a transaction, it can be easily detected from narration. "A journal entry is not complete without narration".

The statement is false because narration is a brief explanation of a transaction, together with necessary derails that are provided with the journal entry, which helps to understand the account which is to be debited or credited. Thus, a narration is necessary for each and every journal entry, as it provides the details of the journal entry and helps understand the entry.

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

Which of these process is/are not the function of Book Keeping?

  1. Summarising

  2. Interpreting

  3. Communicating

  4. All the three
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Book keeping and accountancy are not to be considered as identical terms. Book keeping is defined as recording and classifying the transaction. Summarizing, interpreting and communicating the financial data is part of accounting.

Multiple choice organization of commerce and management employee selection process meaning and steps in selection meaning, importance, methods and procedure of selection steps in employee selection process

Which of the following should NOT be included in a resume?

  1. complete sentences.

  2. The word 'I".

  3. Sentence fragments.

  4. Gerunds, which are verbs that end in "ing".
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Resumes should be written in a concise, action-oriented style using fragments. Using the word 'I' is considered repetitive and unnecessary in resume writing, as the entire document is understood to be about the applicant.

Multiple choice organization of commerce and management employee selection process meaning and steps in selection meaning, importance, methods and procedure of selection steps in employee selection process

Essay evaluation method is ______.

  1. subjective

  2. objective

  3. quantitative

  4. none of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Essay evaluation method is subjective. It is a type of Performance appraisal evaluation method. In this method, the appraiser prepares an essay detailing the weakness and strengths of the employee being appraised. Hence it is subjctive in nature.

Multiple choice

The final step in creating a presentation is to _____.

  1. create your slides

  2. plan your presentation

  3. practice your presentation

  4. revise and edit your presentation
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Practicing the presentation is the final step to ensure timing, flow, and delivery are polished before the actual event.

Multiple choice

If the writing is coherent, then

  1. the message is easier to understand

  2. the words and ideas flow more smoothly

  3. the grammar and spelling are consistent and correct

  4. all of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Coherence in writing ensures that ideas are logically connected, flow smoothly, and are easy for the reader to follow. It also encompasses consistency in grammar, style, and tone, making "all of the above" the correct choice.

Multiple choice

If writing is complete, then

  1. the reader will need more explanations of the writer's point

  2. it will repeat the same idea over and over

  3. the message will leave the reader wanting more

  4. the reader's key questions are answered in the message
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Completeness in communication means the message contains all the necessary facts and information required for the reader to understand and take action. When a message is complete, the reader's key questions (who, what, when, where, why, how) are fully answered.