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The course aims to cause a basic awareness about the significance of soft skills in professional and inter-personal communications and facilitate an all-round development of personality. Hard or technical skills help securing a basic position in one’s life and career. But only soft skills can ensure a person retain it, climb further, reach a pinnacle, achieve excellence, and derive fulfilment and supreme joy. Soft skills comprise pleasant and appealing personality traits as self-confidence, positive attitude, emotional intelligence, social grace, flexibility, friendliness and effective communication skills.
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Developing Soft Skill and Personality NPTEL Week 7 Assignment Solutions
Q1. Alka and Anu are helping their friend Prerna prepare a speech for the next class. What are some of the tips they could give her to help her prepare well? 
a) “Know your audience and prepare accordingly.”
b) “Enjoy the party with us, and you will speak well.”
c) “We could be your practice audience. So, practice before us as many times as possible.”
d) “Your preparation is awful. You are going to give the worst performance ever.”
e) “Try to relax. Take deep breaths.”
f) “We can do better than you.”
Answer: a), c), e)
Q2. Which of the following will fall on the list of haptics?
a) Handshakes
b) Goodbye waves
c) Winks
d) Hugs
e) Pats
f) Video calls
Answer: a), d), e)
Q3. Identify the statements reflecting the gist of Emerson’s quote, “What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.”
a) Our body language speaks louder than our words.
b) Emerson was trying to say he is deaf through this quote.
c) Nonverbal communication predominates verbal communication.
d) Nonverbal communication cannot counter verbal communication.
e) One should take care of their body language while saying something to someone.
f) Communication happens only verbally.
Answer: a), c), e)
Q4. Identify examples of voluntary body language.
a) Meenakshi raises her eyebrows while hearing someone say things she disagrees with.
b) Whenever Mriganka, a medical representative, meets the doctors, he shakes hands with them.
c) Promita’s parents welcomed their foreign in-laws by saying Namaste.
d) Three-year-old Manav never lets his father leave for the office without saying “bye.”
e) Prathamesh scratches his head whenever his father asks him something he does not remember.
f) Akhil always hits the other person sitting beside him when he laughs.
Answer: b), c), d)
Q5. Shalini is the class monitor of Class 9. A new student, Rahul, joins the class, and their teacher asks everyone to be friends with him. The teacher asks Shalini if Rahul has made any friends, and she tells the teacher that Rahul’s nonverbal gestures show that he is uninterested in making friends. Identify the nonverbal clues that Shalini noted to find out that Rahul is not interested in making friends?
a) Rahul smiles at everyone in the class.
b) Rahul tilts his head when someone tries to talk to him.
c) Rahul bites his nails and looks away when someone approaches him.
d) Rahul sits with his arms crossed tightly.
e) Rahul constantly rubs his nose and blinks his eyes when his classmates try to speak to him.
f) Rahul leans in when someone tries to explain how the class functions.
Answer: c), d), e)
Q6. Shiva tells everyone that he can understand people more and engages in effective communication because of his knowledge of paralanguage. How does paralanguage help him communicate with others?
a) Pronunciation 
b) Facial expressions
c) Handshakes
d) Rhythm of speech
e) Eye-contact
f) Voice intonation
Answer: a), d), f)
Q7. Certain body language gestures tell that someone is from India. Identify those.
a) Chandra greets someone with a firm handshake when somebody visits his house as a guest.
b) Akshay touches the feet of his elders.
c) Prapti looks directly into the eyes when she shakes hands with someone else.
d) Esther kisses the cheeks when she meets someone for the first time.
e) Preeti always greets someone with a Namaste.
f) Bhagyashree bows deeply whenever she meets someone after a long time.
Answer: b), e)
Q8. Identify those qualities of Pranjali which make her a monochronic person.
a) Pranjali views time as a scarce resource.
b) Pranjali does not like making schedules.
c) Pranjali thinks that time needs to be rationed.
d) Pranjali uses her time to multitask and entertain people in between.
e) Pranjali follows a strict timetable.
f) Pranjali views time as a flexible resource
Answer: a), c), e)
Q9. Below is a list of universal nonverbal behavior and their interpretations. Identify the INCORRECT pairs.
a) Stroking chin – Trying to decide
b) Biting nails – Interested
c) Steepling fingers – Defensive
d) Walking erectly – Confidence
e) Sitting with legs apart – Relaxed
f) Rubbing hands – Anticipation
Answer: b), c)
Q10. A coaching institution wants to print a few posters with phrases suggesting nonverbal communication’s importance. Please help them choose the correct ones from the list below.
a) “Live and Let Live.”
b) “Everything is Fair in Love and War.”
c) “Listen with your eyes as well as your ears.”
d) “A picture speaks a thousand words.”
e) “Silence Speaks Volumes.”
f) “Forgive but Never Forget.”
Answer: c), d), e)
Q11. Albert Mehrabian, in his book Silent Message, stated that most communication is nonverbal. According to him, ___% of communication is completely nonverbal.
a) 45%
b) 60%
c) 55%
d) 70%
e) 80%
f) 65%
Answer: c)
Q12. A newly established startup must hire employees as soon as possible. However, they need more time to conduct a one-to-one interview and decide to conduct a group discussion. Identify why group discussion would be more efficient in this case.
a) Group discussions do not require much effort since the candidates will eliminate each other.
b) In a group discussion, the employers do not have to offer tea and snacks to the candidates. 
c) Group discussion is a cost and time-effective way to hire new employees.
d) Group discussion allows the candidates to show their public speaking skills. 
e) One group discussion session will help them select two candidates from 1000 applicants.
f) Group discussions usually happen at night.
Answer: c)
Q13. Maheep has a job interview at a multinational company in Bangalore. As a small-town girl, she is a bit nervous about going to a big city and giving an interview in front of foreign delegates. What would you say if you could help Maheep ace the interview with one important suggestion?
a) “Show them you are very stressed and nervous about giving the interview.”
b) “Go there ten minutes late and show them you are also important.”
c) “Narrate them a sob story of a small-town girl in a big city and make them feel bad for you.”
d) “Try to make an excellent first impression in the five to ten minutes you get.”
e) “Try to show that you are the best by getting into a conflict with them.”
f) “Show them you work better alone and do not like teamwork.”
Answer: d)
Q14. Below are certain things people follow or do for and during an interview. Identify the INCORRECT one from the following list.
a) Akash always does proper research on the interviewers before the interview.
b) Pratima has the habit of greeting the interviewers with a smile at the beginning of the interview.
c) Sheila always maintains eye contact with her interviewers.
d) Ivan always acts like a boss and does not ask permission to enter the room or sit down.
e) Anand always adheres to the dress code and behaves accordingly.
f) Rahul always speaks at a moderate pace during interviews.
Answer: d)
Q15. A group of students has to participate in a group discussion to get the full scholarship for that academic year. Identify the one who did not do well according to the group discussion requirements suggested in the course.
a) Prateek showed his leadership qualities.
b) Jyoti showed her management skills.
c) Reeya showed that she does not like teamwork.
d) Mansi showed her conflict resolution skills.
e) Manish showed good communication skills.
f) Rajesh showed his logical thinking abilities.
Answer: c)
Q16. Imagine you are a ticket collector who learned that some passengers travel without tickets on your train. What would be the easiest way to find out those passengers?
a) Beat the passengers up.
b) Stop the train and check everyone’s pockets.
c) Catch the ones who cannot make eye contact.
d) Ask all the poorly dressed passengers to get down.
e) Empty the general coaches.
f) Ask all the ticket collectors to join a strike.
Answer: c)
Q17. Ashima’s grandfather gives her a talk on anger management. Ashima tells him that she will try to control her anger after that. However, she slams the door on the way out of her grandfather’s room. What does it show?
a) It shows that Ashima has paid heed to her grandfather’s advice.
b) It shows that Ashima’s nonverbal gesture supported what she had said verbally.
c) It shows that Ashima’s nonverbal gesture contradicted her words.
d) It shows that Ashima has controlled her anger.
e) It shows that Ashima’s grandfather was wrong about her anger.
f) It shows that Ashima does not need anger management classes.
Answer: c)
Q18. How can you tell someone is defensive through their body language?
a) When someone tries to hug the other person
b) When someone avoids eye contact
c) When someone sits slouched and with crossed arms
d) When someone stands with open palms
e) When someone tries to touch the feet of the other person
f) When someone scratches their head
Answer: c)
Q19. Ishana is a competent communicator. Which of the following is NOT her quality?
a) She is capable of monitoring and regulating her nonverbal messages.
b) She knows how to make use of nonverbal behaviors to use in different situations.
c) She uses contradictory nonverbal and verbal cues while talking to people.
d) She has excellent control over her body language and gestures.
e) She is aware of her body language and uses it effectively. 
f) She is observant of the audience’s nonverbal cues.
Answer: c)
Q20. Monica has an appointment at the passport office. She wakes up early in the morning, starts as soon as possible to avoid traffic, and reaches the office 30 minutes before the appointment. Which type of nonverbal communication has she used?
a) Chronemics
b) Kinesics
c) Proxemics
d) Paralanguage
e) Haptics
f) Oculesics
Answer: a)
Q21. Chanda always takes care of her expression because, according to Janet Lane, expression is the most important thing one can wear to enhance the effectiveness of any communication.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a)
Q22. An elementary schoolteacher must find out the student who sketched the whiteboard. To do so, the teacher should pay more attention to the students’ voluntary body language than their involuntary body language.
a) True
b) False
Answer: b)
Q23. If Sushma wants to remind her husband of their anniversary date, she should avoid leaving cues because cues do not help one interpret, form meaning, and form a coherent idea.
a) True
b) False
Answer: b)
Q24. The body language required for success in interviews and group discussions is similar.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a)
Q25. Mridula sometimes uses silence as a tool to communicate with people because silence is an essential part of nonverbal communication.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a)
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