Soft Skills | NPTEL 2023 | Week 6 Assignment Solutions

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Soft Skills, a buzz word today, has attracted the attention of students, professionals and entrepreneurs all over the world. Every individual wants to get a coveted job. In a fast changing world, it’s important to prove multiple skills in different situations. The course aims at creating awareness among the stock holders of the corporate world in which the role of individuals as team players and also as responsible leaders materializes to a great extent.  The course, with its interactive and need based modules, will  address various challenges of communication as well as behavioural skills  faced by individuals at workplace and organizations in  bridging the gaps through  effective skills of interviews, group discussions, meeting management, presentations  and nuances of drafting various  business documents  for sustainability in today’s global world.

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Soft Skills week 6 Solutions

Q1. Minutes serve as records for future references in business meetings.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a) True

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Q2. Complimentary close and signature are placed on the left side in a semi block format.

a) True
b) False

Answer: b) False

Q3. Claim letter open with the statement of the problem.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a) True

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Q4. MOV stands for Memorandum of understanding.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a) True

Q5. List of items to be discussed in the Minutes is called Minutes Discussion.

a) True
b) False

Answer: b) False

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Q6. What is the format of writing a date in a business letter?

a) 10 April, 2017
b) 2017, 10 April
c) 2017, April, 10
d) April 10, 2017

Answer: d) April 10, 2017

Q7. What isn’t a goal of adjustment letters?

a) To recommend an employee
b) Rectification of the wrong
c) Promotion of further business
d) Regaining customer confidence

Answer: a) To recommend an employee

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Q8. When a writer is not aware of the status/gender of the receiver, what is used?

a) Semi-block format
b) Simplified format
c) Oversimplified format
d) Regular format

Answer: b) Simplified format

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Q9. The style of a research paper should be-

a) Subjective
b) Informative
c) Selective
d) Objective

Answer: d) Objective

Q10. _______ type of circular is used for a wider population.

a) Public circular
b) Official circular

Answer: b) Official circular

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Q11. ______ comes after the date in a business letter.

a) Reference
b) Inside address

Answer: a) Reference

Q12. Which one of the following are different types of format of various business letters.

a) Full block format
b) Full modified format
c) Semi-modified block format
d) Simplified format
e) Full simplified format

Answer: a), d)

Q13. In a business letter, double space is followed between ____ and _____.

a) Date and Inside Address
b) Salutation and Subject line
c) The end of the body paragraph and the complimentary close
d) Date and Salutation
e) Date and Signature

Answer: b), c)

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Q1. What type of language is used in an adjustment letter?

a) Clear
b) Empathetic
c) Both A & B
d) None

Answer: c) Both A & B

Q2. Which one of the following is not a feature of an adjustment letter?

a) Honesty
b) Confidentiality
c) Hideousness
d) Treachery

Answer: c) Hideousness

Q3. Which of the following is/are not the characteristics of a business letter?

a) Clear content
b) Tone of goodwill
c) Correct format
d) Ambiguity

Answer: d) Ambiguity

Q4. We are grateful for the information you will provide because it will help us have a smooth transaction.
To which form of business letter does the above statement belong?

a) Letter of enquiry
b) Refusal letter
c) Both A & B
d) None of the above

Answer: a) Letter of enquiry

Q5. Which one of the following is not a type of business letter?

a) Business enquiry
b) Sales letter
c) Letter of reference
d) Quotations

Answer: c) Letter of reference

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Q6. A letter of debit is a type of business letter.

a) True
b) False

Answer: b) False

Q7. The letter I stands for Intelligence in the AIDA process of a sales letter.

a) True
b) False

Answer: b) False

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Q8. Email is one of the slowest modes of communication.

a) True
b) False

Answer: b) False

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Q9. Creative and innovative ideas should be mandatorily developed in the research paper.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a) True

Q10. Clear content is one of the characteristics of a business letter.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a) True

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Q11. When a customer writes to correct a wrong, the letter written for this purpose is known as _________.

a) a claim letter
b) an adjustment letter

Answer: a) a claim letter

Q12. A___________ letter is a written pitch to attract potential customers to a product or service.

a) claim
b) sales

Answer: b) sales

Q13. In _________ the inside address is written on the left-hand margin.

a) full block
b) semi-block format

Answer: b) semi-block format

Q14. Open punctuation is followed in the address line of ________ format.

a) modified block
b) full block

Answer: b) full block

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Q15. A ________ letter can be used to evaluate present or former employees.

a) recommendation
b) collection

Answer: a) recommendation

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