ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS)
END SEMESTER EXAMINATION – OCTOBER 2013
B.COM – III SEMESTER
GENERAL ENGLISH
Note: Answer this question paper in a separate answer script.
Time:1 ½ Hours Max. Marks: 50
SECTION – A
I) Write a short note on any FOUR: (4×5=20)
1. Lady Lal
2. Sufia Begum
3. Surreal Images in the Poem Sale
4. Ramdas Korwa
5. Poem Small Scale Reflections on a Great House – House as metaphor
Section-B
II) Answer any THREE from the following: (3×10=30)
6. Is modernization destroying human value!!!!!Justify your answer with
reference to T. S Eliot’s Hollow Men.
7. “Karma” is the sum total of the ethical consequence of a person’s good and
bad actions discuss.
8. “Dams are temples of modern India” – Nehru, what have you to say about
the development projects in India? Do you agree with Roy’s views?
9. Reflect on the message of Tagore’s poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’.
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ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS)
END SEMESTER EXAMINATION – OCTOBER 2013
B.COM – III SEMESTER
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION – I
Note: Answer this question paper in a separate answer script.
Time:1 ½ Hours Max. Marks: 50
Section-A
I) Draft letters (Any FOUR) (4×5=20)
1. A fancy goods dealer has asked his bank for an overdraft facility up to Rs. 50,000
for two months, without security. He has pointed out that he has excellent
business prospects during the approaching festival reason. Draft the bank’s reply.
2. Write a letter to a retail store reminding them that they have neither settled their
account, nor replied to your earlier reminders. Offer to take instalment payments
to help them to settle the account.
3. As a retailer, write a letter to the manufacturer, informing him that a large number
of customers have complained about defects in the electric kettles supplied two
weeks ago. Ask for suitable redress.
4. Your class has decided to go for an Industrial visit. Write a letter to the owner of a
bus service, making enquiries giving him the details about your travel ask for a
quotation.
5. You have started a computer centre. Write a sales letter to business houses in your
city, offering to train their staff in using computers.
Section-B
II) Answer any THREE questions from the following in about 150 words.(3×10=30)
6. What is downward communication? What causes loss of information as
communication moves downward discuss?
7. Discuss the principles of communication.
8. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of computer based
communication
9. Explain semantic and language barriers in communication with suitable
examples.
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