TCS aspire communication quiz solutions:
Question1 of 20 10.0 Points
What does this Bod...: Question 1 of 20 10.0 Points What does this Body language symbolize? A. Intuitive B. Anger C. Irr...
Friday 29 June 2012
Question
1 of 20 10.0 Points
What does this Body language symbolize?
A. Intuitive
B. Anger
C. Irritated
D. Questioning
E. Insulting
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Questioning
Question 2 of 20 10.0 Points
Choose the right phrase of the word.
I'll be with you in ___________
A. A quarter of an hour.
B. A quarter of hour.
C. One quarter of an hour.
D. A quarter of one hour.
Answer Key: A
Feedback: A quarter of an hour.
Question 3 of 20 10.0 Points
Choose the right vocabulary which matches its meaning.
"Expressing one self readily, clearly, effectively"
A. Eloquence
B. Understanding
C. Effective
D. Comprehensive
Answer Key: A
Feedback: Eloquence
Question 4 of 20 10.0 Points
Select the right option which indicates MTI ( Mother tongue influence) in the below given statement.
What is your good name?
A. Your good
B. Your
C. Name
D. Good name
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Good name
Question 5 of 20 10.0 Points
Identify the tense used in the following sentence:
We built a tree house last week.
A. Present continuous
B. Past Perfect
C. Present Perfect
D. Simple Past
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Simple Past
Question 6 of 20 10.0 Points
Pick the correct option(past progressive tense):
While Aaron_________ in his room, his friends________ in the pool.
A. was working..................were swimming
B. was working........................are swimming
C. was working..................was swimming
D. is working........................are swimming
Answer Key: A
Feedback: was working..................were swimming
Question 7 of 20 10.0 Points
Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence.
I ______ on my sofa all day yesterday.
A. lying
B. lay
C. lie
D. laid
Answer Key: B
Feedback: lay
Question 8 of 20 10.0 Points
Identify the incorrect part of the sentence:
She don't understand / didn't understands / didn't understand/didn't understanding the question yesterday.
A. didn't understanding
B. don't understand
C. didn't understand
D. didn't understands
Answer Key: C
Feedback: didn't understand
Question 9 of 20 10.0 Points
Please rewrite the following statement:
We are simply loving it here.
A. We are simply loving.
B. We simply love it here.
C. We are simply here.
D. We love it here.
Answer Key: B
Feedback: We simply love it here.
Question 10 of 20 10.0 Points
What is the right response for the phrase “ How do you do?”
A. I am fine,how about you?
B. I am fine thank you
C. How do you do?
D. I am not fine, by the way how are you?
Answer Key: C
Feedback: How do you do?
Question 11 of 20 10.0 Points
Arrange the following sections of a presentation in the correct order:
a. overview
b. introduction
c. start new section
d. analyse a point
e. give examples
f. finish section
g. paraphrase and clarify
h. summarize and conclude
i. inviting audience to ask questions/
discuss
A. a,d,b,c,e,f,h,g,i
B. a,b,d,c,e,f,h,g,i
C. a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i
D. b,a,c,d,e,f,h,g,i
Answer Key: D
Question 12 of 20 10.0 Points
In the business arena:
A. It is not necessary for men or women to stand for handshaking and all introductions
B. Both men and women should stand for handshaking and all introductions
C. Only men should stand for handshaking and all introductions
D. Only women should stand for handshaking and all introductions
Answer Key: B
Question 13 of 20 10.0 Points
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles:
At ____ (1) beginning of ____(2) twentieth century, East Los Angeles became ____(3) popular immigrant destination.
A. the,a,the
B. the,an,a
C. the,the,the
D. the,the,a
Answer Key: D
Question 14 of 20 10.0 Points
State whether this is true or false:
Every presentation has its own target audience.
True
False
Answer Key: True
Question 15 of 20 10.0 Points
Read the passage and answer the following:
FINDING A JOB
Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a university degree or diploma course could find a good career quite easily. Companies toured the academic institutions, competing with each other to recruit graduates. However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs.
Most careers organizations highlight three stages for graduates to follow in the process of securing a suitable career: recognizing abilities, matching these to available vacancies and presenting them well to prospective employers.
Job seekers have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities. One area of assessment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes, or the relative importance to themselves of such matters as money, security, leadership and caring for others. An honest assessment of personal interests and abilities such as creative or scientific skills, or skills acquired from work experience, should also be given careful thought.
The second stage is to study the opportunities available for employment and to think about how the general employment situation is likely to develop in the future. To do this, graduates can study job vacancies and information in newspapers or they can visit a careers office, write to possibleemployers for information or contact friends or relatives who may already be involved in a particular profession. After studying all the various options, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various careers.
Good personal presentation is essential in the search for a good career. Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling errors. Where additional information is asked for, job seekers should describe their abilities and work experience in more depth, with examples if possible. They should try to balance their own abilities with the employer's needs, explain why they are interested in a career with the particular company and try to show that they already know something about the company and its activities.
When graduates are asked to attend for interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the prospective employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also obviously important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.
There will always be good career opportunities for people with ability, skills and determination; the secret to securing a good job is to be one of them.
Question:
In paragraph 3, 'three stages for graduates' refers to:
A. all of the above
B. stages in the assessment of personal interests
C. stages in the process of securing a suitable career
D. stages for the completion of a university degree or diploma course .
Answer Key: C
Question 16 of 20 10.0 Points
Read the passage and answer the following:
FINDING A JOB
Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a university degree or diploma course could find a good career quite easily. Companies toured the academic institutions, competing with each other to recruit graduates. However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs.
Most careers organizations highlight three stages for graduates to follow in the process of securing a suitable career: recognizing abilities, matching these to available vacancies and presenting them well to prospective employers.
Job seekers have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities. One area of assessment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes, or the relative importance to themselves of such matters as money, security, leadership and caring for others. An honest assessment of personal interests and abilities such as creative or scientific skills, or skills acquired from work experience, should also be given careful thought.
The second stage is to study the opportunities available for employment and to think about how the general employment situation is likely to develop in the future. To do this, graduates can study job vacancies and information in newspapers or they can visit a careers office, write to possibleemployers for information or contact friends or relatives who may already be involved in a particular profession. After studying all the various options, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various careers.
Good personal presentation is essential in the search for a good career. Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling errors. Where additional information is asked for, job seekers should describe their abilities and work experience in more depth, with examples if possible. They should try to balance their own abilities with the employer's needs, explain why they are interested in a career with the particular company and try to show that they already know something about the company and its activities.
When graduates are asked to attend for interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the prospective employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also obviously important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.
There will always be good career opportunities for people with ability, skills and determination; the secret to securing a good job is to be one of them.
Question:
'each other ' in paragraph 2 refers to:
A. available vacancies
B. career organizations
C. three stages
D. job seekers
Answer Key: B
Question 17 of 20 10.0 Points
Choose the correct option.
We_________ around the parking lot for 20 minutes in order to find a parking space.
A. driven
B. drive
C. drove
D. drived
Answer Key: C
Question 18 of 20 10.0 Points
Choose the correct option:
a)While I was writing the email, the computer suddenly went off.
b) When I write letters, the computer goes off.
c) Writing letters make my computer go off
A. None of the above
B. c
C. b
D. a
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Past progressive to indicate an interrupted Action in the Past.
Question 19 of 20 10.0 Points
Identify the tense:
A rhinoceros was swatting flies with his tail when suddenly a fly bit him
A. Past Progressive
B. Past Simple
C. Past perfect continuous
D. Past perfect
Answer Key: A
Feedback: Past progressive indicates two actions in the same sentence, it expresses the idea that both actions were happening at the same time. The actions are parallel.
Question 20 of 20 10.0 Points
Choose the correct option:
Not again! This is the third time that I ....... my keys since I ........ home this morning.
A. had lost/left
B. am losing/was leaving
C. will lose/have left
D. lose/had left
E. have lost/left
Answer Key: E
What does this Body language symbolize?
A. Intuitive
B. Anger
C. Irritated
D. Questioning
E. Insulting
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Questioning
Question 2 of 20 10.0 Points
Choose the right phrase of the word.
I'll be with you in ___________
A. A quarter of an hour.
B. A quarter of hour.
C. One quarter of an hour.
D. A quarter of one hour.
Answer Key: A
Feedback: A quarter of an hour.
Question 3 of 20 10.0 Points
Choose the right vocabulary which matches its meaning.
"Expressing one self readily, clearly, effectively"
A. Eloquence
B. Understanding
C. Effective
D. Comprehensive
Answer Key: A
Feedback: Eloquence
Question 4 of 20 10.0 Points
Select the right option which indicates MTI ( Mother tongue influence) in the below given statement.
What is your good name?
A. Your good
B. Your
C. Name
D. Good name
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Good name
Question 5 of 20 10.0 Points
Identify the tense used in the following sentence:
We built a tree house last week.
A. Present continuous
B. Past Perfect
C. Present Perfect
D. Simple Past
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Simple Past
Question 6 of 20 10.0 Points
Pick the correct option(past progressive tense):
While Aaron_________ in his room, his friends________ in the pool.
A. was working..................were swimming
B. was working........................are swimming
C. was working..................was swimming
D. is working........................are swimming
Answer Key: A
Feedback: was working..................were swimming
Question 7 of 20 10.0 Points
Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence.
I ______ on my sofa all day yesterday.
A. lying
B. lay
C. lie
D. laid
Answer Key: B
Feedback: lay
Question 8 of 20 10.0 Points
Identify the incorrect part of the sentence:
She don't understand / didn't understands / didn't understand/didn't understanding the question yesterday.
A. didn't understanding
B. don't understand
C. didn't understand
D. didn't understands
Answer Key: C
Feedback: didn't understand
Question 9 of 20 10.0 Points
Please rewrite the following statement:
We are simply loving it here.
A. We are simply loving.
B. We simply love it here.
C. We are simply here.
D. We love it here.
Answer Key: B
Feedback: We simply love it here.
Question 10 of 20 10.0 Points
What is the right response for the phrase “ How do you do?”
A. I am fine,how about you?
B. I am fine thank you
C. How do you do?
D. I am not fine, by the way how are you?
Answer Key: C
Feedback: How do you do?
Question 11 of 20 10.0 Points
Arrange the following sections of a presentation in the correct order:
a. overview
b. introduction
c. start new section
d. analyse a point
e. give examples
f. finish section
g. paraphrase and clarify
h. summarize and conclude
i. inviting audience to ask questions/
discuss
A. a,d,b,c,e,f,h,g,i
B. a,b,d,c,e,f,h,g,i
C. a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i
D. b,a,c,d,e,f,h,g,i
Answer Key: D
Question 12 of 20 10.0 Points
In the business arena:
A. It is not necessary for men or women to stand for handshaking and all introductions
B. Both men and women should stand for handshaking and all introductions
C. Only men should stand for handshaking and all introductions
D. Only women should stand for handshaking and all introductions
Answer Key: B
Question 13 of 20 10.0 Points
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles:
At ____ (1) beginning of ____(2) twentieth century, East Los Angeles became ____(3) popular immigrant destination.
A. the,a,the
B. the,an,a
C. the,the,the
D. the,the,a
Answer Key: D
Question 14 of 20 10.0 Points
State whether this is true or false:
Every presentation has its own target audience.
True
False
Answer Key: True
Question 15 of 20 10.0 Points
Read the passage and answer the following:
FINDING A JOB
Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a university degree or diploma course could find a good career quite easily. Companies toured the academic institutions, competing with each other to recruit graduates. However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs.
Most careers organizations highlight three stages for graduates to follow in the process of securing a suitable career: recognizing abilities, matching these to available vacancies and presenting them well to prospective employers.
Job seekers have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities. One area of assessment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes, or the relative importance to themselves of such matters as money, security, leadership and caring for others. An honest assessment of personal interests and abilities such as creative or scientific skills, or skills acquired from work experience, should also be given careful thought.
The second stage is to study the opportunities available for employment and to think about how the general employment situation is likely to develop in the future. To do this, graduates can study job vacancies and information in newspapers or they can visit a careers office, write to possibleemployers for information or contact friends or relatives who may already be involved in a particular profession. After studying all the various options, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various careers.
Good personal presentation is essential in the search for a good career. Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling errors. Where additional information is asked for, job seekers should describe their abilities and work experience in more depth, with examples if possible. They should try to balance their own abilities with the employer's needs, explain why they are interested in a career with the particular company and try to show that they already know something about the company and its activities.
When graduates are asked to attend for interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the prospective employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also obviously important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.
There will always be good career opportunities for people with ability, skills and determination; the secret to securing a good job is to be one of them.
Question:
In paragraph 3, 'three stages for graduates' refers to:
A. all of the above
B. stages in the assessment of personal interests
C. stages in the process of securing a suitable career
D. stages for the completion of a university degree or diploma course .
Answer Key: C
Question 16 of 20 10.0 Points
Read the passage and answer the following:
FINDING A JOB
Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a university degree or diploma course could find a good career quite easily. Companies toured the academic institutions, competing with each other to recruit graduates. However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs.
Most careers organizations highlight three stages for graduates to follow in the process of securing a suitable career: recognizing abilities, matching these to available vacancies and presenting them well to prospective employers.
Job seekers have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities. One area of assessment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes, or the relative importance to themselves of such matters as money, security, leadership and caring for others. An honest assessment of personal interests and abilities such as creative or scientific skills, or skills acquired from work experience, should also be given careful thought.
The second stage is to study the opportunities available for employment and to think about how the general employment situation is likely to develop in the future. To do this, graduates can study job vacancies and information in newspapers or they can visit a careers office, write to possibleemployers for information or contact friends or relatives who may already be involved in a particular profession. After studying all the various options, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various careers.
Good personal presentation is essential in the search for a good career. Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling errors. Where additional information is asked for, job seekers should describe their abilities and work experience in more depth, with examples if possible. They should try to balance their own abilities with the employer's needs, explain why they are interested in a career with the particular company and try to show that they already know something about the company and its activities.
When graduates are asked to attend for interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the prospective employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also obviously important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.
There will always be good career opportunities for people with ability, skills and determination; the secret to securing a good job is to be one of them.
Question:
'each other ' in paragraph 2 refers to:
A. available vacancies
B. career organizations
C. three stages
D. job seekers
Answer Key: B
Question 17 of 20 10.0 Points
Choose the correct option.
We_________ around the parking lot for 20 minutes in order to find a parking space.
A. driven
B. drive
C. drove
D. drived
Answer Key: C
Question 18 of 20 10.0 Points
Choose the correct option:
a)While I was writing the email, the computer suddenly went off.
b) When I write letters, the computer goes off.
c) Writing letters make my computer go off
A. None of the above
B. c
C. b
D. a
Answer Key: D
Feedback: Past progressive to indicate an interrupted Action in the Past.
Question 19 of 20 10.0 Points
Identify the tense:
A rhinoceros was swatting flies with his tail when suddenly a fly bit him
A. Past Progressive
B. Past Simple
C. Past perfect continuous
D. Past perfect
Answer Key: A
Feedback: Past progressive indicates two actions in the same sentence, it expresses the idea that both actions were happening at the same time. The actions are parallel.
Question 20 of 20 10.0 Points
Choose the correct option:
Not again! This is the third time that I ....... my keys since I ........ home this morning.
A. had lost/left
B. am losing/was leaving
C. will lose/have left
D. lose/had left
E. have lost/left
Answer Key: E
Question-
On 17 January 2007, TCS was honoured to receive the President of India His
Excellency Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at TRDDC, Pune. His visit marked the
culmination of a series of events, seminars, and lectures held to celebrate the
Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Tata Research Development and Design Centre
(TRDDC), as well as the inauguration of TCS’s Co-Innovation Network
(COIN).
At a press conference at Taj Blue Diamond, Pune, TCS EVP and TRDDC Executive Director Professor Mathai Joseph said, “TRDDC has had a long history of driving new business initiatives for TCS through innovation and R&D in software engineering. Our tool sets and accelerators have helped to increase automation in code generation and have enabled TCS to deliver excellence to its customers globally.”
TCS’s Chief Technology Officer K. Ananthakrishnan said, “The COIN partners have already started working to deliver joint solutions in new technology areas and (these) will be deployed in the market in the next financial year, 2007-2008, in areas like collaborative computing and SaaS. Some of these solutions are in the market already such as Next Generation Software Methodology, Utility Computing and Bio-Informatics.”
In the Nyati Tiara building’s auditorium, an eager audience, comprising TCS’s former Deputy Chairman Dr. Faqir Chand Kohli, TRDDC Founder Director Dr. E.C.Subbarao, TCS Senior Management, TRDDC scientists and nine school students, who were the Pune finalists of the recently held IT Quiz 2006, awaited the arrival of the President. At 4 p.m., the President entered the auditorium, followed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Tata Sons Chairman Ratan N. Tata, TCS CEO and MD S. Ramadorai and Professor Joseph.
Tata welcomed the President and spoke about the establishment of TRDDC 25 years ago. The idea, according to Tata, was to establish a research centre that was not confined to IT alone, but would work “for the betterment of mankind in one form or the other”. He stated, “The greatest asset that we have in the country is the keen minds of our people and those minds should be challenged to go through new paths that have not been traversed before.”
After welcoming the President, Ramadorai said, “The TCS Co-Innovation Network will set a new standard for collaboration in R&D and is a key strategic component of the new enterprise-wide innovation programme initiated by TCS last year.”
He discussed the TCS innovation model, begun in Pune 25 years ago and replicated across the enterprise. Currently, there are six such TCS Corporate Innovation Centres, in Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi and two in Hyderabad, working on diverse areas such as life sciences, software-as-a-service, business process agility, semantic multimedia and natural language interfaces. In addition, TCS also has 19 domain and service-focused Innovation Labs across the globe. TCS Innovation Labs are committed to developing and building new domain-specific solutions using new technology areas to address customer pain points.
Ramadorai added that TCS brings together research resources and innovation capabilities of six entities in a collaborative structure to deliver all new standards of innovation for the end user. These entities are anchored by TCS Innovation Labs and include global academic institutes, venture capital funds, Silicon Valley start-up companies, TCS alliance partners and multi-lateral bodies.
The President then formally inaugurated the TCS Co-Innovative Network. The dignitaries and the distinguished audience watched a film on TRDDC and the Co-Innovative Network. The President’s speech accompanied by PowerPoint presentation, was an intellectual journey into the future of science and technology in India. The topics discussed in his speech were the convergence of technologies (Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Biotechnology and Nanotechnology), whether the computer can challenge the human brain, the Indo-Russian co-developed BRAHMOS missiles, the World Knowledge Platform and its missions (energy, water, healthcare, food, preservation, knowledge products and automobiles), the Pan-African Network, and developing a global human resource cadre.
Having earlier mentioned Tata Group Founder Jamshedji Tata as a role model, President Kalam shared his views on where Tata should focus in the coming decades – “automobiles, steel and ICT”. He ended by saying, “Once again, let me greet all the members of Tata Research Development and Design Centre on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee celebrations. My best wishes to all of you in your mission of promoting scientific discoveries, technological inventions and innovations for societal transformation.”
The President expressed his pleasure at seeing so many school students seated in the front rows of the auditorium, stating that it was welcome deviation from the norm, where one would expect to find the corporate seniors sitting in the front and the school students relegated to the back seats! President Kalam then graciously answered questions from the audience.
After Ramadorai gave the vote of thanks and presented the book ‘Research by Design’ to President Kalam, Chief Minister Deshmukh and Tata, the National Anthem was sung. President Kalam’s friendly demeanour and intellectual vibrancy had enthralled the audience.
At a press conference at Taj Blue Diamond, Pune, TCS EVP and TRDDC Executive Director Professor Mathai Joseph said, “TRDDC has had a long history of driving new business initiatives for TCS through innovation and R&D in software engineering. Our tool sets and accelerators have helped to increase automation in code generation and have enabled TCS to deliver excellence to its customers globally.”
TCS’s Chief Technology Officer K. Ananthakrishnan said, “The COIN partners have already started working to deliver joint solutions in new technology areas and (these) will be deployed in the market in the next financial year, 2007-2008, in areas like collaborative computing and SaaS. Some of these solutions are in the market already such as Next Generation Software Methodology, Utility Computing and Bio-Informatics.”
In the Nyati Tiara building’s auditorium, an eager audience, comprising TCS’s former Deputy Chairman Dr. Faqir Chand Kohli, TRDDC Founder Director Dr. E.C.Subbarao, TCS Senior Management, TRDDC scientists and nine school students, who were the Pune finalists of the recently held IT Quiz 2006, awaited the arrival of the President. At 4 p.m., the President entered the auditorium, followed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Tata Sons Chairman Ratan N. Tata, TCS CEO and MD S. Ramadorai and Professor Joseph.
Tata welcomed the President and spoke about the establishment of TRDDC 25 years ago. The idea, according to Tata, was to establish a research centre that was not confined to IT alone, but would work “for the betterment of mankind in one form or the other”. He stated, “The greatest asset that we have in the country is the keen minds of our people and those minds should be challenged to go through new paths that have not been traversed before.”
After welcoming the President, Ramadorai said, “The TCS Co-Innovation Network will set a new standard for collaboration in R&D and is a key strategic component of the new enterprise-wide innovation programme initiated by TCS last year.”
He discussed the TCS innovation model, begun in Pune 25 years ago and replicated across the enterprise. Currently, there are six such TCS Corporate Innovation Centres, in Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi and two in Hyderabad, working on diverse areas such as life sciences, software-as-a-service, business process agility, semantic multimedia and natural language interfaces. In addition, TCS also has 19 domain and service-focused Innovation Labs across the globe. TCS Innovation Labs are committed to developing and building new domain-specific solutions using new technology areas to address customer pain points.
Ramadorai added that TCS brings together research resources and innovation capabilities of six entities in a collaborative structure to deliver all new standards of innovation for the end user. These entities are anchored by TCS Innovation Labs and include global academic institutes, venture capital funds, Silicon Valley start-up companies, TCS alliance partners and multi-lateral bodies.
The President then formally inaugurated the TCS Co-Innovative Network. The dignitaries and the distinguished audience watched a film on TRDDC and the Co-Innovative Network. The President’s speech accompanied by PowerPoint presentation, was an intellectual journey into the future of science and technology in India. The topics discussed in his speech were the convergence of technologies (Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Biotechnology and Nanotechnology), whether the computer can challenge the human brain, the Indo-Russian co-developed BRAHMOS missiles, the World Knowledge Platform and its missions (energy, water, healthcare, food, preservation, knowledge products and automobiles), the Pan-African Network, and developing a global human resource cadre.
Having earlier mentioned Tata Group Founder Jamshedji Tata as a role model, President Kalam shared his views on where Tata should focus in the coming decades – “automobiles, steel and ICT”. He ended by saying, “Once again, let me greet all the members of Tata Research Development and Design Centre on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee celebrations. My best wishes to all of you in your mission of promoting scientific discoveries, technological inventions and innovations for societal transformation.”
The President expressed his pleasure at seeing so many school students seated in the front rows of the auditorium, stating that it was welcome deviation from the norm, where one would expect to find the corporate seniors sitting in the front and the school students relegated to the back seats! President Kalam then graciously answered questions from the audience.
After Ramadorai gave the vote of thanks and presented the book ‘Research by Design’ to President Kalam, Chief Minister Deshmukh and Tata, the National Anthem was sung. President Kalam’s friendly demeanour and intellectual vibrancy had enthralled the audience.
Q
what are the six entities?
Ans-
These entities are anchored by TCS Innovation Labs and include global academic
institutes, venture capital funds, Silicon Valley start-up companies, TCS
alliance partners and multi-lateral bodies.
Qstn-
ELECTRIC CARS - THE ROAD TO LESS POLLUTION
It's the year 2010 and one of those glaring bright Hong Kong summer days that hurt your eyes the minute you step out of the flat. To escape the heat you flag down the familiar red taxi. It glides to the curb to pick you up and hums away without a sound. Sweeping past the other silent cars, taxis and buses headed into Central, you feel as if you can almost touch Kowloon, it looks so close against the pure, clean sky.
It is nothing, you remember with a slight shudder, like the pollution shrouded vista of 1996. This is a vision of Hong Kong in the era of the electric vehicle. Clean air, skies and running cars which produce no deadly emission gases. Or so the environmentalists would have us believe. But back to the present: There has never been a quick solution to air pollution, and despite the optimism, some of the lustre is fading in the green argument for electric powered vehicles. The detractors claim electric vehicles transfer the pollution load from the roads to the power plants which produces the electricity. They are inefficient and slow. And who, they ask, would buy untested technology?
"Hong Kong is perfect for electric vehicles and the technology is available," said Al Morgan, a consultant who has been trying to sell his vision of an electrified Asia. "This could be the showplace for electric vehicles. The high profile of Hong Kong throughout the world and the confined road space make it a natural."
But selling a dream has never been easy. Last year, the Private Sector Committee on the Environment displayed an electric taxi to a crowd of curious onlookers in Central and suggested that a fleet of 150 to 200 vehicles would be cruising the streets by early this year.
Elcar Asia Ltd, which had envisaged electrifying the entire taxi fleet of nearly 15,000 vehicles, and sprinkling battery swapping stations across the territory, has since closed down. Its director, Dr. Donald Taylor, however, is undaunted: he is still pursuing the electrified road. Professor Chan Ching-chuen, director of the University of Hong Kong's International Research Centre for Electric Vehicles, heads a team of 10 researchers who have been relentlessly chasing the pollution-free vehicle.
Nine experimental versions were built and tested before the latest proto-type, the U2001 was completed. The project links researchers from the university with counterparts in Japan, China and the United States. The results are being carefully watched by those governments as well as the American Big Three car manufactures - Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors Corporation. Honda in Japan is one of the project sponsors. This is not the work of lightweights. "Hong Kong does not have the manufacturing base to produce electric cars, but it is becoming a world leader in this technology and can act as a catalyst," project researcher, Chau Kwok-tong, said. "All across the world scientists are awaiting the go-ahead." In the US, reforms are in the works which could alter how car-mad Americans see themselves. New York, California, and Massachusetts, have, in an effort to clean up the environment, drafted laws mandating electric vehicle sales by 1998. In California, where the streets are clogged with Mercedes-Benz, Rolls Royces, Ford Broncos and low-riders, two per cent of all vehicle sales must be electric by that date. The Californian two per cent rule has left dumbfounded manufacturers scrambling for a user-friendly electric car. Closer to home, Taiwan has set a 1998 deadline and is demanding five per cent of motorcycles sold by manufactures must be electric. But the proponents of electric cars are not without their enemies. Last month, the US car manufacturers rebelled and are now threatening to hold the three American states hostage. If California, Massachusetts and New York do not wipe their electric vehicle laws off the books, manufacturers have said they will kill plans to produce cleaner burning cars next year. The choice is loosen the emission restrictions and allow more time to find alternatives. The Big Three have said consumers will reject the current crop of electric vehicles because they are too expensive and inefficient. Given time, they claim, the emission standards for fossil fuels vehicles, can drop to near zero. But without the time, they say they will abandon research. Critics have complained that environmentalists are myopic when it comes to electric vehicles. Electric vehicles are zero emission producers. The two per cent scheme will not effectively control pollution because it only transfers it from the car to the power station.
Despite intensive research on how to power the vehicles, this remains one of the unresolved problems. Traditional lead-acid batteries appear to have the highest efficiency rates, but lead is one of the world's deadliest pollutants. The more high-tech combinations, like nickel cadmium, lithium polymer, sodium sulphur or zinc-air present environmental spillage problems, not to mention their high costs.
Large amounts of lead are required to create the batteries needed to power huge numbers of electric cars. American researchers have suggested that emissions from mining, smelting and the recycling of this lead would expose thousands of people living or working close to production sites to near toxic levels of lead. If only five per cent of America's 200 million vehicles were powered by lead-based batteries, an extra 21,000 tonnes of lead would be released into the environment annually.
The focus on electric vehicles may have clouded alternative zero emission options. New research is being done at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other research centres worldwide. The industry is looking for other technological breakthroughs - fusion for example.
Other experts believe Mercedes-Benz and Mazda's research on hydrogen power and fuel cells might hit pay off both in dollars and clean air. Even the most jaded sceptic has to agree that something must be done to solve the pollution crisis.
It is estimated that there are a billion internal combustion engines on the planet. The rule of thumb is that one dirty engine equals 40 clean ones which are well-maintained. It is the insidious nature of air pollution and the inability of researchers to eliminate other factors and prove that the toxic cocktail of chemicals in our air is a direct health risk, which has led to muddled action by governments, worldwide.
But in action costs. The American Lung Association puts a price tag of more than US$ 40 billion (HK$ 309.2 billion) a year on air pollution, in terms of medical costs, days lost at work and premature death. In the past decade, the rate of pollution-related respiratory problems in the territory has leapt by 18.6 per cent.
The Government's statistics tell us that every day we breathe the equivalent of 250 beverage cans of toxic pollutants. And, they assure us, it is getting worse. When Governor Chris Patten arrived in Hong Kong, he was hailed as the "Green Governor". But the policy makers in the Government have side-stepped and shrugged off every opportunity to enact fresh air legislation. A survey conducted by the air action group CLEAR found that over 80 per cent of the people of Hong Kong would gladly pay higher taxi and bus fares, if it meant they would be able to breathe cleaner air. As legislator Christine Loh Kung-wai has pointed out: "Now is the time for action. The projections for increased commercial and container port traffic on the roads show that it will only get worse. What we need is creative thinking, but we need it in a hurry. The health of Hong Kong people can't wait." Electric cars can help Hong Kong breathe easier.
One of the unresolved problems,
It's the year 2010 and one of those glaring bright Hong Kong summer days that hurt your eyes the minute you step out of the flat. To escape the heat you flag down the familiar red taxi. It glides to the curb to pick you up and hums away without a sound. Sweeping past the other silent cars, taxis and buses headed into Central, you feel as if you can almost touch Kowloon, it looks so close against the pure, clean sky.
It is nothing, you remember with a slight shudder, like the pollution shrouded vista of 1996. This is a vision of Hong Kong in the era of the electric vehicle. Clean air, skies and running cars which produce no deadly emission gases. Or so the environmentalists would have us believe. But back to the present: There has never been a quick solution to air pollution, and despite the optimism, some of the lustre is fading in the green argument for electric powered vehicles. The detractors claim electric vehicles transfer the pollution load from the roads to the power plants which produces the electricity. They are inefficient and slow. And who, they ask, would buy untested technology?
"Hong Kong is perfect for electric vehicles and the technology is available," said Al Morgan, a consultant who has been trying to sell his vision of an electrified Asia. "This could be the showplace for electric vehicles. The high profile of Hong Kong throughout the world and the confined road space make it a natural."
But selling a dream has never been easy. Last year, the Private Sector Committee on the Environment displayed an electric taxi to a crowd of curious onlookers in Central and suggested that a fleet of 150 to 200 vehicles would be cruising the streets by early this year.
Elcar Asia Ltd, which had envisaged electrifying the entire taxi fleet of nearly 15,000 vehicles, and sprinkling battery swapping stations across the territory, has since closed down. Its director, Dr. Donald Taylor, however, is undaunted: he is still pursuing the electrified road. Professor Chan Ching-chuen, director of the University of Hong Kong's International Research Centre for Electric Vehicles, heads a team of 10 researchers who have been relentlessly chasing the pollution-free vehicle.
Nine experimental versions were built and tested before the latest proto-type, the U2001 was completed. The project links researchers from the university with counterparts in Japan, China and the United States. The results are being carefully watched by those governments as well as the American Big Three car manufactures - Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors Corporation. Honda in Japan is one of the project sponsors. This is not the work of lightweights. "Hong Kong does not have the manufacturing base to produce electric cars, but it is becoming a world leader in this technology and can act as a catalyst," project researcher, Chau Kwok-tong, said. "All across the world scientists are awaiting the go-ahead." In the US, reforms are in the works which could alter how car-mad Americans see themselves. New York, California, and Massachusetts, have, in an effort to clean up the environment, drafted laws mandating electric vehicle sales by 1998. In California, where the streets are clogged with Mercedes-Benz, Rolls Royces, Ford Broncos and low-riders, two per cent of all vehicle sales must be electric by that date. The Californian two per cent rule has left dumbfounded manufacturers scrambling for a user-friendly electric car. Closer to home, Taiwan has set a 1998 deadline and is demanding five per cent of motorcycles sold by manufactures must be electric. But the proponents of electric cars are not without their enemies. Last month, the US car manufacturers rebelled and are now threatening to hold the three American states hostage. If California, Massachusetts and New York do not wipe their electric vehicle laws off the books, manufacturers have said they will kill plans to produce cleaner burning cars next year. The choice is loosen the emission restrictions and allow more time to find alternatives. The Big Three have said consumers will reject the current crop of electric vehicles because they are too expensive and inefficient. Given time, they claim, the emission standards for fossil fuels vehicles, can drop to near zero. But without the time, they say they will abandon research. Critics have complained that environmentalists are myopic when it comes to electric vehicles. Electric vehicles are zero emission producers. The two per cent scheme will not effectively control pollution because it only transfers it from the car to the power station.
Despite intensive research on how to power the vehicles, this remains one of the unresolved problems. Traditional lead-acid batteries appear to have the highest efficiency rates, but lead is one of the world's deadliest pollutants. The more high-tech combinations, like nickel cadmium, lithium polymer, sodium sulphur or zinc-air present environmental spillage problems, not to mention their high costs.
Large amounts of lead are required to create the batteries needed to power huge numbers of electric cars. American researchers have suggested that emissions from mining, smelting and the recycling of this lead would expose thousands of people living or working close to production sites to near toxic levels of lead. If only five per cent of America's 200 million vehicles were powered by lead-based batteries, an extra 21,000 tonnes of lead would be released into the environment annually.
The focus on electric vehicles may have clouded alternative zero emission options. New research is being done at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other research centres worldwide. The industry is looking for other technological breakthroughs - fusion for example.
Other experts believe Mercedes-Benz and Mazda's research on hydrogen power and fuel cells might hit pay off both in dollars and clean air. Even the most jaded sceptic has to agree that something must be done to solve the pollution crisis.
It is estimated that there are a billion internal combustion engines on the planet. The rule of thumb is that one dirty engine equals 40 clean ones which are well-maintained. It is the insidious nature of air pollution and the inability of researchers to eliminate other factors and prove that the toxic cocktail of chemicals in our air is a direct health risk, which has led to muddled action by governments, worldwide.
But in action costs. The American Lung Association puts a price tag of more than US$ 40 billion (HK$ 309.2 billion) a year on air pollution, in terms of medical costs, days lost at work and premature death. In the past decade, the rate of pollution-related respiratory problems in the territory has leapt by 18.6 per cent.
The Government's statistics tell us that every day we breathe the equivalent of 250 beverage cans of toxic pollutants. And, they assure us, it is getting worse. When Governor Chris Patten arrived in Hong Kong, he was hailed as the "Green Governor". But the policy makers in the Government have side-stepped and shrugged off every opportunity to enact fresh air legislation. A survey conducted by the air action group CLEAR found that over 80 per cent of the people of Hong Kong would gladly pay higher taxi and bus fares, if it meant they would be able to breathe cleaner air. As legislator Christine Loh Kung-wai has pointed out: "Now is the time for action. The projections for increased commercial and container port traffic on the roads show that it will only get worse. What we need is creative thinking, but we need it in a hurry. The health of Hong Kong people can't wait." Electric cars can help Hong Kong breathe easier.
One of the unresolved problems,
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A. manufacture enough to meet the
market demand
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B. is to convince the consumers
to accept the present generation of electric cars
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C. is how to power the vehicle
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D. arrange finance for a project
of this size
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Ans-C
1.Our staff ... each trained
in a specialized area of this technology.
Choose one answer.
a. are
b. is
ans: a
2.Neither the manager nor the three associates ... willing to compromise.
Choose one answer.
a. are
b. is
ans: a
3.In the following sentence, some parts have been underlined and labelled as (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify the underlined part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part, mark your answer as (E).
He said (A) that he (B) can (C) do anything (D) to get rich. (E) No error.
Choose one answer.
a. (B)
b. (D)
c. (C)
d. (A)
e. (E)
ans: a
4.He lives _______ a central location in a Metropolis.
Choose one answer.
a. on
b. at
c. across
d. in
e. None of these
ans: b
5.The total number of clients handled by our offices in one year ... around one thousand.
Choose one answer.
a. are
b. is
ans: b
6.In the following sentence, some parts have been underlined and labelled as (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify the underlined part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part, mark your answer as (E)
He (A) has been working (B) in this firm (C) from the (D) past twenty years. (E) No error.
Choose one answer.
a. (B)
b. (E)
c. (D)
d. (A)
e. (C)
Ans: e
7.The HR Manager, as well as his team,.... attending the video conference.
Choose one answer.
a. are
b. is
ans: b
8.There .... three good reasons for following this course of action.
Choose one answer.
a. is
b. are
ans : b
9. Only ____ boys in our class were interested in playing chess.
Choose one answer.
a. None of these
b. less
c. a few
d. few
e. the few
ans : c
10.Our staff .... available for calls by 8:30 a.m. every day.
Choose one answer.
a. are
b. is
ans : b
11.In the following statement, a part has been underlined and is followed by five options. If the underlined part contains error/errors, choose the option that should replace it to make the sentence correct. If there is no error in the underlined part, mark your answer as (5).
It is one of the most expensive restaurant in the city.
Choose one answer.
a. one of the most expensive restaurants
b. the most expensive restaurants
c. one of most expensive restaurant
d. among the most expensive restaurant
e. No error
ans; a
12.The Project leader,together with the module lead,.... at the meeting.
Choose one answer.
a. were
b. was
ans : b
13.He _____________ that he will go abroad for his higher studies.
Choose one answer.
a. said
b. will say
c. would say
d. None of these
e. says
ans : e
14. It was a _______ cold night and he had no shelter.
Choose one answer.
a. bitterly
b. most
c. severe
d. None of these
e. bitter
ans : a
15.Either the BRM or she .... to be present for the discussions.
Choose one answer.
a. has
b. have
ans : a
16.In the following statement, a part has been underlined and is followed by five options. If the underlined part contains error/errors, choose the option that should replace it to make the sentence correct. If there is no error in the underlined part, mark your answer as (5).
My brother Sammy introduced me with his friend Alicia.
Choose one answer.
a. introduced me to her friend Alicia.
b. introduced me to his friend Alicia.
c. introduce me with her friend Alicia.
d. No error
e. introduced me with his friend Alicia.
ans : b
17.In the following sentence, some parts have been underlined and labelled as (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify the underlined part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part, mark your answer as (E).
(A) It was she (B) who we expected (C) to score (D) the highest marks in the exam. (E) No error
Choose one answer.
a. (B)
b. (C)
c. (E)
d. (D)
e. (A)
ans : a
18.If I ______ the captain of the team, I wouldn't rely on part-time bowlers.
Choose one answer.
a. was
b. am
c. were
d. None of these
e. had been
ans : c
19.We interviewed twenty specialists looking for one with experience in this area who.... well.
Choose one answer.
a. writes
b. write
ans: a
20.The stakeholder's committee ... not willing to change the decision.
Choose one answer.
a. are
b. is
ans : b
Choose one answer.
a. are
b. is
ans: a
2.Neither the manager nor the three associates ... willing to compromise.
Choose one answer.
a. are
b. is
ans: a
3.In the following sentence, some parts have been underlined and labelled as (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify the underlined part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part, mark your answer as (E).
He said (A) that he (B) can (C) do anything (D) to get rich. (E) No error.
Choose one answer.
a. (B)
b. (D)
c. (C)
d. (A)
e. (E)
ans: a
4.He lives _______ a central location in a Metropolis.
Choose one answer.
a. on
b. at
c. across
d. in
e. None of these
ans: b
5.The total number of clients handled by our offices in one year ... around one thousand.
Choose one answer.
a. are
b. is
ans: b
6.In the following sentence, some parts have been underlined and labelled as (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify the underlined part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part, mark your answer as (E)
He (A) has been working (B) in this firm (C) from the (D) past twenty years. (E) No error.
Choose one answer.
a. (B)
b. (E)
c. (D)
d. (A)
e. (C)
Ans: e
7.The HR Manager, as well as his team,.... attending the video conference.
Choose one answer.
a. are
b. is
ans: b
8.There .... three good reasons for following this course of action.
Choose one answer.
a. is
b. are
ans : b
9. Only ____ boys in our class were interested in playing chess.
Choose one answer.
a. None of these
b. less
c. a few
d. few
e. the few
ans : c
10.Our staff .... available for calls by 8:30 a.m. every day.
Choose one answer.
a. are
b. is
ans : b
11.In the following statement, a part has been underlined and is followed by five options. If the underlined part contains error/errors, choose the option that should replace it to make the sentence correct. If there is no error in the underlined part, mark your answer as (5).
It is one of the most expensive restaurant in the city.
Choose one answer.
a. one of the most expensive restaurants
b. the most expensive restaurants
c. one of most expensive restaurant
d. among the most expensive restaurant
e. No error
ans; a
12.The Project leader,together with the module lead,.... at the meeting.
Choose one answer.
a. were
b. was
ans : b
13.He _____________ that he will go abroad for his higher studies.
Choose one answer.
a. said
b. will say
c. would say
d. None of these
e. says
ans : e
14. It was a _______ cold night and he had no shelter.
Choose one answer.
a. bitterly
b. most
c. severe
d. None of these
e. bitter
ans : a
15.Either the BRM or she .... to be present for the discussions.
Choose one answer.
a. has
b. have
ans : a
16.In the following statement, a part has been underlined and is followed by five options. If the underlined part contains error/errors, choose the option that should replace it to make the sentence correct. If there is no error in the underlined part, mark your answer as (5).
My brother Sammy introduced me with his friend Alicia.
Choose one answer.
a. introduced me to her friend Alicia.
b. introduced me to his friend Alicia.
c. introduce me with her friend Alicia.
d. No error
e. introduced me with his friend Alicia.
ans : b
17.In the following sentence, some parts have been underlined and labelled as (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify the underlined part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part, mark your answer as (E).
(A) It was she (B) who we expected (C) to score (D) the highest marks in the exam. (E) No error
Choose one answer.
a. (B)
b. (C)
c. (E)
d. (D)
e. (A)
ans : a
18.If I ______ the captain of the team, I wouldn't rely on part-time bowlers.
Choose one answer.
a. was
b. am
c. were
d. None of these
e. had been
ans : c
19.We interviewed twenty specialists looking for one with experience in this area who.... well.
Choose one answer.
a. writes
b. write
ans: a
20.The stakeholder's committee ... not willing to change the decision.
Choose one answer.
a. are
b. is
ans : b
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