Communication Skills Class 10 questions and answers
1.Describe the term descriptive feedback.
Ans. Descriptive feedback can be written, oral or may even be the response of students to a question while they are working. It is relevant to the task students are performing, and allows them to re-fours and improve their mastery of the subject. This form of feedback is most suited to teacher-student interactions when the students are attending a course taught by the teacher.
2.What are the factors that causes barriers to communication? Explain any three.
Ans. There are number of factors which may cause the barriers to communication and they are as follows:
(i) Poor Planning Without adequate planning of the message to be sent, the result desired due to the communication may not be achieved.
(ii) Distortion Sometimes the message may be distorted by the receiver to suit his own convenience.
(iii) Noise It can make the communication difficult to be understood. Besides physical interference, noise can also include illegible handwriting, a poor photocopy, a slow internet connection etc.
3 Which measures must be adopted to overcome the factors causing communication barriers?
Ans. Some measures must be adopted to overcome the factors causing communication barriers and these
include:
(i) Be prepared before communicating the message to the receiver.
(ii) The message should not be communicated fast so sufficient time must be taken to communicate the message correctly to the receiver.
(iii)t is better to use simplified language with easily understood words and simple ideas.
(iv) There should be mutual respect for each other by the sender and the receiver for a message to be successfully communicated.
4 Explain the principle of conciseness and correctness in detail.
• Concisenes
It means communicating what you want to convey in the least possible words so that there are no unnecemary bits of information in it. A concise communication is both time-saving as well as cost-saving. It highlights the main message, thus making it more appealing and comprehensible to the audience
•Correctness
It implies that there are no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors in the communication being sent. The message should also be sent at the correct time. A correct message has a greater impact on the receiver if the facts and figures mentioned in the communication are also accurate and true
5. What are the various forms of communication Describe them in one sentence each with examples.
Ans. The various forms of communication are:
(i) Verbal :-This is communication through spoken and written words such as making sounds, using language and changing tone of voice etc.
(ii) Aural;- It is the listening and hearing part of verbal communication, whether it is directly listening to a person, face-to-face, as the audience to a speech in a gathering, on the telephone or hearing a radio or TV programme.
(iii) Non-verbal,:-It consists various non-verbal cues such as physical movements, gestures, colours, signs, symbols, body language etc., to express feelings, attitudes or information.
(iv) Written:- It is a medium of communication that involves the written word, such as letters, e-mails, websites, memorandums, reports, notices, manuals, quotations, newsletters and newspapers.
(v) Visual:- It conveys ideas and information in forms that can be seen, such as facial expressions, personal appearance, gesture, posture, printed picture, sign. signal, symbol, map, poster etc.
6.Which principle of effective communication is covered by the five question method? List three aspects of this principle which need to be covered by these questions.
Ans. The communication principle of 'Completeness' is covered by the five question method. Three aspects of this principle which need to be covered by these questions are:
(1) The message should convey all the information required by the receiver.
(ii) Nothing which may be required by the receiver should be left out of the message.
(iii) The sender of the message must take into consideration the requirements of the receiver while making the message.
7.Describe, by giving some examples of each, the following three parts of speech: pronoun, adverb and conjunction.
Ans. The three parts of speech are described below:
(1) Pronoun:- It is usually substituted for a specific noun, which is called its antecedent, such as he, yourself, we, my etc. The types of pronouns are personal, possessive, reflexive, relative and demonstrative.
(ii) Adverb:-It describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, but never a noun. Instances of adverbs are loudly, yesterday, fast, slowly etc. It usually answers the questions of when, where, how, why, under what conditions, or to what degree.
(ii) Conjunction :-It joins words, phrases, or clauses and indicates the relationship between them. Instances of conjunctions are and, but or etc.
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