Soft Skills Assignment 3 Answers NPTEL 2020

Soft Skills Assignment 3 Answers NPTEL 2020:- In This Article, we have provided the Answers to Soft Skills Assignment 3. It’s nice to see you on our site

Q1. Proxemics is a study of physical space.

  • True 
  • False

Answer:- a

Q2. Patting on back is a form of touch in Haptics, and hugging belongs to Proxemics.

  • True 
  • False

Answer:- b

Q3. Haptics is a word of Greek origin which means— “I touch.”

  • True 
  • False

Answer:- a

Q4. Silence plays a significant role in any form of communication. Marianne Moore, an American poet, made the following statement about silence: “Lying is done with words and also with silence.”

  • True 
  • False

Answer:- b

Q5. Listening with prejudice is often viewed as a bad form of listening. It can be described as something that opposes our most deeply-rooted prejudices, notions, conviction, mores or complexes, our brains may become over-stimulated and not in a direction that leads to good listening.

  • True 
  • False

Answer:- a

Q6. Although listening has nothing to do with vocabulary enhancement, it minimizes the chances of miscommunication.

  • True 
  • False

Answer:- b

Q7. Judging what is heard is not an essential factor of effective listening.

  • True 
  • False

Answer:- b

Q8. Prejudgement is an external factor that affects listening.

  • True 
  • False

Answer:- b

Q9. Chronemics is defined as the study of the role of time in communication. Which feature(s) mentioned below do/ does qualify for Chronemics?

  • It varies from culture to culture. 
  • It reveals your personality. 
  • A&B 
  • None of the above.

Answer:- c

Q10. Find out the space zone that is not correctly placed with the kind of conversation it belongs to:

  • Intimate: Family members and close relatives 
  • Social: public speakers and leaders 
  • Personal: friends, colleagues and peers 
  • None of the above

Answer:- b

Q11. “It is rude for a stranger or acquaintance to touch a child on the top of the head because the head is regarded as the home of the spirit or soul.” Name the country where this practice is in vogue?

  • Honk Kong 
  • Indonesia 
  • Thailand and Laos 
  • Bangladesh

Answer:- c

Q12. Choose the statement(s) that follow(s) the definition of meta-communication:

  • Meaning is confined not only to words. 
  • It may be used to hide meaning. 
  • It’s all about the use of metaphorical language. 
  • A&B

Answer:- d

Q13. Pick out the true statement(s) about listening

  • All hearing is not listening 
  • It requires adequate practice to learn to listen  
  • All of the above 
  • No option is correct.

Answer:- c

Q14. Which one of the following belongs to internal factor in the process of effective listening?

  • State of mind 
  • Noise 
  • Venue 
  • Gadgets

Answer:- a

Q15. Earnest D Nathan said, “…When perceptive listening is inspired by a sincere desire to understand, it becomes more than a sensory process. It is an attitude well expressed as a listening spirit.” What is/ are the advantage(s) of listening?

  • It generates rigidity 
  • It establishes sound relationship 
  • It allows us to be prejudiced about the speaker 
  • B&C

Answer:- b

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