NABARD Assistant Manager Grade A Business Communication: practice questions

Question 1 · easy

A loan officer has a 40-page tender document and needs only the date by which bids must be submitted. The reading technique to use is

1. extensive reading
2. scanning
3. intensive reading
4. skimming

Question 2 · medium

Which of the following is a feature of a good précis?

1. It is set out as numbered notes so that each idea in the original passage can be identified quickly
2. It keeps the original's best examples and quotations so that the reader can see the author's evidence
3. It is written in the précis writer's own words in the third person and omits examples and illustrations
4. It adds the précis writer's own view of the argument in a concluding sentence to show critical thinking

Question 3 · medium

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

1. Neither the manager or the field officers were present at the farmers' meeting.
2. Neither the manager nor the field officers was present at the farmers' meeting.
3. Neither the manager nor the field officers were present at the farmers' meeting.
4. Neither of the manager nor the field officers were present at the farmers' meeting.

Question 4 · medium

Choose the sentence without a dangling modifier.

1. Having checked the seed samples, signing the report was done.
2. Having checked the seed samples, the report was signed.
3. Having checked the seed samples, the report was signed by the inspector.
4. Having checked the seed samples, the inspector signed the report.

Question 5 · easy

Choose the correct word: 'The new storage policy will ____ the cooperative's working capital needs.'

1. afflict
2. affect
3. infect
4. effect

Question 6 · hard

A rural bank must tell an FPO that its request for an additional working-capital limit has been declined. Following the indirect plan for bad news, the letter should usually

1. open with the reasons and apologise repeatedly, leaving the decision implied so that the FPO is not upset by it
2. open with a relevant neutral buffer, explain the reasons, state the refusal once clearly, offer any alternative and close positively
3. open with a promise of future approval to keep goodwill, and state the refusal only in a postscript at the end
4. open with the refusal in the subject line and first sentence, then list each weakness found in the FPO's accounts

Question 7 · easy

A sales manager wants to send a product update to 300 dealers without revealing their e-mail addresses to one another. The addresses should go in the

1. Cc field
2. Subject line
3. To field
4. Bcc field

Question 8 · medium

Which order of the stages in Rogers' innovation-decision process is correct?

1. Knowledge, decision, persuasion, confirmation, implementation
2. Persuasion, knowledge, decision, implementation, confirmation
3. Knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, confirmation
4. Awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, adoption, confirmation

Question 9 · medium

An extension officer sprays a bio-pesticide on a plot in front of farmers, showing step by step how to mix and apply it. This is a

1. method demonstration
2. field day
3. result demonstration
4. farm and home visit

Question 10 · hard

A report says: 'The FPO's share of members' sales rose from 20% last year to 25% this year.' Which description is accurate?

1. A rise of 25 percentage points, which is a 5% increase in the share
2. A rise of 20%, because the change is divided by this year's share of 25
3. A rise of 5 percentage points, which is a 25% increase in the share
4. A rise of 5%, which is also a rise of 5 percentage points in the share