081/2021 - Junior Instructor (Secretarial Practice- English) (SR from among SC/ST)

Question 1

What is the chief aim of ‘Secretarial Practice’ trade ?

Accepted Answer

Typing Letters and taking notes in Shorthand

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Welcoming visitors to Office

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Making and Receiving calls

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Training in office processes and procedures

Question 2

Why are coalescents so called ?

Accepted Answer

Because they unite with vowels

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Because they are represented by upstrokes

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Because they have initial hooks

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Because they unite with consonants

Question 3

Which is the position where logograms are written ?

Accepted Answer

Written either above, on, or through the line

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Written on the line

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Written through the line

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Written above the line

Question 4

What is the most important asset for a shorthand writer ?

Accepted Answer

Ability to write legible outlines

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Writing mechanically

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Inserting vowels

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Writing heavy strokes heavier

Question 5

When is a vowel produced ?

Accepted Answer

When the mouth passage is open

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When the mouth passage is closed

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When there is audible friction in the mouth passage

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When the mouth passage is half open

Question 6

What is a preceding vowel ?

Accepted Answer

Vowel occurring before upstroke/downstroke or above horizontal stroke

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Vowel occurring after an upstroke

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Vowel occurring after a downstroke

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Vowel occurring below a horizontal stroke

Question 7

What are the signs used to represent logograms ?

Accepted Answer

Strokes, circles, loops, dots, dashes and angular signs

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Angular signs, dots and dashes

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Circles, loops and angular signs

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Strokes, angular signs and dots

Question 8

Which stroke represents grammalogue ‘and’ ?

Accepted Answer

1/3 rd of ‘Ray’ written above the line

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1/3 rd of ‘Ray’ written on the line

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1/3 rd of ‘Jay’ written above the line

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1/3 rd of ‘Chay’ written on the line

Question 9

Can you represent capitals in shorthand, if so, when and how ?

Accepted Answer

By two short slanting ticks beneath a word

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By two short slanting ticks before a word

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At the beginning of every sentence

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Not necessary to represent the capitals

Question 10

Which is correct ?

Accepted Answer

Diphthongs can be joined to strokes

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Diphthongs have three vowel places

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Diphthongs are represented by dashes

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Diphthongs are written thick

Question 11

Where are intervening third place vowels indicated ?

Accepted Answer

Before the second stroke at the end

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After the first stroke at the end

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After the second stroke at the end

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Before the first stroke at the end

Question 12

Which is correct ?

Accepted Answer

Logograms save time

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Logogram have more than one character

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Logograms are represented by thin strokes

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Logograms represent uncommon words

Question 13

What are the uses of shorthand ?

Accepted Answer

Helps in quick and accurate recording of spoken words

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Helping in recording our thoughts quickly

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Helps in recording our thoughts accurately

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Helps in translating our thoughts

Question 14

How is tick ‘the’ written ?

Accepted Answer

It is a light tick written upward or downward

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It is a heavy tick written upward

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It is a heavy tick written downward

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It is a light tick written upward

Question 15

What is the name of the component of a computer which is not physically accessible, but can be realized through its working ?

Accepted Answer

Software

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Hardware

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RAM

Answer

Port

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081/2021 - Junior Instructor (Secretarial Practice- English) (SR from among SC/ST)