Q1. What are some of the self-talks you can have in your mind before taking the stage for a public presentation?
(A) The audience is not your enemy.
(B) The audience is not busy judging you.
(C) Every individual is preoccupied with their own problems to focus too much on you.
(D) It is too stressful to think that you should entertain the audience throughout your presentation.
(E) You need to be the most perfect speaker, or else everyone will laugh at you.
(F) You will do well since you know your subject thoroughly. You will be good since you have a clear idea about what your audience expects from you.
Ans:- (A), (B) & (E)
Q2. Which of the following are typically sources of fear about delivering a public presentation?
(A) Adulation
(B) Humiliation
(C) Unfamiliarity
(D) Boredom
(E) Influence
(F) Unforeseen circumstance
Ans:- (B) & (C)
Q3. Which of the following are techniques you can adopt to start and finish a presentation on strong notes?
(A) Begin with a question or a quote.
(B) Begin with an anecdote.
(C) Start from the middle of the presentation and then go backwards.
(D) End with an apology for your lack of preparation.
(E) End with the promise that you will not waste the time of the audience if at all you get another chance.
(F) Summarize your points neatly towards the end.
(G) State a distinct and clear conclusion.
Ans:- (A), (E) & (F)
Q4. Which of the following body language techniques should you keep in mind during a presentation?
(A) Study yourself in a mirror
(B) Dress appropriately
(C) Relax your facial muscles and smile
(D) Use exaggerated movements to draw people’s attention
(E) Always try to make jokes, whether they are appropriate or not
(F) Try to make eye contact with everyone.
Ans:- (A), (B) & (F)
Q5. Which of the following things must you do with your hands, during a public speech?
(A) Rest the palms if you are nervous
(B) Make appropriate hand gestures for emphasis
(C) Keep your hands relaxed
(D) Keep your hands at your back
(E) Keep your hands crossed across your chest
(F) Keep your hands on your hips.
Ans:- (A) & (B)
Q6. Which of the potential pitfalls must you be aware of during your presentation?
(A) Standing in a way that you obscure the screen
(B) Getting lost in digression
(C) An error you made previously, during your presentation
(D) Turning your back to the audience
(E) The audience’s body language
(F) Previous night’s dinner
Ans:- (A), (B) & (C)
Q7. Identify some of the reasons why reading a book might be a better thing to do than playing a video game.
(A) Reading keeps your mind alive and progressive.
(B) Reading is boring than a video game.
(C) Reading needs your mind to interact actively with the material in front of you.
(D) Reading kindles your thinking and imagination.
(E) Reading is easier than playing a video game.
(F) Reading helps you gain new vocabulary, ideas, and expression.
Ans:-(A), (C), (D) & (F)
Q8. Which of the following reading styles should you adopt, when you do not have a lot of time in hand?
(A) Close reading
(B) Clustering
(C) Analytical reading
(D) Skimming
(E) Scanning
(F) Previewing
Ans:- (B), (D) & (E)
Q9. If you want a peaceful and harmonious life, what are the things you should remember about handling power?
(A) Treat people who enjoy less power the way you want your superiors to treat you.
(B) Use your power as an ability to do good things.
(C) Demonstrate your power in a dominating way to maintain the hierarchy.
(D) Ensure that power struggles do not come in human relationships.
(E) Demand that people should respect you for your position and the power bestowed with it.
(F) Empower the people around you.
Ans:- (A), (B) & (F)
Q10. Which of the following can be used as a visual aid in a public presentation?
(A) Graphs
(B) Maps
(C) Headlights
(D) Funny make-up
(E) Colorful spectacles
(F) Pictures
Ans:- (A), (B) & (F)
Q11. Pick the thing that you should NOT do before a public presentation:
(A) Visualize your delivery
(B) Practice presentation
(C) Know your subject
(D) Respect your audience
(E) Remember the last time you failed and get stressed for a perfect presentation this time
(F) Put emphasis on preparation
Ans:- (E)
Q12. Which of the following quotes best explains the “flight or fight” syndrome?
(A) “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
(B) “You are right, but I’m not wrong.”
(C) “Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.”
(D) “So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”
(E) “The body never lies.”
(F) “Forget everything and run, or face everything and rise.”
Ans:- (F)
Q13. If you are feeling very nervous, just before a presentation, which of the following can you do to help you focus?
(A) Tell yourself that it’s ridiculous to feel nervous
(B) Make some excuse and disappear from the arena
(D) Accept nervousness as a normal condition and tell yourself that the initial few minutes are always the worst. It gets better gradually.
(E) Don’t make any form of eye-contact with the audience.
(F) Go outside and have a smoke. Drink five cups of coffee at a stretch.
Ans:- (D)
Q14. Which of the following should be avoided while delivering a public speech?
(A) Facing the audience
(B) Using an open posture
(C) Speaking in a natural tone
(D) Putting your hands in your pockets
(E) Using hand gestures for emphasis
(F) Maintaining eye contact
Ans:- (D)
Q15. Which of the following is a “Must Do,” in terms of voice quality, during a public speech?
(A) Race through your speech
(B) Talk in a fast and furious way
(C) Talk deliberately slowly
(D) Mumble
(E) Exceed the time limit
(F) Speak in a normal pace but confidently
Ans:- (F)
Q16. Which of the following should you AVOID, as far as visual guidelines are concerned in your presentation?
(A) Make use of short sentences
(B) Use appropriate font colors
(C) Use distracting designs and pictures
(D) Make sure the visual aid supplements your presentation
(E) Spell check every slide
(F) Make sure your text is visible to everyone, from the first to the last row
Ans:- (C)
Q17. Identify the main purpose of previewing:
(A) Helps you read parts of the book for free
(B) Enables you to claim that you have read the book, when you have merely the broad outline of the story
(C) Helps you steal the contents of the book
(D) Helps you eliminate what you do not want to read and choose the one you like to read
(E) Helps you read faster
(F) Helps you reduce expenditures on books
Ans:- (D)
Q18. Which of the following describes skimming suitably?
(A) Reading or glancing through a book quickly to get a rough idea of what the book is about.
(B) Reading from the back flap blurbs or short reviews of the book.
(C) Looking for specific bits of information.
(D) Training your eyes to see words in groups.
(E) Scrutinizing each word carefully.
(F) Deepening and enhancing your understanding of the book.
Ans:- (A)
Q19. Which of the following reading strategies involve asking “Wh”—questions?
(A) Skimming
(B) Clustering
(C) Close-reading
(D) Scanning
(E) Analytical reading
(F) Previewing
Ans:- (D)
Q20. One of the two golden principles of reading, is?
(A) Always buy more books than you can read.
(B) It is very important to start cultivating the reading habit with the comics.
(C) If you start reading anything, finish it.
(D) It is important that the book reads you, rather than you read the book.
(E) Don’t just read a book, also write it simultaneously.
(F) Read at least five books at a time.
Ans:- (C)
Q21. According to Pablo Neruda, “It is what you read when you don’t have to, that determines what you will become when you can’t help it.”
(A) True
(B) False
Ans:- (B) False
Q22. A Powerpoint presentation should pack matter with long paragraphs.
(A) True
(B) False
Ans:- (B) False
Q23. Entertaining, educating, provoking, admonishing are the most important objectives of public speaking.
(A) True
(B) False
Ans:- (B) False
Q24. It is better not to break human trust because if it is once broken, it cannot be quickly fixed.
(A) True
(B) False
Ans:- (A) True
Q25. Native English speakers, such as Americans and Britishers, while making a public speech in English, will never exhibit nervousness.
(A) True
(B) False
Ans:- (B) False
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