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Before you begin writing your presentation, what should you consider?
Which of these is NOT a way in which you can be more assertive when giving a presentation?
While giving your presentation, how might you improve the way you are speaking?
Which of these should you avoid while giving your presentation?
Which of the following steps should be completed first when preparing to give a presentation?
Which of the following tips should you consider when speaking to diverse audiences?
One advance preparation you can do to overcome initial nervousness when delivering a presentation
is to:
When using content from external sources in presentation materials, it is necessary to include:
Which of the following is the best stratergy for effectively planning out your time?
Which of the following is not a common reason why people procrastinate at work?
Which of the following is/are some technique(s) for reducing procrastination?
Which of the following is not one of the suggested techniques for reducing procrastination?
Which of the following is a common myth about attendance and punctuality in the workplace?
Neatness, ________________, and speed are important contributors to workplace productivity and
therefore should be valued.
Which of the following is/are (a) suggested question(s) to ask yourself when planning your activities?
The time management technique of ____________ refers to eating meals on the run to make good
use of time ordinarily spent on sitting down for meals.
Which of the following is/are suggested techniques for overcoming time waster in the work
environment?
Which of the following is not an appropriate question to ask when planning your activities?
Which of the following would be an example of streamlining your work in effort to eliminate time
wasting tasks?
Which of the following would be an example of making good use of office technology?
Which of the following would be considered as using the time management technique of "getting off
to a good start"?
Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and
his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:
A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he had:
Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of
A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.
A student multiplied a number by 3/5instead of 5/3
What is the percentage error in the calculation?
In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were
invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate
got, was:
Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What
percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?
A and B together have Rs. 1210. If 4/15 A's amount is equal to 2/5 of B's amount, how much amount
does B have?
Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers
is:
A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets Rs.
1000 more than D, what is B's share?
Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to
increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats?
In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water 2 : 1. If this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then the quantity of
water to be further added is:
The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase in the
number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be the new ratio?
Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2 : 3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs. 4000, the new
ratio becomes 40 : 57. What is Sumit's salary?
The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 :3 and that of the second to the
third is 5 : 8, then the second number is:
If Rs. 782 be divided into three parts, proportional to 1/2: 2/3 :3/4 , then the first part is:
The salaries A, B, C are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are allowed
respectively in their salaries, then what will be new ratio of their salaries?
If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of another number, what is the ratio of first number to the
second number?
In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all, how many
5 p coins are there?
When a sum of money was equally distributed among 49 children, each child received Rs. 20. If the
same amount is equally distributed among children, such that each child gets Rs. 3.5, find the
number of children.
The ratio of two numbers is 9 : 5. If 9 is added to the greater number and 5 is subtracted from the
smaller number, the greater number becomes thrice the smaller one. Find the numbers.
What must be added to each of the numbers 7, 11 and 19, so that the resulting numbers may be in
continued proportion?
The mean proportional between 45 and a certain number is three times the mean proportional
between 5 and 22. The number is ?
The ratio of the first and second-class fares between the two stations is 6 : 4 and the number of
passengers traveling by first and second-class is 1 : 30. If Rs. 2100 is collected as fare, what is the
amount collected from first class passengers?
The subject for a presentation on ‘Illiteracy in India’ can have a heading from the following.
A presentation on ‘Beluga Whales and their Habitats’ will be suitable for ___________.
The objective of the presentation “How to co-exist with Olive Ridleys?” to a group of fishermen can be for
_________ purpose.
If you’ve to make a presentation to a large group of teenagers, which topic among the following will be
interesting?
If a presentation involves Audio-visual aids like videos and songs to be played in a speaker system,
which among the following setup will be ideal?
Creative ideas that are not limited by current thinking or beliefs are also known as ____________.
Key elements of a presentation are usually detailed at ___________ section of the presentation.
______________ aids are used if the topic requires expanding, clarifying and simplifying.
“Do feel free to interrupt me if you’ve any questions” - This sentence should be ideally said during which
part of the presentation?
___________ should be well structured, divided up logically, with plenty of carefully spaced visuals.
If someone challenges your viewpoint in the presentation, what should be the ideal way of responding?
The phrase, “I therefore suggest the following strategy” – is ideally said at ________ stage of the
presentation.
_____________ is an ideal time for you to clarify your audience’s doubts on the subject.
Time management matrix has ________ types of quadrants when it comes to time management.
Which one of the following does not come under the time management model?
_____________ is the art of planning your activities so that you can achieve your goals and priorities
within the available time.
Gauri went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise went on sales tax
on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?
Rajeev bought goods worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays
sales tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods.
The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average percent
increase of population per year is:
if the price of a book is first decreased by 25% and then increased by 20%, then the net change in the
price will be :
The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 10% every year. It was purchased 3 years ago. If its
present value is Rs. 8748, its purchase price was :
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