Communication Skills Class 9 MCQs – Complete Exam Practice
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Q1. The word ‘communication’ comes from the Latin word communicare. What does it mean?
a) To speak
b) To share
c) To write
d) To understand
Q2. Which statement best defines communication?
a) Speaking loudly so that everyone can hear
b) Writing letters and emails to friends
c) Sharing of information between two or more individuals, or within a group, to reach a common understanding
d) Listening to others without giving any reply
Q3. Ria tells her friend the date and time of the exam. Here communication is used to:
a) Inform
b) Influence
c) Negotiate
d) Decode
Q4. Arjun politely bargains with a shopkeeper to reduce the price of a bag. This is an example of using communication to:
a) Inform
b) Express feelings
c) Influence
d) Encode
Q5. Sunita shares her excitement about doing well in exams with her parents and friends. Here communication is mainly used to:
a) Influence
b) Negotiate
c) Give instructions
d) Express feelings
Q6. A student refuses to listen to a new classmate because of an earlier negative experience with someone from the same group. Which factor can affect the student’s perspective?
a) Past experience
b) Environment
c) Space
d) Posture
Q7. A student assumes that another student cannot perform a task because of a preconceived opinion. This is an example of:
a) Courtesy
b) Prejudice
c) Conciseness
d) Paralanguage
Q8. Perspectives in communication refer to:
a) Rules of grammar
b) Types of sentences
c) Ideas, views or fixed ways of thinking that affect our communication
d) Different channels used to send a message
Q9. Which is the best example of environment as a barrier to communication?
a) Not trusting the other person
b) Talking to a friend at a function where loud music is being played
c) Fear of speaking in front of others
d) Using words that the listener does not know
Q10. Fear and low confidence that make communication difficult come under:
a) Environment
b) Culture
c) Personal factors
d) Visual perception
Q11. Showing a thumb may mean ‘good job’ to some people but may be insulting to others. Which factor does this show?
a) Culture
b) Feelings
c) Prejudice
d) Past experience
Q12. Which of the following is one of the 7Cs of communication?
a) Confusing
b) Concrete
c) Complicated
d) Casual
Q13. A student gives only the required information without unnecessary details. Which C is being followed?
a) Concise
b) Complete
c) Courteous
d) Concrete
Q14. A message uses exact words and facts. Which characteristic of the 7Cs does it demonstrate?
a) Coherent
b) Concrete
c) Courteous
d) Complete
Q15. A message is logically connected and makes sense. Which C is being demonstrated?
a) Coherent
b) Concise
c) Correct
d) Complete
Q16. A message contains all the information required by the receiver. It is:
a) Concise
b) Complete
c) Concrete
d) Courteous
Q17. A student speaks politely and respectfully to another person. Which C is being followed?
a) Correct
b) Courteous
c) Concrete
d) Coherent Verbal Communication
Q18. Communication that uses words is called:
a) Visual communication
b) Verbal communication
c) Non-verbal communication
d) Body language
Q19. Which is an example of oral communication?
a) Newspaper
b) Email
c) Face-to-face conversation
d) Written notice
Q20. Which is an example of written communication?
a) Public speech
b) Phone conversation
c) Group discussion
d) Email
Q21. A teacher conducts a classroom discussion in which students and teacher speak to one another. This is:
a) Oral communication
b) Visual communication
c) Written communication
d) Non-verbal communication
Q22. Which of the following can be sent through email?
a) Only text
b) Only photographs
c) Documents and files including photos, videos and music
d) Only handwritten notes and music
Q23. Which is an advantage of verbal communication?
a) It is always free from cultural differences
b) It is easy and quick
c) It never causes confusion
d) It does not depend on words
Q24. Which can be a disadvantage of verbal communication?
a) It always takes a long time
b) Cultural differences may create difficulties
c) It cannot provide quick responses
d) It cannot be used on a phone
Q25. Two people use different languages and cannot understand each other. This illustrates which difficulty in verbal communication?
a) Different languages
b) Good posture
c) Eye contact
d) Visual communication
Q26. In the 3Ps method, the first step is:
a) Perform
b) Practice
c) Prepare
d) Present
Q27. Which sequence correctly represents the 3Ps?
a) Practice → Prepare → Perform
b) Prepare → Practice → Perform
c) Perform → Practice → Prepare
d) Prepare → Perform → Practice
Q28. Meera rehearses her speech in front of a mirror and then in front of her family, asking what they think. Which ‘P’ is this?
a) Practice
b) Prepare
c) Perform
d) Present
Q29. Which action belongs to the ‘Perform’ stage?
a) Writing what you plan to say
b) Talking in front of a mirror
c) Asking friends for feedback
d) Taking a few deep breaths and starting to speak confidently
Q30. Non-verbal communication is:
a) A message sent using only spoken words
b) A message sent to others without using any words
c) A message sent only in writing
d) A message sent only through email
Q31. Which of the following is an example of non-verbal communication?
a) Email
b) Speech
c) Facial expression
d) Letter
Q32. A straight body posture may indicate:
a) Confusion
b) Confidence
c) Anger only
d) Sadness
Q33. A student places a finger on the lips to ask others to remain silent. This is an example of:
a) Written communication
b) Gesture/body language
c) Formal introduction
d) Pronunciation
Q34. A student looks away continuously while another person is speaking. According to the chapter, this may make the speaker feel:
a) Encouraged
b) Ignored
c) Confident
d) Excited
Q35. Which non-verbal element is related to voice, tone and pauses?
a) Gesture
b) Posture
c) Paralanguage
d) Space
Q36. Which combination represents elements of non-verbal communication?
a) Eye contact, gestures, posture and facial expressions
b) Nouns, verbs and adjectives
c) Full stop, comma and apostrophe
d) What, Why and How expressions
Q37. A traffic light communicates information mainly through:
a) Oral communication
b) Written communication
c) Visual communication
d) Phone communication
Q38. A sentence is:
a) A group of words that communicates a complete thought
b) A group of words that does not make complete sense
c) A set of rules for punctuation
d) A group of ideas that forms a paragraph
Q39. Which of the following is a phrase?
a) Raju goes to school
b) Raju goes
c) Did you work on your project
d) That is good
Q40. In the word MINTS, the letter ‘N’ stands for:
a) Numbers
b) Nouns
c) Names of people, places and days
d) Notes
Q41. In the MINTS rule, “M” stands for:
a) Meaning
b) Months
c) Marks
d) Messages
Q42. According to MINTS, which word should begin with a capital letter?
a) monday
b) monday only when at the end
c) Monday
d) monday only in a question
Q43. According to MINTS, “T” refers to:
a) Thoughts
b) Titles
c) Time
d) Terms
Q44. Which punctuation mark can show a pause in a sentence?
a) Comma
b) Question mark
c) Apostrophe
d) Full stop
Q45. Which punctuation mark indicates strong feeling such as surprise or anger?
a) Comma
b) Full stop
c) Exclamation mark
d) Apostrophe
Q46. Which sentence uses an apostrophe to show possession?
a) Divya has pen.
b) That is Divya’s pen.
c) That is Divya pen.
d) That is Divyas pen.
Q47. How many basic parts of speech are there?
a) Five
b) Six
c) Seven
d) Eight
Q48. In “Rahul is standing under the tree”, the word ‘under’ is a:
a) Preposition
b) Adverb
c) Conjunction
d) Noun
Q49. Which of the following is an interjection?
a) Quickly
b) Under
c) And
d) Help!
Q50. In a sentence, the subject is:
a) The person or thing that does an action
b) The person or thing that receives the action
c) The word that describes the action
d) The word that joins two sentences
Q51. Which word is an adverb in “Reema quickly wrote a letter”?
a) Reema
b) quickly
c) wrote
d) letter
Q52. An adverb can answer which question?
a) How?
b) Who only?
c) Which only?
d) What only?
Q53. Which part of speech joins words, phrases or clauses?
a) Adjective
b) Conjunction
c) Pronoun
d) Adverb
Q54. Which part of speech expresses emotion?
a) Interjection
b) Noun
c) Verb
d) Preposition
Q55. A preposition is placed before a noun or pronoun to form:
a) A question
b) A phrase modifying another word
c) An interjection
d) A title
Q56. Which sentence type makes a statement?
a) Interrogative
b) Declarative
c) Exclamatory
d) Imperative
Q57. “Where are you going?” is a:
a) Declarative sentence
b) Imperative sentence
c) Interrogative sentence
d) Exclamatory sentence
Q58. “What a pleasant surprise!” is:
a) Exclamatory
b) Interrogative
c) Declarative
d) Imperative
Q59. A sentence that gives a command or instruction is:
a) Declarative
b) Imperative
c) Interrogative
d) Exclamatory
Q60. A paragraph is a group of sentences that generally:
a) Have unrelated ideas
b) Express a common idea
c) Must contain questions only
d) Must contain exactly three sentences
Q61. A new paragraph should generally be started when:
a) The idea changes
b) Every word is completed
c) A noun is used
d) A comma is used
Q62. In a sentence, the direct object generally receives the action of the:
a) Adjective
b) Verb
c) Pronoun
d) Preposition
Q63. Which voice focuses on the person or thing performing the action?
a) Passive voice
b) Active voice
c) Question voice
d) Visual voice
Q64. In passive voice, the focus is generally placed on:
a) The receiver of the action
b) The punctuation mark
c) The speaker only
d) The adjective
Q65. Pronunciation refers to:
a) How a word is written
b) How a word is said
c) How a word is capitalised
d) How a sentence is punctuated
Q66. The study of sounds made when speaking is called:
a) Grammar
b) Phonetics
c) Punctuation
d) Paralanguage
Q67. English has:
a) 26 letters and exactly 26 sounds
b) 26 letters but more than 26 sounds
c) More than 26 letters and 26 sounds
d) 12 letters and 26 sounds
Q68. A sound produced by combining two vowel sounds is called:
a) Consonant
b) Diphthong
c) Interjection
d) Pronoun
Q69. A consonant sound is:
a) Any sound that is neither a vowel nor a diphthong sound
b) Any sound made with two vowels
c) Only the sound of the letters a, e, i, o, u
d) Only the sounds of the last letter of a word
Q70. The words ‘Sun’ and ‘Son’ show that:
a) Words with different meanings are always spelt the same
b) Words with similar spellings are always pronounced the same
c) Words having different spellings may be pronounced in the same way
d) Spelling and pronunciation always match
Q71. Formal greetings are used to greet:
a) Friends and family only
b) Teachers, elderly people, seniors and customers
c) Only classmates
d) Brothers and sisters
Q72. Which of the following is an informal greeting?
a) Good morning, Sir!
b) Hello Sir. How are you?
c) Hey! How are you doing?
d) Good afternoon, Ma’am.
Q73. When introducing yourself, which information may be included?
a) Name
b) Hometown
c) Interests
d) All of the above
Q74. While introducing yourself, you should:
a) Avoid looking at the other person
b) Look at the other person and smile
c) Keep your head down
d) Speak without listening
Q75. When introducing another person, which information may be useful?
a) Their name and what they do
b) How you know them
c) Something interesting about them
d) All of the above Talking About Self and Forms
Q76. Which of the following may be discussed when talking about yourself?
a) Likes and dislikes
b) Strengths and weaknesses
c) Both A and B
d) Neither A nor B
Q77. In a form, the date of birth is usually written as:
a) Year, month, day
b) Month, day, year
c) Day, month, year
d) Year, day, month
Q78. A PIN code is:
a) The house number
b) A group of numbers used by the post office to identify a region
c) The name of the area
d) The signature of a person identify a region
Q79. What is the main purpose of asking questions?
a) To create confusion
b) To get information
c) To avoid communication
d) To stop a conversation
Q80. Which method helps ensure that important information has been collected?
a) MINTS
b) 3Ps
c) 5W+1H
d) PIN
Q81. Which is a close-ended question?
a) What do you like to watch?
b) Why did you go there?
c) Do you have a TV at home?
d) How did you go?
