Communication Skills PYQs Class 12

Communication Skills PYQs Class 12 | Important CBSE Board Questions

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Communication Skills PYQs Class 12 are carefully curated from the frequently asked questions in past CBSE board papers. Each question is chosen for its importance and exam frequency, helping you strengthen key concepts and making your revision easy, quick, and effective.

Q1. Which of the following is not a kind of sentence? [2025]
a) Declarative
b) Interrogative
c) Interjective
d) Exclamatory

Q2. Identify the incorrect statement [2024]
a) Goals must have deadlines.
b) Goals should always be unrealistically measurable.
c) Goal setting should be action-based.
d) Goals should always be measurable.

Q3. What is sentence? [2024/23]
a) A group of ideas that form a complete paragraph.
b) A group of words that communicates a complete thought.
c) A set of rules that we must follow to write correctly.
d) A set of words that contains basic punctuation marks.

Q4. ____ is form of communication that allows students to put their feelings and ideas on paper, to organize their knowledge and beliefs into convincing arguments, and to convey meaning through well-constructed text. [2024]
a) Active listening
b) Writing
c) Absolute phrase
d) Speeches

Q5. Which of the following is not true about Active Listening? [2025]
a) It can affect your job effectiveness
b) It allows you to comprehend what others speak
c) The gesture of listeners has no effect on the speaker
d) Feedback is one of the factors that affects active listening

Q6. An indirect object answers the questions, such as

Q7. What is active listening? [2024]

Q8. Communication involves a sender, who ___ and sends a message through a channel. [2024]
a) Encodes
b) Decodes
c) Records
d) Free codes

Communication Skills Class 12 Previous Year Questions with Answers

Q9. The objective of effective communication is [2020]
a) Development of interpersonal skills
b) To express effectively and with maximum efficiency
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above

Q10. Arrange the steps of active listening in proper order. [2021]
1. Contact 2. Absorb 3. Reflective feedback 4. Confirm
a) 1234
b) 4321
c) 2143
d) 1324

Q11. Which one of the following is not a type of communication? [2024]
a) Verbal
b) Visual
c) Written
d) Thinking

Q12. Soft skills are also known as ___ [2020]
a) People skills
b) Personal skills
c) Audience skills
d) Receiver skills

Q13. Effective mass communication involves skills that can be utilized to send messages that are [2024]
a) Clear, Correct, Accurate
b) Correct, Concise, Actual
c) Clear, Concise, Accurate
d) Clear, Concise, Accurate

Q14. ___ is element of communication which encodes and sends messages through a channel. [2025]

Q15. Which one of the following is not a valid punctuation mark in English?
a) @
b) .
c) ?
d) !

Communication Skills PYQs Class 12 | CBSE Employability Skills PYQ

Q16. A ___ is group of words that communicate a complete meaning.

Q17. ____ is important element of communication as it helps in knowing whether the receiver has understood the message or not.

Q18. There are two types of communication ___ and non-verbal.

Q19. Which non-verbal cue is not associated with active listening?
a) Nodding in agreement
b) Maintaining an open and welcoming posture
c) Checking your phone when the other person is speaking
d) Making encouraging facial expressions

Q20. Which of the following can be a barrier to active listening? [2024]
a) Objective approach
b) Conductive approach
c) Pre-occupied
d) Empathy

Q21. ___ can result in confusion, frustration, wasted effort and missed opportunities [2024]
a) Verbal communication
b) Clear communication
c) Accurate communication
d) Lack of communication

📘 Note: These Class 12 Communication Skills PYQs are compiled from the last 3–5 years of CBSE Board and Compartment Papers covering various skill subjects (IT, AI, Data Science, etc.) from the Employability Skills section.

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