Personality Development :Suggested Questions covering the syllabus

Personality Development & Soft Skills: Assignment/Suggested topics

First Sessional

Q1. Write short notes on:

1.       Hypothesis

2.       Goal-setting

3.       Ad hominem

4.       False dichotomy

5.       Red-herring

6.       Latent thinking

7.       Abstraction

8.       False analogy

9.       GROW

10.   USP

What is Scientific Temper? Can a lay person have a scientific aptitude? What are the methods of science that we can use in our routine lives to understand the issues, problems, events and phenomena around us?

11.   Conduct a SWOC analysis on yourself. List out the findings. How does the STEP/PEST/PETS framework help you in perceiving your actual concerns/challenges and Opportunities? What concerns and opportunities do you identify for yourself?

12.   List out any ten Logical Fallacies with examples to illustrate.

13.   What kind of logical fallacies can media use? Discuss some examples and counterarguments you may give to dispel those fallacies.

14.   Enumerate any three Problem Solving strategies and some problems

 that can be solved using those strategies.

15.   Is it possible to argue politely? Give one example with the kind of words/phrases that may be used to foster reason in a debate.

16.   What are the seven Cs of effective communication?

17.   Assuming that O, B, X and Z are four friends, write out a group discussion on the topic:

a)      Frontiers/border areas of Science

b)      Science  versus Superstitions

c)       State-of-the-art Technologies

d)      Paradoxes in life

e)      Paradoxes in science

18.   Enumerate the barriers to effective communication. Discuss some ways to overcome those barriers.

19.   Write a paragraph on(120 words):

a)      Circles b) Speed c) Bitcoins 4)Higgs-Bosons 5) Gravitational Waves 6) Anti-matter 7) polymers 8)windows 9)Doors

20.   Compose a poem on: 

a)Neutrons b) Your favourite element c)Your favourite chemical reaction d) Your favourite theorem e) Your favourite equation f)Your favourite domain in mathematics g) Science laboratory

21.   Use the given line to build a story:

a) One evening as I was transported to the Physics/ Chemistry lab……

b)      I was invited by Einstein to dinner but I reached late….

c)       I tried to control it but my time-machine crash-landed into the world of 1940s….

23.Write an essay following international structure: hook-hypothesis/ theis statement/ key ideas/ Argument/Evidence/Explanation/Example/Restatement of thesis/ call to action  and Signal to the end.

Second Sessional

Q1. Write short notes on:

1.       Bargaining

2.       Collaboration

3.       Compromise

4.       Conflict

5.       Win-win situations

6.       Worse-case scenarios

7.       Devil’s advocate

8.       Group think

9.       Grapevines

10.   Patents

Q2. Write long answers on:

1.       What is leadership? How is it different from management? Discuss a few leadership skills.

2.       Can a bad manager be a good leader and vice versa?

3.       Can leadership be learnt? Can we train ourselves to be leaders?

4.       What is crisis handling? Can we train ourselves to handle crisis?

5.       Why does conflict emerge? Can we resolve conflicts through negotiations? What is the value of compromise? Discuss a few Conflict negotiation techniques.

6.       Create a dialogue between Yajna, the manager and Gargi, the employee who wants a salary hike during a periodic appraisal during times of inflation.

7.       Give the format of a long report.

8.       Draft a memo report checking inventory updates of chemical  laboratory on a certain day.

9.       Draft a memo asking students to handle lab chemicals with care.

10.   Draft a memo asking students to handle equipment in lab with caution.

Q3. Draft an ideal resume for you chosen job profile in the company of your dreams. Accompany it with a covering letter.

Q4. Draft a realistic resume outlining your skills and accomplishments so far. Attach it to a covering letter.

Q5. Write an essay (300 words) with the following hook statement:

a)      I never let my schooling interfere with my education.

b)      If facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.

Q6. Write an essay on:

1.       Scientific Temper

2.       Intellectual Property Rights

3.       Corporate Social Responsibility

4.       India must capitalize on its indigenous strengths through IPR in the era of knowledge economy.

5.       IMF and conditions it levies on debtor nations

6.       WTO and its favoritism towards developed nations.

Q7. Discuss the use of visuals vis-avis texts in Presentations.

Q8. How can information overload and text density affect your presentation?

Q9. How much is audience/ reader important for writer/speaker? Discuss with reference to expertise and age.

And

For internal evaluation:

Presentation: Eight slides discussing at least 3 key ideas under chosen topic.