The interview may be conducted by letter and by telephone, as well as in person. Letter and telephone interviews are less satisfactory. Direct contact with an individual and a face-to-face relationship often provide a stimulating situation for both interviewer and interviewee. Personal reaction and interaction aid not only in rapport but also in obtaining nuances and additional information by the reactions which are more fully observed in a face-to-face relationship.
Source: English Quiz
Adequate preparation for the interview is a “must”. Careful planning saves not only time but also energy of both parties concerned. The interview is used to obtain facts or subjective data such as individual opinions, attitudes, and preferences. Interviews are used to check on questionnaires which may have been used to obtain data, or when a problem being investigated is complex, or when the information needed to solve it cannot be secured easily in any other way. People will often give information orally but will not put it in writing.1. The intention of the writer of this passage is to
(1) warn the readers against conducting interviews.
(2) instruct people on the best means of conducting interviews.
(3) tell people how to make friends with interviewers.
(4) advise people on the use of letters and telephone.
2. According to the author the best way to conduct interviews is
(1) to talk to the interviewees over telephone.
(2) to write letters to the interviewees.
(3) to observe the interviewees from a distance.
(4) to have a direct conversation with the interviewees.
3. If I want to interview someone,
(1) all I need to do is to just drop in and have a talk with the person.
(2) I ought to plan and prepare for the interview well in advance.
(3) I have to ring up the person and ask him/her all the questions I want to.
(4) establishing good rapport with the person will be enough.
4. Face-to-face interaction with the interviewees enables the interviewer to
(1) understand shades of meaning not readily available in written responses.
(2) observe the physical stature of the interviewee.
(3) listen to the voice of the interviewee directly.
(4) compel the interviewees to express their opinions in writing.
5. The author used ‘individual opinions’, ‘attitudes’ and ‘preferences’ as examples of
(1) objective data about the interviewees.
(2) abstract philosophical concepts irrelevant to the interview process.
(3) psychological properties particular to a given interviewee.
(4) likes and dislikes common to interviewers and interviewees
Directions (6-10) : You have two brief passages with 5 questions following each passages. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Among the natural resources which can be called upon in national plan for development, possibly the most important is human labour; without productive labour force, including effective leadership and intelligent middle management, no amount of foreign assistance or natural wealth can ensure successful development and modernisation. One essential factor is usually overlooked or ignored. The forgotten factor is the role of women. Development will be handicapped as long as women remain second-class citizens, uneducated, without any voice in family or community decisions, without legal or economic status, married when they are still practically children, and thenceforth producing one baby after another, often only to see half of them die before they are of school age. We can enhance development by improving ‘woman power’ by giving women opportunity to develop themselves.
6. The most important natural resource for national development is
(1) human labour.
(2) effective leadership.
(3) intelligent middle management.
(4) foreign assistance.
7. Human power means
(1) only men.
(2) only women.
(3) people including children.
(4) both men and women.
8. The ignored and overlooked for factor in the development of the nation is
(1) role of women.
(2) role of middle management.
(3) role of child labour.
(4) role of foreign assistance.
9. Women have hardly
(1) any voice in family or community decisions.
(2) any economic or legal status.
(3) any voice in family or community decision or legal or economic status.
(4) any voice to decide about themselves.
10. Woman power is
(1) an essential power in the development of the nation.
(2) an essential power in child production.
(3) an essential power in marriages.
(4) an essential power in the death of children
Answers:
Ans 1:(2) instruct people on the best means of conducting interviews
Ans 2 (4) to have a direct conversation with the interviewees
Ans 3. (2) I ought to plan and prepare for the interview well in advance
Ans 4. (1) understand shades of meaning not readily available in written responses
Ans 5 (3) psychological properties particular
Ans 6 (1) human labour
Ans7 (4) both men and women
Ans 8. (1) role of women
Ans 9 (3) any voice in family or community decision or legal or economic status
Ans10 (1) an essential power in the development of the nation
