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DTH services are provided by _______.

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  1. Transport Companies

  2. Banks

  3. Cellular Companies

  4. None of the Above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

DTH stands for Direct-to-home television. It is defined as the reception of satellite programmes with a personal dish in an individual home. Only cable operators can receive the satellite programmes which are transferred by them to individual homes. Hence, DTH services are provided by cellular companies.

State whether the following statement is True or False.
The signature need not be handwritten.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The signature need not be handwritten- this is a false statement. A signature should always be handwritten to validate the authenticity of any document. The writer of the signature is known as signatory or signer.

State the following statement is True or False:

A business letter should be as brief as possible.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A. True

A business letter needs to be concise and to the point. It should not be too long as in this case the recipient may miss the important information written in the letter. But, at the same time the letter must be clear, simple, accurate, concrete and complete. All the important points of the correspondence should be mentioned in it. 

State the following statement is True or False:

A line give the idea of contents of a letter at a glance is called the subject line.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A line give the idea of contents of a letter at a glance is called the subject line- this is a true statement. It is a statement in brief, that indicates the matter to which the letter relates.It attracts the attention of the reader immediately and helps him to know quickly what the letter is about.

State the following statement is True or False:

Window envelopes save time & labour of the letter writer.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Window envelopes save time and labour of the letter writer- this is a true statement. An envelope with a transparent panel is known as window envelope. In window envelope there is no need to write the address of the receiver separately on the envelope. It is clearly visible through the transparent part on the face of the envelope, which is known as window.

State the following statement is True or False:

Any message not included in the body of the letter is called post script.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
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Any message not included in the body of the letter is called post script- this is a true statement. This is required when the writer wants to add something, which is not included in the body of the letter. It is expressed as P.S.

State whether the following statement is True or False.
Yours faithfully is an example of complementary close.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This statements is True because of the following reasons:

(i) Complimentary close is a formal leave taking by the writer.
(ii) It is usual practice of closing the letter in courteous manner.
(iii) The complimentary close corresponds to the salutation.
(iv) The complimentary close is placed below the body of the letter in the right hand margin.
(v) It is so called, because it pays a compliment while saying,"Good-bye"
(vi) It is concluding part of the letter.
(vii) It shows polite end of the letter.
(viii) The usual complimentary close to a business letter is "yours faithfully".
(ix) The salutation 'Dear Sir' has matching complimentary close,'Yours faithfully'.
(x) A complimentary close is followed by a comma,like Yours faithfully,Yours Sincerely, etc.

State the following statement is True or False:

You attitude does not mean writing the word you again and again.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

You attitude does not mean writing the you word again and again-this is a true statement. You attitude in business writing usually emphasizes what the reader wants to know, respecting the reader's intelligence, and protecting the reader's ego

State the following statement is True or False:

The name and the address of the receiver of a letter on the envelop is known as superscription.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The name and the address of the receiver of a letter on the envelop is known as superscription- this is a true statement. Superscription is written on the outer part of the envelope. On it the name and address of the person who will receive the letter are written.

State the following statement is True or False:

Post script means written afterwards.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A. True

It is derived from the Latin word postscriptum  which means afterwards. A postscript is an afterthought that has occurred after the letter has been written and signed. It may be a sentence, a paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added, after the signature of a letter or after the main body of a letter.