Question

Direction: It consists of two statements, one labelled as ‘Statement (I)’ and the others as ‘Statement (II)’. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answer using the codes given below:

Statement (I): Increasingly, employers have generally tended to expect engineers to possess both hard skills and soft skills.

Statement (II): Soft skills mean the knowledge of the software.

1. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I)
2. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true, but Statement (II) is not the correct explanation of Statement (I)
3. Statement (I) is true, but Statement (II) is false
4. Statement (I) is false, but Statement (II) is true

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Statement (I) is true, but Statement (II) is false

Soft Skills:

• Soft skills are those which require interpersonal adaptability among different kinds of people, problems, and situations.
• For example, leadership and communication are interpersonal skills that successful engineers employ on a regular basis.
• Soft skills are subtle behaviors and communication styles that help make a work environment or interaction with another person easier to manage.
• Soft skills are not concerned with the knowledge of the concerned subjects or software for that matter. (Statement 2 is false)

 

Hard Skills:

• Hare the technical skills we use each day to perform our job.
• Some examples would be our computer skills or procedural knowledge we apply in our job. 
• Hence to compete in today’s competitive scenario, knowledge of both the skills is expected of an engineer. (Statement 1 is true)