Soft Study MODEL QUESTIONS
Journalism and Mass Communication
6th Semster 2021
Answer Key are given in Bold letter
1. The originator of the phrase ‘Press is the
fourth estate’ is:
A. North Cliff
B. Edmund Burke
C. Lord Macaulay
D. Rudyard Kipling
2. What is embargo?
A. A ship, which often comes late
B. A ban on publication before a specific date
C. A story, which has no end
D. None of these
3. News is the description of the event by a
book writer:
A. True
B. FALSE
4. To be considered a daily, a newspaper has
to appear at least:
A. Seven times a week
B. Eight times a week
C. Nine times a week
D. Ten times a week
5. The news of important public events
appearing in the front sections of a newspaper, re called:
A. Soft-news
B. Hard-news
C. Feature News
D. Investigative news
6. The major function of Television is to provide:
A. Information
B. Education
C. Entertainment
D. All the three
7. The famous communication Model SMCRE was
devised by:
A. Schramm
B. Roger
C. Lasswell
D. Osgood
8. Identification Mark written on the top of
news story page is called:
A. Embargo
B. Tip
C. Credit Line
D. Slug Line
xxxx
9. The communication based on purchased time
or space is called:
A. Propaganda
B. Publicity
C. Advertising
D. None of these
10. UPI is the abbreviation of:
A. United Press of India
B. United Press of Indonesia
C. United Press International
D. None of these
11. THE news that appears
two or three days before an event is called:
A. Follow up
B. Lead story
C. Curtain raiser
D. None of these
12. Communication without words:
A. Mass communication
B. Visual Communication
C. Non-Verbal
communication
D. None of these
13. The reading of the script to check the
errors is called:
A. Composing
B. Editing
C. Proof-reading
D. None of these
14. A brief introduction of a photograph is called:
A. Embargo
B. Credit line
C. Caption
D. None of these
15. Calcutta General advertiser is popularly
known as:
A. Calcutta Courier
B. Voice of Bengal
C. Bengal Jopumal
D. Hicky's Gazette
16. Communication is a:
A. Strategy
B. Theory
C. Process
D. None of these
17. The structure of newspaper is determined by:
A. Circulation
B. Frequency of publication
C. Size
D. None of these
18. Title registration of newspaper is done by:
A. RNI
B. DAVP
C. PIB
D. IPRD
19. A story appearing with the name of the
writer is called:
A. Print line
B. None of these
C. Credit line
D. By line
20. The largest circulated English newspaper of
India is published by Bennett Coleman and Company Ltd since 1838. What is the name of the newspaper?
(a) The Hindustan times
(b) The Hindu
(c) The Indian Express
(d) The Times of India
21. Which is the first Newspaper in Bengali to
be published by Raja ram Mohan Roy?
(a) Sudha
(b) Udantmartand
(c) Sambad Kaumudi
(d) Pratap
22. What is DNA?
(a) Name of News Agency
(b) Name of a
Newspaper
(c) Name of a News Channel
(d) None of them
23. What is Frontline?
(a) Name of a News Agency
(b) Name of a Newspaper
(c) Name of a News Channel
(d) Name of a News magazine
24. Reuters is an international reputed media
organisation, what is it?
(a) News Agency
(b) Media
(c) News Channel
(d) None of the above
25. James Augustus Hickey is associated with…..
(a) Punjab Gazette
(b) Bengal Gazette
(c) Assam Gazette
(d) None of the above
26. Editorial page is an important component of?
(a) DD News
(b) AIR News
(c) Newspaper
(d) Sports News
27. What is the full form of ABC which is an
organisation associated with newspapers?
(a) Audit Bureau of Circulation
(b) Accounts Bureau of Calcutta
(c) Assam Bengal Corporations
(d) Asian Broadcasting Company
28. Minimum numbers of persons needed to be in
a group communication are----
(a) Four
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) One
29. When was the Press Council of India set up?
(a) 1818
(b) 1919
(c) 1974
(d) 1964
30. Lead is the name of:
A. Main Feature
B.
Opening Editorial
C. Leading story on the front page
D. None of these
31. Palagiarism is unauthorized use of another person's copyright material without acknowledgment:
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
32. Slug Line are
the words to identify news copy/story:
A.
Correct
B. Incorrect
33. Acta diurna was the ………………
A. Daily Public Records
B. Hand written bulletin
C. A sort of daily gazette
D.
All
of the above
34. Which among these is not a print journalism professional?
A. Columnist
B. Reporter
C.
Producer
D. Editor
35. The newspapers are heavily dependent on the
advertisements for
A. Journalism
B. Press
C.
Revenue
D. All of these
36. Which was the first newspaper published in india?
A. Bengal Gazette
B. Samachar Darpan
C. Mumbai Samachar
D. The Times of India
37. Mass communication model developed by
A. Shannon Weaver
B. Wilburn Schramm
C. McQuail
D. Harold Laswell
38. Television Broadcast in India has started
as an experimental basis on:
A. 15th September 1959
B. 2nd November 1936
C. 31st August 1870
D. 6th may 1907
39. What should the lead paragraph of a news
story contain?
A. At least 2 of the 5 Ws and 1 H
B. A human interest hook
C.
All
of the 5 Ws and 1 H (or at least as many as possible)
D. Least important details
40. What is soft news?
A. News that’s based on opinions, not facts
B.
News
that’s entertaining or interesting
C. News that’s circulated on the Internet, not on paper
D. Advice columns
41. To
improve the standard
of news agencies
and newspapers _ was reconstituted.
A. Press Council
B. Wage Boards
C. Press Forums
D. None of these
42. The newspapers are heavily dependent on the
advertisements for
A. Journalism
B. Press
C. Revenue
D. All of these
43. Reporters work is to gather
A. Websites
B. Information
C. Visit the events
D. None of these
44. The press and registration of books act
enacted in the year
A. 1857
B. 1867
C. 1877
D. 1897
45. The press council of India was initiated in
A. 1966
B.
1952
C. 1982
D. 1984
46. The audience for whom the message is
specifically designed are called
A. The target
audience
B. The actual audience
C. The available audience
D. None of these
47. The way in which the message travels to the
receiver is called:
A. Encoding
B. Decoding
C. Channel
D. Source
48. The reading of the script to check the
errors is called:
A. Composing
B. Proof-reading
C. Editing
D. None of these
49. Acknowledgment of the source of a picture
or a story is called?
A. Credit line
B. Byline
C. Courtesy
D. Reference
50. What is ‘scoop’?
A. Common
B. Beat news
C. Exclusive
story
D. None of these
51. The cultural and creative media products of
a country are referred to as-
(a) Virtual power
(b) Economic power
(c) Horse power
(d) Soft power
52. Normative media theory explains how a media system should operate to realize
(a) Economic goals
(b) Political strategies
(c) Ideal social values
(d) Legal frameworks
53. Development journalism is related to
(a) Investigative stories
(b) Sports stories
(c) Societal
priorities
(d) Crime stories
54. Name the first female photo-journalist of India?
(a) PT Usha
(b) Homai Vyarawalla
(c) Kalpana Lajmi
(d) None
55. A House Journal is a tool of ---------
(a) Public Relations
(b) Advertising
(c) Cinema
(d) Radio
56. The press release is a term used often in
(a) Magazine
(b) Documentary
(c) Script Writing
(d) Newspapers
57. Identify the person who defined development
communication for the first time in 1970s.
(a) Christina Ogan
(b) Rosemary Righter
(c) Nora C.Quebral
(d) William Hachten
58. Identify which among the following does not
constitute a major department at most newspaper offices?
a) Editorial
b) Advertising
c) House- keeping
d) Circulation
59. In the age of television journalism visual
reporter is synonymous with …..
(a) Camera person
(b) Non- liner editor
(c) TV producer
(d) output editor
60. Advertising reflects the ideology of
(a) Consumers
(b) Regulators
(c) Publicists
(d) market- place
61. Who is the person who holds a key position
in the newspaper organization; he is responsible for the activities of income generation
role of the newspaper?
a) Editor
b) Publisher
c) Advertising Manager
d) Circulation Manager
62. Headlines that appear directly opposite to
each other are known as…..
a)
Bumping Heads
b) Straight Heads
c) Vertical Heads
d) None of these
63. Name the popular cartoonist of yester-years
who became famous for his popular cartoons “Just
Like It”.
a) Kushwant Singh
b) KuldipNayar
c) Shoba De
d) R.K.Lakshman
64. A news story appearing with the name of the author in a newspaper is called?
a) Credit Line
b) By Line
c) Print Line
d) None of these
65. Who was the publisher of the newspaper-
Mirat-ul- Akhbar?
a) Maulana Azad’
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) MA Jinnah
d) MA Gandhi
66. The head quarter of BBC- British Broad
Casting Corporation is situated in:
a) New York
b) Washington
c) England
d) None of these
67. The famous communication theory–Spiral Of
Silence was devised by:
a) Rogers
b) Lasswell
c) Osgood
d) Elisabeth Noelle- Nuemann
68. Who is credited as the originator of the
phrase “press is the fourth estate”?
a) Edmund Burke
b) Lord Macaulay
c) North Cliff
d) Rudyard Kipling
69. In a fully automated modern newspaper
establishment, sub-editors often uses
VDT on which they can call up both agency reports and stories by local reporters”. What does VDT stand for?
a)
Video
Display Terminal
b) Video Delay Terminal
c) Voice Display Terminal
d) None of these
70. Computer software commonly used in a modern
newspaper house for editing the copies is known as ----
a) Adobe Premier
b) MS Word
c) MS Excel
d) Quark Xpress
71. Supposing you are a journalist, is it
ethical to use a tape record your Interview process without the consent of the
person concerned?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Do not know
d) None of these
72. Press Conference is a source of collecting
authentic news reporting from the
field. It is usually associated with---
a) Magazines
b) Newspapers
c) Advertising
d) Public Relations
73. Newspapers carry reports announcing deaths.
What are these news items known as?
a) Advertorials
b) Editorial
c) Obituary
d) News Feature
74. Name the term that presently had eroded the
credibility of journalism practice in our country?
a)
Paid News
b) Business Journalism
c) Sports Journalism
d) Investigative Journalism
75. Lithography is associated with Newspaper
production, what is it related to?
a) Printing
Method
b) Advertising
c) News Collection
d) Circulation
76. Young India was the name of a Newspaper
started by a famous personality of India’s independence movement. Who was he?
a) Maulana Azad
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) MA Jinnah
d) MA Gandhi
77. Which is the largest circulated newspaper
in the state of Tripura?
a) Syandan Patrika
b) Daily Desher Katha
c) Tripura Times
d) Dainik Sambad
78. What does a “Nose for News” stand for?
a) Space for News
b) Sensing ability to find material for News
c) Publishing crime reports d) None of the above
79. What does “scoop” mean in terms of print journalism?
a) Reporting for News
b) Sensing the News story for the first before anybody
c) Publishing parliamentary reports
d) none of the above
80. Who founded the newspaper- National Herald?
a) Motilal Nehru
b) Hiral Lal Nehru
c) Arun Nehru
d) Jawaharlal
Nehru
81. On March 11, 1702, the first daily
newspaper appeared in London. What was it called?
a) Manchester Times
b) London Times
c) Daily Courant
d) British Times
82. Who is called the “Liberator of Indian Press”?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) Lord Curzon
c) Lord Lylod
d) Lord Charles Metcalfe
83. Name the popular columnist of yester-years
who became famous for his popular column “Between the Lines”.
a) Kushwant Singh
b) Kuldip Nayar
c) Shoba De
d) Chetan Bhagat
84. Advertising provides 75-80 percent of the
total revenue of the Newspaper organization. What is the other source of
revenue of newspaper?
a) Circulation
b) Printing
c) Editorial
d) None
85. Which is the most important department in a
newspaper organization?
a) Advertising
b) Circulation
c) Editorial
d) Printing
86. Which type of advertising often carry an
illustration of the product/service in the newspaper?
a) Classified Advertising
b) Local Advertising
c) Display Advertising
d) None
87. What is the full form of RNI?
a) Regional Newspaper of India
b) Regional Newsprint of India
c) Regional News and views of India
d) Registrar of Newspaper of India
88. ABC is term commonly used in newspaper
organizations. What is the full form
of ABC?
a)
Audit
Bureau of Circulation
b) Audit and Sales Certificate
c) Assam Bengal Corporation
d) Auditor Bureau of Calcutta
89. The news story
is written in the inverted
pyramid style. Inverted pyramid
style
implies-
a) Writing the most significant facts at the top
b) Writing the most significant facts at the bottom
c) Writing the most significant facts at the middle
d) None
90. The lead should try to answer the six basic
questions commonly known as 5 Ws and One H. Of these the 5w’s are -what? Where? Who? When? Why? And what does H signify?
a) However
b) How
c) Howsoever
d) None
91. What is the name of a headline which very
large composed of one or more lines and usually extending
across a page or almost the full width of a page?
a)
Banner Headline
b) Drop Headline
c) Label Headline
d) Blanket Headline
92. Who was the founder of yellow journalism?
a) William Hurst
b) William John
c) William Hickey
d) None of these
93. Whichamong the below is not a Hindi newspaper?
a) Sanmarg
b) Jansatta
c) Jagaran
d)
Eenaadu
94. “It is communication of feelings, emotions,
attitudes, and thoughts through body movements/ gestures / eye contact, etc.” which type of communication is this?
a) Oral communication
b) Written communication
c) Non -verbal communication
d) None
95. A story appearing with the name of the
writer is called?
a) Credit Line
b) By Line
c) Print Line
d) d) None of these
96. The cultivation theory was put forward by
a) Denis McQuail
b) Joseph
c) George Gerbner
d) None of these
97. The head quarter of CNN is situated in:
a) New York
b) Washington
c) Atlanta
d) None of these
98. The concept of “Global Village” was first
introduced by :
a) Marshal McLuhan
b) Wilbur Schramm
c) Charles Wright
d) Joseph Klapper
99. The news of important public events
appearing in the front sections of a newspaper, are called:
a)
Hard news
b) Soft News
c) Investigative News
d) Feature News
100.
The
famous communication Model SMCRE was devised
by:
a) Rogers
b) Lasswell
c) Osgood
d) Schramm
101.
Newspaper
is a:
a) Cool medium
b) Hot medium
c) Both “a” and “b”
d) None of these
102. The author of well- known
communication book “Process
and Effects of Mass Communication” is:
a) David Berlo
b) Marshal McLuhan
c) Wilbur Schramm
d) Herbert Brucver
103. The founding fathers of the mathematical or electronic theory of communication are:
a) Roger and Berlo
b) Shannon and Weaver
c) McQuail and Windahl
d) Blumer and Katz
104. What is embargo?
a) A ship, which often comes late
b) A ban on publication before a specific date
c) A story, which has no end
d) None of these
105. What is editorial?
a) Piece of interview
b) A point of view of the newspaper
c) One-Sided approach of the Govt
d) None of these
106. What is Dummy
in terms of print journalism?
a) A dead body of an animal
b) Make up of
newspaper
c) Front page of the newspaper
d) None of these
107. What
is lithography?
a) A method of printing
b) A system of local bodies
c) Circulation of newspapers
d) None of these
108. What is a “by line” in print journalism?
a) A matter written with lines
b) A track of train
c) Reporter's name given with printed story
d) None of these
109. Intra Personal Communication is:
a) Communication between two persons
b) Inner monologues-communications within self
c) Communication with more people
d) Communication with masses
110. Who is attributed as the originator
of the phrase “press is the fourth estate”?
a) Edmund Burke
b) Lord Macaulay
c) North Cliff
d) Rudyard Kipling
111. The Magic Bullet theory of mass
communication was evolved by:
a) Ball Rokeach
b) Klapper
c) George Gerber
d)
None
of these
112. To be considered a daily, a newspaper has to appear
at least:
a) Four times a week
b) Five times a week
c) Six times a week
d)
Seven
times a week
113. The term yellow journalism was started from
a) Pakistan
b) India
c) Germany
d)
USA
114. The inventor of the printing press was:
a) Marshal McLuhan
b) George Garbner
c) Johannes
Gutenberg
d)
None of these
115. The reading of the script to check the errors is called:
a) Composing
b) Proof-reading
c) Editing \
d)
None of these
116. A brief introduction of a photograph is called:
a) Embargo
b) Credit line
c) Caption
d) None of these
117. Research has established that while
beginning to read a newspaper, a human eye enters the newspaper from:
a)
Top Left Corner
b) Top Right Corner
c) Bottom Left Corner
d) Bottom Right Corner
118.
Design
is not just the pattern or the style of a newspaper. It is the architecture
on the basis of which the whole structure is
built. What does the word architecture
mean?
a) White space
b) Important
c) Structural
design
d) None of these
119. DTP was introduced in the year?
a) 1980
b)
1984
c) 1990
d) 1994
120. ….……………………..is known as the art of arranging
various visual elements to form newspaper page.
a) Printing
b) Editing
c) Proof Reading
d) Layout
121. Headlines that appear directly opposite to
each other are known as:
a) Bumping Heads
b) Straight Heads
c) Vertical Heads
d) None of these
122. Placing headline against each other in
newspaper terms is known as:
a) Boxes
b) Dummy
c) Tomb stoning
d) Make Up
123. When a story is too long for a front page,
it may be continued to inside pages. This process is called as:
a) Jumping
b) Origin
c) Half Cast
d) Mitgate
xxxx
124.
In a
fully automated modern newspaper establishment, sub-editors often uses VDT on
which they can call up both agency reports and stories by local reporters”.
What does VDT stand for?
a) Video Display Terminal
b) Video Delay Terminal
c) Voice Display Terminal
d) None of these
125.
In a
modern newspaper house editing is done through computers only and the pages are
made up on computers using software known as:
a) Adobe Premier
b) MS Word
c) MS Excel
d) Quark Xpress
126. Cropping a photograph means:
a) Cleaning a photograph
b) Developing a black and white reel
c) Cutting out unwanted background
d) None of these
127.
The
process of putting a number of pictures
and combining it as one for a
total effect is known as:
a) Photo Montage
b) Electric Montage
c) Rhythmic Montage
d) None of these
128. While conducting an interview, is it
ethical to use a tape recorder without the consent of the person concerned?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Do not know
d) None of these
129. An accepted means of issuing information to
the press is called as:
a) Vox Pop
b) Interview
c) Press Conference
d) None of these
130. News reports announcing deaths are known as:
a) Advertorials
b) Editorial
c) Obituary
d) News Feature
131.............................. is
the term which simply means the reporting of
information
that helps people cope with their daily
lives and it is the bread and butter of magazines.
a) Service Journalism
b) Yellow Journalism
c) Sports Journalism
d) Chequebook Journalism
132. The most glamorous form of journalism is
known as:
a) Court Reporting
b) Police Reporting
c) Forest Reporting
d) Investigative Reporting
133. Which is the largest circulated newspaper
in the state of Tripura?
a) SyandanPatrika
b) Daily Desher Katha
c) Tripura Times
d) DainikSambad
134. Which of the following was edited by Raja
Rammohan Roy?
a) Miratul Akhbar
b) Sambad Kaumudi
c) Bangadootta
d) All of the
above
135. What does a “Nose for News” mean?
a) Space for News
b) Senses material for News
c) Publishing crime reports
d) None of the above
136. Who has given the famous statement- Medium
is the message?
a) Wilbur Schramm
b) Weaver
c) Marshal McLuhan
d) R.K. Narayanan
137. India’s largest news agency is?
a) FBI
b) UTI
c) UNI
d) PTI
138. The headquarters of Press Trust of India is
located at?
a) Mumbai
b) Chennai
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata
139. The Bennett and Coleman Company publishes
which of the following newspapers in India?
a) Hindu
b) Times of India
c) Indian Express
d) None of the above
140. Who is the present editor of The Hindu?
a) Mukund Padmanabhan
b) Sadhu Jain
c) SP Goenka
d) Paromita Livingstone
141. Yellow Journalism is all about.................... ?
a) Exaggerations of news incidents
b) Scandal Mongering
c) Sensationalism of news stories
d) all of these
142. Which among the following is not included
in the qualities a journalist?
a) Irrational
Thoughts
b) High Quality Communication
c) Obligation and promptness
d) Professionalism
143. The essence of the journalism profession
lies in…………………
a) Incidents and happenings
b) Exploring the truth
c) Both “a” and “b”
d) None of the above
144. Who is a
columnist?
a) One who writes detailed stories on news
b) One who writes daily reports on current happenings?
c) One who writes for a particular section
pertaining to a specific theme or topic
d) None of above
145. From the following examples which one is
considered as a news?
a) A man bites a dog
b) A dog bites a man
c) Both “a” and “b”
d) None of the these
146. Which is first English daily newspaper of Tripura?
a) Tripura Observer
b) Jagaran
c) Tripura Times
d) Dainik Sambad
147. When Mahatma Gandhi was in South Africa,
which newspaper was started by him?
a) Young India
b) Hindustan
c) Reformer
d) Indian Opinion
148. PCI stands
for?
a) Press Committee for India’
b) Press Council of India
c) Press Corporation of India
d) Press Court of India
149. The abbreviation RNI stand for?
a) Reports and News for India
b) Reports and Non-reports for India
c) Registrar of Newspapers for India
d) None of these.
150. Which among the following is/are a type of lead?
a) Summary
b) Descriptive
c) Question
d) all of the
above
151. Who publishes the magazine- Sananda?
a) Living Media
b) Benett and Coleman
c) The Hindu
d) ABP Group
152. Which of the following magazine is
published by the Hindu?
a) Front Line
b) Film Fare
c) India Today
d) The Business Today
153. THE PRESS AND REGISTRATION OF BOOKS ACT
ENACTED IN THE YEAR
a) 1857
b)
1867
c) 1877
d) 1897
154. THE PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA WAS INITIATED IN
a) 1966
b) 1952
c) 1982
d) 1984
155. NEWSPAPERS PRIMARILY SERVED WHICH FUNCTIONS?
a) Surveillance
b) Correlation
c) Entertainment
d) All of these
156. YELLOW JOURNALISM
a) Does not spoil the society
b) Mutated division of Journalism that goes against the key principles of reporting
c) Exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
d) Both B and
C
157. PRINTING PRESS WAS INVENTED BY?
a) Charles Babbage
b) Johann Guttenberg
c) Edgar Thorpe
d) Paul Swizz
158..................... IS
THE MODERN ASPECT OF JOURNALISM
a) Web
b) Print
c) Electronic
d) All of these
159. THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT WAS PASSED IN
THE YEAR
a) 2003
b) 2005
c) 2004
d) 2002
160. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREDIBILITY OF THE PRESS?
a) Sensationalism
b) Impartiality
c) Accuracy
d) Believability
161. THE WORD COMMUNICATION IS DERIVED FROM A............. WORD.
a) Latin
b) Greek
c) English
d) French
162. COMMUNIS MEANS TO……
a) Inform
b) Community
c) Share
d) None of these
163. THE PROCESS OF COMMUNICATION NEEDS A SENDER, A RECIPIENT AND A….
a) Caprice
b) Medium
c) Channel
d) None of these
164. WHICH AMONG THESE IS NOT A MASS MEDIA TOOL
a) Radio
b) Newspapers
c) Telephone
d) Internet
165. LEAD IN A NEWS STORY IS …..
a) The opening paragraph that sums up the story
b) The words that people use to euphemize
c) Both A and B
d) None of the above.
166. WHAT IS THE GOLDEN RULE FOR WRITING HEADLINES
a) Keep it short and bright
b) Be as clever as possible
c) Never let the facts get in the way of news story
d) Use Abbreviations
167. WHEN THE HEADLINE JUST INDICATE THE TYPE OF
THE EVENT THAT IS CALLED….
a) Label headline
b) Banner Headline
c) Active Headline
d) None of the above
168. INTERVIEW BASED REPORTS ARE WRITTEN IN….FORMAT
a) Narrative format
b) Question and answer format
c) Both A and
B
d) News format
169.
SPECIFIC
AREAS COVERED REGULARLY BY A
SPECIFIC REPORTER IS CALLED AS…
a)
Beats
b) Leads
c) Interview
d) Editing
170. INTRA-PERSONAL COMMUNICATION INVOLVES
a) An individual talking to a group
b) An individual communicating to a large number of people
c) An individual thinking or talking to himself
d) An individual talking to another individual
171. A STORY WHICH TAKES AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT THE
SUBJECT IS CALLED…….
a) Editorial
b) Article
c) Feature
d) News
172. AN ………………… JOURNALIST WORK IS TO DISCOVER THE TRUTH AND TO IDENTIFY LAPSES FROM it in whatever media may be available.
a) Interpretative
b) Investigative
c) Both A and B
d) War
173. THE INFORMATION IS BROADCASTED BY
ELECTRONIC MEANS IN THE
a) Media
b) Electronic
Media
c) Mass media
d) None of these
174. IS THE FOURTH PILLAR OF DEMOCRACY
a) Media
b) People
c) Executive
d) Judiciary
175. WHAT IS THE OTHER NAME OF BROADCAST MEDIA
a) Electronic
Media
b) Wireless media
c) Online Media
d) Print Media
176. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS THAT MAKES NEWS?
a) Proximity
b) Prominence
c) Timeliness
d) All of these
177. SLANDER IS
a) Written Defamation
b) Verbal Defamation
c) Both A and B
d) None of these
178. FOLLOW UP IN NEWS WRITING MEANS:
a) A story giving later development of a story
one printed earlier. It is a second day story also a subsidiary story following a big lead or similar subject
b) A paragraph without indentation
c) An addition to news item sent for publication
d) None of these
179. OBITUARY’S NEWS RELATES TO:
a. Deaths
b. Birth
c. Weather
d. None of these
180.
AUDIT
BUREAU CIRCULATION …..
a.
Certifies
and audits the circulations of major publications
b. Disseminates information to the print, electronic and new media
c. Help newspapers to maintain their independence
d. Build up a code of conduct for newspapers and journalists in accordance with high professional standards
181.
COPYRIGHT
ACT OF 1957 PROVIDES
a.
Intangible
right of property, if it is original work
b. Authentic information to the public
c. Safeguard to one’s reputation
d. None
of the above
182.
DTP was
introduced in the year?
a) 1980
b) 1984
c) 1990
d) 1994
183............................................... is known as the art of arranging various visual elements to form newspaper page.
a) Printing
b) Editing
c) Proof Reading
d)
Layout
184.
Who is
the author of the book- Newspaper Design?
a) R.K.Laxman
b) M.K.Gandhi
c) M.J.Akbar
d)
Harold
Evan
185.
Headlines
that appear directly opposite to each other are known as:
a)
Bumping
Heads
b) Straight Heads
c) Vertical Heads
d) None of
these
186.
Placing
headline against each other in newspaper terms is known as:
a) Boxes
b) Dummy
c)
Tomb stoning
d) Make Up
187.
A story is too long for a front page, it may be continued to inside pages. This process is called as:
a)
Jumping
b) Origin
c) Half Cast
d) Mitgate
188. “In a fully automated modern newspaper establishment, sub-editors often uses VDT
on which they can call up both agency reports
and stories by local reporters”. What does VDT stand for?
a)
Video
Display Terminal
b) Video
Delay Terminal
c) Voice
Display Terminal
d) None of
these
189.
In a modern newspaper house editing is done through
computers only and the pages are made up on computers using
software known as:
a)
Adobe Premier
b) MS Word 13
c) MS Excel
d)
Quark Xpress
190.
Cropping
a photograph means:
a) Cleaning
a photograph
b) Developing
a black and white reel
c)
Cutting
out unwanted background
d) None of
these.
191 The process of putting a number of pictures and combining it as one for a total effect is known as:
a) Photo Montage
b) Electric Montage
c) Rhythmic Montage
d) None of
these
192. While conducting an interview, is it ethical to use a tape recorder without the consent of the person concerned?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c) Do not know
d) None of
these
193.
An accepted
means of issuing
information to the press is called as:
a) Vox Pop
b) Interview
c) Press Conference
d)
None of these
194.
News
reports announcing deaths are known as:
a) Advertorials
b) Editorial
c)
Obituary
d) News Feature
195........................................ is the term which simply means the reporting
of information that
helps people
cope with their daily lives and it is the bread and butter of magazines.
a) Service Journalism
b)
Yellow Journalism
c)
Sports Journalism
d)
Chequebook Journalism
196.
The most
glamorous form of journalism is known as:
a) Court Reporting
b) Police Reporting
c)
Forest Reporting
d)
Investigative
Reporting 14
197.
Which is the largest circulated newspaper in the state of Tripura?
a) Syandan Patrika
b) Daily
Desher Katha
c) Tripura Times
d)
Dainik Sambad
198.
Which of
the following was edited by Raja Rammohan Roy?
a)
Miratul Akhbar
b) Sambad Kaumudi
c) Bangadootta
d) All of
the above
199.
What
does a “Nose for News” mean?
a) Space
for News
b)
Senses
material for News
c) Publishing
crime reports
d) None of
the above
200.
Who has
given the famous statement- Medium is the message?
a) Wilbur
Schramm
b) Weaver
c)
Marshal
McLuhan
d) R.K. Narayanan
