220+ Introduction to Communication Solved MCQs

1.

The Shannon and Weaver model of communication is

A. modular
B. circular
C. linear
D. non linear
Answer» C. linear
2.

Which of the following is not a part of seven C's of communication?

A. channel
B. content
C. curiosity
D. clarity
Answer» C. curiosity
3.

Cinema is a/an

A. visual medium
B. audiovisual medium
C. audio medium
D. print medium
Answer» B. audiovisual medium
4.

Dyadic communication is the transfer of messages from a person

A. to another person and vice versa
B. to a group of persons
C. to a mass audience
D. none of these
Answer» A. to another person and vice versa
5.

The MMU is a/an

A. visual medium
B. audiovisual medium
C. audio medium
D. none of these
Answer» B. audiovisual medium
6.

A group discussion is a form of

A. dyadic communication
B. group communication
C. mass communication
D. none of these
Answer» B. group communication
7.

The word communication is derived from

A. french
B. german
C. latin
D. persian
Answer» C. latin
8.

Sadharanikaran is a equivalent to the original concept of

A. commonality
B. communion
C. communism
D. communication
Answer» D. communication
9.

The Indian Institute of Mass Communication was established in

A. 1955
B. 1964
C. 1965
D. 1946
Answer» C. 1965
10.

Communication involves active interaction with our environments

A. physically
B. biologically
C. socially
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
11.

The evolution of symbolic communication is called

A. information
B. language
C. gesture
D. none of these
Answer» B. language
12.

The right to information has been declared a fundamental right by UN in

A. may 1997
B. april 1998
C. may 1998
D. april 1997
Answer» A. may 1997
13.

Who defines communication as process which increases commonality –but also equires elements of commonality for it to occur at all.

A. aristotle
B. shannon
C. denis mcquaill
D. wilbur schramm
Answer» C. denis mcquaill
14.

_____________ is individual reflection ,contemplation and meditation.

A. intrapersonal communication
B. interpersonal communication
C. mass communication
D. group communication.
Answer» A. intrapersonal communication
15.

Interpersonal communication is direct face-to-face communication between

A. mass
B. two persons
C. group of persons
D. oneself
Answer» B. two persons
16.

Rhetorics is a term related with

A. plato
B. aristotle
C. denis mcquaill
D. marshal mcluhan
Answer» B. aristotle
17.

Rhetoric is made up of ------------------ elements

A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
Answer» C. three
18.

According to Aristotle rhetoric is made up of

A. the speaker
B. the speech
C. the listener
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
19.

Which of the following is an example of hot mediaum as envisaged by Marshal McLuhan.

A. cartoon
B. telephone
C. radio
D. tv
Answer» B. telephone
20.

A mass medium is essentially a working group organized around some device for circulating the same message at about the same time to large number of people is a definition given by

A. george gerbner
B. wilbur schramm
C. marshal mcluhan
D. harold lasswell
Answer» B. wilbur schramm
21.

Receiver in Shannon and Weaver model of communication is

A. person who receives message
B. a component of telephone
C. person who sends feed back
D. the telephone exchange that retransmits message
Answer» B. a component of telephone
22.

The mathematical model of communication was put forwarded by

A. shannon and weaver
B. osgood and schramm
C. lasswell
D. aristotle
Answer» A. shannon and weaver
23.

The Circular model of communication was put forwaded by

A. james carey
B. harold d.lasswell
C. shannon and weaver
D. osgood and schramm
Answer» D. osgood and schramm
24.

Massline communication is a term related with

A. gandhiji
B. mao zedong
C. nehru
D. churchill
Answer» B. mao zedong
25.

Communication is the transmission of information, ideas, emotions, skill etc by use of symbols, words, figures, graph etc. This definition was given by

A. osgood
B. berelson &steiner
C. harold lasswell
D. wilbur schramm
Answer» B. berelson &steiner
26.

The primary goal of communication is influencing through persuasion according to

A. asian communication theories
B. european communication theories
C. indian communication theories
D. all the above
Answer» A. asian communication theories
27.

The ritual model of communication was promoted by

A. marshall mcluhan
B. james carey
C. osgood
D. wilbur schramm
Answer» B. james carey
28.

Any obstacles or difficulties that come in the way of communication is

A. element
B. barriers
C. message
D. receiver
Answer» B. barriers
29.

Self image is a

A. physical barrier
B. mechanical barrier
C. psychological barrier
D. linguistic barrier
Answer» C. psychological barrier
30.

In group communication a whisling microphone is a

A. physical barrier
B. mechanical barrier
C. psychological barrier
D. noise barrier
Answer» B. mechanical barrier
31.

The invention of printing is an extension of eye according to.

A. wilbur schramm
B. marshal mcluhan
C. harold d lasswell
D. denis mcquaill
Answer» B. marshal mcluhan
32.

Global Village is a term used by

A. wilbur schramm
B. marshal mcluhan
C. harold d lasswell
D. aristotle
Answer» B. marshal mcluhan
33.

Science of meanings is termed as

A. simiotics
B. semantics
C. signs
D. symbola
Answer» B. semantics
34.

Pyramidal distribution System of Communication was done by

A. wilbur schramm
B. marshal mcluhan
C. harold d lasswell
D. denis mc quail
Answer» D. denis mc quail
35.

The concept of channel noise and semantic noise is related with

A. denis mc quail
B. shannon and weaver
C. westley-mclean
D. smcr model
Answer» B. shannon and weaver
36.

Mass society theory is also known as

A. hypodermic theory
B. magicbullet theory
C. grand theory
D. two-step theory
Answer» C. grand theory
37.

The Magic bullet theory is also called as

A. grand theory
B. mass society theory
C. hypodermic needle theory
D. none of these
Answer» C. hypodermic needle theory
38.

The two step flow theory was put forwarded by

A. daniel lerner
B. de-fleur
C. paul lazar field
D. osgood and schramm
Answer» C. paul lazar field
39.

The attitude change theory was a contribution of

A. carl howland
B. lumsdaine
C. sheffeild
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
40.

The book The Effects of Mass Communication was written by

A. carl howland
B. joseph klapper
C. maxwell mc comb
D. donald shaw
Answer» B. joseph klapper
41.

Reinforcement theory was put forwarded by

A. carl howland
B. joseph klapper
C. maxwell mc comb
D. donald shaw
Answer» B. joseph klapper
42.

The Dependency theory was proposed by

A. joseph klapper
B. maxwell mc comb
C. defer & ballrockeach
D. donald shaw
Answer» C. defer & ballrockeach
43.

The Agenda Setting theory was proposed by

A. joseph klapper
B. maxwell mc comb & donald shaw
C. defer &ballrockeach
D. carl howland
Answer» B. maxwell mc comb & donald shaw
44.

James Carvey, Peter Berger &Thomas Luckman were the chief propounders of

A. cultural theory
B. cultivation analysis
C. theory of social construction of reality
D. social learning theory
Answer» C. theory of social construction of reality
45.

The theory based on neo Marxist theory is

A. the british cultural theory
B. the critical cultural theory
C. social learning theory
D. the cultural theory
Answer» B. the critical cultural theory
46.

The Author of A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

A. pery tannenbaum
B. roland barthes
C. charles osgood
D. l.a. festinger
Answer» D. l.a. festinger
47.

An interview is a type of

A. dyadic communication
B. multidiadic communication
C. mass communication
D. group communication
Answer» A. dyadic communication
48.

Spiral of Silence model was put forwarded by

A. george gerbner
B. elisabeth n. newman
C. harold lasswell
D. david.k.berlo
Answer» B. elisabeth n. newman
49.

The Middle Range Theory of Communication was advocated by

A. john fiske
B. robert merton
C. karl marx
D. m.s.archer
Answer» B. robert merton
50.

The Soviet Media Theory had its roots in

A. italian fascist philosophy
B. free enterprise approach of the west
C. german ideology
D. japanese imperial edicts
Answer» A. italian fascist philosophy
51.

The area related to Noam Chomsky

A. public relation
B. advertising
C. radio
D. media criticism
Answer» D. media criticism
52.

The knowledge –gap hypothesis was developed by

A. g.a.donohue
B. john paulik
C. wilbur schramm
D. david weaver
Answer» A. g.a.donohue
53.

What is Syntactics

A. the study of the language in use
B. the study of relationship among words
C. the study of human interactions
D. the relationship between words and sentences
Answer» B. the study of relationship among words
54.

The primary function of interpersonal communication is

A. reasoning
B. relationship building
C. to inform
D. to provide relaxation
Answer» B. relationship building
55.

Feedback is considered as

A. conviction
B. motor action
C. description cycle
D. multilaterality
Answer» B. motor action
56.

The SMCR model of communication was devised by

A. shannon &weaver
B. david berlo
C. wilbur schramm
D. westley &mclean
Answer» B. david berlo
57.

The Author of the book Communication Networks.

A. daniel belt
B. manuel castle
C. e.m.rogers & d.l.kincaid
D. andre gunder frank
Answer» C. e.m.rogers & d.l.kincaid
58.

According to Wilbur Schramm which one of the following is a value free asset

A. culture
B. religion
C. technology
D. all the above
Answer» A. culture
59.

According to Global Village concept of Marshall MacLuhan

A. electronic media can help the masses unite to effect change
B. maintain person to person relations
C. most of new technologies make people scattered
D. the electronic technologies would not be able to enlighten the masses
Answer» A. electronic media can help the masses unite to effect change
60.

The process of mass communication is not

A. asymmetrical
B. personal
C. anonymous
D. effected on a large scale
Answer» B. personal
61.

Which of the communication has more emotional appeal

A. intrapersonal
B. interpersonal
C. group
D. mass
Answer» B. interpersonal
62.

Communication needs a

A. sender
B. receiver
C. channel
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
63.

Communication helps in

A. persuaution
B. entertainment
C. integration
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
64.

Which Model refers to Gatekeeper concept.

A. theadore newcomb\s
B. shannon &weaver\s
C. bruce westleys &mc leans
D. george gerbner
Answer» C. bruce westleys &mc leans
65.

Speaker-Speech-Audience are the elements of whose model of communication

A. claude shannon
B. aristotle
C. harold lasswell
D. wilbur schramm
Answer» B. aristotle
66.

Who introduced the concept of Noise in Communication.

A. wilbur shramm
B. george gerbner
C. charles osgood
D. claude shannon &warren weaver
Answer» D. claude shannon &warren weaver
67.

Which theory is derived from the studies of Saussure and Pierce

A. mass society theory
B. hegemony theory
C. culture of semeotic theory
D. political economic media theory
Answer» C. culture of semeotic theory
68.

Mass Media are primarily moulders of society as well as reflectors of it according to

A. dennis mc quail
B. harold lasswell
C. wilbur schramm
D. george gerbner
Answer» A. dennis mc quail
69.

Which of the following is noise factor?

A. perceptual variation
B. external elements that hinders the process of communication
C. five senses
D. all the above
Answer» B. external elements that hinders the process of communication
70.

The dependency theory was proposed by

A. defer
B. klapper
C. ball rockeach
D. defer& ball rockeach
Answer» D. defer& ball rockeach
71.

The Author of the book The Dynamics of Mass Communication

A. joseph a. devito
B. joseph r.dominic
C. denis mc quail
D. melvin l. deflour
Answer» B. joseph r.dominic
72.

The Book written by Melvin L.Deflour

A. communication models
B. fundamentals of himan communication
C. communication and social change
D. communication studies
Answer» C. communication and social change
73.

Author of the book India's Communication Revolution. a)Dr.J.V.Vilanilam b)Keval.J.Kumar c)Rogers&Singhal d)Y.K.D'souza 74. Who developed the first paper for the mankind

A. the sumerians
B. the aryans
C. the mayans
D. the chinese
Answer» C. the mayans
74.

Who invented TV?

A. alaxandar graham bell
B. john logie baird
C. francis jenkin
D. chaster carlson
Answer» B. john logie baird
75.

Who differentiated hot and cold medium

A. wilbur schramm
B. harold lasswell
C. marshall mc luhan
D. raymond williams.
Answer» C. marshall mc luhan
76.

Marshall Mc Luhan considered -----------------as an extension of eye

A. invention of tv
B. invention of printing
C. invention of cinema
D. invention of radio
Answer» B. invention of printing
77.

Joseph Klapper proposed Reinforcement theory in

A. 1955
B. 1960
C. 1965
D. 1970
Answer» B. 1960
78.

On the basis of number of participants we can classify communication into---------- a)four types b)five c)seven d)Six 80. The barriers which arise due to technological malfunctions is

A. semantic barriers
B. technical barriers
C. personal barries
D. physical barriers
Answer» A. semantic barriers
79.

------------------------------ is at the base of the human element in all models of communication

A. intrapersonal communication
B. interpersonal communication
C. mass communication
D. group communication
Answer» A. intrapersonal communication
80.

According to the Pyramidal distribution of Mc Quail -------------is at the apex of Pyramid

A. intrapersonal communication
B. interpersonal communication
C. mass communication
D. group communication
Answer» C. mass communication
81.

In a communication process sender is also known as

A. receiver
B. encoder
C. channel
D. decoder
Answer» B. encoder
82.

In a communication process Receiver is also known as

A. sender
B. encoder
C. channel
D. decoder
Answer» D. decoder
83.

“The Media do not do things to people rather people do things with media" relate with

A. the cultural theory
B. uses and gratification theory
C. symbolic interaction theory
D. cultivation theory
Answer» B. uses and gratification theory
84.

Communication is the transfer or conveying of meaning. This definition was given by

A. claude shannon
B. oxford dictionary
C. charles osgood
D. wilbur schramm
Answer» B. oxford dictionary
85.

Kinesics is the science of

A. printing
B. language
C. writing
D. body language
Answer» D. body language
86.

The Egyptian system of picture writing is known as

A. pictography
B. cuneiform
C. hieroglyph
D. script
Answer» C. hieroglyph
87.

Alphabetical writing was developed by

A. chinese
B. greeks
C. romans
D. persians
Answer» C. romans
88.

The writing style developed by Sumerians is

A. pictography
B. cuneiform
C. hieroglyph
D. script
Answer» B. cuneiform
89.

_______________ added five vowels to the alphabets

A. sumerians
B. greeks
C. romans
D. persian
Answer» C. romans
90.

____________________ developed the capital and small letters

A. sumerians
B. greeks
C. romans
D. persian
Answer» C. romans
91.

__________________ developed a kind of paper from papyrus plant

A. chinese
B. greeks
C. romans
D. persians
Answer» A. chinese
92.

The development of printing technology was in

A. 15th century
B. 16th century
C. 17th century
D. 18th century
Answer» A. 15th century
93.

Movable types and mechanical printing press were invented by

A. herman gundert
B. benchamin bailey
C. johan guttenberg
D. none of these
Answer» C. johan guttenberg
94.

The first book printed by Johan Guttenberg was on

A. novel
B. poetry
C. religions
D. culture
Answer» C. religions
95.

Telegraphy was invented in

A. 19th century
B. 16th century
C. 17th century
D. 18th century
Answer» A. 19th century
96.

The twentieth century began with the invention of

A. photography
B. printing
C. cinema
D. radio
Answer» C. cinema
97.

Radio broadcasting began in

A. 1910
B. 1915
C. 1920
D. 1925
Answer» C. 1920
98.

TV telecasting began in

A. 1925
B. 1930
C. 1935
D. 1940
Answer» D. 1940
99.

_______________ has turned the world into a global village

A. radio
B. cinema
C. tv
D. internet
Answer» D. internet
100.

_________________ occurs when an individual sends and receives messages internally

A. intrapersonal communication
B. interpersonal communication
C. mass communication
D. group communication
Answer» A. intrapersonal communication
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