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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 101. |
What is the meaning of circulation in the parlance of the print media? |
| A. | number of editions |
| B. | number of copies printed |
| C. | number of copies sold |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. number of copies sold | |
| 102. |
A journalists need not be …………while covering an event. |
| A. | inquisitive |
| B. | domineering |
| C. | impartial |
| D. | meticulous |
| Answer» B. domineering | |
| 103. |
An interview is a type of |
| A. | mass communication |
| B. | dyadic communication |
| C. | multiadic communication |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» B. dyadic communication | |
| 104. |
Who developed the first paper for the mankind? |
| A. | the mayans |
| B. | the aryans |
| C. | the sumerians |
| D. | the chinese |
| Answer» D. the chinese | |
| 105. |
Who invented the TV? |
| A. | chester carlson |
| B. | c. francis jenkins |
| C. | alexander graham bell |
| D. | john logie baird |
| Answer» D. john logie baird | |
| 106. |
Which of the following is not a traditional media? |
| A. | music |
| B. | tv |
| C. | painting |
| D. | literature |
| Answer» B. tv | |
| 107. |
Which of the following is not a modern media? |
| A. | sculpture |
| B. | cinema |
| C. | radio |
| D. | the press |
| Answer» A. sculpture | |
| 108. |
Which of the following is not a responsibility of the media? |
| A. | passing remarks on the personal lives of film stars. |
| B. | dissemination of the news |
| C. | commenting on the contemporary socio-political scenario |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» A. passing remarks on the personal lives of film stars. | |
| 109. |
Cinema is a/an |
| A. | audio media |
| B. | print media |
| C. | visual media |
| D. | audiovisual media |
| Answer» D. audiovisual media | |
| 110. |
Which of the following would not give us city information? |
| A. | seminar |
| B. | pa system |
| C. | tv |
| D. | radio |
| Answer» A. seminar | |
| 111. |
When was colour TV transmission started in India? |
| A. | in 1979 |
| B. | in 1980 |
| C. | in 1982 |
| D. | in 1986 |
| Answer» C. in 1982 | |
| 112. |
When was the first TV station set up in India? |
| A. | august 1949; kolkata |
| B. | november 1958; mumbai |
| C. | september 1959; delhi |
| D. | january 1963; delhi |
| Answer» C. september 1959; delhi | |
| 113. |
Who started The Tribune? |
| A. | master tara singh |
| B. | prem bhatia |
| C. | dyal singh majithia |
| D. | james augustus hicky |
| Answer» C. dyal singh majithia | |
| 114. |
Mass communication |
| A. | is more effective than dyadic communication so far as reach is concerned. |
| B. | is an impersonal tool for delivering information to the masses. |
| C. | does not need technology-based media vehicles. |
| D. | is meant for delivering messages to the residents of a city. |
| Answer» B. is an impersonal tool for delivering information to the masses. | |
| 115. |
Which of the following is not an advantage of TV? |
| A. | the audience remains glued to tv and hence, they do not do much physical work. |
| B. | the audience remains glued to tv and hence, they learn a lot about products/services/concepts/news that is telecast on the same. |
| C. | live coverage is done by many tv channels. |
| D. | information given by it is current and up-to-date. |
| Answer» A. the audience remains glued to tv and hence, they do not do much physical work. | |
| 116. |
The term Press normally does not include |
| A. | newspapers |
| B. | journals |
| C. | magazines |
| D. | internet websites |
| Answer» D. internet websites | |
| 117. |
Silence is also a form of |
| A. | communication |
| B. | dissent |
| C. | protest |
| D. | rebellion |
| Answer» A. communication | |
| 118. |
Who called his mass communication theory as “cultivation of dominant image patterns”? |
| A. | george gerbner |
| B. | donald l. shaw |
| C. | maxwell mccombs |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. george gerbner | |
| 119. |
Communication needs a |
| A. | receiver |
| B. | channel |
| C. | sender |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 120. |
Communication helps in |
| A. | integration |
| B. | persusasion |
| C. | entertainment |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 121. |
Intrapersonal communication is |
| A. | where more than two persons are involved. |
| B. | person-to-person contact. |
| C. | talking to oneself. |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» C. talking to oneself. | |
| 122. |
Which of the communication has an emotional appeal? |
| A. | group communication |
| B. | intrapersonal communication |
| C. | interpersonal communication |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» C. interpersonal communication | |
| 123. |
Who introduced the concept of noise in model of communication? |
| A. | george gerbnar |
| B. | claude shannon and warren weaver |
| C. | wilbur schramm |
| D. | charles e. osgood |
| Answer» B. claude shannon and warren weaver | |
| 124. |
What is the name of that continent which first published the newspaper in the world? |
| A. | australia |
| B. | asia |
| C. | europe |
| D. | africa |
| Answer» C. europe | |
| 125. |
On March 11, 1702, the first daily newspaper appeared in London called |
| A. | sun |
| B. | daily courant |
| C. | mirror |
| D. | morning port |
| Answer» B. daily courant | |
| 126. |
Who is the 18th century’s most important journalist? |
| A. | anne green |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | abraham lincoln |
| D. | daniel defoe |
| Answer» D. daniel defoe | |
| 127. |
Who started the Father and Spectator? |
| A. | james ford |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | steele and addison |
| D. | henry ford |
| Answer» C. steele and addison | |
| 128. |
The age of satellite communication began in the year |
| A. | 1962 |
| B. | 1964 |
| C. | 1966 |
| D. | 1974 |
| Answer» A. 1962 | |
| 129. |
Aurobindo was the editor of |
| A. | harijan |
| B. | pioneer |
| C. | vande mataram |
| D. | chronicle |
| Answer» C. vande mataram | |
| 130. |
Which of the following is/are called as fourth estate? |
| A. | print media |
| B. | visual media |
| C. | electronic media |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 131. |
Highest number of newspapers published in India are in |
| A. | urdu |
| B. | bengali |
| C. | hindi |
| D. | english |
| Answer» C. hindi | |
| 132. |
The largest number of newspapers in English are published from |
| A. | chennai |
| B. | kolkata |
| C. | delhi |
| D. | mumbai |
| Answer» C. delhi | |
| 133. |
Largest circulated periodical in India is |
| A. | saras salil |
| B. | kumudham |
| C. | malayala manorama |
| D. | the hindu weekly magazine |
| Answer» A. saras salil | |
| 134. |
Majority of the newspapers in India are owned by |
| A. | societies |
| B. | joint stock companies |
| C. | trusts |
| D. | individuals |
| Answer» D. individuals | |
| 135. |
Wireless telegraphy was developed by |
| A. | heinrich hertz |
| B. | james watt |
| C. | thomas alva edison |
| D. | guglielmo marconi |
| Answer» D. guglielmo marconi | |
| 136. |
Who gave the following definition of mass communication …….who says what in which channel to who with what effect? |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | harold d. lasswell |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | harold j. laskie |
| Answer» B. harold d. lasswell | |
| 137. |
Who presented the ‘Mathematical’ model of communication? |
| A. | weaver and charles hugg |
| B. | david becham and d.j. reed |
| C. | teg blues and tom morrison |
| D. | shannon and weaver |
| Answer» D. shannon and weaver | |
| 138. |
Aristotlean model of communication does not have |
| A. | feedback |
| B. | listeners |
| C. | speaker |
| D. | speech |
| Answer» A. feedback | |
| 139. |
Oldest English daily of India is |
| A. | statesman |
| B. | the times of india |
| C. | the tribune |
| D. | the hindu |
| Answer» B. the times of india | |
| 140. |
World’s first newspaper Acta Diurna belonged to which country? |
| A. | germany |
| B. | rome |
| C. | usa |
| D. | france |
| Answer» B. rome | |
| 141. |
When was the moving transmission of TV started? |
| A. | 1985 |
| B. | 1987 |
| C. | 1990 |
| D. | 1993 |
| Answer» B. 1987 | |
| 142. |
Which country publishes maximum number of dailies in the world? |
| A. | japan |
| B. | uk |
| C. | usa |
| D. | india |
| Answer» A. japan | |
| 143. |
Which of the following is the function of the ‘Mass Media’? |
| A. | advertising |
| B. | entertainment |
| C. | information |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 144. |
What is called the fourth stage of the newsbook? |
| A. | coranto |
| B. | mercury |
| C. | gazette |
| D. | diurnal |
| Answer» B. mercury | |
| 145. |
Journalist James Gordon Bennett was associated with |
| A. | new york herald |
| B. | the times |
| C. | new york times |
| D. | the times of india |
| Answer» A. new york herald | |
| 146. |
In theoretical assessment, communication is equated with |
| A. | language |
| B. | invention |
| C. | diffusion |
| D. | culture |
| Answer» A. language | |
| 147. |
‘Black Box’ effect theory is related to |
| A. | advertising |
| B. | public relations |
| C. | communication |
| D. | printing technology |
| Answer» C. communication | |
| 148. |
The Tribune was first established at |
| A. | patiala |
| B. | amritsar |
| C. | shimla |
| D. | lahore |
| Answer» D. lahore | |
| 149. |
Dow Jones is associated with the Indian newspaper |
| A. | mint |
| B. | financial express |
| C. | economic times |
| D. | economic and political weekly |
| Answer» A. mint | |
| 150. |
The first person to use the term ‘gate keeper’ in communication was |
| A. | kurt lewin |
| D. | macdougale |
| Answer» A. kurt lewin | |
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