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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) .
| 151. |
The Indian media group which has tied up with the Reuters |
| A. | the tribune |
| B. | anand bazar patrika |
| C. | malayala manorama |
| D. | the times of india |
| Answer» D. the times of india | |
| 152. |
The process of controlling the flow of information is |
| A. | media event |
| B. | media strategy |
| C. | frequenting |
| D. | gatekeeping |
| Answer» D. gatekeeping | |
| 153. |
The first ever language newspaper in India was started in |
| A. | bombay presidency |
| B. | madras presidency |
| C. | gujarat |
| D. | bengal |
| Answer» D. bengal | |
| 154. |
In which year was the United Press Association founded? |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1907 |
| C. | 1908 |
| D. | 1909 |
| Answer» B. 1907 | |
| 155. |
In which year International News Service (INS) marged with United Press Associations? |
| A. | 1950 |
| B. | 1954 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» D. 1958 | |
| 156. |
Ethical concepts change with |
| A. | situation |
| B. | ttime |
| C. | place |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 157. |
The ‘watchdog’ of democracy’ is |
| A. | the press |
| B. | music cds |
| C. | cinema |
| D. | newspapers |
| Answer» A. the press | |
| 158. |
Usually people’s interaction with media is |
| A. | unquestioning |
| B. | homogeneous |
| C. | inactive |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 159. |
Who called our society as a ‘dramatized’ society? |
| A. | james augustus hicky |
| B. | marshall mcluhan |
| C. | johannes gutenberg |
| D. | raymond williams |
| Answer» D. raymond williams | |
| 160. |
In which newspaper did Gandhi write: “I have taken up journalism not for its sake, but merely as an aid to what I have conceived to be my mission in life”. |
| A. | the madras standard |
| B. | young india |
| C. | bangalee |
| D. | bombay chronicle |
| Answer» B. young india | |
| 161. |
The name of the newspaper that Gandhi brought out in South Africa was |
| A. | independent |
| B. | foreign indian |
| C. | indian opinion |
| D. | my country |
| Answer» C. indian opinion | |
| 162. |
The outside world depicted by the media are consequences of |
| A. | antecedent conditions |
| B. | classical conditions |
| C. | precedent conditions |
| D. | controlled conditions |
| Answer» D. controlled conditions | |
| 163. |
The factual information in mass media is often referred to as |
| A. | news information |
| B. | rrelational information |
| C. | content information |
| D. | channel information |
| Answer» B. rrelational information | |
| 164. |
The phrase the people’s right to know was coined by |
| A. | harold cross |
| B. | kent cooper |
| C. | elieabel |
| D. | william rivers |
| Answer» B. kent cooper | |
| 165. |
The Press Council set up under the Act of 1965 functioned till |
| A. | january 1975 |
| B. | december 1975 |
| C. | january 1976 |
| D. | december 1976 |
| Answer» B. december 1975 | |
| 166. |
The Indian Institute of Mass Communication does not have a branch at |
| A. | madurai (tamil nadu |
| B. | jhabua (madhya pradesh |
| C. | kottayam (kerala |
| D. | dhenkanal (orissa |
| Answer» A. madurai (tamil nadu | |
| 167. |
“Freedom of information is a fundamental human right”. Which of the following explicitly mentions this statement? |
| A. | the indian press act (1910 |
| B. | the defence of india act (1939 |
| C. | the un resolution 59, para i |
| D. | the protection of publications |
| Answer» C. the un resolution 59, para i | |
| 168. |
The Vernacular Press Act (1878) was also called |
| A. | coercive control law |
| B. | full control law |
| C. | lytton’s act |
| D. | rippon’sact |
| Answer» C. lytton’s act | |
| 169. |
The First Press Council was set up in |
| A. | 1946 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1966 |
| D. | 1976 |
| Answer» C. 1966 | |
| 170. |
The term of the Press Council is |
| A. | 6 years |
| B. | 5 years |
| C. | 4 years |
| D. | 3 years |
| Answer» D. 3 years | |
| 171. |
Which is the oldest feature agency operating in India? |
| A. | indian press agency |
| B. | united news of india |
| C. | gemini features |
| D. | india news and feature alliance |
| Answer» D. india news and feature alliance | |
| 172. |
When was the office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) started? |
| A. | 1 july 1956 |
| B. | 4 july 1956 |
| C. | 1 july 1957 |
| D. | 4 june 1958 |
| Answer» A. 1 july 1956 | |
| 173. |
When was Television introduced in India? |
| A. | 5 september 1958 |
| B. | 15 september 1959 |
| C. | 21 september 1959 |
| D. | 1 september 1960 |
| Answer» B. 15 september 1959 | |
| 174. |
Which was the first Indian-owned English newspaper? |
| A. | bengal gazette |
| B. | bengal herald |
| C. | bombay herald |
| D. | reformer |
| Answer» A. bengal gazette | |
| 175. |
Who made the registration of newspapers compulsory in 1835? |
| A. | john adams |
| B. | lord lytton |
| C. | lord william bentick |
| D. | sir charles metcalfe |
| Answer» D. sir charles metcalfe | |
| 176. |
In which year was the Amrit Bazar Patrika first published? |
| A. | 1875 |
| B. | 1870 |
| C. | 1868 |
| D. | 1867 |
| Answer» C. 1868 | |
| 177. |
Broadcasting subject is under the |
| A. | state list |
| B. | concurrent list |
| C. | union list |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. union list | |
| 178. |
What created a pressure world within journalism? |
| A. | monitor |
| B. | tv |
| C. | radio |
| D. | telegraph |
| Answer» D. telegraph | |
| 179. |
Journalists are like |
| A. | publishers |
| B. | photographers |
| C. | painters |
| D. | writers |
| Answer» C. painters | |
| 180. |
Milton’s views on press freedom is referred to as |
| A. | star chamber |
| B. | areopagitica |
| C. | authoritarian |
| D. | social responsibility |
| Answer» B. areopagitica | |
| 181. |
Who was the Chairman of the First Press Council of India? |
| A. | swarn singh |
| B. | j.r. mudholkar |
| C. | v.k.r.v. rao |
| D. | r.s. sarkaria |
| Answer» B. j.r. mudholkar | |
| 182. |
Who started Amrita Bazar Patrika in 1868? |
| A. | moti lal ghosh andsisir ghosh |
| B. | navin chandra railways |
| C. | harish chandra mukherjee |
| D. | b.k. bhatt and m.m. ghosh |
| Answer» A. moti lal ghosh andsisir ghosh | |
| 183. |
Who is deemed as the father of Indian Journalism? |
| A. | s.n. banerjee |
| B. | devendra nath ghosh |
| C. | dadabhai nauroji |
| D. | j.a. hicky |
| Answer» D. j.a. hicky | |
| 184. |
The Pioneer was started in Allahabad in the year |
| A. | 1865 |
| B. | 1876 |
| C. | 1890 |
| D. | 1901 |
| Answer» A. 1865 | |
| 185. |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was associated with |
| A. | bombay times |
| B. | indian gazettee |
| C. | hindu |
| D. | maratha |
| Answer» D. maratha | |
| 186. |
The Fourth Estate is a name generally given to the Press, but previously, it was the term applied to |
| A. | llawyers |
| B. | the queen of england |
| C. | the proletariat |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 187. |
The office of the UNI is located at |
| A. | kg marg, new delhi |
| B. | ballard estate, mumbai |
| C. | veer savarkar marg, mumbai |
| D. | rafi marg, new delhi |
| Answer» D. rafi marg, new delhi | |
| 188. |
What is the other name of Hicky’s Bengal Gazettee? |
| A. | bengal harkarv |
| B. | the bengal news |
| C. | calcutta general advertise |
| D. | bengal journal |
| Answer» C. calcutta general advertise | |
| 189. |
In which language was Amrita Bazar Patrika first published before changing over to English language? |
| A. | bengali |
| B. | punjabi |
| C. | urdu |
| D. | hindi |
| Answer» A. bengali | |
| 190. |
When was censorship introduced on Indian Press? |
| A. | 1792 |
| B. | 1793 |
| C. | 1794 |
| D. | 1795 |
| Answer» D. 1795 | |
| 191. |
Who enforced the Vernacular Press Act? |
| A. | queen victoria |
| B. | east india company |
| C. | lord canning |
| D. | lord lytton |
| Answer» D. lord lytton | |
| 192. |
When was the first Press Council is abolished? |
| A. | on january 1, 1976 |
| B. | on january 26, 1976 |
| C. | on december 12, 1976 |
| D. | on december 18, 1976 |
| Answer» A. on january 1, 1976 | |
| 193. |
India’s largest News Agency is |
| A. | uti |
| B. | uni |
| C. | pti |
| D. | ians |
| Answer» C. pti | |
| 194. |
In which year Registrar of Newspapers for India came into being? |
| A. | 1942 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1952 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» D. 1956 | |
| 195. |
Who said “Newspapers should be both a daily teacher and a daily tribune”? |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | edwin emery |
| C. | joseph pulitzer |
| D. | chester barnard |
| Answer» C. joseph pulitzer | |
| 196. |
Deccan Herald was started in the year |
| A. | 1940 |
| B. | 1941 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» C. 1948 | |
| 197. |
Gandhiji started Harijan in |
| A. | 1932 |
| B. | 1933 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1937 |
| Answer» B. 1933 | |
| 198. |
Independent was started by |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | gandhi |
| C. | motilal nehru |
| D. | lal bahadur shastri |
| Answer» D. lal bahadur shastri | |
| 199. |
Navjivan was started by |
| A. | kalanath shastri |
| B. | gandhi |
| C. | moti lal nehri |
| D. | jawaharlal nehru |
| Answer» B. gandhi | |
| 200. |
Young India was later renamed as |
| A. | navjivan |
| B. | harijan |
| C. | kalyan |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. harijan | |
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