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220+ Introduction to Communication Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor Multimedia Communication (BMMC) .

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

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