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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. |
Advertorial is a …………………………… |
| A. | Combination of Advertising and editorial |
| B. | Advertisement is an editorial |
| C. | Description is an advertisement |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Combination of Advertising and editorial | |
| 102. |
The two readership survey conducted in India are |
| A. | NRS and IRS |
| B. | ABC and IRS |
| C. | NRS and ABC |
| D. | IRS and CRS |
| Answer» A. NRS and IRS | |
| 103. |
Who said “Comment is free, Facts are sacred” |
| A. | Walter Lipman |
| B. | Oscar wild |
| C. | C.P. Scou |
| D. | G.B. Shaw |
| Answer» C. C.P. Scou | |
| 104. |
The first radio programme in India was broadcast by the ……………………. |
| A. | Radio Club of Calculta |
| B. | Radio Club of Bombay |
| C. | PTI |
| D. | Doordarshan |
| Answer» B. Radio Club of Bombay | |
| 105. |
Indian State Broad Casting Service (ISBS) was renamed all India Radio in the year ……………. |
| A. | 1936 |
| B. | 1935 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» A. 1936 | |
| 106. |
At the time of Independence, AIR Network hand only ………………. Stations |
| A. | Three |
| B. | Six |
| C. | One |
| D. | Four |
| Answer» B. Six | |
| 107. |
Expand FM? |
| A. | Face Modulation |
| B. | Fidelity Magnificing |
| C. | Frequency Modulation |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Frequency Modulation | |
| 108. |
AIR’s youth broadcasting service is titled as ……………………….? |
| A. | Youth Brigade |
| B. | Yuvavani |
| C. | AIR Youth |
| D. | Yuva |
| Answer» B. Yuvavani | |
| 109. |
The first controller of broad casting in India was |
| A. | Lionel Fieldan |
| B. | B.G. Varghese |
| C. | C.P. Scott |
| D. | Anshumon Gupta |
| Answer» A. Lionel Fieldan | |
| 110. |
Loksabha passed Prasar Bharati (…………………..) Bill in the year? |
| A. | 1994 |
| B. | 1999 |
| C. | 2000 |
| D. | 1998 |
| Answer» D. 1998 | |
| 111. |
Door darshan Sail over to colour transmission on August is 1982 in connection with? |
| A. | Olympion |
| B. | Asian Games |
| C. | Pun |
| D. | National Games |
| Answer» B. Asian Games | |
| 112. |
The Flagship channel of Doordarshan is? |
| A. | DD Metro |
| B. | DD1 |
| C. | DD Loksabha |
| D. | DD Rajya Sabha |
| Answer» B. DD1 | |
| 113. |
……………………….. is the process of translation of the message into a code suitable for transmission to the intended receivers. |
| A. | Decoding |
| B. | Replication |
| C. | Transmission |
| D. | Encoding |
| Answer» D. Encoding | |
| 114. |
FM and …………are the two types of Radio transmission |
| A. | FM |
| B. | AM |
| C. | SM |
| D. | XM |
| Answer» B. AM | |
| 115. |
The first Indian films to be nominated for Oscar Award is ……………. |
| A. | Salaam Bombay |
| B. | Lagan |
| C. | Slum Dog Millionaire |
| D. | Mother India |
| Answer» D. Mother India | |
| 116. |
The word ‘Tele’ means ……………… |
| A. | To see |
| B. | Far |
| C. | Screen |
| D. | Moving |
| Answer» B. Far | |
| 117. |
BBC stands for …………………. |
| A. | British Broad Casting Corporation |
| B. | Broadened Broad casting Corporation |
| C. | Bit-by-Bit Broadcasting Corporation |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. British Broad Casting Corporation | |
| 118. |
Manoramaonline.com is an example of ………………….. |
| A. | News Site |
| B. | Social Site |
| C. | Portal |
| D. | Interactive Site |
| Answer» C. Portal | |
| 119. |
The Mac Bride Commission was constituted by? |
| A. | BBC |
| B. | UNICEF |
| C. | UNESCO |
| D. | AFP & AP |
| Answer» C. UNESCO | |
| 120. |
Fourth estate refers to ……………………..? |
| A. | The internet |
| B. | The press |
| C. | Whistle bloucers |
| D. | Private media |
| Answer» B. The press | |
| 121. |
Close encounter is and interview programme in which Malayalam channel? |
| A. | India Vision |
| B. | Reporter |
| C. | Manorama News |
| D. | Amrita TV |
| Answer» B. Reporter | |
| 122. |
The Central information and Broad casting minister of India is …………… |
| A. | Tasian Ramesh |
| B. | Kapil Sibal |
| C. | Ambika Soni |
| D. | Sachin Pilot |
| Answer» C. Ambika Soni | |
| 123. |
The process of filtering a messages from source to receiver is…………… |
| A. | Filtering |
| B. | Refining |
| C. | Framing |
| D. | Gate keeping |
| Answer» D. Gate keeping | |
| 124. |
Tabloid refers to---? |
| A. | News paper half the size of a broad sheet |
| B. | Periodicals |
| C. | Table magazines |
| D. | House Journals |
| Answer» A. News paper half the size of a broad sheet | |
| 125. |
News reporting that sensationalise or over emplacing soft writing, which is decided by some editors is means as………………………. |
| A. | Sensational Journalism |
| B. | Black Journalism |
| C. | Criminal Journalism |
| D. | Yellow Journalism |
| Answer» D. Yellow Journalism | |
| 126. |
When did AIR (All India Radio) come under the department of Information and Broadcasting? |
| A. | Oct 24, 1941 |
| B. | Sept 3, 1940 |
| C. | March 2, 1950 |
| D. | Dec 7, 1956 |
| Answer» A. Oct 24, 1941 | |
| 127. |
Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) programme was the brain child of |
| A. | Dr. S. Janardhanan |
| B. | V.K. Saraswat |
| C. | Vikram Sarabai |
| D. | Sam Pitrocla |
| Answer» C. Vikram Sarabai | |
| 128. |
The Prasar Bharati Act came into force on ……. |
| A. | 1992 |
| B. | 1997 |
| C. | 1995 |
| D. | 1996 |
| Answer» B. 1997 | |
| 129. |
Which among the following is not a feature of Mass Media? |
| A. | Transcient |
| B. | Universal Access |
| C. | Narrow scope |
| D. | Gatekeeping |
| Answer» C. Narrow scope | |
| 130. |
Indian Institute of Mass Communication (11 MC) is located at |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Bengalore |
| C. | Kolkatta |
| D. | Newdelhi |
| Answer» D. Newdelhi | |
| 131. |
What is “Reuters”? |
| A. | The first journal in South East Asia |
| B. | A British based news blong |
| C. | An economy based blog. |
| D. | Internet technology chip |
| Answer» B. A British based news blong | |
| 132. |
In DAB, what does the letter ‘A’ stand for? |
| A. | Asterisk |
| B. | Audio |
| C. | Antenna |
| D. | Automatic |
| Answer» B. Audio | |
| 133. |
Deliberate application of light to achieve some practical or Aesthetic effect is called ? |
| A. | Lighting |
| B. | Animation |
| C. | Optimisation |
| D. | Lenshood |
| Answer» A. Lighting | |
| 134. |
‘Face book’ is an example of |
| A. | Search option |
| B. | Social Network |
| C. | Online paper |
| D. | Blog |
| Answer» B. Social Network | |
| 135. |
The process of improving the visibility of a webpage/website in a search engine is called? |
| A. | Referral Marketing |
| B. | Affliation |
| C. | Search Engine optimization |
| D. | Social Media Marketing |
| Answer» C. Search Engine optimization | |
| 136. |
The scholar who coined the expression – ‘The Medium is the Message” is well renown for his concept of “Global Village”. |
| A. | Albert Bandura |
| B. | Marshall Mcluhan |
| C. | Leode Genero |
| D. | Wilbur Schram |
| Answer» B. Marshall Mcluhan | |
| 137. |
Prannoy Roy is associated with which among the following media? |
| A. | CNBC |
| B. | Sakshi T V |
| C. | NDTV |
| D. | IBN Lok Mat |
| Answer» C. NDTV | |
| 138. |
Who was recently appointed as the Editor-in-chief of outlook magazine replacing Vinod Mehta? |
| A. | Rajiv Shukla |
| B. | Pradeep Bhakshi |
| C. | Krishna Kumar |
| D. | Rajiv Ahir |
| Answer» C. Krishna Kumar | |
| 139. |
‘News and truth are not the same thing’- Who said these words? |
| A. | Jerome.K.Taylor |
| B. | Henry Ikaka |
| C. | Watler Luppman |
| D. | RavelMzoko |
| Answer» C. Watler Luppman | |
| 140. |
Wi-Fi Refers to |
| A. | Width fixture |
| B. | Wireless fidelity |
| C. | Wireless fixture |
| D. | Width figure |
| Answer» B. Wireless fidelity | |
| 141. |
Reporter who covers a specific geographical or subject area is |
| A. | Special Reporter |
| B. | Subject Reporter |
| C. | Beat Reporter |
| D. | Correspondent. |
| Answer» C. Beat Reporter | |
| 142. |
A Newspaper’s first edition of the day is known as |
| A. | Bull dog |
| B. | Dummy |
| C. | Hoax |
| D. | Newshole |
| Answer» A. Bull dog | |
| 143. |
What does the Latin Word “Communis” mean? |
| A. | Commute |
| B. | Communication |
| C. | Common |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Common | |
| 144. |
Expansion of CNN is? |
| A. | Canadian News Network |
| B. | Communication News Network |
| C. | Cable News Network |
| D. | Common News Network |
| Answer» C. Cable News Network | |
| 145. |
A whistle blower means? |
| A. | A professional Musician |
| B. | A crusader against corruption |
| C. | Legal officer in a lower court |
| D. | Chief of a news agency |
| Answer» B. A crusader against corruption | |
| 146. |
The program Devil’s Advocate in CNNIBN is hosted by? |
| A. | Karan Thapar |
| B. | Prannoy Roy |
| C. | Arnab Goswami |
| D. | Rajdeep Sardesai |
| Answer» A. Karan Thapar | |
| 147. |
Right to Information ACT (RTI) applies to all the states and UT’s of India except |
| A. | Kerala |
| B. | Jammu & Kashmir |
| C. | Goa |
| D. | Nagaland |
| Answer» B. Jammu & Kashmir | |
| 148. |
Frequency Modulation (FM) Radio was invented by? |
| A. | Edwin. H. Armstrong |
| B. | Jacques Diouf |
| C. | Andy Zeollick |
| D. | Mckarthy wolf |
| Answer» A. Edwin. H. Armstrong | |
| 149. |
The term ‘ Mockumentary’ is the portmanteau of? |
| A. | Mockum + Documentary |
| B. | Mock + Documentary |
| C. | Motion + Documentary |
| D. | Mog + Documentary |
| Answer» B. Mock + Documentary | |
| 150. |
VJ stands for Video Jockey, what does DJ stands for? |
| A. | Disc Jockey |
| B. | Drive Jockey |
| C. | Dude Jockey |
| D. | Diffo Jockey |
| Answer» A. Disc Jockey | |
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