II MA Mass Communication Question Bank
Unit
IV
1. Assault is a crime against ___________.
a) a person b) property c) public welfare d)
legal authority
2. Kidnapping is a crime against
___________.
a)
a person b) property c) public welfare d) legal authority
3. Theft is a crime against ____________.
a)
a person b) property c) public welfare d) legal authority
4. Riot and strikes are crime against
______________.
a)
a person b)property c) public welfare d) legal authority
5. Bigamy is a crime against
_____________.
a)
a person b)property c) public welfare d) legal authority
6. Obstructing government officers from
performing their duties is a crime against _____________.
a)
a person b)property c) public welfare d) legal authority
7. Bribing government officials is a
crime against
a)
a person b)property c) public welfare d) legal authority
8. Sports Reporters must remind cool and
________ in reviewing performances.
a) Partial b)
impartial c) subjective d) prejudice
9. Who probed the Watergate story?
a)
Richard Woodward b) William Edward
c)
Woodward and Bernstein d)George
Bernstein
10. Notification by the Election
Commission for the public to elect their representatives to the legislature and
parliament is ____________
a)
the first stage b)
the second stage c) the third stage d) the fourth stage
11. During election, the campaigning has
to stop _____ before the start of polling.
a)
1 day b) 36
hours c) 40 hours d) 2 days
12. Which reporting is also called
‘depth reporting’?
a)
election reporting b)
court reporting
c)
crime reporting d)
investigativereporting
13._______________ is the one to which a
member of the assembly desires an oral answer in the house and on which
supplementary question by other members could be asked
a)
A Stared Question b)
an Unstarred Question
c)
A Short Notice Question d)
One Minute Question
14.During _____________ the members of
various parties can raise questions and argue on various issues.
a)
Legislative Hour b) Business
Hour c) Zero Hour d) Question Hour
15. Forgery is a crime against
_________.
a) a person b)
property c) public
welfare d) legal authority
16. Sports news is called ______ department.
a) ‘normal’ b)
‘easy’ c)
‘play’ d) ‘toy’
17. Investigating reporting became famous after the
famous _______ scandal in the 1970’s
a) Watergate b) Teapot Dome c) The Wilbur Mills d)The
Hamilton – Burr
18. Which is the fifth stage under which
elections are conducted?
a)
Notification b)
last date for filing nomination
c)
Scrutiny of nomination d)
campaigning
19. In _________________ officials take
the press man to selected pooling stations.
a) party
coverage b)
media coverage
c) conducted
coverage d)
none
20.
Which reporting combines facts with interpretation?
a) election
reporting b)
court reporting
c) crime
reporting d)
interpretative reporting
21.________________ is the one to which
an oral answer is not called for and on which no supplementary questions can be
asked.
a)
An Unstarred Question b)
A Starred Question
c)
A Short Notice Question d) One Minute Question
22._____________ consists of
introduction, consideration and passing of bills.
a)
Assembly Business b)
Legislative business
c)
Notice Business d)
Legislative Notice
23. The fresh reporters are called
_____________.
a) cubs b)
reporters c) beginner
reporters d) senior
reporters
24. Obstructing government officers from performing
their duties is a crime against _________.
a) a person b)
property
c) public
welfare d)
legal authority
25. The featured sports story helps reporter to
develop ____________ stories.
a) overnight b) overwrought c) undeveloped d)
copied
26. In India, Ashwini Sharin of _____________
brought the condition of Thiar Jail to light.
a) The Indian Express b) The Express News Service
c) The Hindu d)
The Times of India
27. Which is the fourth stage under which elections
are conducted?
a) Notification b)
last date for filing nomination
c) Scrutiny of
nomination d) withdrawal
28. In _________________ the press man selects the
pooling stations.
a) party
coverage b)
media coverage
c) independent
coverage d)
none
29.________________ is one which relates
to a matter of urgent public importance, and can be asked with the consent of
the minister concerned
a)
A Short Notice b)
An Unstarred Question
c)
A Starred Question d)
One Minute Question
30. The first hour of every
legislature sitting is normally devoted to __________________.
a)
Question Hour b) Papers to be laid c) Zero Hour d) Legislative Business
31. Which is the most challenging task
for a Legislature Reporter?
a)
Question Hour b)
Papers to be laid c) Zero
Hour d) Legislative
Business
32. How many stages should a bill pass
through before it becomes an act?
a)
five b)
four c) three d) two
33.Which of the following is not a
quality of a crime reporter?
a)
sound knowledge on law system b)
Familiarity with places
c)
maintain good public relationship d)
listening to music
34.Compared to the past the sports news has
__________________ readers.
a)
tremendous b)
apathetic c) sluggish d) slothful
35. Which of the following is not a quality of a
sports reporter?
a)
knowledge of technical terms b)
knowledge of the rules
c)
should be a sportsman d)
statistical knowledge of the game played
36.To which reporting does the phrases like
‘outstanding defence’, ‘style of the play’, ‘high score’ are used?
a)
crime b)
sports c)
court d) election
37.What are the two Peoples Acts that acts as a
guideline for conducting an election?
a)
Representation ofPeoples Act of 1950 and 1951
b)
Representation of Peoples Act of 1950 and 1952
c)
Representation of Peoples Act of 1951 and 1952
d)
Representation of Peoples Act of 1951 and 1953
38. Who decides to hold the General Election?
a)
Central Cabinet b) Supreme/High
Court c) Election Commission d) Political Party
39. Who is in-charge of conducting election?
a)
Supreme Court b)
a team of retired High Court Judges
c)
Election Commission d)
Central/State Government
40. What is ‘Curtain Raiser’?
a)
crime news b) a scandal c) human interest stories d) final round of poll news
41. Scrutiny of nomination for public election is
done by the ______________________.
a)
Election Commission b)
Returning Officer
c)
Central/State Government d)
the Collector
42. Wilful disobedience to any court judgement is
called _____________.
a)
civil contempt b) court
disdain c) criminal contempt d) legal contempt
43. Publication of any matters which
scandalises/lowers the authority of any court is called ___________.
a)
civil contempt b) court disdain c) criminal contempt d)
legal contempt
44. What is the ‘application form’ used for
requesting more time for finding witnesses?
a)
habeas corpus b) adjournment c)parole d) None
45. What is ‘Parole’?
a)
producing a person in the court b)
requesting time for finding witness
c)
requesting for change of court c)
release on promise of reappearance
46. What is ‘writ’?
a)
court order b) rules of
a game c) quality of a reporter d) a crime
47.Which reporting demands more patience,
determination, hard and sustained work?
a)
Investigative Reporting b)
Interpretative Reporting c) Sports
Reporting d) all the above
48.Which reporting helps in creating awareness about
the various plans, programmes, schemes and projects drawn up by the government
and government agencies?
a)
Interpretative Reporting b)
Sports Reporting
c)
Development Reporting d)
Court Reporting
49. Why Development Reporting can be considered
different from other reporting?
a)
It would compare, contrast and cover news over the past years
b)
It takes a long time to cover a news story as the development of a new plan or
scheme is slow
c)
It involves interviewing people ‘for whom and by whom a project is undertaken’
to collect information
d)
All the above
50. Find the odd one out.
Unit V
1.What is the other name for iconoscope?
a.
electric television tube b. TV c. picture tube
d. telescope
2.What is the name of the first communication satellite?
a. Early Bird b. Flying Bird c.
CS 1 d.SAT 1
3.When was the age of satellite communication dawned in India?
a.
1962 b.
1945 c. 1919 d. 2001
4.Which country succeeded in designing a computer–controlled network?
a.
Germany b. Japan c.
USA d. India
5. Which media socialist called the modern
world as “a global village”?
a.
John McNamara b. Marshall McLuhan c.
Court Marshall d. Jim Reeves
6. Expand DTH:
a.
Detach-to-home
b. Direct-to-home c.
Digital-to-home
d.
Drab-to-home
7. In which year “commercials” came to be telecasted in India?
a.
2001b. 1925 c. 1976 d. 1965
8. What is the name of the second channel introduced by Doordarshan?
a.
Doordarshan Song channel
b. Doordarshan
Entertainment channel c. Metro
Entertainment channel d. Metro Song channel.
9. Which is the first soap opera telecasted in India?
a.
Dynasty b. Buniyaad c. Hum Log d. English
10.
What is a “tag” in TV journalism?
a.
A useless input b. A Pin used c. A tag used d. Additional information
11.Where were the first 3 radio stations started?
a.
Pittsburgh, New York and Tokyo
b.
Pittsburgh, New York and London
c. Pittsburgh, New York and
New Delhi d. Pittsburgh,
New York and Chicago
12.Expand NBC –
a.
National Blogging Company b. Nation
Building Company c. None d. National
Broadcasting Company
13.Expand CBS –
a.
Columbia Broadcasting System b. Cricket Board of
Srilanka c. Common Balancing System d.
Central Board for Scrutiny
14.Where was the first Radio Club started functioning in India?
a.
Calcutta b. Trichinopoly c. New Delhi d.Bombay
15.Who is the first controller of Broad casting?
a.
Lionel Trilling b. Lionel Fielden c.
Lionel Richie d. Lionel Frederick
16.Who coined the name AIR (All India Radio)?
a.
Lionel Trilling b. Lionel Fielden c.
Lionel Richie d. Lionel Frederick
17.What is FM Broadcasting?
a.
Frequency Mutation b.
Frequency Modulation c.
Full Modulation d.
Full Mutation
18.What is DAB?
a.
Dubbing Audio Broadcasting
b.
Direct Audio Broadcasting c. Digital
Audio Broadcasting d. Dragon Audio Broadcasting
19.When was Vividh Bharath started?
a.
1926b. 2001 c. 1957 d.1976
20.The Vividh Bharath was started to compete with ________.
a.
Radio USA b. BBC c. Radio
Cylon d. Radio Nepal
21.Who was the first to coin the word
“semiotics”?
a.
Derrida b. Ferdinand de Saussure c. Raymond Bellour d. Charles Sanders Peirce
22.
Whose lectures became the foundation for what he called “semiology”?
a.
Raymond Bellour b. Charles Sanders Peirce c. Derrida d. Ferdinand de Saussure
23.
Who argues that film is the “Unattainable Text”?
a.
Charles Sanders Peirce b. Ferdinand de Saussure c. Derrida d. Raymond Bellour
24.
The film-language concept was explored in depth by theorists like ______
a. Christian
Metz b. Ferdinand de Saussure c. Derrida d.
Charles Sanders Peirce
25.
The five tracks the film medium are image, dialogue, music, written materials and
_____.
a.
noise b. poise c. wave d. silence
26.
Who are the pioneers in cinema?
a. The Lumiere Brothers
b. The Wright Brothers c. The Philips Brothers d. The Sony Brothers
27.
For _______, the image is characterized by Polysemy.
a.
Umberto Eco b. Roland Barthes c.
Pier Paolo Pasolini d. and Christian Metz
28.
The paradigmatic study of films deals with _____
a.
Signifying the whole b. visuals c.
Speech d. words
29.
A book review is description, critical analysis and _______.
a.
retelling b. evaluation c. summarising
d. synopsis
30.
A book review should focus on purpose,
_______ and author.
a.
pictures b. content c. pages d.
fonts
31.
Usually the length of a book review is _______.
a.
100 – 1500 words b. 50000 words c.
100 pages d.500 pages
32.
A book review is _______ to the material analysed.
a.
a reaction b. an acceptance c. a rejection
d. a dissent
33.
What is the expansion for ISBN?
a. International Standard Book Number b.
International Book Number c. Indian Book Number d. Indian Standard Book Number
34.
Film is a _____ medium.
a.
actor’s b. director’s c. audience’s d. people’s
35.
The film reviewer should make a note on the ______, technique and words used in
a film.
a.
song b. form c. length d. review
36.
Angles and shots are called _________.
a.
set design b. camera work c. stock
phrase d. review
37.
Costumes and design are called_________.
a.
set design b. stock phrase c. camera
work d. review
38.
What is a cliché?
a.
Stock phrase b. New formula c. Blue
print d. Dupe
39.
Give an example for Print Advertising.
a.
Newspapers b. Billboards c. Radio d.
Movies
40.
Give an example for Outdoor Advertising.
a.
Newspapers b. Billboards c. Radio d.
Movies
41.
Give an example for Broadcast Advertising.
a. Newspapers b. Television c. Kiosks d. Movies
42.
Which advertisement gives importance to secret or hidden?
a.
Broadcast Advertising b. Covert
Advertising c. Print Advertising d. Surrogate
Advertising
43.
In which medium Covert Advertising is mostly used?
a.
Advertising in Movies b. Advertising
in Newspapers c. Advertising in Kiosks d.
Advertising in Billboards
44.
What is Surrogate Advertising?
a.
Advertising Indirectly b. Advertising
directly c. Advertising using ethics d. No such advertising
45.
Which type of advertising carries socially relevant messages?
a.
Public Service Advertising b. Useful
Advertising c. Celebrity Advertising d. Publicity Advertising
46.
Which type of advertising gives importance to celebrities?
a.
Public Service Advertising b. Celebrity
Advertising c. Publicity Advertising d.Useful Advertising
47.
“Bengal Gazette” was started by _______.
a.
James Bond b. James Hicky c. James
John d. James Hill
48.
The origin of advertising is traceable to the _________
a.
bill board b. village drummer c. advertising agency d.
news paper
49.
_______advertising gives information in a dry matter-of-fact manner.
a.
Celebrity b. Public Service c. Kiosks d. Classified
50. _______ has been called “the father of modern advertisement”.
a.
Billy Joe Thomas b. Thomas Hardy c. Thomas Muller d. Thomas J. Barratt
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