Unit
IV
Reporter
1. What is “Nose for News”?
a. News engagement b. Sound
news judgement c. News story d. Sniff like a dog
2. Who is the foundation of a newspaper?
a. editor b. reporter
c. sub-editor d. office
3. Who is a cub?
A) The young of a certain animal B) A junior reporter C) pet animal D) An experienced reporter
Reporting: Crime
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. Forgery 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
Reporting: Court
1._______is the place where the accused stands in the
court.
a. Dock b. Stage
c. Pulpit d. Podium
2. _____ is a man or woman who abets or aids the commission
of offence.
a. Accomplice b.
Accord c. Abused d. Aiden
3. Wilful disobedience to any court judgement is called
_____________.
a)
civil contempt b) court disdain c) criminal contempt d) legal contempt
4. 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
5. What is the ‘application form’ used for requesting more
time for finding witnesses?
a)
habeas corpus b) adjournment c)parole d) None
6. 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
7. What is ‘writ’?
a)
court order b)
rules of a game c) quality of a reporter d) a crime
Reporting: Election
1. In _________________ officials take the press man to
selected pooling stations.
a) party coverage b)
media coverage
c) conducted
coverage d)
independent coverage
2. In _________________ the press man selects the pooling
stations.
a) party coverage b)
media coverage
c) independent
coverage d)
conducted coverage
3. What are the two Peoples Acts that acts as a guideline
for conducting an election?
a)
Representation of Peoples 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
4. Who decides to hold the General Election?
a)
Central Cabinet b)
Supreme/High Court c) Election
Commission d) Political Party
5. 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
6. What is ‘Curtain Raiser’?
a)
crime news b) a
scandal c) human interest stories d) final round of poll news
7. Scrutiny of nomination for public election is done by
the ______________________.
a)
Election Commission b)
Returning Officer
c)
Central/State Government d)
the Collector
Reporting: Legislature
1._______________ 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
2. 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
3.________________ 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
4._____________ consists of introduction,
consideration and passing of bills.
a)
Assembly Business b)
Legislative business
c)
Notice Business d)
Legislative Notice
5.________________ 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
6. 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
7. Which is the most challenging task for a Legislature
Reporter?
a)
Question Hour b)
Papers to be laid c) Zero
Hour d) Legislative Business
Reporting: Sports
1. Sports Reporters must remind cool and ________ in
reviewing performances.
a) Partial b)
impartial c)
subjective d) prejudice
2. Sports news is called ______ department.
a) ‘normal’ b)
‘easy’ c)
‘play’ d) ‘toy’
3. The featured sports story helps reporter to develop
____________ stories.
a) overnight b) overwrought c)
undeveloped d) copied
4. Compared to the past the sports news has
__________________ readers.
a)
tremendous b)
apathetic c) sluggish d) slothful
5.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
Investigative
1. What is a “hunch”?
a. Intuition b. back c. A type of play d. A type
of reporting
2. Who probed the Watergate story?
a)
Richard Woodward b)
William Edward
c)
Woodward and Bernstein d)George
Bernstein
3. Which reporting is also called ‘depth
reporting’?
a)
election reporting b)
court reporting
c)
crime reporting d)
investigative reporting
4. 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
5. Which reporting demands more patience, determination,
hard and sustained work?
a)
Investigative Reporting b)
Interpretative Reporting c)
Sports Reporting d) all the
above
Development
1. 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
2. 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
3. Why does Development
Reporter take a long time to cover a news story?
a. the development of a new scheme is slow b.
slow reporters are appointed c. It is wrong to so d. Full time is not devoted
Interpretive
1.
Which reporting combines facts with interpretation?
a) election reporting b) court reporting
c) crime reporting d) interpretative
reporting
2.
Interpretative reporting is not the recital of bare facts but reporting news with
________.
a.
background material b. jokes c. anecdotes
d. coolness
3.
Why does interpretative reporting depend on background material?
a.
to make it comprehensive and meaningful.
b. to make it interesting c. to make it beautiful c. to make it readable
