DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
II MA English - JOURNALISM AND MASS
COMMUNICATION
Unit IV
The profile of a Reporter
Reporting: crime, court, election, legislature, sports,
development, investigative, interpretive, Interviewing.
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
4. Assault is a
crime against ___________.
a) a person b)
property c)
public welfare d) legal authority
5. Kidnapping is a
crime against ___________.
a) a person b)
property c)
public welfare d) legal authority
6. Forgery is a
crime against ____________.
a) a
person b) property c)
public welfare d) legal authority
7. Riot and strikes
are crime against ______________.
a) a
person b)property c) public
welfare d) legal authority
8. Bigamy is a
crime against _____________.
a) a
person b)property c) public
welfare d) legal authority
9. Obstructing
government officers from performing their duties is a crime against ____.
a) a
person b)property c)
public welfare d) legal authority
10. Bribing
government officials is a crime against
a) a person b)property c)
public welfare d) legal authority
11._______is the place where the accused stands
in the court.
a. Dock b. Stage c. Pulpit d. Podium
12._______
is the conditional release of a defendant with the promise to appear in
court when required.
a. Bail b.
Bailiff c. Bribe d. Adjourn
13. _____ is a man
or woman who abets or aids the commission of offence.
a. Accomplice b.
Accord c. Abused d. Aiden
14. Wilful
disobedience to any court judgement is called _____________.
a) civil
contempt b) court disdain c)
criminal
contempt d)
legal contempt
15. 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
16. What is the
‘application form’ used for requesting more time for finding witnesses?
a) habeas
corpus b) adjournment c)
parole d)
None
17. 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
18. What is ‘writ’?
a) court
order b)
rules of a game c) quality of a
reporter d)
a crime
19. In _________officials
take the reporters to selected polling stations.
a) party
coverage b)
media coverage
c) conducted
coverage d)
independent coverage
20. In __________,
the reporter selects the polling stations.
a) party
coverage b)
media
coverage
c) independent
coverage d)
conducted coverage
21. What are the
two Peoples Acts that act 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
22. Who decides to
hold the General Election?
a) Central
Cabinet b)
Supreme/High Court c) Election
Commission d) Political Party
23. Who is
in-charge of conducting elections?
a) Supreme
Court b) a team of retired High Court Judges
c) Election
Commission d) Central/State Government
24. What is
‘Curtain Raiser’?
a) crime
news b) a scandal c) human
interest stories d) final round of poll news
25. Scrutiny of
nomination for public election is done by the ______.
a) Election
Commission b) Returning Officer
c) Central/State Government d) the Collector
26._______is one to
which a member desires an oral answer from the Minister in the House.
a) A Starred
Question b) an Unstarred
Question
c) A Short Notice
Question d) One Minute Question
27. 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
28.___ 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
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. Sports
Reporters must remind cool and ________ in reviewing performances.
a) Partial b) impartial c)
subjective d)
prejudice
33. Sports news is
called ______ department.
a) ‘normal’ b)
‘easy’ c)
‘play’ d) ‘toy’
34. The featured
sports story helps reporters to develop ____________ stories.
a) overnight b)
overwrought c)
undeveloped d)
copied
35. Compared to the
past the sports news has __________________ readers.
a) tremendous b)
apathetic c)
sluggish d)
slothful
a. Intuition b. back c. A type
of play d. A type of reporting
37. Who probed the
Watergate story?
a) Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan b) William
Edward
c) Woodward
and
Bernstein d) Pierce Brosnan
38. Which reporting is
also called ‘depth reporting’?
a) election
reporting b) court
reporting
c) crime reporting d) investigative reporting
39. 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
40. Which reporting
demands more patience, determination, hard and sustained work?
a) Investigative
Reporting b) Interpretative
Reporting c) Sports
Reporting d)
all the above
41. 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
42. Why does a 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
43. Which reporting combines facts with interpretation?
a) election
reporting b)
court reporting
c) crime
reporting d) interpretative
reporting
44. Interpretative
reporting is not the recital of bare facts but reporting news with ____.
a. background
material b. jokes c. anecdotes d. coolness
45. 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
46. _______ is an effective way of
featuring controversial personalities.
a. Interview b.
Story c. Crime report d. Interpretation
47. ______ brings out
a person’s background.
a. Press
conference b. Factual news interview c. Opinion news interview
d. Profile interview
48. ________ is
meeting a top minister in order to get him to talk about new plans and
projects.
a. Press
conference b. Factual news interview c. Opinion news
interview d. Profile interview
49. Impromptu press
meetings held in places like the airport can be called ______.
a. Press
conference b. Factual news interview c. Opinion news interview
d. Profile interview
50. _______ is a news story that forms the basis for a feature
story.
a. A news peg b. A
news spark c. A news click d. A news nail
