Friday, September 16, 2022

MCQs JMC CIA 1 2022

 

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

36. What is a “hunch”?

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

 

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