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History of Mass Media | Set 1
1. Who was a champion of massline communication?
A. mao zedong
B. b r ambedkar
C. mother teresa
D. marshall tito
Correct : A. mao zedong
2. Which of the following is an example of new media?
A. newspaper
B. fm radio
C. blog
D. television
Correct : C. blog
3. The chronological evolution of mass media is
A. radio, film, newspaper, television
B. newspaper, film, radio, television
C. newspaper, radio, film, television
D. film, newspapers, radio, television
Correct : B. newspaper, film, radio, television
4. Who is described as the father of Indian film?
A. k a abbas
B. phalke
C. r g torney
D. satyajit ray
Correct : B. phalke
5. Name the first talkie in India.
A. raja harishchandra
B. jhansi ki rani
C. alam ara
D. pundalik
Correct : B. jhansi ki rani
6. The highest film award in India is…
A. dada saheb phalke award
B. j c daniel award
C. satyajit ray award
D. raja harischandra award
Correct : A. dada saheb phalke award
7. The highest film award instituted by the Government of Kerala is …
A. prem nazir award
B. thikkurussi award
C. j c daniel award
D. john abraham award
Correct : C. j c daniel award
8. What is SITE ?
A. television experiment
B. indian satellite
C. radio experiment
D. entertainment experiment
Correct : A. television experiment
9. Democratic –participant theory was put forward by
A. fred siebert
B. theodore peterson
C. denis mcquail
D. wilbur schramm
Correct : C. denis mcquail
10. Internet was first developed in ….
A. uk
B. japan
C. us
D. germany
Correct : C. us
11. Name the person who is most associated with WikiLeaks is ……….
A. julian assange
B. tim bernet
C. bill gates
D. richard stallman
Correct : A. julian assange
12. Name the first Indian film.
A. pather panjali
B. life of christ
C. raja harischandra
D. mother india
Correct : C. raja harischandra
13. Jasmine revolution that triggered political unrest in North African and West Asian countries actually began in
A. egypt
B. libya
C. tunisia
D. yemen
Correct : C. tunisia
14. Which of the following is an example of social media network?
A. chrome
B. google
C. mozila
D. linked-in
Correct : D. linked-in
15. Global village concept was put forward by…..
A. robert merton
B. seon mcbride
C. marshall mcluhan
D. wilbur scramm
Correct : C. marshall mcluhan
16. J. Gopikrishnan who unearthed the 2G spectrum scandal was a reporter of ……
A. the times of india
B. the pioneer
C. the telegraph
D. dna
Correct : B. the pioneer
17. What was the first Internet service in India?
A. arpanet
B. ernet
C. indnet
D. hindnet
Correct : B. ernet
18. Which newspaper first launched an internet edition in Malayalam?
A. malayala manorama
B. mathrubhumi
C. deepika
D. kerala kaumudi
Correct : C. deepika
19. Name the educational channel of Doordarshan
A. bharati
B. gyan darshan
C. vidya bharati
D. etv
Correct : B. gyan darshan
20. Which was the first 24 hours news channel in Malayalam?
A. asianet news
B. india vision
C. surya
D. kairali
Correct : B. india vision
21. The Gutenberg Galaxy was authored by
A. johannes gutenberg
B. marshall mcluhan
C. george gerbner
D. kurt lewin
Correct : B. marshall mcluhan
22. The term fourth estate refers to?
A. legislature
B. commons
C. media
D. judiciary
Correct : C. media
23. International Commission to study communication in the world by UNESCO was known as…
A. mcluhan commission
B. hutchins commission
C. macbride commission
D. mcquail commission
Correct : C. macbride commission
24. Who coined the term fourth estate?
A. lord william bentick
B. edmund burke
C. winston churchill
D. clement atlee
Correct : B. edmund burke
25. Pulitzer prices are given to journalists for their outstanding contribution to journalism in ….
A. uk
B. us
C. germany
D. australia
Correct : B. us
26. Which newspaper first launched an internet edition in India?
A. times of india
B. the hindu
C. the telegraph
D. hindustan times
Correct : B. the hindu
27. Which of the following media group has a newspaper, television news channel and FM radio station?
A. the hindu group
B. the kerala kaumudi group
C. the malayala manorama group
D. the indian express group
Correct : C. the malayala manorama group
28. Club FM radio station is promoted by …………….
A. malayala manorama
B. asianet
C. mathrubhumi
D. madhyamam
Correct : C. mathrubhumi
29. Who among the following was a chief editor of Mathrubhumi?
A. a balakrishna pillai
B. p k balakrishnan
C. k p kesava menon
D. vengayil kunhiraman nayanar
Correct : C. k p kesava menon
30. The oldest surviving newspaper in Malayalam is ….
A. malayala manorama
B. kerala kaumudi
C. mathrubhumi
D. deepika
Correct : D. deepika
31. Which of the following English newspaper is not published Kerala?
A. deccan chronicle
B. the times of india
C. deccan herald
D. the new indian express
Correct : A. deccan chronicle
32. Fourth estate refers to ……………………..?
A. internet
B. press
C. whistle blowers
D. private media
Correct : B. press
33. Frequency Modulation (FM) Radio was invented by?
A. edwin. h. armstrong
B. jacques diouf
C. andy zeollick
D. mckarthy wolf
Correct : A. edwin. h. armstrong
34. Kandathil Varghese Mappilla is the founder editor of ………
A. deepika
B. mathrubhumi
C. malayala manorama
D. kerala kaumudi
Correct : C. malayala manorama
35. Who was the Indian representative to the MacBride Commission?
A. b g varghese
B. chalapathi rao
C. kushwant singh
D. nihil singh
Correct : A. b g varghese
36. Which among the following is not a characteristics of Mass Media?
A. transient
B. universal access
C. narrow scope
D. gatekeeping
Correct : C. narrow scope
37. 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
Correct : B. jammu & kashmir
38. Television broadcasting was launched in
A. 1958
B. 1959
C. 1960
D. 1961
Correct : B. 1959
39. The study on the manner in which people approach others or keep their distance from others in communication contexts.
A. kinesics
B. proxemics
C. chronemics
D. ocullesics
Correct : B. proxemics
40. Who is the Web Inventor?
A. tim berners-lee
B. bill gates
C. stallman
D. charles babbage
Correct : A. tim berners-lee
41. Which of the following is the idea generating component of communication?
A. sender
B. message
C. channel
D. receiver
Correct : A. sender
42. Who is considered as the inventor of television?
A. charles babbage
B. john logie baird
C. thomas alva edison
D. none of the above
Correct : B. john logie baird
43. Who is well known for his comment on communication : ‘Who (says) What (to) Whom (in) What Channel (with) What Effect’
A. frank f x dance
B. harold lasswell
C. marshall mcluhan
D. joseph a devito
Correct : B. harold lasswell
44. Who introduced the concept of global village?
A. marshal mcluhan
B. wilbur schramm
C. noam chomsky
D. henry luce
Correct : A. marshal mcluhan
45. The first Malayalee actor to win the best actor award in the national film awards
A. premji
B. p j antony
C. gopi
D. balan k nair
Correct : B. p j antony
46. The film “Balan” was directed by
A. p ramdas
B. j c daniel
C. ramu kariatt
D. p bhaskaran
Correct : A. p ramdas
47. Who is considered the proponent of cultivation analysis ?
A. sean mcbride
B. wilbur schramm
C. marshall mcluhan
D. george gerbner
Correct : D. george gerbner
48. Name the scholar who coined the expressions: ‘the Medium is the Message” and “Global Village”.
A. albert bandura
B. marshall mcluhan
C. leode genero
D. wilbur schram
Correct : B. marshall mcluhan
49. What is the science of signs known as?
A. semiotics
B. communicology
C. ethnography
D. anthropology
Correct : B. communicology
50. Who is director of Appu Trilogy?
A. mahesh bhatt
B. adoor gopalakrishnan
C. satyajit ray
D. ritwik ghatak
Correct : C. satyajit ray
51. Who developed the SMCR model of communication?
A. marshall mcluhan
B. harold d lasswell
C. frank e x dance
D. david berlo
Correct : D. david berlo
52. Name the news agency that was closely associated with India even before the independence.
A. afp
B. associated press
C. upi
D. reuters
Correct : D. reuters
53. Name the pioneer who started an Indian news agency in the country.
A. k c roy
B. paul julius reuter
C. bidhu bhushan sengupta
D. rajaram mohan roy
Correct : A. k c roy
54. Name the news agency associated with S Sadanand.
A. associated press of india
B. orient press of india
C. united press of india
D. free press of india
Correct : D. free press of india
55. TASS- Itar is a news agency of
A. uk
B. us
C. germany
D. russia
Correct : D. russia
56. PTI started functioning in ……
A. 1947
B. 1948
C. 1949
D. 1950
Correct : C. 1949
57. The Hindi news agency of PTI is known as….
A. pti hindi
B. pti hindustani
C. pti bhasha
D. pti rashtra
Correct : C. pti bhasha
58. The Hindi wire service of UNI is known as….
A. unisamachar
B. unihindustan
C. unibhasha
D. univartha
Correct : D. univartha
59. Which of the following is the first news agency in the world?
A. ap
B. afp
C. upi
D. reuters
Correct : B. afp
60. Kyodo is a news agency of …..
A. germany
B. s. korea
C. n. korea
D. japan
Correct : D. japan
61. The concept of Press Council first emerged in …..
A. sweden
B. uk
C. us
D. netherlands
Correct : A. sweden
62. DPA is a news agency of ……
A. pakistan
B. south africa
C. germany
D. argentina
Correct : C. germany
63. Who among the following is not a chairperson of the Press Council of India?
A. justice markandy katju
B. justice r jayachandra reddy
C. justice p b sawant
D. justice k k mathew
Correct : D. justice k k mathew
64. Press Council of India is a … body including the chairperson
A. 26
B. 27
C. 28
D. 29
Correct : D. 29
65. Self regulatory body of the television news channels in India is….
A. press council of india
B. television council of india
C. news broadcasting standards authority
D. broadcast authority of india
Correct : C. news broadcasting standards authority
66. Which of the following is body that represents newspapers publishers?
A. abc
B. ins
C. rni
D. ifwj
Correct : B. ins
67. Who among the following was not a chief editor of Malayala Manorama?
A. kandathil varghese mappilai
B. mamman mappilai
C. k m george
D. k m mathew
Correct : C. k m george
68. Who is generally described as the unsung hero of a newspaper?
A. reporter
B. sub editor
C. news editor
D. chief editor
Correct : B. sub editor
69. Ramnath Goenka is associated with ….
A. the indian express
B. the hindustan times
C. the times of india
D. the deccan herald
Correct : A. the indian express
70. Who among the following was a noted cartoonist?
A. bal thackeray
B. jug suraiyya
C. tjs george
D. pothan joseph
Correct : A. bal thackeray
71. K Sukumaran was the editor of
A. kerala kaumudi
B. mathrubhumi
C. malayala manorama
D. malayali
Correct : A. kerala kaumudi
72. First private TV channel in Malayalam was
A. surya
B. asianet
C. kairali
D. india vision
Correct : B. asianet
73. Inverted pyramid style of reporting emerged during…..
A. american civil war
B. falkland war
C. russian revolution
D. french revolution
Correct : A. american civil war
74. Dateline in a report tells….
A. date of the story
B. date and place
C. date, place, country of the story
D. date, place reporter of the story
Correct : B. date and place
75. A face to face interaction with media persons is generally known as …….
A. interview
B. press conference
C. press release
D. handouts
Correct : B. press conference
76. When a press club or forum invites a celebrity to interact with the media person, it is known as….
A. press conference
B. press briefing
C. press meet
D. meet the press
Correct : D. meet the press
77. The press release of the central Government is distributed to the media organisations by….
A. prd
B. i & b ministry
C. pib
D. davp
Correct : C. pib
78. Which of the following is a news agency?
A. abc
B. ins
C. kyodo
D. ipra
Correct : C. kyodo
79. Name the newspaper that unearthed the Watergate Scandal.
A. new york times
B. washington post
C. wall street journal
D. washington journal
Correct : B. washington post
80. Monotype was a typesetting machine for….
A. hand composing
B. photocomposing
C. mechanical composing
D. dtp
Correct : C. mechanical composing
81. A Balakrishna Pilla was associated with…
A. kesari
B. swaseshabimani
C. keralan
D. mathrubhumi
Correct : A. kesari
82. Operation West End, a sting operation, was carried out by…
A. tehelka. com
B. ohmynews.com
C. news.com
D. probity.com
Correct : A. tehelka. com
83. Which of the following English newspaper is not published Kerala?
A. deccan chronicle
B. the times of india
C. deccan herald
D. the new indian express
Correct : C. deccan herald
84. The recognized union of working journalist in Kerala is …
A. kuwj
B. ifwjk
C. kuj
D. kunwj
Correct : A. kuwj
85. Which of the following is considered the first newspaper in Malayalam?
A. paschimodayam
B. jnana nikshepam
C. keralopakari
D. rajyasamacharam
Correct : D. rajyasamacharam
86. Name of the newspaper on the front page is called…
A. masthead
B. skyline
C. nameplate
D. name board
Correct : C. nameplate
87. An early edition of a newspaper is called…
A. city edition
B. bulldog
C. mofussil edition
D. midnight edition
Correct : B. bulldog
88. Which of the following is an example of social media network?
A. google
B. mozila
C. twitter
D. rediff
Correct : C. twitter
89. How many of the sensory channels can be applied while reading a news story?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
Correct : A. one
90. The first printed work by Johannes Gutenberg using movable types was
A. aeropagitica
B. catechism text
C. way of the cross
D. bible
Correct : D. bible
91. Name the newspaper that did not publish the news of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on its front page.
A. the times of india
B. the hindustan times
C. the hindu
D. the statesman
Correct : C. the hindu
92. Malayala Manorama was established in
A. 1888
B. 1889
C. 1890
D. 1891
Correct : A. 1888
93. J.C. Bose demonstrated Radio transmission in
A. bombay
B. nagpure
C. madras
D. calcutta
Correct : D. calcutta
94. Marconi was born in
A. germany
B. france
C. britain
D. italy
Correct : D. italy
95. First controller of broadcasting in India
A. j c bose
B. gopal swami
C. john reith
D. lionel fielden
Correct : D. lionel fielden
96. Which of the following magazine is published from Kerala?
A. the frontline
B. the week
C. the outlook
D. stardust
Correct : B. the week
97. The word ‘tele’ means ………………
A. to see
B. far
C. screen
D. moving
Correct : B. far
98. What does the Latin word “communis” mean?
A. commute
B. communication
C. common
D. none of these
Correct : C. common
99. Areopagatica, a pamphlet supporting the freedom of expression was written by the famous English poet ……….
A. john keats
B. john milton
C. p. b. shelley
D. j s mill
Correct : B. john milton
100. Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pilla was exiled from Travancore in …………..
A. 1910
B. 1911
C. 1912
D. 1913
Correct : A. 1910