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History of Mass Media | Set 1

1. Who was a champion of massline communication?

Correct : A. mao zedong

2. Which of the following is an example of new media?

Correct : C. blog

3. The chronological evolution of mass media is

Correct : B. newspaper, film, radio, television

4. Who is described as the father of Indian film?

Correct : B. phalke

5. Name the first talkie in India.

Correct : B. jhansi ki rani

6. The highest film award in India is…

Correct : A. dada saheb phalke award

7. The highest film award instituted by the Government of Kerala is …

Correct : C. j c daniel award

8. What is SITE ?

Correct : A. television experiment

9. Democratic –participant theory was put forward by

Correct : C. denis mcquail

10. Internet was first developed in ….

Correct : C. us

11. Name the person who is most associated with WikiLeaks is ……….

Correct : A. julian assange

12. Name the first Indian film.

Correct : C. raja harischandra

13. Jasmine revolution that triggered political unrest in North African and West Asian countries actually began in

Correct : C. tunisia

14. Which of the following is an example of social media network?

Correct : D. linked-in

15. Global village concept was put forward by…..

Correct : C. marshall mcluhan

16. J. Gopikrishnan who unearthed the 2G spectrum scandal was a reporter of ……

Correct : B. the pioneer

17. What was the first Internet service in India?

Correct : B. ernet

18. Which newspaper first launched an internet edition in Malayalam?

Correct : C. deepika

19. Name the educational channel of Doordarshan

Correct : B. gyan darshan

20. Which was the first 24 hours news channel in Malayalam?

Correct : B. india vision

21. The Gutenberg Galaxy was authored by

Correct : B. marshall mcluhan

22. The term fourth estate refers to?

Correct : C. media

23. International Commission to study communication in the world by UNESCO was known as…

Correct : C. macbride commission

24. Who coined the term fourth estate?

Correct : B. edmund burke

25. Pulitzer prices are given to journalists for their outstanding contribution to journalism in ….

Correct : B. us

26. Which newspaper first launched an internet edition in India?

Correct : B. the hindu

27. Which of the following media group has a newspaper, television news channel and FM radio station?

Correct : C. the malayala manorama group

28. Club FM radio station is promoted by …………….

Correct : C. mathrubhumi

29. Who among the following was a chief editor of Mathrubhumi?

Correct : C. k p kesava menon

30. The oldest surviving newspaper in Malayalam is ….

Correct : D. deepika

31. Which of the following English newspaper is not published Kerala?

Correct : A. deccan chronicle

32. Fourth estate refers to ……………………..?

Correct : B. press

33. Frequency Modulation (FM) Radio was invented by?

Correct : A. edwin. h. armstrong

34. Kandathil Varghese Mappilla is the founder editor of ………

Correct : C. malayala manorama

35. Who was the Indian representative to the MacBride Commission?

Correct : A. b g varghese

36. Which among the following is not a characteristics of Mass Media?

Correct : C. narrow scope

37. Right to Information ACT (RTI) applies to all the states and UT’s of India except

Correct : B. jammu & kashmir

38. Television broadcasting was launched in

Correct : B. 1959

39. The study on the manner in which people approach others or keep their distance from others in communication contexts.

Correct : B. proxemics

40. Who is the Web Inventor?

Correct : A. tim berners-lee

41. Which of the following is the idea generating component of communication?

Correct : A. sender

42. Who is considered as the inventor of television?

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’

Correct : B. harold lasswell

44. Who introduced the concept of global village?

Correct : A. marshal mcluhan

45. The first Malayalee actor to win the best actor award in the national film awards

Correct : B. p j antony

46. The film “Balan” was directed by

Correct : A. p ramdas

47. Who is considered the proponent of cultivation analysis ?

Correct : D. george gerbner

48. Name the scholar who coined the expressions: ‘the Medium is the Message” and “Global Village”.

Correct : B. marshall mcluhan

49. What is the science of signs known as?

Correct : B. communicology

50. Who is director of Appu Trilogy?

Correct : C. satyajit ray

51. Who developed the SMCR model of communication?

Correct : D. david berlo

52. Name the news agency that was closely associated with India even before the independence.

Correct : D. reuters

53. Name the pioneer who started an Indian news agency in the country.

Correct : A. k c roy

54. Name the news agency associated with S Sadanand.

Correct : D. free press of india

55. TASS- Itar is a news agency of

Correct : D. russia

56. PTI started functioning in ……

Correct : C. 1949

57. The Hindi news agency of PTI is known as….

Correct : C. pti bhasha

58. The Hindi wire service of UNI is known as….

Correct : D. univartha

59. Which of the following is the first news agency in the world?

Correct : B. afp

60. Kyodo is a news agency of …..

Correct : D. japan

61. The concept of Press Council first emerged in …..

Correct : A. sweden

62. DPA is a news agency of ……

Correct : C. germany

63. Who among the following is not a chairperson of the Press Council of India?

Correct : D. justice k k mathew

64. Press Council of India is a … body including the chairperson

Correct : D. 29

65. Self regulatory body of the television news channels in India is….

Correct : C. news broadcasting standards authority

66. Which of the following is body that represents newspapers publishers?

Correct : B. ins

67. Who among the following was not a chief editor of Malayala Manorama?

Correct : C. k m george

68. Who is generally described as the unsung hero of a newspaper?

Correct : B. sub editor

69. Ramnath Goenka is associated with ….

Correct : A. the indian express

70. Who among the following was a noted cartoonist?

Correct : A. bal thackeray

71. K Sukumaran was the editor of

Correct : A. kerala kaumudi

72. First private TV channel in Malayalam was

Correct : B. asianet

73. Inverted pyramid style of reporting emerged during…..

Correct : A. american civil war

74. Dateline in a report tells….

Correct : B. date and place

75. A face to face interaction with media persons is generally known as …….

Correct : B. press conference

76. When a press club or forum invites a celebrity to interact with the media person, it is known as….

Correct : D. meet the press

77. The press release of the central Government is distributed to the media organisations by….

Correct : C. pib

78. Which of the following is a news agency?

Correct : C. kyodo

79. Name the newspaper that unearthed the Watergate Scandal.

Correct : B. washington post

80. Monotype was a typesetting machine for….

Correct : C. mechanical composing

81. A Balakrishna Pilla was associated with…

Correct : A. kesari

82. Operation West End, a sting operation, was carried out by…

Correct : A. tehelka. com

83. Which of the following English newspaper is not published Kerala?

Correct : C. deccan herald

84. The recognized union of working journalist in Kerala is …

Correct : A. kuwj

85. Which of the following is considered the first newspaper in Malayalam?

Correct : D. rajyasamacharam

86. Name of the newspaper on the front page is called…

Correct : C. nameplate

87. An early edition of a newspaper is called…

Correct : B. bulldog

88. Which of the following is an example of social media network?

Correct : C. twitter

89. How many of the sensory channels can be applied while reading a news story?

Correct : A. one

90. The first printed work by Johannes Gutenberg using movable types was

Correct : D. bible

91. Name the newspaper that did not publish the news of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on its front page.

Correct : C. the hindu

92. Malayala Manorama was established in

Correct : A. 1888

93. J.C. Bose demonstrated Radio transmission in

Correct : D. calcutta

94. Marconi was born in

Correct : D. italy

95. First controller of broadcasting in India

Correct : D. lionel fielden

96. Which of the following magazine is published from Kerala?

Correct : B. the week

97. The word ‘tele’ means ………………

Correct : B. far

98. What does the Latin word “communis” mean?

Correct : C. common

99. Areopagatica, a pamphlet supporting the freedom of expression was written by the famous English poet ……….

Correct : B. john milton

100. Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pilla was exiled from Travancore in …………..

Correct : A. 1910