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Features and Opinion | Set 2

1. By the rule, ------- are NOT critical.

Correct : A. obituaries

2. A ------- is a speech or piece of writing that says good things about somebody/something that is no more.

Correct : B. eulogy

3. A ------- is a fixed place in a newspaper/ magazine assigned to a particular writer

Correct : C. column

4. Those who write columns are called -------.

Correct : D. columnists

5. A column is an ------- piece of writing.

Correct : C. analytical

6. A ------- is a small brief that is an extract from a larger article.

Correct : B. snippet

7. Which of these personalities is not a columnist?

Correct : C. PV Sindhu

8. Columns that analyse issues critically are called ------- columns.

Correct : D. analytical

9. An ------- column break down what is complex for the benefit of the reader/ viewer.

Correct : D. analytical

10. A column that offers advice from an expert in the field is called an ------- column.

Correct : D. advisory

11. A column on the new rules of applying for a passport is an example of ------- column.

Correct : A. advisory

12. ------- columns offer advice to people of all ages, especially the youth, on sexual or other situations that are personal in nature.

Correct : B. Agony aunt

13. ------- columns break down the jargon for the reader.

Correct : B. Analytical

14. This statement: 'the views expressed by the writer are not shared by the newspaper' is called a ------- .

Correct : B. disclaimer

15. An ------- is the sanctum sanatorium, the holiest of places, in a newspaper/ magazine.

Correct : D. editorial page

16. Editorials are always crafted carefully on issues that are -------, topical and most of the times, controversial.

Correct : B. current

17. Editorials carry the stamp of ------- of the editor.

Correct : D. approval

18. The ------- is called the heart of the newspaper.

Correct : A. editorial page

19. A ------- column reflects what the ordinary/ common man thinks about a particular issue or article.

Correct : C. letters to the editor

20. The ------- page is the page opposite to the Editorial page.

Correct : B. Op-Ed