1. Which among the following is a News Value that can be used to determine the importance of a story?
Correct : C. Prominence
2. A person who is in charge of and determines the final content of a text, particularly a newspaper or magazine is known as
Correct : A. Editor
3. What is the difference between a Serif font and a Sans Serif font?
Correct : A. Serif fonts have hard edges and Sans Serif fonts have hard edges missing
4. A book which is created or accepted by a news organization to have consistency and to avoid ambiguity in terms of layout and usage of language is known as?
Correct : C. Stylebook
5. Journalism about the environment and climate change sits at a complex of intersections between politics, business, science, nature and culture is known as?
Correct : A. Environmental Journalism
6. ___________ is the idea of integrating journalism into the democratic process. The media not only informs the public, but it also works towards engaging citizens and creating public debate.
Correct : B. Civic Journalism
7. A form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions?
Correct : D. Sports Journalism
8. Collaborative media, participatory journalism, democratic journalism, guerrilla journalism or street journalism are other names of which type of journalism?
Correct : A. Investigative Journalism
9. __________________ criteria are audience, timeliness, impact, prominence, conflict, proximity, uniqueness and science or progress.
Correct : A. Newsworthy
10. You have written an article on "How To Find the Best Deals While Shopping Online." What type of writing is it?
Correct : B. Expository
11. A story sent round to newspapers by a public relations department is commonly known as_______.
Correct : C. Press release
12. A brief introduction of a photograph is called
Correct : C. Caption
13. Choose the correct spelling :
Correct : C. Amateur
14. Stories that are popular because they are meaningful to readers focus on which of the following aspects of journalistic writing?
Correct : A. Relevance
15. The “masthead” of a publication is
Correct : B. The publication’s title on the front page
16. Letters to the editor are included in
Correct : C. Editorial page
17. What is a copy?
Correct : B. Any piece of material that makes it to print.
18. In newspapers, news headlines should be written around a strong
Correct : A. Verb
19. Dummy means:
Correct : C. It is an experimental printing, not for public view, it only shows the position of advertisements, stories, illustrations etc
20. Obituary' news relates to
Correct : A. Death
21. How are facts arranged in inverted pyramid style?
Correct : B. Most important to less important
22. What is a lead?
Correct : B. The opening paragraph of a news story
23. What makes a story "newsworthy"?
Correct : A. The story has to be about a topic that appeals to public interest
24. What is a cutline?
Correct : A. A caption that tells you what a photo is about
25. What are the 5 Ws and 1 H?
Correct : B. The six facts necessary facts of a summary lead
26. A newspaper will include special pictures, like maps, charts, or symbols. These special pictures are called _____________.
Correct : A. Graphics
27. Tabloid journalism is frequently termed .......
Correct : B. Yellow journalism
28. You have lived an interesting life so far, so you write your autobiography. What type of writing is it?
Correct : A. Narrative
29. A quotation that begins with words such as “he,” “she,” “they” or “we” is particularly unsuitable as a lead because
Correct : D. It is too informal for use in a daily newspaper or news broadcast.
30. In reporting on the deaths of famous people, news organizations include facts they may not include in obituaries for ordinary people, such as
Correct : A. The names of the closest surviving relatives
31. FOLIO is the name of
Correct : B. Page number
32. The head quarters of the PTI
Correct : A. Mumbai
33. Celebrities make the news over small things because of the ______ news value
Correct : A. Prominence
34. Select the word with correct spelling
Correct : D. Benifited
35. The tabloid, The Sun, is published from
Correct : C. London
36. The value of the Associated Press Stylebook is that it
Correct : A. Promotes consistency in newswriting and reduces errors.
37. Removing unwanted area of picture is called
Correct : A. Cropping
38. Which of the following stories could NOT be written with the inverted pyramid?
Correct : B. a profile of a rock star
39. What is hard news?
Correct : A. News that affects an entire group of people
40. You go on a hiking trip across Europe. Throughout your journey, you keep a journal in which you describe the scenes, people, buildings, plants, animals and everything else you encounter. What type of writing is it?
Correct : D. Descriptive
41. A newspaper will include special pictures, like maps, charts, or symbols. These special pictures are called
Correct : B. Glyphs
42. The main purpose of a newspaper editorial is to
Correct : D. Provide a newspaper with the chance to voice it's opinions
43. Tabloid newspaper is of small size with
Correct : C. 5 columns
44. Small advertisements classified according to subject area and carrying no illustrations are known as
Correct : D. Classified
45. Blurb means
Correct : C. An item covered on all four sides with a border to enclose short important news
46. What is attribution?
Correct : A. Giving a source credit for a quote
47. What is soft news?
Correct : C. News that’s entertaining or interesting
48. What is defamation?
Correct : D. An untruthful accusation that lowers someone’s reputation
49. What do profile stories focus on?
Correct : A. An individual
50. For journalists, being objective means that the reporter
Correct : D. is not an advocate for a point of view or a participant in the events covered.
51. What does a gutter mean?
Correct : B. space between columns
52. Which is not the Principles of Editing
Correct : D. Interviewing
53. A newspaper looks different from a book. Each article is arranged in _____________.
Correct : A. Columns
54. The tabloid, The Sun, is published from
Correct : D. London
55. In news vs. information, information stories lack ____ and ____ which would make them real news.
Correct : D. When and who
56. Which one of the following is a photo editing software ?
Correct : A. Audacity
57. Socially and culturally less powerful people are ___________ by the media
Correct : D. Stereotyped
58. The major objective of balanced and responsible journalism is
Correct : D. social inclusion
59. Which of this is not a type of headline
Correct : C. line items
60. Removing undesirable parts of a photograph is called
Correct : A. Cropping
61. First Newspaper in India found by
Correct : A. James Hickey
62. Which type of headline runs across entire page
Correct : A. Banner
63. Which type of story should get first lead in the paper most times
Correct : C. Death/Injury
64. Which British Tabloid is extremely Sensational in nature
Correct : A. The Sun
65. What does tabloid journalism usually follow
Correct : B. Sensational News
66. A cutline under a graphic illustration is popularly identified as
Correct : C. Legend
67. How many columns in a tabloid
Correct : A. five to six
68. How many columns in a broadsheet
Correct : A. seven to eight
69. Which of the following is the latest development in the field of television set production
Correct : C. SMART SETS
70. Direct Comparison in Language is
Correct : B. Metaphor
71. Rundown sheets are a technical script used for
Correct : D. sound mixing
72. The medium that has widest reach in India is
Correct : B. Radio
73. Google uses a system called _____ to determine the importance of your page relative to the importance of other similar pages.
Correct : B. Page Rank
74. Black propaganda is completely credited to a/an
Correct : D. false source
75. Multi tasking in Journalism is due to
Correct : D. Technological Convergence
76. Most news sources have built-in
Correct : C. Frames
77. Mumbai Mirror is a
Correct : A. Tabloid
78. Hindustan times is a
Correct : A. Broadsheet
79. Active video is
Correct : D. Picture Information
80. James Augustus Hickey Launched
Correct : A. Bengal Gazzette
81. Transferring thoughts ideas and messages into verbal and non verbal communication is referred to as
Correct : C. Encoding
82. Which among the following is/are a type of Camera Movement
Correct : B. Pan
83. Who amongst this is an Editor
Correct : A. Rajdeep Sardesai
84. Which among the following is/are an video editing softwares?
Correct : A. Final Cut Pro
85. VHS stands for
Correct : B. Visual Home System
86. Title of a Newspaper is called
Correct : D. Nameplate
87. Name of Business Magazine
Correct : A. Business Standard
88. _________ is a process of correcting spellings and grammatical errors
Correct : A. Editing
89. Which language paper is Free Press Journal
Correct : A. English
90. Fourth estate refers to ..........................?
Correct : B. Press
91. A psychographic characteristic of a Newspaper readers is
Correct : D. Need for status
92. Curtain raiser is part of a/an
Correct : B. Interpretative Journalism
93. Icons are used very frequently in print reports of
Correct : D. Weather
94. The first public transimission system in the world was
Correct : C. BBC
95. Editors cant edit freely in terms of news selection in
Correct : A. China
96. Editing in all fairness is a ____________________ activity
Correct : A. Institutional
97. Arnab Goswami is a
Correct : B. Editor in chief
98. Accuracy makes a television news report
Correct : C. Reliable
99. Which of this is not related to current affairs in print
Correct : A. Reality show
100. Which of this magazine focuses on content centered around women