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Journalism And Public Opinion | Set 2

1. What is the aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs held by an adult population called?

Correct : A. Opinion

2. Which of these means "Rule of the "people"?

Correct : A. Democracy

3. Which of the following is conducted immediately after the voting?

Correct : B. Exit Polls

4. Which of the following is conducted before the actual voting?

Correct : A. Opinion Polls

5. Which of these, according to the Theory of Uses and Gratification, is a "use" that the public has of the media?

Correct : C. Surveillance

6. According to which theorist do the rich and powerful strongly try to shape Public Opinion?

Correct : A. Noam Chomsky

7. Who observed that certain interest groups serve as opinion leaders in society?

Correct : C. Paul Lazarsfeld

8. Who propounded the Theory of Manufacturing Consent?

Correct : D. Noam Chomsky

9. How is the audience considered in the Theory of Agenda Setting?

Correct : A. Active

10. In the Two Step Flow Theory which element influences the audience the most?

Correct : D. Opinion Leaders

11. Who advocated the concept of Technocracy?

Correct : A. Walter Lippmann

12. In the Propaganda Model which of these is not a filter?

Correct : D. Customs

13. Where does the media play a proper role in the functioning of society?

Correct : A. Democracy

14. Which of these is known as the conventional media?

Correct : D. Print media

15. Which of the following is a role not played by the media?

Correct : C. Prohibiting the voice of the people

16. In a Democracy what is the role of the media?

Correct : A. Watch Dog

17. Which of the following is used to manufacture consent

Correct : A. Slogans

18. Which international agreement split the country of Vietnam?

Correct : C. Geneva Accords

19. On which of the following festivals did the North Vietnamese launch bomb attacks on the South

Correct : D. Tet

20. What was the Israeli offensive in Gaza in 2008 called?

Correct : B. Operation Cast Lead

21. In 1954 Vietnam was divided along the ___

Correct : A. 17th Parallel

22. During the conflict of 2014, who controlled Gaza?

Correct : C. Hamas

23. What was the key issue in the Indo Pak War of 1971?

Correct : B. East Pakistan

24. Which U.S. President turned a blind eye to the genocide in East Pakistan in 1971?

Correct : C. Richard Nixon

25. Which South Vietnamese City suffered the maximum damage during the bomb attacks in 1968?

Correct : B. Saigon

26. In which year did the Kargil Conflict take place?

Correct : D. 1999

27. In which country did the Arab Spring start?

Correct : B. Egypt

28. Which was the most widely used media by protestors in the Arab Spring?

Correct : D. Social Media

29. Which country's uprising was called the Jasmine Revolution?

Correct : D. Tunisia

30. Name the Egyptian President overthrown in the Arab Spring?

Correct : C. Hosni Mubarak

31. Who was the President of Syria when the Arab Spring Movement started?

Correct : B. Bashar Al Asaad

32. When did the Arab Spring end?

Correct : A. 41244

33. The special status given to Kashmir was under which Article of the Constitution?

Correct : A. Article 370

34. What does Embedded Journalism referees to?

Correct : A. Reporters being attached to military units in a conflict

35. After which attack did the U. S. Government declare a "War on Terror"?

Correct : B. September 11th 2001

36. Which terror organisation claimed responsibility for the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York?

Correct : D. Al Qaeda

37. What does LoC stand for?

Correct : C. Line of Control

38. North East India consists of how many states?

Correct : B. Seven

39. Which among these is a separatist group in North East India?

Correct : A. NSCN

40. Which of these is not a state of the North East?

Correct : C. Jharkhand

41. Name the special law in force in some north eastern states?

Correct : D. AFSPA

42. Crimes against women from which section do not get too much salience in society?

Correct : A. Marginalised sections

43. Which of the following is not a marginalised section of society?

Correct : D. Politicians

44. The Forests Right Act was passed in which year?

Correct : C. 2006

45. Which of these is emerging as a powerful medium to highlight socio economic through the medium of fiction?

Correct : B. Dalit Literature

46. What problem do Tribals often face on account of developmental projects?

Correct : C. Displacement

47. Caste based issues are often hyped by whom in the media for mileage?

Correct : A. Politicians

48. During pre-election coverage what does the media tend to focus on?

Correct : B. Caste composition

49. Dalit activists are increasingly taking to which medium to voice their grievances?

Correct : C. Social Media

50. Who was the leader of the independence movement in Bangladesh?

Correct : D. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

51. Which of these plays a large role in shaping public opinion?

Correct : B. Media

52. The salience of a story does not depend on ______

Correct : D. Government Policy

53. Why do reporters often find it difficult to do in-depth stories

Correct : B. Time pressure

54. Which of these does not help in the formation of public opinion?

Correct : C. Fiction

55. Name the two researchers who developed the Theory of Agenda Setting?

Correct : A. Max Macombs Donald Shaw

56. Which of these focusses on unbalanced news flow?

Correct : A. Propaganda Model

57. Who propounded the Theory of Propaganda Model?

Correct : D. Noam Chomsky

58. Which theory explains how people use the media for their own needs?

Correct : B. Uses and Gratifications

59. Which of these theories assumes a passive audience?

Correct : A. Agenda Setting

60. Which of these refers to finding links between an individual and a celebrity shown in the media?

Correct : B. Personal Identity

61. Which Theory believes that the media tells the audience what to think about rather than audience guiding media content?

Correct : C. Agenda Setting

62. Around 70 per cent of Indian news coverage is about ______

Correct : A. Politics

63. The media covers power struggles within political parties but fails to cover the ______

Correct : D. impact

64. Which is the best method for a journalist to assess public opinion?

Correct : A. field visit and direct contact with people

65. Who among these was the Chief Election Commissioner responsible for major electoral reforms?

Correct : B. T. N. Seshan

66. The Indian election campaign in 2014 was ______

Correct : C. Personality Driven

67. In which Presidential election did Barrack Obama lead the Democrats to victory?

Correct : B. 2008

68. Which of these was Barrack Obama's election slogan?

Correct : A. Yes We Can!

69. Which of these played an active role in Obama"s election campaign of 2008?

Correct : B. Social Media

70. Over all what kind of budgets did the Indian media support?

Correct : C. Pro free trade

71. Post independence, what did the Congress Government support?

Correct : A. Public Sector

72. The Indian media's international coverage is concentrated mainly on _____

Correct : D. U.S.A. China Pakistan

73. What were India's Nuclear Tests in 1998 called?

Correct : B. Operation Shakti

74. The international media ______ India's Nuclear Tests

Correct : A. Strongly criticised

75. In 2008 India signed a Nuclear Treaty with which country?

Correct : C. U.S.A.

76. At which location did India carry out the Nuclear Tests?

Correct : A. Pokharan

77. In 1971 where did the Pakistani army sign the Document of Surrender?

Correct : C. Dhaka

78. Which part won a majority in the elections in Pakistan in 1970?

Correct : D. Awami League

79. Who signed the document of surrender on behalf of India in 1971?

Correct : B. Lt. Gen. J.S. Arora

80. How did the Western media cover the Gaza conflict?

Correct : B. Supported Israel

81. What kind of Government did South Vietnam have?

Correct : C. Dictatorship

82. Name the journalist responsible for televising the Kargil Conflict?

Correct : A. Barkha Dutt

83. Who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan at the time of the Kargil Conflict?

Correct : B. Nawaz Sharif

84. In 2008 which was the only news channel that was able to report form inside Gaza?

Correct : D. Al Jazeera

85. Which mode of media was used by the protestors to organise demonstrations during the Arab Spring?

Correct : C. Social Media

86. Name the Libyan Leader who was overthrown during the Arab Spring?

Correct : D. Muammar Gadaffi

87. The Presidents of which two nations resigned in the wake of the protests in 2011?

Correct : B. Tunisia, Egypt

88. Which event led to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan?

Correct : A. Attack on the WTC in New York

89. Which organisation was responsible for the 9/11 attacks?

Correct : C. Al Qaeda

90. Which of these terror organisations is not from West Asia?

Correct : D. Boko Haram

91. Which mode of communication did the ISIS use to spread propaganda?

Correct : B. Websites

92. Name the Manipuri activist who went on a 16 year hunger strike

Correct : C. Irom Sharmila

93. Bodos are residents of which state?

Correct : A. Assam

94. Which party has taken up the cause of the Bodos?

Correct : C. National Democratic Front of Bodoland

95. Who was the leader of the Naga National Council who declared the Independence of Nagaland?

Correct : A. Angami Zhapu Phizo

96. In which city did the Nirbhaya rape case occur?

Correct : B. New Delhi

97. Dowry death, wife battering is an example of _____

Correct : C. Domestic violence

98. Marginalised sections refers to _____

Correct : C. A class considered unimportant

99. How have certain international experts referred t the caste system?

Correct : B. Social Apartheid

100. The Tribal Rights Act caters to which group?

Correct : B. All Tribals