2. The agreement splitting Vietnam in 1954 was signed at which place?
Correct : C. Geneva
3. On which festival day did the North Vieetnamese launch bomb attacks on the South?
Correct : D. Tet
4. What was the Israeli offensive in Gaza in 2008 called?
Correct : A. Operation Cast Lead
5. In 1954 Vietnam was divided along the _____ Parallel?
Correct : A. 17th
6. During the Gaza Conflict 2014 Gaza was ruled by which party?
Correct : D. Hamas
7. The Indo Pak War 1971 was fought over which of these?
Correct : D. Rann of Kutch
8. Which Country’s uprising was called the Jasmine Revolution?
Correct : A. Egypt
9. Arab Spring Movement in the middle East countries started from which Country?
Correct : D. Tunisia
10. Which Mode of media was used by the protestors to organize demonstrations; discrimination information about their activities, and raise local and global awareness of ongoing events
Correct : C. Social Media
11. What caused the Arab Spring in Yemen?
Correct : A. Resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh
12. What happened in Egypt Arab Spring?
Correct : C. Overthrow of Egyptian President HM
13. What Caused the Arab Spring in Syria?
Correct : B. Overthrow of President Bashar Al-Assad
14. What event led to the launch of 'War on Terrorism'
Correct : A. 9/11 attacks
15. In which year was the ISIS formed
Correct : C. 1999
16. Which year was Osama Bin Laden killed?
Correct : D. 2011
17. Who was the US president when Osama Bin Laden was killed?
Correct : C. Barrack Obama
18. Which of the following organisations was responsible for the 9/11 attacks in the US?
Correct : B. Al-Qaeda
19. ISIS gained prominence in which of the following events
Correct : B. Iraq War
20. Which US president first used the phrase 'War on terrorism'?
Correct : A. George W Bush
21. What is the main source of income for the ISIS
Correct : C. sale of oil
22. Public opinion is the aggregate of individuals
Correct : D. Attitude, value&belief
23. means rule of people
Correct : B. Democracy
24. A _____public opinion is extremely important for democracy
Correct : B. Vibrant
25. According to sociologist ______ each of them come when an issue arises and exits when it is solved
Correct : A. Herbet Blumer
26. The ----------- plays a large role in shaping public opinion
Correct : D. Media
27. The criticism of the press are mostly handled and controlled by the --------- class
Correct : A. Capitalilst
28. In ---------poll a small group of people are surveyed and extrapolated to large audience
Correct : D. Opinion poll
29. The Press is the ------- pillar of democracy
Correct : C. 4
30. In a democracy every -------------is free to propagate its news
Correct : A. Newspaper
31. Most media in a democracy have some form of ------------guiding them
Correct : D. Ideology
32. ------------ is an American scholar who claimed that press in present state is of no use to democracy
Correct : C. Walter Lippmann
33. Modern democracy started in USA after the American revolution in -----------
Correct : A. 1779
34. ------------- is a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control
Correct : B. Technocracy
35. ------------- completely rejected Lippmann view about democracy
Correct : C. Chomsy
36. Propaganda model attempts to explain the bias of mass media in terms of ------ filters
Correct : D. 5
37. Paul Lazarsfeld believed that most theories were based on -----------
Correct : C. Speculation
38. According to Lippmann there is a world outside and a ------------ in our heads
Correct : A. Picture
39. Maxwell, Mccombs and Donald conducted a research in North Carolina in ---------
Correct : D. 1968
40. Media influences public opinion , hence there is a strong co-relation between media and ----------
Correct : B. Public agenda
41. Which theory states that audience view only content that is useful to them
Correct : D. Uses and Gratification
42. As per the research nearly -------% of the news coverage is about politics
Correct : C. 70
43. After India Independence which political party was dominant ----------
Correct : C. Communist
44. Mamta Banerjee is with respect to ruling the --------------------party
Correct : D. Trinamool Congress
45. Exit polls are only interested in -----------and ----------------
Correct : B. Statistics and number
46. --------------in the year 1990 was inactive to curb the problem arising in election commission
Correct : C. Election Commission
47. The 1999 election was being held in ----------
Correct : B. Phases
48. 2014 general election was ------------- driven election
Correct : C. Personality
49. The ----------- initiative by BJP enabled the leaders and workers have personal connectivity
Correct : A. Chai pe charcha
50. In which year -------- Barack Obama ensured victory for the democrats in USA
Correct : B. 2008
51. The Indian -------------budget is the most important economic event of the year
Correct : A. Fiscal
52. From --------- to -----------India influenced by the policies of USSR
Correct : C. 1947to 1990
53. In May 1998, the NDA government led by Vajpayee undertook ------------Operation
Correct : B. Operation shakthi
54. In May ----------- Operation smiling Buddha By Indira Gandhi Government tested the nuclear weapon
Correct : C. 1974
55. In 2008 India signed an ------------------agreement with USA
Correct : A. Nuclear Treaty
56. -------------- said the left had lost the opportunity to recast as a liberal force
Correct : C. Vir Sanghvi
57. ------------- called the leftist had no understanding of Modern India’s aspiration
Correct : A. Barkha Dutt
58. In -----------war Israel occupied both Gaza and West bank
Correct : B. 1967
59. Israel and Palestine were part of British mandate till --------
Correct : D. 1948
60. The ------------media has continually portrayed Israel as the victim forced to respond to Palestinian threats
Correct : A. Western
61. The Media and the Gaza war happened in the -----------year
Correct : D. 2008
62. Israel launched an invasion of --------------in 2014
Correct : C. Gaza
63. US media were more sympathetic to ----------whereas British media was largely critical
Correct : A. Israel
64. ----------- threatened reporters inside Gaza
Correct : C. Hamas
65. The -----------press strongly supported the cause of Bangladesh
Correct : A. Indian
66. The progress of -------------- undergrounded force of Bengali freedom fighters
Correct : B. Mukti Bahini Movement
67. All India Radio had -------talks during the war
Correct : C. 22
68. The Indian media deliberately hit the sinister truth of Hindu genocide in ----------
Correct : A. East Pakistan
69. Almost 2.5 million Hindus were killed during the repression of east Pakistan in --------
Correct : C. 1971
70. During that time US prime minister ----------- supported the West Pakistan
Correct : D. Richard Nixon
71. The Vietnam war occurred from ---------to---------
Correct : C. 1959-1975
72. Who defeated the French colonial administration of Vietnam in 1954
Correct : B. North Vietnam
73. The Vietnam war is called as the war lost by ----------
Correct : D. Media
74. --------------- war was the first war that issued full freedom to the press
Correct : C. Vietnam war
75. The --------------was controversial issue that many people still not agree with the way media covered it
Correct : A. Tet Offensive
76. When did Kargil war started and ended?
Correct : A. 1999
77. In a ______, elections are held, in which the public elect leaders who govern the country
Correct : A. Democracy
78. ______ determines which party and politicians come to power, and which policies are adopted.
Correct : C. Public opinion
79. The ______ plays a large role in shaping public opinion.
Correct : B. Media
80. ______ is not a tool for gauging public opinion.
Correct : D. Libraries
81. Criticism of the press is that they are mostly owned and controlled by the ______.
Correct : A. Capitalists
82. An ______ is a conversation between two people where questions are asked by the interviewer to the interviewee.
Correct : A. Interview
83. Citizen journalism is the practice of
Correct : C. Inviting readers and viewers to participate in the creation of news content
84. Nearly 70% of Indian news coverage is about ____________.
Correct : A. politics
85. _________________ parties are covered more often than radical ones.
Correct : A. Conservative and media-friendly
86. The media is biased when reporting about political issues in a way that it has ‘___________’ in every party whom they constantly cover.
Correct : A. favorite personalities
87. Instead of ideological bias and manifestos, more media coverage is given to _____________
Correct : A. speeches and inflammatory comments
88. The media tends to cover power struggles in political parties, but fails to cover the _________________ of the power struggles.
Correct : A. impact
89. Organizations which do not contest elections but support a party, get attention only for ________________.
Correct : A. some violent agitation, or when they take a stand not consistent with their party
90. Quite often, during the elections, media persons ignore to ______________, and buy into the claims of political parties and politicians.
Correct : A. do their own research
91. The best and only method for a journalist to assess public opinion is by __________________.
Correct : A. wide travelling and direct contacts with people
92. ___________________ are major factors influencing election results.
Correct : A. Caste, religion, money and muscle power
93. Media coverage of election results is influenced by caste factors which in turn impact the _________.
Correct : A. voter
94. If the media approaches an election with pre-conceived notions about a party's performance, it can lead to ______________.
Correct : A. shaping of an agenda where bright prospects of the party is reported
95. The appointment of ___________ as Chief Election Commissioner in 1990 saw electoral reforms of increasing security at election booths to curb muscle power, and making it mandatory for all candidates to declare their financial assets.
Correct : A. T N Seshan
96. In the 1999 elections which were being held in phases, fearing that the results of one phase could influence voters in the next phase, __________ were banned by the Election Commission for one month while the election was going on.
Correct : A. publishing of election poll or opinion polls
97. Budgets which allot large sums of money to welfare schemes and ignore industrial growth are __________ by the India media, as ‘populist budgets’.
Correct : A. dismissed
98. On the whole, in their reporting, analysis and editorials, newspapers and magazines have supported _________________.
Correct : A. liberalization and economic reforms
99. The media coverage of budget pre-liberalisation was ________ of the government's economic policies and attacked the budgets calling them 'anti-growth'.
Correct : A. not entirely supportive
100. Since the media houses were owned by rich industrialists who wanted opportunities for unlimited expansion, the pre-liberalisation budget were called 'anti-growth' budgets and the media tried to influence public opinion to support budgets which allowed ___________.
Correct : A. free trade and minimum restrictions on industrial growth