Deck 6: Journalism and Mass Communication

Question 1

Who is the 18th century's most important journalist?

A)anne green
B)john milton
C)abraham lincoln
D)daniel defoe

Answer 1

daniel defoe

Question 2

Who started the Father and Spectator?

A)james ford
B)john milton
C)steele and addison
D)henry ford

Answer 2

steele and addison

Question 3

The age of satellite communication began in the year

A)1962
B)1964
C)1966
D)1974

Answer 3

1962

Question 4

Aurobindo was the editor of

A)harijan
B)pioneer
C)vande mataram
D)chronicle

Question 5

Which of the following is/are called as fourth estate?

A)print media
B)visual media
C)electronic media
D)all of the above

Question 6

Highest number of newspapers published in India are in

A)urdu
B)bengali
C)hindi
D)english

Question 7

The largest number of newspapers in English are published from

A)chennai
B)kolkata
C)delhi
D)mumbai

Question 8

Largest circulated periodical in India is

A)saras salil
B)kumudham
C)malayala manorama
D)the hindu weekly magazine

Question 9

Majority of the newspapers in India are owned by

A)societies
B)joint stock companies
C)trusts
D)individuals

Question 10

Wireless telegraphy was developed by

A)heinrich hertz
B)james watt
C)thomas alva edison
D)guglielmo marconi

Question 11

Who gave the following definition of mass communication …….who says what in which channel to who with what effect?

A)socrates
B)harold d. lasswell
C)aristotle
D)harold j. laskie

Question 12

Who presented the 'Mathematical' model of communication?

A)weaver and charles hugg
B)david becham and d.j. reed
C)teg blues and tom morrison
D)shannon and weaver

Question 13

Aristotlean model of communication does not have

A)feedback
B)listeners
C)speaker
D)speech

Question 14

Oldest English daily of India is

A)statesman
B)the times of india
C)the tribune
D)the hindu

Question 15

World's first newspaper Acta Diurna belonged to which country?

A)germany
B)rome
C)usa
D)france

Question 16

When was the moving transmission of TV started?

A)1985
B)1987
C)1990
D)1993

Question 17

Which country publishes maximum number of dailies in the world?

A)japan
B)uk
C)usa
D)india

Question 18

Which of the following is the function of the 'Mass Media'?

A)advertising
B)entertainment
C)information
D)all of the above

Question 19

What is called the fourth stage of the newsbook?

A)coranto
B)mercury
C)gazette
D)diurnal

Question 20

Journalist James Gordon Bennett was associated with

A)new york herald
B)the times
C)new york times
D)the times of india

Question 21

In theoretical assessment, communication is equated with

A)language
B)invention
C)diffusion
D)culture

Question 22

'Black Box' effect theory is related to

A)advertising
B)public relations
C)communication
D)printing technology

Question 23

The Tribune was first established at

A)patiala
B)amritsar
C)shimla
D)lahore

Question 24

Dow Jones is associated with the Indian newspaper

A)mint
B)financial express
C)economic times
D)economic and political weekly