UGC NET Mass Communication journalism Mock Test-8

Test Preparation on UGC NET Mass Communication & Journalism Practice Set-8

1.

Identify the true statement

1A hoarding is an audio-visual medial
2Leaflets and small documents can beprinted on a mini offset press
3Newspapers use poor quality newsprintbecause they are not to import high-qualitynewsprint
4Mr. H.K. Dua had never worked for TheHindustan Times

2.

Identify the true statement

1In a star network all the modes areconnected to a common centre or node
2James Murdock belongs to the zeethenergroup
3Journals are general magazines with noindustry-specific sets of information
4Mark Tully never worked for the BBC

3.

Assertion (R) : Modernisation goes hand in handwith education mass communications urbanisation and political participation.Reason (R) : Dominance of the culturalinfluences form the West changes traditionelsewhere

1Both A and R are true and R is the correctexplanation of A.
2Both A and R are true but R is not a correctexplanation of A.
3A is true but R is false
4A is false but R is true

4.

Which of the following statements aboutSanskritisation is correct?

1It is a process of structural change
2It started with the advent of British Rule inIndia
3It is an exogenous source of change
4It is a process of positional change

5.

The practice of Pratiloma and Anulomamarriage indicates that

1the caste system was rigidly followed
2inter-caste marriage were discouraged
3marriage was not sacramental
4the inter-caste marriages were notcompletely unknown. The social attitudetowards these has been of varying nature.

6.

Which factors among the following have notweakened the caste system?

1Modernisation
2The quick means of transport
3The constitution
4The policy of reservations

7.

Superstition and everything else connected withit greatly influence the villager and he sticks toit. Why?

1Because he is orthodox
2Because he is ignorant
3In his helplessness he draws confidencefrom it
4Because he is illiterate and ignorant of histrue heritages.

8.

What do you think the community projects havenot come to be?

1It is an attempt to bring about a social andeconomic transformation of village lifethrough the efforts of the people themselves
2It aims at effecting the required changes inthe social and economic fields
3It aims at the involvement of the villagecommunity with the village uplift
4It is more official and less local and it ismore formal than basic.

9.

Janet Cooke was awarded for

1Pulitzer prize
2Noble prize
3Gandhi Peace Prize
4Bharat Ratna

10.

A relieving member of the Press Council

1can not be renominated three times
2can be renominated for a second and finalterm
3can be renominated as many times as thechairman desires
4can not be renominated at all

11.

The Press Council of India consists of

1a chairman and 28 members
2a president a convenor and 28 members
3a secretary general and 30 members
4a director and 25 members

12.

The chairman of Press Council of India isselected by a committee consisting of

1Chairman of Rajya Sabha
2Speaker of Lok Sabha
3person chosen by the members of theCouncil from among themselves
4all the above

13.

Punishment for violating the Copy Right Actmay be

1imprisonment up to one year
2fine
3may be both a & b
4can be any of the above

14.

Which section of IPC defines the offence ofdefamation?

1499
2408
3409
4489

15.

Which is the oldest feature agency operating inIndia?

1Indian News & Feature Alliance
2Gemini Features
3Compass Features
4Indian Press Agency

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