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Section 1 - PG Diploma in Radio and TV Journalism
1) India had approximately the following number of smartphone users in mid 2020:
A) 600-700 million
B) 500 -600 million
C) 900 million
D) 300-400 million
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B)
C)
D)
2) Which of the following does not match:
A) bit, byte, giga hertz
B) million, billion, googol
C) mainframe computer, desktop computer, laptop computer
D) copper wire pair, co- axial cable, fibre optic cable,
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B)
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D)
3) The Legendary Film Director Satyajit Ray:
A) Won an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement
B) used to work in an advertising agency
C) All of the above
D) won an award at Cannes for his film Pather Panchali
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B)
C)
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4) In ranking countries by their Gross Domestic Product, India’s position as of early 2020 is estimated to be---------- in the world:
A) Sixth
B) Fifth
C) Fourth
D) Seventh
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B)
C)
D)
5) The Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp, a free social messaging app is:
A) WeChat
B) Baidu
C) Tik Tok
D) Weibo
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6) The award winning author and poet Amrita Pritam’s notable work is :
A) Zanjir
B) Khandar
C) Pinjar
D) Banjar
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B)
C)
D)
7) The Spanish Flu pandemic which occurred between 1918-1920 caused the following estimated deaths worldwide:
A) 25 million
B) 100 million
C) 50 million
D) 10 million
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C)
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8) The “Me Too” Movement which was popularized in 2017 was about:
A) creating awareness about caste
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based discrimination
B) equal rights for scheduled tribes
C)
creating awareness about sexual harassment of women by speaking out against the offenders
D)
equal rights for transgenders
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9) A podcast is :
A) A replacement for Ham radio
B) identical to FM radio
C) A series of spoken word digital audio files that a user can download to a personal device
D) none of the above
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B)
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D)
10) The book “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non Fiction in 2011. The author of this book is:
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Siddhartha Mukherjee
C) Kiran Desai
D) Atul Gaitonde
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C)
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11) FM radio broadcasting in India was started in:
A) 1977
B) 2001
C) 1987
D) 1991
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12) Which of the following grounds of reasonable restrictions on free speech were added to Article 19(2) of the Indian Constitution in 1963:
A) Morality
B) Sovereignty and integrity of India
C) Decency
D) Public order
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B)
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D)
13) The Mahajanapadas of ancient India existed in North India during:
A) None of the above
B) First to second century A D
C) Sixth to fourth centuries B C E
D) Second to the first centuries BCE
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14) Which of the following does not match:
A) Emile Durkheim : Sociology
B) Clifford Geertz : Anthropology
C)
Stephen Hawking : Biology
D)
Amartya Sen : Economics
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15) Which of the following statements is not true regarding social messaging service WhatsApp:
A)
Its phone calling feature was allegedly used for surveillance by Pegasus spyware.
B)
It claims to have end to end encryption.
C)
It had 200 million active users in India in July 2019.
D)
It has close to two billion users worldwide in early 2020.
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16) According to the India TB Report, 2020, the number of TB cases notified in 2019 were approximately:
A) two lakhs
B) thirty lakhs
C) twenty four lakhs
D) fourty four lakhs
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A)
B)
C)
D)
17) The best documentary short film at the Oscars 2019 was awarded to :
A) Minding the Gap
B) Period End of Sentence
C) Free Solo
D) Of Fathers and Sons
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18) Which of the following statements is true regarding the Advertisement Revenue for various media sectors vis a vis the total media in India in 2019:
A) Television sector earned the highest revenue
B) Print media earned the most revenue
C) Radio earned the highest revenue
D) Print and TV sectors had equal revenues
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19) Ramon Magsaysay awardee and development journalist P. Sainath’s famous book is:
A) Life at the Bottom of the Pyramid
B) Encountering Development
C) Everybody Loves a Good Drought
D) The Hungry and the Helpless
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20) The precursor to the Internet was a network called:
A) Analog net
B) ARPANET
C) Intranet
D) Network of networks
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21) Which of the following is not a famous Tamil magazine:
A) Ananda Vikatan
B) Thuglak
C) Kumudam
D) Ananda Vilas
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22) Which of these terms are not mentioned in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution?
A) Secular
B) Socialist
C) Democratic
D) Federal
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23) Which of the following is not an Over the Top (OTT) media service available in India:
A) Amazon Prime Video
B) Fox Digital International
C) Disney + Hotstar
D) Netflix
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24) Yellow journalism is:
A) environmental journalism
B) sensational and exploitative journalism
C) Reporting on jaundice
D) Gender based reporting
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25) Agenda setting with regard to media broadly implies:
A) gender equality legislation
B) Telling the audience what to think about
C) jingoism
D) circulation war
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26) Which Indian English language newspaper daily recently changed its masthead:
A) The Hindu
B) The Hindustan Times
C) The Telegraph
D) The Times of India
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D)
27) Gross National Happiness is a principle that guides the government of:
A) Ecuador
B) Bangladesh
C) Bhutan
D) Colombia
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28) Which of the following films is not an adaptation of a story by Munshi Premchand:
A) Shatranj ke Khilari
B) Bhumika
C) Godaan
D) Sadgati
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29) The Brundtland Commission Report primarily pertains to:
A) Immigration
B) Gender equality
C) Labour rights
D) Environment
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30) Which of the following trees is not endemic to India:
A) Jacaranda
B) Mango
C) Jamun
D) Neem
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31) The phrase “going viral” implies:
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Someone has fever
B)
Video/audio/image/link becoming popular rapidly in a short time span
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None of the above
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Corona virus disease has spread
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32) What does ISO9001 measure:
A) Quality standard
B) Oxygen in blood
C) None of the above
D) Time in Space
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33) The term “head –ends” is mainly associated with the following industry/service:
A) Mobile phones
B) Alexa
C) Laptop Computers
D) Cable TV
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34) Which of the following is not a media unit under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India:
A)
Bureau of Outreach and Communication
B)
Directorate of Telecommunications
C)
Electronic Media Monitoring Centre
D)
Publications Division
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35) The 1976 film Manthan directed by Shyam Benegal is mainly about:
A) the milk cooperative movement
B) the organic farming movement
C) the land grant movement
D) caste based oppression
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36) Which state/Union territory of India had the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019- 2020 :
A) West Bengal
B) Maharashtra
C) Karnataka
D) Tamil Nadu
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37) Which of the following Hindi language daily newspapers in India had the largest circulation in 2019?
A) Dainik Bhaskar
B) Dainik Jagran
C) Dainik Hindustan
D) Amar Ujjala
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38) Which of the following rights was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as “the heart and soul of the Constitution”?
A) Right to constitutional remedies
B) Right to equality
C) Right to personal liberty
D) Right to freedom of religion
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B)
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D)
39) When did India win its first Olympic gold medal in hockey :
A) 1924
B) 1932
C) 1936
D) 1928
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40) The acronym DTH stands for:
A) Digital to Hearth
B) Direct to Home
C) Direct Tax on Households
D) Developed Tariff on Households
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41) The Aarogya Setu mobile app, developed by the Government to assist in tracking COVID-19 cases is an initiative under the:
A) Ministry of Health and Family welfare
B) None of the above
C) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
D) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
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42) The longest running TV series in India is Krishi Darshan. It first aired in :
A) 1987
B) 1977
C) 1967
D) 1957
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43) In covering a terrorist incident which is currently taking place, it is good practice for a television channel to :
A) Only have studio based reports denying the incident took place
B) Only have international experts in panel discussions
C) Air the incident live, revealing all details
D) Air the incident with a lag of suitable
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B)
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time so as to safeguard lives
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44) The advocating of social distancing and wearing of masks to prevent spread of COVID-19 globally are mainly examples of:
A) Initiatives by insurance companies in their own interest
B) Behaviour Change Communication
C) Psychological warfare
D) Social Initiatives by older women
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B)
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45) Complete the series 33, 35, 39, 47, 63………….
A) 95
B) 78
C) 74
D) 108
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46) Which of the following persons has not won an Oscar (Academy Award) award:
A) A.R. Rahman
B) Resul Pookutty
C) Ritaparno Ghosh
D) Bhanu Athaiya
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B)
C)
D)
47) Which of the following is not a mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO):
A) LUNARSAT
B) Mars Orbiter Mission
C) ASTROSAT
D) Chandrayaan 1
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48) In which year was the first general election held in India?
A) 1953-1954
B) 1950-1951
C) 1951-1952
D) 1952-1953
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B)
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D)
49) Which of the following does not match:
A) Gully Boy: Rap music
B) Hichki: Tourette Syndrome
C) Pad Man : Menstruation
D) Gunjan Saxena: Women in the Navy
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50) The Gutenberg Bible printed in Europe in the 1450s was important for communications because :
A) It was printed in French and Greek, making it widely read.
B) It coincided with the beginning of the
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Crusades with increased travel.
C) It was printed using mass produced movable metal type, after that this technology was used to print various books.
D) It was printed on leather, with hand painted illustrations.
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C)
D)
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ANSWER KEY
Question Paper No: 61166_15
1 A 26 B
2 A 27 C
3 C 28 B
4 B 29 D
5 A 30 A
6 C 31 B
7 C 32 A
8 C 33 D
9 C 34 B
10 B 35 A
11 A 36 B
12 B 37 A
13 C 38 A
14 C 39 D
15 C 40 B
16 C 41 D
17 B 42 C
18 A 43 D
19 C 44 B
20 B 45 A
21 D 46 C
22 D 47 A
23 B 48 C
24 B 49 D
25 B 50 C