UGC NET/JRF EXAM, Mass Communication & Journalism, June-2021

Total Questions: 100

71. Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Country)List-II (Information Legislation)
(a) Canada(i) Right to Information Act, 2014
(b) Australia(ii) Access to Information Act, 1983
(c) India(iii) Freedom of Information Act, 1982
(d) Bhutan(iv) Right to Information Act, 2005

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Option(a)(b)(c)(d)
A.(ii)(iii)(iv)(i)
B.(iii)(iv)(i)(ii)
C.(iv)(i)(ii)(iii)
D.(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
Correct Answer: A.

72. Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Media outlet)List-II (Ownership pattern)
(a) The Hindu(i) Cross-media ownership
(b) The Times of India(ii) Trust
(c) CNN–TV 18(iii) Family ownership
(d) The Tribune(iv) Corporate owner-ship (external)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Option(a)(b)(c)(d)
A.(i)(iii)(iv)(ii)
B.(ii)(iii)(iv)(i)
C.(iii)(i)(iv)(ii)
D.(iii)(iv)(i)(ii)
Correct Answer: C.

73. Match List-I with List-II:

ist-I (Animation Studio)List-II (Content created)
(a) Maya Entertainment(i) Chhota Bheem
(b) Toonz Animation(ii) Karma Chakra
(c) Green Gold Animation(iii) Mondo Yan
(d) Studio Durga(iv) Aryan

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Option(a)(b)(c)(d)
A.(i)(iii)(ii)(iv)
B.(iii)(ii)(i)(iv)
C.(iv)(ii)(i)(iii)
D.(iv)(iii)(i)(ii)
Correct Answer: D.

74. Match List-I with List-II:

List-IList-II
(a) Soviet Montage(i) Rome, open city
(b) Neo realism(ii) Cleo from five to seven
(c) French New Wave(iii) A. Taste of Honey
(d) British New Cinema(iv) Strike

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Option(a)(b)(c)(d)
A.(i)(iii)(ii)(iv)
B.(iii)(iv)(ii)(i)
C.(iv)(i)(ii)(iii)
D.(iv)(ii)(i)(iii)
Correct Answer: C.

75. Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Factors of Research)List-II (Description)
(a) Tenacity(i) Something is true because it is from a trusted source.
(b) Intuition(ii) Truth is found out by repeated objective analysis.
(c) Authority(iii) Something is true because it is self-evidence.
(d) Science(iv) Something is true because it has been true.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Option(a)(b)(c)(d)
A.(ii)(iii)(iv)(i)
B.(iv)(iii)(i)(ii)
C.(iii)(i)(ii)(iv)
D.(ii)(iv)(i)(iii)
Correct Answer: B.

76. Find out the correct chronological sequence of the following:

(a) Tracts
(b) Newsbooks
(c) Corantos
(d) Diurnals
(e) Newspaper

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a), (c), (d), (b), (e)
Solution:
PublicationYear of emergenceProperties
Standard newspapers1645It is still published in the online format
Newsbook1641It consisting of one or two sheets folded octavo to make 8 or 16 pages and containing domestic news.
News sheets1566It a simple form of a newspaper. It appeared for the first time in Venice as handwritten sheets.
Tabloids1901It has a compact size. Small size with high-quality journalism.
Broadsheets1772, a British initiativeIt is the largest newspaper format. The vertical length is probably 57 cm. It always has a paper size of A1.
Tracts1619The first stage in the evolution of newspapers was publication of a single story.
Corantos1620 and 1625A second genre of news publishing was known as the coranto. In England, Thomas Archer, Nicholas Bourne, and Nathaniel Butter published several such publications.
Diurnals1618-1648The coranto evolved into the diurnal, which was a weekly account of several days’ worth of events. These diurnals often featured woodcut illustrations.

77. Identity the correct sequence of following social reformer – journalists in India, in terms of their publications:

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Ram Manohar Lohia
(e) Veereshalingam Panthulu

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. (c), (e), (b), (a), (d)
Solution:
NameDetails
Raja Ram Mohan RoyRaja Ram Mohan Roy’s first published work Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhiddin (a gift to deists) published in 1803 exposed irrational religious beliefs and corrupt practices of the Hindus as the belief in revelations, prophets, miracles etc.
Veereshalingam PanthuluSince Pantulu’s main focus was social reform so after quitting his job in 1876 he started a monthly magazine in Telugu called Vivekavardhini. As soon as it gained popularity, Kandukuri Veeresalingam established a printing press at Rajahmundry itself. Through the publication, Veeresalingam raised voice against bribery, superstitious beliefs and child marriage which were prevalent in society then.
Bal Gangadhar TilakTilak started two weeklies, Kesari (“The Lion”) in Marathi and Mahratta in English (sometimes referred as ‘Maratha’ in Academic Study Books) in 1880-1881 with Gopal Ganesh Agarkar as the first editor.
Mahatma GandhiIn 1933, Gandhi started publishing a weekly newspaper, Harijan, in English. Harijan, which means “People of God”, and was also Gandhi’s term for the untouchable caste - lasted until 1948.
Ram Manohar LohiaIn 1952, Lohia established a new Socialist Party, for which he became chairman as well as the editor of its journal, Mankind.

78. Identity the correct sequence of elements in a newspaper's front news page.

(a) Headlines
(b) Nameplate
(c) Ears
(d) Anchor story
(e) Skyline banner

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (e), (b), (c), (a), (d)

79. James Webb Young in his model on how advertising works gave a five part logical sequence. Identity the correct sequence from the options.

(a) Overcome inertia
(b) Add Value
(c) Remind
(d) Disseminate
(e) Familiarise

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (e), (c), (d), (a), (b)
Solution:James Webb Young in his model on how advertising works gave a following five-part logical sequence:

• to familiarise,
• remind,
• spread/ disseminate news,
• overcome inertia, and
• to add a value.

80. The sequence of logical questions in planning for public relations campaigns is:

(a) What do I want to achieve?
(b) How shall I say it?
(c) Who do I want to talk to?
(d) How do I know I have got it right?
(e) What do I want to say?

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (a), (c), (e), (b), (d)
Solution:
ActYear
The Indian Penal Code1860
The Press and Registration of Books Act1867
The Official Secrets Act1923
The Working Journalists’ Act1955
The Right to Information Act2005