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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT SCHOOL OF

DISTANCE EDUCATION COMPLEMENTARY
COURSES IN JOURNALISM
(2019 Admission)
Semester I

INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM

QUESTION BANK
1. Who among the following considered communication as a sharing process?
a. Dhama and Bhatnagar b. Wilbur Schramm
c. Joseph A Devito d. Ban and Hawkins
Ans: b

2. Information that is sent back to the source is known as ….

a. Context b. Feedback
c. Encoding d. Decoding
Ans: b

3. Howling and hooting by the audience during a public speech is an example of….
a. Positive feedback b. Neutral feedback
c. Complementary feedback d. Negative feedback
Ans: d

4. Communicating within oneself is known as….

a. Group Communication b. Transpersonal Communication
c. Intrapersonal communication d. Interpersonal communication
Ans: c

5. Which of the following is not a characteristic of face to face communication?

a. Direct b. Personal
c. Mediated d. Intimate
Ans: c

6. Who was a champion of massline communication?

a. Mao Zedong b. B R Ambedkar
c. Mother Teresa d. Marshall Tito
Ans: a

7. Retranslating a message to extract

meaning is known as…..
a. Decoding b. Messaging
c. Encoding d. Noise
Ans:a

8. The act of producing a message is known as….

a Decoding b. Messaging
c Noise d . Encoding
Ans: d

9. Which of the following is an example of new media?

a. Newspaper b. FM radio
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c. Online media d. Television
Ans: c

10. Which of the following is an example of social media network?

a. Orkoot b. Google
c. Mozila d. Skype
Ans:a
11. The chronological evolution ofmass media is
a. Radio. film newspaper, television b. Newspaper, film, radio,television
c. Newspaper, radio,film,television d. Film, newspapers, radio, television
Ans: b

12. Which of the following is not an advantage of written

communication over oral communication?
a. It is a permanentrecord b. Provides tangible legal evidence
c. Accessible to the illiterate d. More accurate than oral communication
Ans: c

13. Who coined the term kinesics?

a Robert Frost b. Wilbur Schramm
c. Daniel Lerner d. Ray Birdwhistell
Ans: d

14. What is haptics?

a. Study of facial expression b. Study of eye behavior
c. Study of touching d. Study of body movements
Ans: c

15. What is proxemics?

a. Study of space in communication b. Study of eye behavior
c. Study of touching d. Study of body movements
Ans: a

16. Anything that interferes with a message in communication is known

as…
a. Context b. Noise
c. Decoding d. Feedback
Ans: b
17. Who among the following is a gatekeeper?
a. Reader b. Viewer
c. Listener d. Editor
Ans: d

18. How many of the sensory channels can be applied while viewing a
television programme?
a. One b. Two
c. Three d. Four
Ans:b

19. Which of the following is not a characteristic of mass communication?

a. Instant feedbac b. Impersonal
c. Universal access d. Presence of gatekeeper
Ans: a

20. Undesirable consequences of mass

communication is known as ….
a. Functions of mass communication
b. Dysfunctions of mass communication
c. Ethicizing functions of mass communication
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d. Socialising functions of mass communication Ans: b

21. Who explained the dysfunctional effects of mass media?

a. Robert Merton b. Denis McQail
c. Marshall McLuhan d. Melvin DeFleur
Ans: a

22. The first printed work using movable types by

Gutenberg took place in ….
a. England b. Germany
c. Italy d. Portugal
Ans: b

23. The first printed work was by Johannes Gutenberg was

a. Bible b. Aeropagitica
c. Catechism text d. Way of the cross
Ans: a

24. Which of the following is not an example of print media?

a. Brochures b. Posters
c. Websites d. Handbills
Ans: c

25. Who invented kinetoscope?

a. William Dickson b. Thomas AlvaEdison
c. LumeierBrothers d. John Baird
Ans: b

26. Where was Lumier Brothers’ first screening of the films held?
a. London b. Hollywood
c. Paris d. Napoli
Ans: c

27. When was the first screening of Lumier Brothers’ film held in India?
a. 1895 b. 1896
c. 1897 d. 1898
Ans: b

28. Which of the following is not a film screened by Lumeir brothers?

a. Arrival of a train b. Waterer watered
c. Train robbery d. Baby Dinner Ans: c

29. Name the first talkie in Malayalam?

a. Vigatha Kumaran b. Jeevithanouka
c. Balan d. Newspaper Boy
Ans:c

30. Kolliwood refers to the films industry based in …

a. Chennai b. Kolkatha
c. Hyderabad d. Maratha
Ans: a

31. Who is described as the father of Indian film?

a. K.AAbbas b. Phalke
c. R GTorney d. SatyajitRay
Ans: b

32. Name the first Indian film.

a. Pather Panjali b. Life ofChrist
c. RajaHarischandra d. Chiranjeevi
Ans: c
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33. Name the first talkie in India.

a. Raja Harishchandra b. Jhansi Ki Rani
c. Alam Ara d. Pundalik
Ans: c

34. The highest film award in India is…

a. Dada Saheb Phalke Award b. J C Daniel Award
c. Satyajit Ray Award d. Raja Harischandra
Ans: a

35. The highest film award in Kerala is …

a. Prem Nazir award b. Thikkurussi Award
c. J C Daniel award d. John Abraham award
Ans: c

36. The first colour film in India is…

a. Jhansi KiRani b. Mother India
c. Satya d. Lakshmipooja
Ans: a

37. The headquarters of the Central Board of Film Certification is at…

a. New Delhi b. Chennai
c. Mumbai d. Hyderabad
Ans: c

38. Which of the following is the certificates issued to films by the Central
Board of Film Certificatin?
a. U, A, UA, S b. U, A, UA,PG
c. U, A, UA, X d. U, UA, X, XX
Ans: a
39. When was radio renamed as All India Radio?
a. 1935 b. 1936
c. 1937 d. 1938
Ans: b

40. Who launched the first public service broadcasting in world?

a. ABC b. NBC
c. BBC d. Nippon
Ans: c

41. What is SITE ?

a. Televisionexperiment b. Indian satellite
c. Radio experiment d. Entertainment experiment
Ans: a

42. Which was the second Indian city to get television broadcasting service?
a. Delhi b. Kolkata
c. Madras d. Mumbai
Ans:d

43. When did Doordarshan switch over to colour transmission?

a. 1980 b. 1981
c. 1982 d. 1983
Ans: c

44. Internet was first developed in …

. a. UK b. Japan
c. US d. Germany
Ans: c
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45. What was the first Internet service in India?

a. ARPANET b. ERNET
c. INDNET d. HINDNET
Ans: b

46. Which newspaper first launched an internet edition in Malayalam?

a. Malayala Manorama b. Mathrubhumi
c. Deepika d. KeralaKaumudi
Ans: c

47. Which newspaper first launched an internet edition in India?

a. Times of India b. The Hindu
c. The Telegraph d. Hindustan Times
Ans: b

48. Name the newspaper that did not publish the news of the assassination of
Mahatma Gandhi on its front page.
a. India b. The HindustanTimes
c. TheHindu d. TheStatesman
Ans: c

49. The newspaper to publish an advertisement in India is……

a The BengalGazette b. The Friend of India

c The Times ofIndia d. The Calcutta Journal
Ans: a

50. The highest revenue that a newspaper generates under normal

circumstances is from…..
a Subscription b. Advertisement
c Promotional activities d. Copyrights
Ans:b

51. Which body was instrumental in establishing Audit Bureau of circulation?

a Press Council of India b. Registrars of Newspapersof India

c Advertising Society of India d. Indian Newspaper Society
Ans: d

52.Ethics means
a Code of rules b. Code of conduct
c Set of moral principles d. Code of behavior
Ans: c

53. Media audience is a ……….. group.

a. Homogenous b. Heterogeneous
c .Monolithic d. Uniform
Ans: b

54. A given group responding to media messages more or less in a uniform

manner is described as………. theory.

a Selective retention b. Social categories

c Individual difference d. Social relations
Ans: b

55. Media is omnipotent is a concept implied in

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a Magic Bullet theory b. Agenda setting theory
c Catharsis theory d. Two step theory
Ans: a

56. Which of the following is not a selective theory of media?

a Selective retention b. Selective exposure

c Selective perception d. Selective aggression
Ans: d

57. Media act as a servant of the State in

a Libertariantheory b. Democratic participant theory

c Authoritarian theory d. Development theory
Ans: c

58. Who is author of Aeropagitica?

a JS Mill b. AdamSmith
c Raja Ram Mohan Roy d. John Milton
Ans:d
59. Which is the first private television channel in Kerala?
a Surya b. India vision
c Asianet d. Kairali
Ans: c

60. Freedom of the press is specifically stated in the constitution of ……

a UK b. France
c India d. US
Ans: d

61. Freedom of speech expression is stated in Article ……….. of the

Indian constitution. a 17
b)
18 c)
19 d)
20
Ans: c

62. Which Commission report forms the basis of social responsibility theory?

a Marshall McLuhan b. McBride

c Robert Hutchins d. Harold Lasswell
Ans: c

63. Global village concept is put forward by…..

a Robert Merton b. Seon McBride

c MarshallMcLuhan d. WilburSchramm
Ans: c

64. The Gutenberg Galaxy was authored by

a Johannes Gutenberg b. MarshallMcLuhan

c George Gerbner d. Kurt Lewin
Ans: b
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65. AFP is …………. news agency
a French b. American
c Pakistani d. Palestine
Ans: a

66. Embedded journalism as a concept emerged during

a 9/11 trials b. American aggression of Afghanistan

c American aggression of Iraq d. American –IranStand off
Ans: c

67. Censorship began in

a Rome b. Greece
c Babylonia d. Alexandria
Ans: a

68. Self censorship in media is mainly exercised by

a Government b. Readers
c Editors d. Political parties
Ans: c

69. Jasmine revolution that triggered political unrest in North African and
West Asian countries actually began in
a Egypt b. Libya
c Tunisia d. Yemen
Ans: c

70. The name that is most associated with WikiLeaks is ………

. a Julian Assange b. TimBernet
c BillGates d. RichardStallman
Ans: a

71. The normal period in which information is handed over to the applicant is

a 20 -25days b. 25 -30 days

c 30 -35 days d . 35 -40 days
Ans: c

72. RTI Act has jurisdiction all over India except

a Nagaland b. Arunachal Pradesh
c Mizoram d. Jammu & Kashmir
Ans: d

73. P. Sainath is

a Fashion reporter b. War Photographer

c Environment reporter d. Rural affairs reporter
Ans: d

74. Press Council first emerged in

a Italy b. UK
c US d. Sweden
Ans.d

75. Paid news syndrome was first reported during the assembly

elections in 2009 in
a Maharashtra b. MadhyaPradesh
c Uttaranchal d. Rajasthan
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Ans: a

76. J. Gopikrishnan who unearthed the 2G spectrum scandal was a reporter of

……
a The Times of India b. The Pioneer
c The Telegraph d. DNA
Ans: b

77. Which was the first 24 hours news channel in Malayalam?

a Asianet news b. India Vision

c Surya d. Kairali
Ans: b

78. Who defined communication as social interaction through messages?

a Theodorson and Theodorson b. George Gerbner

c Daniel Lerner d. Joseph Devito
Ans: b

79. Kinesics is the study of

a Facial expression b. Personal appearance
c Body language d. Clothing
Ans: c

80. R Shankar was

a Photographer b. Cartoonist
c Advertising guru d. Radio commentator
Ans.b

81. Who invented Kinetograph?

a Thomas Alva Edison b. William Dickson
c Lumier Brothers d. John Baird
Ans: b

82. Piravi is a film directed by

a AdoorGopalakrishnan b. Shaji N Karun

c Shyamaprasad d. G Aravindan
Ans: b

83. Anand Patwardan is a noted

a Film Director b. Radio Jockey

c Film producer d. Documentary director
Ans: d

84. Radio broadcast in India began in

a Calcutta b. Shimla
c New Delhi d. Bombay
Ans: d

85. Name the educational channel ofDoordarshan

a Bharati b. GyanDarshan
c Vidya d. ETV
Ans: b

86. A new window which opens in from the current one displaying an

advisement is known as
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a Pop under ad b . Pop up ad
c Map ad d. Interstitial ad
Ans: b

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