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351.

VHS stands for

A. Variety Home System
B. Visual Home System
C. Video Home System
D. Virtual Home System
Answer» C. Video Home System
352.

Use _____________ for dates, months and years.

A. phrases
B. Words
C. figures
D. drawing
Answer» D. drawing
353.

Removing unwanted area of picture is called __________.

A. creeping
B. cropping
C. crossing
D. crawling
Answer» C. crossing
354.

A quote from the story that is enlarged and appears within the text is called ________

A. standfirst
B. pull-quote
C. Headline
D. caption
Answer» C. Headline
355.

What is a cutline?

A. A caption that tells you what a photo is about
B. A delete mark in an edited writing
C. The lines that draw your attention in a photo
D. A false quote from a source
Answer» B. A delete mark in an edited writing
356.

False alarm led to#the fireman's death. While proof reading the sentence, what does the editing symbol # mean?

A. Capitalise
B. Delete
C. Space
D. Align
Answer» D. Align
357.

Technically balance comes in____________ general flavors

A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 4
Answer» C. 5
358.

Identify from the following which of these is not a reason for cropping an image.

A. To emphasize the centre of interest
B. To eliminate a wanted portion
C. To adjust the shape to fit a given layout
D. To enlarge small portions
Answer» C. To adjust the shape to fit a given layout
359.

Writer's block is:

A. An inability to produce new work
B. A community of writers
C. A mechanism to help writers boost their skills
D. Process of editing
Answer» B. A community of writers
360.

The major objective of balanced and responsible journalism is

A. infotainment
B. entertainment
C. economic profit
D. social inclusion
Answer» E.
361.

The first paragraph of a story in a newspaper in called

A. Headline
B. Lead
C. News Story
D. Feature
Answer» C. News Story
362.

DPI stands for _____________.

A. Dots Per Inch
B. Dots Particular Index
C. Distance Picture Index
D. Directed Picture Index
Answer» B. Dots Particular Index
363.

_______________________ is a very important element of producing a great written document, and it takes a great deal of knowledge and patience to proofread a document effectively.

A. Proofreading
B. publication
C. Captioning photos
D. copy editor
Answer» B. publication
364.

Which of these is a tabloid headline?

A. Priyanka Chopra shares pic in a face shield, goggles and mask
B. Harry and Meg move belongings in dead of night
C. Shraddha Kapoor looks ethereal in Falguni Peacock bridalwear
D. Anushka shoots amid the new normal
Answer» C. Shraddha Kapoor looks ethereal in Falguni Peacock bridalwear
365.

A __________ is a window to the newsstory.

A. bottomline
B. mainline
C. headline
D. baseline
Answer» D. baseline
366.

The guidelines for layout is called

A. Dummy
B. Layout
C. Stylebook
D. Columns
Answer» D. Columns
367.

The brand team of news organisation falls undet the domain of

A. Editor-in-chief
B. Sub-editor
C. Page editor
D. Copy editor
Answer» B. Sub-editor
368.

The _____________ specializes in grammar, punctualization, fact-checking, spelling, and formatting.

A. copy editor
B. Content Editor
C. Acquisition Editor
D. Sports Editor
Answer» B. Content Editor
369.

Who is the main person for PCR?

A. Advertisor
B. Management
C. Intern
D. News editor
Answer» E.
370.

A headline or text accompanying a picture or illustrtion

A. Photo caption
B. Bullet
C. Lead
D. Byline
Answer» B. Bullet
371.

Advertisements to appear in the body of print newspapers are often produced in separate CCI module called________

A. Ad Desk
B. Editorial
C. Sourcing
D. Distribution
Answer» B. Editorial
372.

An Umbrella lead is also called_________

A. Question lead
B. Shotgun lead
C. Anecdotal lead
D. Contrast lead
Answer» C. Anecdotal lead
373.

While writing/editing a story, you should avoid:

A. Jargon
B. Anecdote
C. Data
D. Nutgraf
Answer» B. Anecdote
374.

News which are current and trending.

A. Timeliness
B. Significance
C. Proximity
D. Prominence
Answer» B. Significance
375.

What is Verbose

A. Scanty words
B. Using more words than needed
C. Opposite words
D. Jargon
Answer» C. Opposite words
376.

Widow in newspaper production refers to

A. Isolated word
B. Useless headline
C. Bad break
D. Tie break
Answer» B. Useless headline
377.

____________ is an art by itself.

A. Writing Caption
B. Writing content
C. Writing news
D. Writing lead
Answer» B. Writing content
378.

____________is the internal space management of the pages which helps pages to give cleaner look

A. Page architecture
B. illustration
C. editorial content
D. page layout
Answer» B. illustration
379.

Which of these is not a function of a deck?

A. To establish a connect between reader and editor
B. Second layer of information
C. Attract audience attention
D. Visually more interesting than plain text
Answer» B. Second layer of information
380.

Sentences that have lots of parentheses, dashes and semicolons are examples of

A. clarity
B. careful writing
C. excessive punctuation
D. highbrow writing
Answer» D. highbrow writing
381.

Following that does not fall into the balance of layout composition

A. Symmetrical
B. Asymmetrical
C. Mechanical
D. composite
Answer» E.
382.

This is what catches the eye first and leads/interests the reader to go to the main article

A. Photograph
B. Picture Caption
C. Headline
D. Byline
Answer» D. Byline
383.

Who amongst this is an Editor

A. Rajdeep Sardesai
B. Malika Sherwat
C. Chang Lee
D. Shanaya Kapoor
Answer» B. Malika Sherwat
384.

The_________is the last link between the newspaper and the public

A. Copy editor
B. Publisher
C. Photographer
D. Reporter
Answer» B. Publisher
385.

Which of these is the appropriate form of abbreviation?

A. Reserve Bank of India RBI
B. Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
C. RBI Reserve Bank of India
D. (RBI) Reserve Bank of India
Answer» C. RBI Reserve Bank of India
386.

A recent development in the newspaper to highlight stories of inside pages on the first page below the flag (Flag - The Times of India)

A. Flash
B. Headline
C. Deck
D. Lead
Answer» B. Headline
387.

When writing a caption, what verb tense should be used to describe the action in the photo?

A. Past tense
B. Present tense
C. Present perfect tense
D. Future tense
Answer» C. Present perfect tense
388.

Elements that are not part of of layout or page makeup

A. Face to face communication
B. Photographs
C. drawings
D. charts
Answer» B. Photographs
389.

Which of the following is the latest development in the field of television set production

A. LCD SETS
B. LED SETS
C. SMART SETS
D. HDTV SETS
Answer» D. HDTV SETS
390.

Which language paper is Free Press Journal

A. English
B. Hindi
C. Tamil
D. Telegu
Answer» B. Hindi
391.

The _________________ and photograph compliment each other

A. Headline
B. Credit
C. Lead
D. Caption
Answer» E.
392.

You go on a hiking trip across Europe. Throughout your journey, you keep a journal in which you describe the scenes, people, buildings, plants, animals and everything else you encounter. What type of writing is it?

A. Expository
B. Narrative
C. Persuasive
D. Descriptive
Answer» E.
393.

The _____________ is used to set off parts of a sentence.

A. m - dash
B. Exclamation
C. Semi - Colon
D. Semi - Colon
Answer» B. Exclamation
394.

Avoid ____________ voice because it tends to sap energy and power from your prose.

A. Active Voice
B. Passive voice
C. Past voice
D. Nother Voice
Answer» C. Past voice
395.

How are facts arranged in inverted pyramid style?

A. Less important to most important
B. Most important to less important
C. Slowly building to the most interesting facts
D. crucial facts equally spaced throughout the story
Answer» C. Slowly building to the most interesting facts
396.

The _____________ have to compare the printed copy with the original.

A. Manager
B. Editor
C. Proof readers
D. Desk Editor
Answer» D. Desk Editor
397.

A person who edits a copy of a story is called an e__________________.

A. Developmental Editor
B. other
C. Editor
D. Content Editor
Answer» D. Content Editor
398.

When you repeat the information of the first paragraph in the second paragraph of a news story it is called a

A. Double-decker lead
B. Dead Lead
C. Quote Lead
D. Ambiguous lead
Answer» B. Dead Lead
399.

A well written photo caption should not be __________.

A. accuarte
B. ambigious
C. honest
D. explained fully
Answer» E.
400.

Which among the following is NOT a news value?

A. Proximity
B. Novelty
C. Prominence
D. Spelling
Answer» E.