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This section includes 5672 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UPSC IAS Exam knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 2201. |
When was the first Press Council is abolished? |
| A. | on january 1, 1976 |
| B. | on january 26, 1976 |
| C. | on december 12, 1976 |
| D. | on december 18, 1976 |
| Answer» B. on january 26, 1976 | |
| 2202. |
Who enforced the Vernacular Press Act? |
| A. | queen victoria |
| B. | east india company |
| C. | lord canning |
| D. | lord lytton |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2203. |
When was censorship introduced on Indian Press? |
| A. | 1792 |
| B. | 1793 |
| C. | 1794 |
| D. | 1795 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2204. |
In which language was Amrita Bazar Patrika first published before changing over to Englishlanguage? |
| A. | bengali |
| B. | punjabi |
| C. | urdu |
| D. | hindi |
| Answer» B. punjabi | |
| 2205. |
What is the other name of Hicky’s Bengal Gazettee? |
| A. | bengal harkarv |
| B. | the bengal news |
| C. | calcutta general advertise |
| D. | bengal journal |
| Answer» D. bengal journal | |
| 2206. |
The office of the UNI is located at |
| A. | kg marg, new delhi |
| B. | ballard estate, mumbai |
| C. | veer savarkar marg, mumbai |
| D. | rafi marg, new delhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2207. |
The Fourth Estate is a name generally given to the Press, but previously, it was the termapplied to |
| A. | llawyers |
| B. | the queen of england |
| C. | the proletariat |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2208. |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was associated with |
| A. | bombay times |
| B. | indian gazettee |
| C. | hindu |
| D. | maratha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2209. |
The Pioneer was started in Allahabad in the year |
| A. | 1865 |
| B. | 1876 |
| C. | 1890 |
| D. | 1901 |
| Answer» B. 1876 | |
| 2210. |
Who is deemed as the father of Indian Journalism? |
| A. | s.n. banerjee |
| B. | devendra nath ghosh |
| C. | dadabhai nauroji |
| D. | j.a. hicky |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2211. |
Who started Amrita Bazar Patrika in 1868? |
| A. | moti lal ghosh andsisir ghosh |
| B. | navin chandra railways |
| C. | harish chandra mukherjee |
| D. | b.k. bhatt and m.m. ghosh |
| Answer» B. navin chandra railways | |
| 2212. |
Who was the Chairman of the First Press Council of India? |
| A. | swarn singh |
| B. | j.r. mudholkar |
| C. | v.k.r.v. rao |
| D. | r.s. sarkaria |
| Answer» C. v.k.r.v. rao | |
| 2213. |
Milton’s views on press freedom is referred to as |
| A. | star chamber |
| B. | areopagitica |
| C. | authoritarian |
| D. | social responsibility |
| Answer» C. authoritarian | |
| 2214. |
Journalists are like |
| A. | publishers |
| B. | photographers |
| C. | painters |
| D. | writers |
| Answer» D. writers | |
| 2215. |
Broadcasting subject is under the |
| A. | state list |
| B. | concurrent list |
| C. | union list |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 2216. |
In which year was the Amrit Bazar Patrika first published? |
| A. | 1875 |
| B. | 1870 |
| C. | 1868 |
| D. | 1867 |
| Answer» D. 1867 | |
| 2217. |
What created a pressure world within journalism? |
| A. | monitor |
| B. | tv |
| C. | radio |
| D. | telegraph |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2218. |
Who made the registration of newspapers compulsory in 1835? |
| A. | john adams |
| B. | lord lytton |
| C. | lord william bentick |
| D. | sir charles metcalfe |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2219. |
Which was the first Indian-owned English newspaper? |
| A. | bengal gazette |
| B. | bengal herald |
| C. | bombay herald |
| D. | reformer |
| Answer» B. bengal herald | |
| 2220. |
When was the office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) started? |
| A. | 1 july 1956 |
| B. | 4 july 1956 |
| C. | 1 july 1957 |
| D. | 4 june 1958 |
| Answer» B. 4 july 1956 | |
| 2221. |
Which is the oldest feature agency operating in India? |
| A. | indian press agency |
| B. | united news of india |
| C. | gemini features |
| D. | india news and feature alliance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2222. |
The term of the Press Council is |
| A. | 6 years |
| B. | 5 years |
| C. | 4 years |
| D. | 3 years |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2223. |
The First Press Council was set up in |
| A. | 1946 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1966 |
| D. | 1976 |
| Answer» D. 1976 | |
| 2224. |
“Freedom of information is a fundamental human right”. Which of the following explicitlymentions this statement? |
| A. | the indian press act (1910 |
| B. | the defence of india act (1939 |
| C. | the un resolution 59, para i |
| D. | the protection of publications |
| Answer» D. the protection of publications | |
| 2225. |
The Vernacular Press Act (1878) was also called |
| A. | coercive control law |
| B. | full control law |
| C. | lytton’s act |
| D. | rippon’sact |
| Answer» D. rippon’sact | |
| 2226. |
The Press Council set up under the Act of 1965 functioned till |
| A. | january 1975 |
| B. | december 1975 |
| C. | january 1976 |
| D. | december 1976 |
| Answer» C. january 1976 | |
| 2227. |
The Indian Institute of Mass Communication does not have a branch at |
| A. | madurai (tamil nadu |
| B. | jhabua (madhya pradesh |
| C. | kottayam (kerala |
| D. | dhenkanal (orissa |
| Answer» B. jhabua (madhya pradesh | |
| 2228. |
The phrase the people’s right to know was coined by |
| A. | harold cross |
| B. | kent cooper |
| C. | elieabel |
| D. | william rivers |
| Answer» C. elieabel | |
| 2229. |
The name of the newspaper that Gandhi brought out in South Africa was |
| A. | independent |
| B. | foreign indian |
| C. | indian opinion |
| D. | my country |
| Answer» D. my country | |
| 2230. |
The factual information in mass media is often referred to as |
| A. | news information |
| B. | rrelational information |
| C. | content information |
| D. | channel information |
| Answer» C. content information | |
| 2231. |
The outside world depicted by the media are consequences of |
| A. | antecedent conditions |
| B. | classical conditions |
| C. | precedent conditions |
| D. | controlled conditions |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2232. |
In which newspaper did Gandhi write: “I have taken up journalism not for its sake, but merelyas an aid to what I have conceived to be my mission in life”. |
| A. | the madras standard |
| B. | young india |
| C. | bangalee |
| D. | bombay chronicle |
| Answer» C. bangalee | |
| 2233. |
Who called our society as a ‘dramatized’ society? |
| A. | james augustus hicky |
| B. | marshall mcluhan |
| C. | johannes gutenberg |
| D. | raymond williams |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2234. |
In which year International News Service (INS) marged with United Press Associations? |
| A. | 1950 |
| B. | 1954 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2235. |
Ethical concepts change with |
| A. | situation |
| B. | ttime |
| C. | place |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2236. |
Usually people’s interaction with media is |
| A. | unquestioning |
| B. | homogeneous |
| C. | inactive |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2237. |
The ‘watchdog’ of democracy’ is |
| A. | the press |
| B. | music cds |
| C. | cinema |
| D. | newspapers |
| Answer» B. music cds | |
| 2238. |
In which year was the United Press Association founded? |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1907 |
| C. | 1908 |
| D. | 1909 |
| Answer» C. 1908 | |
| 2239. |
The first ever language newspaper in India was started in |
| A. | bombay presidency |
| B. | madras presidency |
| C. | gujarat |
| D. | bengal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2240. |
The Indian media group which has tied up with the Reuters |
| A. | the tribune |
| B. | anand bazar patrika |
| C. | malayala manorama |
| D. | the times of india |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2241. |
The process of controlling the flow of information is |
| A. | media event |
| B. | media strategy |
| C. | frequenting |
| D. | gatekeeping |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2242. |
The first person to use the term ‘gate keeper’ in communication was |
| A. | kurt lewin |
| B. | |
| Answer» B. | |
| 2243. |
Dow Jones is associated with the Indian newspaper |
| A. | mint |
| B. | financial express |
| C. | economic times |
| D. | economic and political weekly |
| Answer» B. financial express | |
| 2244. |
In theoretical assessment, communication is equated with |
| A. | language |
| B. | invention |
| C. | diffusion |
| D. | culture |
| Answer» B. invention | |
| 2245. |
The Tribune was first established at |
| A. | patiala |
| B. | amritsar |
| C. | shimla |
| D. | lahore |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2246. |
Journalist James Gordon Bennett was associated with |
| A. | new york herald |
| B. | the times |
| C. | new york times |
| D. | the times of india |
| Answer» B. the times | |
| 2247. |
‘Black Box’ effect theory is related to |
| A. | advertising |
| B. | public relations |
| C. | communication |
| D. | printing technology |
| Answer» D. printing technology | |
| 2248. |
What is called the fourth stage of the newsbook? |
| A. | coranto |
| B. | mercury |
| C. | gazette |
| D. | diurnal |
| Answer» C. gazette | |
| 2249. |
Which of the following is the function of the ‘Mass Media’? |
| A. | advertising |
| B. | entertainment |
| C. | information |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2250. |
Which country publishes maximum number of dailies in the world? |
| A. | japan |
| B. | uk |
| C. | usa |
| D. | india |
| Answer» B. uk | |