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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.
| 2251. |
When was the moving transmission of TV started? |
| A. | 1985 |
| B. | 1987 |
| C. | 1990 |
| D. | 1993 |
| Answer» C. 1990 | |
| 2252. |
World’s first newspaper Acta Diurna belonged to which country? |
| A. | germany |
| B. | rome |
| C. | usa |
| D. | france |
| Answer» C. usa | |
| 2253. |
Oldest English daily of India is |
| A. | statesman |
| B. | the times of india |
| C. | the tribune |
| D. | the hindu |
| Answer» C. the tribune | |
| 2254. |
Aristotlean model of communication does not have |
| A. | feedback |
| B. | listeners |
| C. | speaker |
| D. | speech |
| Answer» B. listeners | |
| 2255. |
Who gave the following definition of mass communication …….who says what in which channel to who with what effect? |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | harold d. lasswell |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | harold j. laskie |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 2256. |
Who presented the ‘Mathematical’ model of communication? |
| A. | weaver and charles hugg |
| B. | david becham and d.j. reed |
| C. | teg blues and tom morrison |
| D. | shannon and weaver |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2257. |
Largest circulated periodical in India is |
| A. | saras salil |
| B. | kumudham |
| C. | malayala manorama |
| D. | the hindu weekly magazine |
| Answer» B. kumudham | |
| 2258. |
Majority of the newspapers in India are owned by |
| A. | societies |
| B. | joint stock companies |
| C. | trusts |
| D. | individuals |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2259. |
The largest number of newspapers in English are published from |
| A. | chennai |
| B. | kolkata |
| C. | delhi |
| D. | mumbai |
| Answer» D. mumbai | |
| 2260. |
Highest number of newspapers published in India are in |
| A. | urdu |
| B. | bengali |
| C. | hindi |
| D. | english |
| Answer» D. english | |
| 2261. |
Which of the following is/are called as fourth estate? |
| A. | print media |
| B. | visual media |
| C. | electronic media |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2262. |
Aurobindo was the editor of |
| A. | harijan |
| B. | pioneer |
| C. | vande mataram |
| D. | chronicle |
| Answer» D. chronicle | |
| 2263. |
Who started the Father and Spectator? |
| A. | james ford |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | steele and addison |
| D. | henry ford |
| Answer» D. henry ford | |
| 2264. |
The age of satellite communication began in the year |
| A. | 1962 |
| B. | 1964 |
| C. | 1966 |
| D. | 1974 |
| Answer» B. 1964 | |
| 2265. |
Who is the 18th century’s most important journalist? |
| A. | anne green |
| B. | john milton |
| C. | abraham lincoln |
| D. | daniel defoe |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2266. |
On March 11, 1702, the first daily newspaper appeared in London called |
| A. | sun |
| B. | daily courant |
| C. | mirror |
| D. | morning port |
| Answer» C. mirror | |
| 2267. |
What is the name of that continent which first published the newspaper in the world? |
| A. | australia |
| B. | asia |
| C. | europe |
| D. | africa |
| Answer» D. africa | |
| 2268. |
Who introduced the concept of noise in model of communication? |
| A. | george gerbnar |
| B. | claude shannon and warren weaver |
| C. | wilbur schramm |
| D. | charles e. osgood |
| Answer» C. wilbur schramm | |
| 2269. |
Which of the communication has an emotional appeal? |
| A. | group communication |
| B. | intrapersonal communication |
| C. | interpersonal communication |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» D. none of the above. | |
| 2270. |
Intrapersonal communication is |
| A. | where more than two persons are involved. |
| B. | person-to-person contact. |
| C. | talking to oneself. |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» D. none of the above. | |
| 2271. |
Communication helps in |
| A. | integration |
| B. | persusasion |
| C. | entertainment |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2272. |
Communication needs a |
| A. | receiver |
| B. | channel |
| C. | sender |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2273. |
Who called his mass communication theory as “cultivation of dominant image patterns”? |
| A. | george gerbner |
| B. | donald l. shaw |
| C. | maxwell mccombs |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. donald l. shaw | |
| 2274. |
Which of the following is not an advantage of TV? |
| A. | the audience remains glued to tv and hence, they do not do much physical work. |
| B. | the audience remains glued to tv and hence, they learn a lot about products/services/concepts/news that is telecast on the same. |
| C. | live coverage is done by many tv channels. |
| D. | information given by it is current and up-to-date. |
| Answer» B. the audience remains glued to tv and hence, they learn a lot about products/services/concepts/news that is telecast on the same. | |
| 2275. |
Silence is also a form of |
| A. | communication |
| B. | dissent |
| C. | protest |
| D. | rebellion |
| Answer» B. dissent | |
| 2276. |
The term Press normally does not include |
| A. | newspapers |
| B. | journals |
| C. | magazines |
| D. | internet websites |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2277. |
Mass communication |
| A. | is more effective than dyadic communication so far as reach is concerned. |
| B. | is an impersonal tool for delivering information to the masses. |
| C. | does not need technology-based media vehicles. |
| D. | is meant for delivering messages to the residents of a city. |
| Answer» C. does not need technology-based media vehicles. | |
| 2278. |
Who started The Tribune? |
| A. | master tara singh |
| B. | prem bhatia |
| C. | dyal singh majithia |
| D. | james augustus hicky |
| Answer» D. james augustus hicky | |
| 2279. |
When was the first TV station set up in India? |
| A. | august 1949; kolkata |
| B. | november 1958; mumbai |
| C. | september 1959; delhi |
| D. | january 1963; delhi |
| Answer» D. january 1963; delhi | |
| 2280. |
When was colour TV transmission started in India? |
| A. | in 1979 |
| B. | in 1980 |
| C. | in 1982 |
| D. | in 1986 |
| Answer» D. in 1986 | |
| 2281. |
Which of the following would not give us city information? |
| A. | seminar |
| B. | pa system |
| C. | tv |
| D. | radio |
| Answer» B. pa system | |
| 2282. |
Which of the following is not a responsibility of the media? |
| A. | passing remarks on the personal lives of film stars. |
| B. | dissemination of the news |
| C. | commenting on the contemporary socio-political scenario |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» B. dissemination of the news | |
| 2283. |
Cinema is a/an |
| A. | audio media |
| B. | print media |
| C. | visual media |
| D. | audiovisual media |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2284. |
Which of the following is not a modern media? |
| A. | sculpture |
| B. | cinema |
| C. | radio |
| D. | the press |
| Answer» B. cinema | |
| 2285. |
Which of the following is not a traditional media? |
| A. | music |
| B. | tv |
| C. | painting |
| D. | literature |
| Answer» C. painting | |
| 2286. |
Who invented the TV? |
| A. | chester carlson |
| B. | c. francis jenkins |
| C. | alexander graham bell |
| D. | john logie baird |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2287. |
Who developed the first paper for the mankind? |
| A. | the mayans |
| B. | the aryans |
| C. | the sumerians |
| D. | the chinese |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2288. |
An interview is a type of |
| A. | mass communication |
| B. | dyadic communication |
| C. | multiadic communication |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» C. multiadic communication | |
| 2289. |
A journalists need not be …………while covering an event. |
| A. | inquisitive |
| B. | domineering |
| C. | impartial |
| D. | meticulous |
| Answer» C. impartial | |
| 2290. |
What is the meaning of circulation in the parlance of the print media? |
| A. | number of editions |
| B. | number of copies printed |
| C. | number of copies sold |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 2291. |
Which media would be ideal to attract the attention of children to sell chocolates to them? |
| A. | tv (advertisements |
| B. | leaflets |
| C. | radio |
| D. | newspapers |
| Answer» B. leaflets | |
| 2292. |
Headlines are generally given by |
| A. | photographers |
| B. | reporters |
| C. | editors |
| D. | page designers |
| Answer» D. page designers | |
| 2293. |
Which composing method is also called as cold type setting? |
| A. | machine setting |
| B. | phototype setting |
| C. | hand setting |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. hand setting | |
| 2294. |
To keep only the essential parts in the picture is called |
| A. | cropping |
| B. | editing |
| C. | edging |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. editing | |
| 2295. |
To choose the news items for the newspaper and to correct the language, spelling and remove all the unimportant sentences are the functions of |
| A. | reporter |
| B. | editor |
| C. | writer |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. writer | |
| 2296. |
………………….started publication of the journal 'Ghadar'. |
| A. | madan mohan malviya |
| B. | lala hardayal |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | annie besant |
| Answer» C. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 2297. |
‘Yugantar’ was started by ………….. |
| A. | madan mohan malviya |
| B. | barindra kumar ghosh |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | patel |
| Answer» C. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 2298. |
Who founded the newspaper ‘National Herald’? |
| A. | madan mohan malviya |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | annie besant |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» C. annie besant | |
| 2299. |
The Leader was one of the most influential English-language newspapers in India during British Raj which was Founded by ……… |
| A. | s.n. banerje |
| B. | madan mohan malviya |
| C. | sir syed ahmad khan |
| D. | k. p. kesava menon |
| Answer» C. sir syed ahmad khan | |
| 2300. |
The founder of ‘Mathrubhumi’, the Malayalam language newspaper was the renowned freedom fighter …………. |
| A. | k. p. kesava menon |
| B. | madan mohan malviya |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | annie besant |
| Answer» B. madan mohan malviya | |