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(1) The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters was launched in
(1) Brazil
(2) Sri Lanka
(3) Canada
(4) Argentina
Answer: Canada
(2) Television viewing is considered as
(1) a business process
(2) a negative process
(3) an active process
(4) a formal process
Answer: an active process

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(3)

Assertion (A) : The Indian press has become quite distinct from the western press during the last few years.

Reason (R) : The Indian press has registered a quantitative jump in terms of number of publications and circulation.

Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true.
(4)

Assertion (A) : Developmental communicators should focus more on problem-solving rather than problem-posing.

Reason (R) : The organic model’s assumption is that people have the abilities to devleop themselves.

Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(5)

Assertion (A) : Human beings have the unique ability to store their experiences consciously and pass them onto the next generation.

Reason (R) : This ability is responsible for the cultural transmission function of the mass media.

Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true.
(6)

Assertion (A) : The public broadcaster in India has failed the expectations of its consumers.

Reason (R) : Because it does not exercise its autonomy for professional assertion and excellence.

Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(7)

Assertion (A) : In Virendra V. State of Punjab, Section 3(1) of the Punjab Special Powers (Press) Act, 1956, was struck down by the Supreme court as unreasonable.

Reason (R) : It was not only on the ground of substantive unreasonableness, but also on the ground of procedural unreasonableness.

Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true.
(8) Find out the correct chronological order of the following committees :
(1) Chanda Committee – Vidyalankar Committee – Parthasarathy Committee – Verghese Committee
(2) Verghese Committee – Vidyalankar Committee – Chanda Committee – Verghese Committee
(3) Parthasarathy Committee – Chanda Committee – Vidyalankar Committee – Verghese Committee
(4) Vidyalankar Committee – Chanda Committee – Verghese Committee – Parthasarathy Committee
Answer: Vidyalankar Committee – Chanda Committee – Verghese Committee – Parthasarathy Committee
(9) Identify the correct sequence of stages of growth as propounded by Walt Rostow :
(1) Traditional society, drive to maturity, pre-conditions for take-off, take-off, age of mass consumption.
(2) Traditional society, age of mass consumption, take-off, pre-conditions for take-off, drive to maturity.
(3) Traditional society, take-off, pre-conditions for take-off, drive to maturity, age of mass consumption.
(4) Traditional society, pre-conditions for take-off, take-off, drive to maturity, age of mass consumption.
Answer: Traditional society, pre-conditions for take-off, take-off, drive to maturity, age of mass consumption.
(10) Find the correct chronological order of the following :
(1) The Official Secrets Act – The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act – The Press Council of India Act – The Right to Information Act.
(2) The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act – The Official Secrets Act – The Press Council of India Act – The Right to Information Act.
(3) The Official Secrets Act – The Press Council of India Act – The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act – The Right to Information Act.
(4) The Official Secrets Act – The Right to Information Act – The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act – The Press Council of India Act.
Answer: The Official Secrets Act – The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act – The Press Council of India Act – The Right to Information Act.
(11) Write the correct chronological order for the development of Internet.
(1) RAND, ARPA, TCP/IP, Hypertext, WWW
(2) ARPA, TCP/IP, RAND, Hypertext, WWW
(3) TCP/IP, Hypertext, WWW, ARPA, RAND
(4) Hypertext, WWW, TCP/IP, ARPA, RAND
Answer: RAND, ARPA, TCP/IP, Hypertext, WWW
(12) Arrange the stages a brand passes through from its birth to its final eclipse :
(1) Maturity, Growth, Introduction, Decline
(2) Decline, Growth, Introduction, Maturity
(3) Growth, Maturity, Introduction, Decline
(4) Introduction, Maturity, Growth, Decline
Answer: Maturity, Growth, Introduction, Decline
(13) Name the English daily which was derisively called as “The old lady of Boribunder”.
(1) Free Press Journal
(2) Indian Express
(3) The Times of India
(4) The Statesman
Answer: The Times of India
(14) The crusading journalists of the United States in the early twentieth century were identified as
(1) new journalists
(2) muckrakers
(3) gatekeepers
(4) stingers
Answer: muckrakers
(15) Immersive journalism is based on
(1) first person narration
(2) second person narration
(3) third person narration
(4) impersonal narration
Answer: first person narration

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