This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Communication > Mass Communication – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mass Communication Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following groups cannot sue in defamation? A) Politicians. B) Celebrities. C) Companies. D) Local authorities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Local authorities. 2. WHICH ACT HAS DEFINED 'NEWSPAPER' AND 'BOOK'? A) PCI ACT. B) PRB ACT. C) RTI ACT. D) NEWSPAPER ACT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRB ACT. 3. What is the role of a social media strategist in mass communication? A) Fixing plumbing issues. B) Planning and implementing effective social media strategies for a company or brand. C) Conducting scientific experiments. D) Editing movie scripts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planning and implementing effective social media strategies for a company or brand. 4. The Council by the name of Press Council of India has been established with effect from A) 1st March 1977. B) 1st March 1972. C) 1st March 1979. D) 1st March 1979. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1st March 1979. 5. Which is NOT one of the most highly respected newspapers in this country? A) The New York Times. B) The Wall Street Journal. C) The Washington Post. D) The Detroit Free Press. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Detroit Free Press. 6. People interacting in ways that at least one of the parties involved understands as messages is called ..... A) Message. B) Media. C) Fragmentation. D) Communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Communication. 7. Which is NOT a text type? A) A recipe. B) Crossword puzzle. C) Sports column. D) Internet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Internet. 8. What is the name of the first ad agency established in our country? A) Ogilvy and Mather. B) Indian Advertising Agency. C) Modern Publicity Company. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian Advertising Agency. 9. Urvashi's love story is depicted in A) Vikramorvasiyam. B) Abhijnanashakuntalam. C) Malavikagnimitram. D) Natyashastra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vikramorvasiyam. 10. When was the telephone invented? A) The telephone was invented in 1877. B) The telephone was invented in 1894. C) The telephone was invented in 1984. D) The telephone was invented in 1876. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The telephone was invented in 1876. 11. How audiences understand and decode media depends on their ..... A) Educational level and occupation. B) Gender. C) Race. D) All of these options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these options are correct. 12. What form of communication exercises the transfer of ideas, information, and even emotional experiences that can be conveyed between individuals? A) Interpersonal Communication. B) Mass Communication. C) Mediated Organizational Communication. D) Mediated Interpersonal Communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interpersonal Communication. 13. According to Julia Wood, a theory has 5 basic goals. Which of the following is not a goal of a theory? A) Description. B) Assumption. C) Explanation. D) Prediction. E) Reform. F) Understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assumption. 14. .Law concerned with non criminal matters A) Civil Law. B) Media Law. C) Public Law. D) None of these). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Civil Law. 15. Communication between two or a few people is A) Mass communication. B) Interpersonal communication. C) Reciprocal communication. D) Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interpersonal communication. 16. What is a Lead in a news article? A) Answers the questions who, what, where, and when. B) Is a long introduction to the article. C) Has quotations from witnesses. D) Contains who wrote the article. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Answers the questions who, what, where, and when. 17. What is NOT true of a recession? A) It's a normal economic event. B) It lasts a short time a year or less. C) It is expected to happen in the next few years. D) It has only happened once in US history. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It has only happened once in US history. 18. What are the major activities or functions of mass media? A) Surveillance, Interpretation, Socialization, Marketing. B) Surveillance, Correlation-interpretation, Socialization, Marketing. C) Surveillance, Correlation-interpretation, Socialization, Entertainment. D) Surveillance, Correlation-interpretation, Socialization, Status conferral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surveillance, Correlation-interpretation, Socialization, Entertainment. 19. What is the SECOND stage called in the "Critical Process?" A) Interpretation. B) Description. C) Analysis. D) Evaluation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analysis. 20. Unusual thingsmakes news.Extraordinary andunexpected eventsgenerate public interest.It shows ..... news value. A) Oddity. B) Publicity. C) Timeliness. D) Currency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oddity. 21. A legal written order to appear in court to present documents, to testify, etc. A) Shield laws. B) Slander. C) Subpoena. D) Sunshine laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subpoena. 22. True or false:Media can persuade you to do something? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. One of the similarities of all communications is ..... A) All of the communications are delivered or done through media. B) All of the communications involve more than three persons. C) All of communications are delivered or done not through media. D) All of communications are done through speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the communications are delivered or done through media. 24. Fairness doctrine A) Requires that radio and television stations allow opposing views to have comparable air. B) Supervises preparation. C) A branch of the federal government in Washington, D.C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Requires that radio and television stations allow opposing views to have comparable air. 25. Fill in the blanks:Media products..... are media products that are perfect in content and form of public transmission to the public on different printing materials, the most popular being on paper A) Printing. B) Listen and see. C) Number. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Printing. 26. Choose the correct answer containing Types of Mass Media only: A) Idea formation, Internet, Radio, Social Media, Newspapers. B) Television, Filmmaking, Information, Selection, Social Media. C) Magazines, Social Media, Smartphones, Internet. D) Radio, Television, Newspapers, Internet, Filmmaking, Social Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radio, Television, Newspapers, Internet, Filmmaking, Social Media. 27. What is a synonym for Mass Communications? A) Communication. B) Media. C) Morse Code. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Media. 28. All forms of media have been the same since they were created and never get replaced or changed. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. Music videos on the internet are..... A) Audiovisual media products. B) Cinematic media products. C) Digital communication products. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Digital communication products. 30. Which one is not the element of mass communication? A) Massive. B) Heterogenous. C) Individual production. D) Anonymous. 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