Deck 3: News Agencies and Media Bodies

Question 1

Who developed the SMCR model of communication?

A)marshall mcluhan
B)harold d lasswell
C)frank e x dance
D)david berlo

Answer 1

david berlo

Question 2

Name the news agency that was closely associated with India even before the independence.

A)afp
B)associated press
C)upi
D)reuters

Answer 2

reuters

Question 3

Name the pioneer who started an Indian news agency in the country.

A)k c roy
B)paul julius reuter
C)bidhu bhushan sengupta
D)rajaram mohan roy

Answer 3

k c roy

Question 4

Name the news agency associated with S Sadanand.

A)associated press of india
B)orient press of india
C)united press of india
D)free press of india

Question 5

TASS- Itar is a news agency of

A)uk
B)us
C)germany
D)russia

Question 6

PTI started functioning in ……

A)1947
B)1948
C)1949
D)1950

Question 7

The Hindi news agency of PTI is known as….

A)pti hindi
B)pti hindustani
C)pti bhasha
D)pti rashtra

Question 8

The Hindi wire service of UNI is known as….

A)unisamachar
B)unihindustan
C)unibhasha
D)univartha

Question 9

Which of the following is the first news agency in the world?

A)ap
B)afp
C)upi
D)reuters

Question 10

Kyodo is a news agency of …..

A)germany
B)s. korea
C)n. korea
D)japan

Question 11

The concept of Press Council first emerged in …..

A)sweden
B)uk
C)us
D)netherlands

Question 12

DPA is a news agency of ……

A)pakistan
B)south africa
C)germany
D)argentina

Question 13

Who among the following is not a chairperson of the Press Council of India?

A)justice markandy katju
B)justice r jayachandra reddy
C)justice p b sawant
D)justice k k mathew

Question 14

Press Council of India is a … body including the chairperson

A)26
B)27
C)28
D)29

Question 15

Self regulatory body of the television news channels in India is….

A)press council of india
B)television council of india
C)news broadcasting standards authority
D)broadcast authority of india

Question 16

Which of the following is body that represents newspapers publishers?

A)abc
B)ins
C)rni
D)ifwj

Question 17

Who among the following was not a chief editor of Malayala Manorama?

A)kandathil varghese mappilai
B)mamman mappilai
C)k m george
D)k m mathew

Question 18

Who is generally described as the unsung hero of a newspaper?

A)reporter
B)sub editor
C)news editor
D)chief editor

Question 19

Ramnath Goenka is associated with ….

A)the indian express
B)the hindustan times
C)the times of india
D)the deccan herald

Question 20

Who among the following was a noted cartoonist?

A)bal thackeray
B)jug suraiyya
C)tjs george
D)pothan joseph

Question 21

K Sukumaran was the editor of

A)kerala kaumudi
B)mathrubhumi
C)malayala manorama
D)malayali

Question 22

First private TV channel in Malayalam was

A)surya
B)asianet
C)kairali
D)india vision

Question 23

Inverted pyramid style of reporting emerged during…..

A)american civil war
B)falkland war
C)russian revolution
D)french revolution

Question 24

Dateline in a report tells….

A)date of the story
B)date and place
C)date, place, country of the story
D)date, place reporter of the story

Question 25

A face to face interaction with media persons is generally known as …….

A)interview
B)press conference
C)press release
D)handouts