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Media Laws And Ethics — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Mass Communication & Journalism MCQs on Media Laws And Ethics — Part 1 with worked academic solutions for CSS, PMS, PPSC, FPSC.

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Question 1 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The term 'jurisprudence' means

Question 2 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Why media laws have been incorporated?

Question 3 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Ethics is known as the philosophy of what?

Question 4 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Why do humans require a series of laws?

Question 5 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Some codes of ethics for media accepted by India are

Question 6 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The Press and Registration of Books Act was enacted in which year?

Question 7 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which journalistic standards and ethics emphasise independent fact-checking?

Question 8 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

India is a democratic republic because

Question 9 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

What did ancient Egyptian law contain?

Question 10 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Mass media system varies in the world with each other according to which of the following?

Question 11 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

In US, journalists follow which media laws?

Question 12 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

What does the fundamental rights under Indian Constitution guarantee?

Question 13 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Under which head (title) of the guidelines, issued by the Press Council of India, a foot-note should be appended to the report in the event of lack or absence of response

Question 14 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The basic law of Saudi Arabia defines media's role

Question 15 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which test became essentially the new definition of obscenity in the United States?

Question 16 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which Article of Indian Constitution grants the reputation of a person as an integral part of the right to life, which cannot be crucified at the altar or the others' right of free speech?

Question 17 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Under which Act do the official secrets fall in USA?

Question 18 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The year '1982' in the history of TV broadcast in India is important because

Question 19 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which country in 2001, replaced its official Secret Act with a Security of Information Act?

Question 20 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which body after more than 8 months of a wait denied the Right to Information on under construction Gomti River Front Development Project?

Question 21 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The first Press Council of India Act has been incorporated with many important functions to perform. Which of the following is not a function of the first Press Council of India?

Question 22 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

To improve the standard of news agencies and . . . . . . . . the Press Council was reconstituted.

Question 23 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Freedom of speech and expression is based on

Question 24 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which of the following has been decided as norms of conduct for journalist by Press Council?

Question 25 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The press in countries of European Union enjoys

Question 26 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which act made it a crime to print anything false about the government, President or Congress?

Question 27 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Under which law is remedy for civil defamation covered?

Question 28 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

. . . . . . . . empowered the government to frame rules for restricting any kind of printing, publications of books or other documents containing matters pre-judicial to the civil defence.

Question 29 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

According to which section of IPC, a person is said to defame the other by words either spoken or intended to be read or by signs or visible representations or by making or publishing any imputation concerning any person intending to harm?

Question 30 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

. . . . . . . . refers to the offence of showing disrespect to the dignity or authority of a court.

Question 31 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Match the following. List-I List-II a. To present accurate and exact information 1. Biased presentation of news b. Contemporary phenomenon 2. In performance of duty c. Observe society 3. Social responsibility d. Alertness 4. Professional responsibility

Question 32 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Declaration of what is right or wrong or what ought to be is called

Question 33 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

From which year journalistic code of ethics is present in USA?

Question 34 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which of the following sections deals with obscenity?

Question 35 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Arrange these Acts in chronological order as per year of enactment. 1. Contempt of Courts Act 2. Press Council Act 3. Copyright Act 4. Civil Defence Act

Question 36 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

One of the major recommendations of the First Press Commission of India was introduction of

Question 37 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Due to which of the following acts did Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Mirat-ul-Akhbar stop getting published?

Question 38 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

When was the first Press Council of India constituted?

Question 39 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

When was SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act implemented in India?

Question 40 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

A person, found guilty under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, can be punished for

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