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Media Role In Society — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Mass Communication & Journalism MCQs on Media Role In Society — Part 2 with worked academic solutions for CSS, PMS, PPSC, FPSC.

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Question 1 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

"Young India" was later renamed as

Question 2 of 40
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The New World Information and communication Order (NWLCO), which has been mentioned in the ten clauses of the Inter-nation Principles of Professional Ethics in Journalism (UNESCO) lays stress on

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★ CSS ★ PMS

Who helped the "Sarvjanik Sabha" of Poona to organize the conference of journalists working on language papers?

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★ CSS ★ PMS

Radio broadcasting commenced in India in

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Which of the following theories believes that the mass media are being used as the stoges of the rich capitalists to export the weak poor masses?

Question 6 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

"Navjivan" was started by

Question 7 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The first radio station was set up in

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★ CSS ★ PMS

What is repugnant to the Gandhian State?

Question 9 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The example of eventuality that could be considered as a civil contempt of court is

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★ CSS ★ PMS

Urban poverty has been reduced due to the advent of the media. Do you agree with this statement?

Question 11 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Name the journal, which was composed by Karsadas Mulji in 1852?

Question 12 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Who defined an audience as a "conventionalized crowd"?

Question 13 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Peculiarities of writing style that the court reporter usually has to adopt are

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★ CSS ★ PMS

Dadabhai Naoroji's own monthly journal was published on?

Question 15 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Assertion (R): Protests by scheduleded castes against the practice of untouchability and atrocities have increased. Reason (R): Their action have stirred the government machinery to enforce law and order strictly.

Question 16 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Adelphic or Fraternal polyandry is in practice in the

Question 17 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which of the following is not a public service concept?

Question 18 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

What is the major problem of the Press in India?

Question 19 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The Kashrniri women participate in the Rauf dance to welcome

Question 20 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer: List-I (Social Institutions) List-II (Place) a. Kibbutzim 1. New Guinea b. Kula 2. Australia c. Potlatch 3. Israel d. Polyandry 4. India 5. The USA

Question 21 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Gandhiji started "Harijan movement" in

Question 22 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

"AIR" was called Akashwani in

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The difference between the number of people coming into the area and those going out of that area is called

Question 24 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

In which year was the first news agency founded?

Question 25 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Who owns the newspaper 'The Times of India'?

Question 26 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The total number of Puranas is . . . . . . . . and the total number of the Vedas is . . . . . . . .

Question 27 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Who was the great social reformer between 1884 and 1891?

Question 28 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Assertion (A): Now-a-days, caste is no bar to the choice of occupations. Reason (R): Indian democracy guarantees its people freedom in the choice of occupations. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

Question 29 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Assertion (A): Social mobility is the movement of individuals or groups from one social stratum to another. Reason (R): The degree to which systems of stratification are open or closed depends on the extent of social mobility.

Question 30 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

According to whom "mass" exist only in the minds of elite?

Question 31 of 40
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Who is the 18 th century's most important Journalist?

Question 32 of 40
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Which news-agency is a post war successor to the Agency Havas?

Question 33 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

In India the first news bulletin was introduced in

Question 34 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The non-fraternal polyandry is in existence in the

Question 35 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

In which writer's words the newspaper is historian reporter, analyst, communicator, salesmen and advocate?

Question 36 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Why did Malabari organised country-wide agitation?

Question 37 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which set of goods are exchanged under the Kula?

Question 38 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Reservation for Scheduled Castes is provided in proportion to their

Question 39 of 40
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Which of the following tribes not follow the Anader form of marriage?

Question 40 of 40
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The folk dance, kavadi, is devoted to

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