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MEDIA LAWS

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

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1.

CHOOSE THE MOST IMPORTANT:


Which of the following statements describes a major concern associated with the increasing concentration of mass media ownership?

a)

Journalism standards may decline.

b)

Burdensome regulation of media industries may win support.

c)

Incentives for media companies to innovate may be weakened.

d)

The range of voices available to media consumers may be limited.

2.

Slander refers to

a)

Written defamation

b)

Civil Defamation

c)

Spoken Defamation

d)

Criminal Defamation

3.

Sedition is covered in _______________ of IPC.

a)

Section 126-A

b)

Section 123-A

c)

Section 124-A

d)

Section 125-A

4.

Who all were tried under seditious charges?


(choose more than one)

a)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

b)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c)

MK Gandhi

d)

Bhagat Singh

5.

Sedition may be in the form of


(choose more than one answer)

a)

act

b)

writing

c)

speech

d)

expression

6.

Which one of the following is punishable as sedition?

a)

Bitter Criticism of the government

b)

Inducing people to disobey the law and lawful authority.

c)

A publicist attack on the policies of the government.

d)

An attempt to remove the ministers from power.

7.

What may or may NOT be considered to be contempt of court?

a)

scandalizing the court

b)

abusing the judge

c)

interference with judicial proceeding

d)

failure to comply with a court order

8.

____________ states that Supreme Court shall be a court of record and empowers it to punish for contempt of court.

a)

Article 119

b)

Article 127

c)

Article 129

d)

Article 137

9.

________ states high court to be a court of record and empower it to punish for contempt of itself.

a)

Article 215

b)

Article 225

c)

Article 213

d)

Article 217

10.

What is considered as criminal contempt?

a)

willful disobedience to a writ

b)

disrespecting the judge

c)

scandalizing the court in an editorial

d)

failure to appear in a court hearing

11.

What is the time limitation for the initiation of proceedings on contempt of court?

a)

6 months

b)

12 months

c)

18 months

d)

24 months

12.

Which section of IPC does not deal with obscenity?

a)

SECTION 293

b)

SECTION 294

c)

SECTION 291

d)

SECTION 292

13.

Obscenity is legally defined by which elements?

a)

An average individual applying her or his contemporary community standards must believe the content, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest

b)

The content must show or describe in an offensive manner sexual conduct.

c)

The content on the whole must lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

14.

Siphoning of funds from financial institutions is an example of

a)

cyber crime against a person

b)

cyber crime against property

c)

cyber crime against government

d)

cyber extortion

15.

IT ACT 2000 came into force on

a)

February 27, 2000

b)

October 17, 2000

c)

May 15, 2000

d)

November 11, 2000

16.

IT Amendment Act 2008 focuses more on information security.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

Libel differs from slander because

a)

Libel is an attack on a person's character

b)

Libel is a defamation that is written

c)

Slander damages property

d)

All of the above

18.

Which is the Act which provides legal framework for e-Governance in India?

a)

IT (amendment) Act 2008

b)

Indian Penal Code

c)

IT Act 2000

d)

None of the above

19.

Major amendments to IT Act 2000 was introduced in the form of IT (amendment) Act 2008, which came into effect on

a)

01 June 2008

b)

27 October 2009

c)

27 October 2008

d)

03 July 2009

20.

Which section of IT Act was invalidated by Supreme Court of India?

a)

Section 66F

b)

Section 66B

c)

Section 66D

d)

Section 66A

21.

Which IPC section states punishment for defamation?

a)

Section 400

b)

Section 300

c)

Section 500

d)

Section 600

22.

Supreme Court (SC) of India is located in

a)

Ernakulam

b)

Mumbai

c)

New Delhi

d)

None of these

23.

Law concerned with non criminal matter

a)

Civil Law

b)

Media Law

c)

Public Law

d)

None of these

24.

Element which must be present before a libel charge can be brought against a media report


CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE

a)

Publication

b)

Harm to a person’s reputation

c)

False statement

d)

Privileged statement

25.

The following is a defence against defamation

a)

If it were for the public good,

b)

To publish a substantially true report of the proceedings of a court of justice,

c)

To express in good faith any option whatever respecting the conduct of a public servant in the discharge of his public functions,

d)

All of these

26.

A person is said to be offender of Contempt of Court under the following circumstance

a)

Charging the judge with unreasonability and inability,

b)

To threat the witnesses,

c)

To attempt to obstruct in the police inquiry against the order of the judge,

d)

All of these

27.

The freedom of expression is guaranteed under ______ of Indian Constitution (A) , (B) (C) , (D)

a)

Article 19(1)(a)

b)

Article 19 (2),

c)

Article 19 (1)(b)

d)

None of these

28.

Which factor controls the freedom of press

a)

Nature of journalists

b)

Nature of editors

c)

Nature of ownership

d)

None of these

29.

Which law protects information and official documents of certain offices of Indian government?

a)

Trademark Act

b)

Official Secrets Act

c)

Copyright Act

d)

IT Act

30.

Which IPC section states punishment for defamation?

a)

Section 400

b)

Section 300

c)

Section 500

d)

Section 600

31.

Which are the court of record?


CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE

a)

High Court

b)

Appellate court

c)

District Court

d)

Supreme Court

32.

Transmission of obscene material online is

a)

Crime against individual

b)

Crime against government

c)

Crime against property

d)

All of the above

33.

Ransomware is an example of

a)

Cyber Extortion

b)

Cyber Terrorism

c)

Cyber warfare

d)

Impersonation

34.

Trojan Horse is an example of

a)

Logic Bombs

b)

Computer virus

c)

Forgery

d)

DOS attack

35.

IPR stands for

a)

Intellectual Property Rights

b)

Information Privacy Right

c)

Information Patent Right

d)

None of the above

36.

For the year 2019, India was ranked _________ of 180 on Press Freedom Index.

a)

136

b)

138

c)

140

d)

114

37.

Which of the following statements describes a major concern associated with the increasing concentration of mass media ownership?

a)

Newpaper quality may decline.

b)

Burdensome regulation of media industries may win support.

c)

Incentives for media companies to innovate may be weakened.

d)

The range of voices available to media consumers may be limited.

38.

There is no special provision for press law in Indian constitution.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

39.

IT ACT 2000 does not

a)

Facilitate eGovernance

b)

Provide data protection to public

c)

Provide legal framework to electronic records

d)

Provide legal recognition for online transactions

40.

Citizen journalism is the practice of

a)

preparing stories that will help citizens vote in elections.

b)

publishing only those stories that are of interest to politically active citizens.

c)

collaborating with nonprofit organizations to prepare news stories.

d)

inviting readers and viewers to participate in the creation of news content.

41.

Reuters is an example of

a)

Media company

b)

News agency

c)

Newspaper

d)

Broadcasting Media

42.

Electronic Signature was REPLACED BY Digital Signature in ITAA 2008.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

43.

Crimes related with Automated Teller Machines (ATM) also come under the ambit of IT law.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

44.

Section 293 of IPC

a)

defines obscenity

b)

bans the sell/distribution/exhibition/circulation of obscene material to person below the age of 20

c)

states the punishment for obscenity

d)

None of the above

45.

Which of the following is NOT necessarily considered obscenity until it tends to corrupt the person reading, seeing or hearing

a)

Nude images

b)

Pornographic videos

c)

Sexually depraving text

d)

None

46.

According to the law in India, anything that is lascivious or appeals to prurient interest or if its effect is to deprave and corrupt the persons who read, see or hear the matter contained will come under the purview of obscenity.

-IPC Section 292

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

47.

In the movie, Bandit Queen(Phoolan Devi), the scenes depicting nudity was adjudged as not obscene on the grounds that

a)

the purpose of the scenes were not to titillate the cinemagoer's lust

b)

the scenes were an indispensable part of the whole story

c)

the scenes depicted the social menace of torture and violence against a child

d)

All of the above

48.

In Ranjit D. Udeshi vs State of Maharashtra, the accused were prosecuted under the charge of possession(for the purpose of sale) of the unexpurgated version of which book?

a)

Tales of Two Cities

b)

Lady Chatterley's Lover

c)

Anna Karenina

d)

Prajapati

49.

A cardinal sin for a journalist is to

a)

misspell a name in a news report

b)

disagree with the editor

c)

publish a story that angers local officials.

d)

reveal how decisions are made about what is newsworthy.

50.

Which of the following is NOT considered ethical in Journalism?

a)

Indulging in yellow journalism

b)

Disclosing the identity of rape/sexual victims

c)

Uncovering corruption

d)

Giving into personal interest while covering news

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