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Print Media Unit-1 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who among the following published first newspaper in India?

a)

James Augustus Hickey

b)

Lord William Bentinck

c)

Lord Cornwallis                      

d)

Sir Thomas Munro

2.

What was the name/title of India’s first newspaper?

a)

Punjab Mirror 

b)

The Bengal Gazette

c)

Azad Hind

d)

Enlighten India

3.

Which was the first newspaper in Hindi ?

a)

Udant Markand

b)

Udant Martand

c)

Udant Vijayan

d)

Dainik Udand

4.

Who were the first Europeans, who brought a printing press to India?

a)

French     

b)

Dutch

c)

English    

d)

Portuguese

5.

Who among the following started Miratul Akhbaar?

a)

Fardaonji Murzban

b)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

c)

James Silk Buckingham

d)

Shishir Kumar Ghosh

6.

Who coined the term “fourth estate”?

a)

Charles Marrian        

b)

James Bryce

c)

Edmund Burke

d)

Thomas Jefferson

7.

Which one is attributed as first newspaper circulated during roman period ?

a)

Acta Diurna  

b)

Roman Times

c)

Greek Times         

d)

Latin Diurna

8.

The First Press Commission was formed in the year-

a)

1952

b)

1991

c)

1966

d)

2014

9.

 As per records of Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI), the total number of registered publications (including periodicals), as on 31st March, 2018 was

a)

50,239  

b)

 1,18,239

c)

5,039        

d)

18,239

10.

The word ‘journal’ originated from the Latin word ‘diurnal’ meaning

a)

Daily

b)

News

c)

 Activity

d)

Information

11.

 Which is not an activity covered under occupation of Journalism

a)

Writing

b)

 Editing

c)

Photography

d)

 Sales

12.

 Which one of the following comes under legal responsibility of a journalist-

a)

 Avoid Defamation

b)

Accuracy

c)

Fairness

d)

Balance

13.

 Which one is a professional responsibility of a journalist

a)

 File report on time

b)

 Spread awareness

c)

Follow law & order

d)

 Enhance social harmony

14.

You write about bad condition of roads in your locality in a blog with some self-shot pictures and share it to many social media platforms. Which kind of Journalism is it ?

a)

 Private Journalism

b)

 Social Media Journalism

c)

Independent Journalism

d)

 Citizen Journalism

15.

 The genre of newspapers which were cheap and mass produced in tabloid-style in the United States from the 1830s onwards, was called

a)

Penny Press              

b)

Cent Press

c)

 Free Press  

d)

Offset Press

16.

The sensational and exaggerated reporting and writing to attract readers and increase circulation is also know as-

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

 Blue Journalism

c)

Investigative Journalism    

d)

Penny Press

17.

Who is responsible for correcting punctuational mistakes in a story filed by a reporter ?

a)

 Reporter

b)

 Page designer

c)

Copy editor

d)

Manager

18.

 Who is not responsible for covering a press conference for newspaper?

a)

Reporter

b)

 Photographer

c)

Videographer

d)

News Editor

19.

Which newspaper was edited by Mahatma Gandhi ?

a)

Young India

b)

Free India

c)

 Indian Press

d)

Swaraj India

20.

 Which of the following was a major concern for press during emergency in India ?

a)

Censorship on Press         

b)

Scarcity of newsprint

c)

Cost of publishing   

d)

Financial crisis