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EJ program 5th Batch Selection Form

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Your Full Name: (Please ensure this is the same as the registered name)

4 lines
2.

Email Id used to register for the program:

4 lines
3.

Your current city of residence:

4 lines
4.

Your age in Completed years as on 01 October 2023:

4 lines
5.

India is the greatest country in the world.

Is this a:

a)

Fact

b)

Inference

c)

Judgement

6.

The Russia - Ukraine War has been going on since:

a)

January 2023

b)

February 2023

c)

January 2022

d)

February 2022

7.

The Capital of Bangladesh is:

a)

Thimphu

b)

Kathmandu

c)

Colombo

d)

Dhaka

8.

Copy and paste the text of the report you wrote on a recent news item.

The report can be on any ONE of the following four topics:

A. The Israel War

B. India's performance in the 4th Asian Para Games

C. Cyber Heist of 16,180 crores from Safexpay

D. The Exclusosome (link in the email provided to you)

All entries will be checked for plagiarism and disqualified if there is any. Please ensure that your work is 100% written by you.

4 lines
9.

Which of these is called the primary sector of an economy?

a)

Printing money

b)

Agriculture

c)

Banks

d)

Education

e)

Factories

10.

Which UN Agency declares the World Heritage Sites worldwide?

a)

UNICEF

b)

WHO

c)

UN General Assembly

d)

UNESCO

11.

Rita is always late. Out the last ten times, she has come late eight times.

In this snippet, "Rita is always late" is a:

a)

Fact

b)

Inference

c)

Judgement

12.

Nearly 55% of India's agricultural land now has access to irrigation facilities. Almost half of our agriculture is still monsoon dependent. Our food security cannot be ensured without ensuring access to irrigation facilities.

In this paragraph, "Our food security ~" is a:

a)

Fact

b)

Inference

c)

Judgement

13.

Wikipedia is the best place on the internet to get knowledge.

This is a:

a)

Fact

b)

Inference

c)

Judgement

14.

What is the name of the current Prime Minister of Nepal?

a)

Shri KP Sharma Oli

b)

Shri Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'

c)

Shri Madhav Kumar

d)

Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami

15.

60% of the students in the class have taken science. 40% of the batch is non-science students.

The statement "40% of the batch is non-science students" is a:

a)

Fact

b)

Inference

c)

Judgement

16.

Where can we read the phrase "We, the people of India" ?

a)

Parliament House Entrance

b)

Preamble of the Indian Constitution

c)

Part 1, Section 1 of the Indian Constitution

17.

We have been here _____ four weeks.

a)

For

b)

Since

18.

The International Rescue Committee, Doctors Without Borders and CARE International also helping the country in recovery.

Identify the grammatical errors in the sentence above. Mark all that apply.

a)

There should be a comma after 'Doctors Without Borders'

b)

There should be an 'are' after 'CARE International'

c)

There should be an 'is' after 'CARE International'

d)

There should be no 'the' before 'International Rescue Committee'.

19.

In a certain language, Alpha is written as Bmqib and Beta is written as Cfub.

In that language, how do we write Omega?

(a)  

20.

If all chicken are yellow things, and some yellow things are balloons,

Are all chicken balloons?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Can't say

d)

I don't understand the question.

21.

Rajnish says to his friend, "I have 3 brothers. Each brother has 4 sisters. Each sister also has 4 brothers. How many siblings are we at home?"

What is the right answer? (In digits. For example, if you think that the answer is 48, just write 48 in the field below)

(a)  

22.

If you are doing it for a good cause, it is OK to reproduce, display, or share a picture even if you do not have the photographer's permission.

This statement is:

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know.

23.

You are accepted as a member of Empower Journalist Program and now write news stories on The Children's Post of India.

Your best friend asks you to write a story about a project that she is doing with an NGO.

Which of these will you do? (If more than one apply, mark all)

a)

Find out more about the work

b)

Say no because we should not write stories about friends and relatives.

c)

Say yes because she is your best friend and she always does great work.

d)

Check if the work meets "newsworthy" criteria and meets our editorial guidelines.

24.

Ruchi is 12 and wants to join the Empower Journalists Program. Which of these statements apply to Ruchi?

(Hint: Read the announcement)

a)

She stands a better chance of being selected for the program if she reaches out to the editorial team through her mom.

b)

She cannot join the program because she is too young

c)

She can write news stories for the website if she is selected and clears the training.

d)


She stands a better chance of being selected if she emails some samples of her writing.

25.

Which of these are UNSAFE internet practices? Mark all that apply.

a)


You are searching for images for a news story and a stranger on instagram connects with you and offers to share exclusive images with you over whatsapp.

b)


You are searching for more information on a news story and a website called "Popnews.com" comes in search results. You click on this new news website.

c)

You look for news on the government's information portal.

d)

You confirm the data given in the news from data.gov.in

26.

Have you written for a news publication before? If yes, please share links or provide details.

If you are a blogger, please share a link to your blog.

4 lines
27.

These are headlines from newspapers. Which ones are neutral?

a)

India's forex reserves drop to 580 million USD from 600 million US last week.

b)

Odisha opens nature sanctuary at Chilika Lake

c)

Is the third world war around the corner?

d)

The richest 1% own 80% of all wealth: Capitalism ruins societies

e)

Why getting up early is great for your health

28.

There will be several instances where a major or a whole part of your creation, that you might have worked really hard on, will be rejected. How do you feel you might react to that situation?


a)

I will quit the program.

b)

I will understand where change is needed and then work on another story

c)


I will understand where change is needed and resubmit

d)

This never happens to me. My work is always top notch.