Media Questions and Answers

1. Sting operation relates to :
(A) Surgery for scorpion bite
(B) Implanting artificial hairs
(C) Investigative Journalism
(D) TV Reality Show

2. Which one is not the name of a film?
(A) Bombay
(B) Hyderabad Blue
(C) Delhi Heights
(D) Delhi Rises

3. Which one is a brand of children’s outfits?
(A) Liliput
(B) Ginni And Jony
(C) Kangaroos
(D) All


4. In the cyber world ‘RAM’ stands for :
(A) Radio Audience Measurement
(B) Random Access Memory
(C) Regional Audio Metre
(D) Radio Active Metre

5. Which year was observed as the year of women's empowerment?
(A) 2000
(B) 2001
(C) 2002
(D) 2003

6. The parameter of assessing the popularity of TV programmes is :
(A) TVR
(B) TPR
(C) TCR
(D) TRP

7. Who is Ram Mohan?
(A) Well known cartoonist
(B) Well known Animation artist
(C) Well known musician
(D) None of these

8. Writer of ’Malgudi days’, the novel based on a south Indian imaginary locale is :
(A) RK Lakshman
(B) Ruskin Bond
(C) RK Narayanan
(D) None of these

9. Which one is not a journalist?
(A) M.J.Akbar
(B) Pranoy Roy
(C) Shahid Kapoor
(D) Sayeed Naqvi

10. 'Times of India' is a member of the following publication group :
(A) Bennet &Coleman
(B) Express
(C) Living Media
(D) Malayala Manorama

11. Author of ‘Dwikhandita’ is :
(A) Sharat Chandra
(B) Taslima Nasreen
(C) Jhumpa Lahiri
(D) None of the above

12. A branch of Indian Institute of Mass Communication has recently been established at :
(A) Sambalpur
(B) Dhenkanal
(C) Bhubaneshwar
(D) Mayurbhanj

13. English magazine 'The Week' is a member of the group :
(A) Bennet & Coleman
(B) Express
(C) Delhi Press
(D) Malayala Manorama

14. Which one is the oldest news agency of India?
(A) UNI
(B) PTI
(C) ANI
(B) UPI

15. The journalist accused by Sonu Nigam with the allegation of male casting couch?
(A) Subhash K.Jha
(B) Prakash K.Jha
(C) Prashant Thakkar
(D) None of these

16. “Because you deserve to know” is the punchline of which newspaper?
(A) The Hindu
(B) The Times of India
(C) The Indian Express
(D) The Hindustan Times

17. The first newspaper published from India was :
(A) Bengal Gazette
(B) Bombay Chronicle
(C) Punjab Kesari
(D) Times of India

18. What is said to be an ‘uncontrolled medium’?
(A) Cinema
(B) Theatre
(C) TV
(D) Computer

19. First Indian feature film was :
(A) Raja Harishchandra
(B) Mahabharat
(C) Bhakt Prahlad
(B) Bharat Darshan

20. Which one of the following is not a marriage portal?
(A) www.shahnai.com
(B) www.bharatmatrimony.com
(C) www.shaadi.com
(D) www.jeevansaathi.com

21. First speaking film (talkie) of India :
(A) Achhut Kanya
(B) Pather Panchali
(C) Alam Aara
(B) Mughal-e-Azam

22. Which Hindi film was nominated for Oscar award?
(A) Lagan
(B) Gadar Ek Prem Katha
(C) Bhagat Singh
(B) The Legend of Bhagat Singh

23. Which city hosted the Miss World Pageant for the first time in India?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Chennai
(C) Trivandrum
(D) Bangalore

24. Which Hindi film was not nominated for Oscar award?
(A) Salaam Bombay
(B) Mother India
(C) Pakeeza
(D) Lagan

25. Which brand showed an ordinary girl becoming a cricket commentator in its TV advertisement?
(A) Fair Ever
(B) Fair &Young
(C) Emami Fairness Cream
(D) Fair & Lovely

Answers :
1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (C) 10. (A)
11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (A) 16. (D) 17. (A) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (A)
21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (D) 24. (C) 25. (D)