Media Quiz

1. The recent controversial novel of Khushwant Singh is :
(A) The Company of Women
(B) Women and Women
(C) Women
(D) Men Are Men

2. Hindi Film 'Pinjar' is based on the novel of :
(A) Amrita Pritam
(B) Rajindar Singh Bedi
(C) Arundhati Roy
(D) Ashapurna Devi

3. The punch line 'Desh ka namak' belongs to which advertisement?
(A) Captain Cook
(B) Tata Salt
(C) Annapurna Salt
(D) Dandi Namak


4. The punch line 'Jagai Jeevan ke Navras' can be found in the advertisement of :
(A) Brook Bond Tea
(B) Tata Tea
(C) Society Tea
(D) Tetley Tea

5. ‘www.monster.com’ is a website related to :
(A) Blog
(B) Job hunting
(C) On line Video game
(D) search engine

6. Amitabh Bachchan modelled for :
(A) Reid &Taylor
(B) J.Hampsted
(C) Raymond
(D) Siyaram

7. Message of 'Pulse Polio' campaign is :
(A) Kuchchh Boond Zindagi Ki
(B) Do Boond Zindagi Ki
(C) Zindagi Ki Do Boond
(D) Jeevan Ki Do Boond

8. Following periodical has recently been launched by Malyala Manorama group for children :
(A) Chanda Mama
(B) Nandan
(C) Tell Me Why
(D) Champak

9. Which ad Agency produced the popular TV advertisement 'Aap Close Kyun Nahin Kartey Hain’?
(A) Lintas
(B) Mudra
(C) HTA
(D) O & M

10. Blue Tooth is a device found in :
(A) Cellular phone
(B) Fax Machine
(C) Tele printer
(D) TV

11. Who is called 'Father of the Indian Ad World?
(A) A.G. Krishnamurthy
(B) Khodus Wadia
(C) Alayque Padamsee
(D) Siddhartha Shunu Sen

12. Which magazine has recently introduced its punchline ‘Journalism with a human touch’ on its cover?
(A) Outlook
(B) The Week
(C) India Today
(D) Frontline

13. Who is the present editor of English magazine 'Femina'?
(A) Vimla Patil
(B) Tanya Chaitanya
(C) Satya Saran
(D) Pearl Padamsee

14. Maqbool, the film produced by Vishal Bhardwaj was based on which the following Shakesperean tragic play?
(A) Othello
(B) Macbeth
(C) King Lear
(D) Hamlet

15. The first TV serial of Shahrukh Khan was :
(A) Dusra Keval
(B) Circus
(C) Fauji
(D) Ahmaque

16. In which year did Sushmita Sen win the Miss Universe pageant?
(A) 1992
(B) 1993
(C) 1994
(D) 1995

17. What is ‘shelf life’ of a product?
(A) Time slot between production and consumption
(B) Time after the purchase
(C) Time taken in the manufacturing
(D) None of these

18. Who was the first Miss World from India?
(A) Aishwarya Rai
(B) Diana Hayden
(C) Priyanka Chopra
(D) Reita Faria

19. Azim Premji is the Managing Director of which business group ?
(A) Reliance
(B) JCT
(C) Wipro
(D) None of these

20. The new system to get cable connection of one’s choice is :
(A) CAT
(B) VAT
(C) MOD-VAT
(D) CAS

21. Set-top box is :
(A) DTH receiver
(B) CAS receiver
(C) Both
(D) None of the above

22. Anita Desai is related to the field of :
(A) Singing
(B) Writing
(C) Theatre
(D) Handicrafts

23. The percentage of FDI in film and advertisement industry fixed by the government is :
(A) 100
(B) 26
(C) 76
(D) 49

24. Which one is not a sports channel?
(A) ESPN
(B) Star Sports
(C) DD Sports
(D) HBO

25. Which one is a film channel ?
(A) Star Gold
(B) Star Plus
(C) Star World
(D) Star TV

Answers :

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