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NTA NET Mass-Communication and Journalism June-2012 Solved Paper II Part 1

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1. The Shannon and Weaver model of communication is

(A) Modular

(B) Circular

(C) Linear

(D) Non-linear

2. The medium that has the widest reach in India is:

(A) Print

(B) Radio

(C) Television

(D) Internet

3. The Surgeon-General՚s report focused on the impact of television violence on

(A) Youth

(B) Women

(C) Children

(D) Ethnic minorities

4. The ‘Limited effects’ model of mass communication was a counter to

(A) ABX model

(B) Circular model

(C) Diffusion model

(D) Hypodermic needle model

5. The issue of monopoly press was debated extensively during the Prime Minister-ship of

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Indira Gandhi

(C) I. K. Gujral

(D) H. D. Deve Gowda

6. The code of ethics drawn in 1978 was a form of self-censorship by

(A) The Indian Languages Newspaper Association

(B) The Advertising Standards Council of India.

(C) The All-India Newspaper Editors՚ Conference

(D) The Editors՚ Guild

7. A licence in copyright matters creates in the license

(A) Public right

(B) Personal right

(C) Proprietary right

(D) Statutory right

8. The distinction of being the editor of two major English newspapers, The Times of India and the Statesman was held by

(A) Robert Knight

(B) James Bryce

(C) Peter Reed

(D) Rudyard Kipling

9. The community radio concept is identified with

(A) Broadcasting

(B) Narrowcasting

(C) Personal casting

(D) Podcasting

10. One of the major recommendations of the First Press Commission of India was introduction of

(A) Price-page schedule

(B) Right to Information Act

(C) Press freedom as a constitutional guarantee

(D) Codification of journalistic privileges

11. The communication theory of developmental communication emphasized

(A) Top-down communication

(B) Mechanistic communication

(C) Epistemological approach

(D) Extensive demonstrations

12. A strategy that is integrated into communication for development is

(A) Religious lecture

(B) Social marketing

(C) Propaganda

(D) Rural publicity

13. The middle range theory of communication was advocated by

(A) John Fiske

(B) Robert Merton

(C) Karl Marx

(D) M. S. Archer

14. F. R. Leavis stressed on ________ of media text.

(A) Practical criticism

(B) Inter-relatedness

(C) Transience

(D) Commercial elements

15. A universal generalization is the main feature of ________ explanation.

(A) Purposive

(B) Accidental

(C) Inductive

(D) Deductive

16. The Likert scale is used to find out ________ of items selected.

(A) The argumentative structure

(B) The meaning

(C) The objectives

(D) The discriminative power