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This section includes 579 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Unix knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
Which type of headline runs across entire page |
| A. | Banner |
| B. | Tripod |
| C. | Wicket |
| D. | Stethead |
| Answer» B. Tripod | |
| 102. |
Which of these headlines refers to a smaller headline located above the main headline? |
| A. | Kicker |
| B. | Slammer |
| C. | Crossline |
| D. | Side saddle |
| Answer» B. Slammer | |
| 103. |
Copy-editor is also known as __________ |
| A. | reporter |
| B. | writer |
| C. | sub-editor |
| D. | freelancer |
| Answer» D. freelancer | |
| 104. |
Which among the following is a News Value that can be used to determine the importance of a story? |
| A. | Spelling |
| B. | Punctuation |
| C. | Prominence |
| D. | Capitalization |
| Answer» D. Capitalization | |
| 105. |
While captioning a photo, you should not do one of these things Spot the incorrect statement |
| A. | Avoid jargon |
| B. | Be accurate |
| C. | Do it as per style sheet |
| D. | Keep it ambigous |
| Answer» E. | |
| 106. |
News Digest inside the front page usually has what type of stories? |
| A. | Snippets |
| B. | Extremely Long |
| C. | Only Puzzles |
| D. | Only Cartoons |
| Answer» B. Extremely Long | |
| 107. |
_______________refers to a website or computer software that collects specific type of information from multiple online sources,displays and links. |
| A. | Pagination |
| B. | Aggregator |
| C. | Metadata |
| D. | Mark up |
| Answer» C. Metadata | |
| 108. |
Which period is considered as "Golden age of Radio" |
| A. | 1920-1930 |
| B. | 1930-1950 |
| C. | 1919-1929 |
| D. | 1914-1918 |
| Answer» C. 1919-1929 | |
| 109. |
When writing about height, weight or other dimensions, use figures and spell out words such as ____________ |
| A. | words |
| B. | phrases |
| C. | figures |
| D. | feet |
| Answer» E. | |
| 110. |
This department supports the sutvival and success of the newspaper. |
| A. | Advertisement Department |
| B. | Business Department |
| C. | Logistics Department |
| D. | Accounts Department |
| Answer» B. Business Department | |
| 111. |
A misleading or false statement carried in an edition is likely to cause: |
| A. | Plagiarism |
| B. | Defamation |
| C. | Obscenity |
| D. | Copyright offence |
| Answer» C. Obscenity | |
| 112. |
The head quarters of the PTI |
| A. | Mumbai |
| B. | Chennai |
| C. | New Delhi |
| D. | Bangalore |
| Answer» B. Chennai | |
| 113. |
Gatefold can mostly be seen in |
| A. | books |
| B. | newspapers |
| C. | magazines |
| D. | posters |
| Answer» D. posters | |
| 114. |
Newspapers use _____________ when the information for a story is obtained outside the paper's hometown. |
| A. | Datelines |
| B. | phrases |
| C. | Words |
| D. | Paragraphs |
| Answer» B. phrases | |
| 115. |
Of which system is the media called the fourth pillar ? |
| A. | Government |
| B. | Parliament |
| C. | Democracy |
| D. | Federalism |
| Answer» D. Federalism | |
| 116. |
Who is responsible for the checking the Math in the news? |
| A. | Copyediting |
| B. | Photo Editor |
| C. | Wire Editor |
| D. | Copy Editor |
| Answer» B. Photo Editor | |
| 117. |
Clear communication is ______________ |
| A. | Unnecessary |
| B. | Imposing |
| C. | Essential |
| D. | Waste of time |
| Answer» D. Waste of time | |
| 118. |
Which of these elements is not a basic factor of layout? |
| A. | Balance |
| B. | Contrast |
| C. | White space |
| D. | Editorial |
| Answer» E. | |
| 119. |
Editor-in-chief is also known as |
| A. | Sub-editor |
| B. | Chief editor |
| C. | face of newspaper |
| D. | Head of editorial team |
| Answer» D. Head of editorial team | |
| 120. |
The sub-editor who oversees copy from the news services or news agencies is commonly known as the ____ |
| A. | Photo Editor |
| B. | Wire Editor |
| C. | Copy Editor |
| D. | City Editor |
| Answer» C. Copy Editor | |
| 121. |
Which of the following is not a news agency ? |
| A. | PTI |
| B. | CNN |
| C. | AFP |
| D. | UNI |
| Answer» C. AFP | |
| 122. |
What is the term used to refer to a publication’s website that doesn’t let you access content free of cost? |
| A. | Gateway |
| B. | Pay per view |
| C. | Pay for paper |
| D. | Paywall |
| Answer» E. | |
| 123. |
Blurb means |
| A. | A publisher's commendatory description of a book commonly printed on the jacket |
| B. | News story enclosed in a box. |
| C. | An item covered on all four sides with a border to enclose short important news |
| D. | Box item |
| Answer» D. Box item | |
| 124. |
In a regular broadsheet page, the size of headlines for multiple stories from top to bottom of page generally __________ |
| A. | Increases |
| B. | Decreases |
| C. | Remains the same |
| D. | No headline provided for bottom stories |
| Answer» C. Remains the same | |
| 125. |
Which of these elements is not added to online feature stories? |
| A. | Memes |
| B. | Video |
| C. | Embedded tweets |
| D. | Disclaimer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 126. |
A mock-up of a design page is called as a… |
| A. | Style sheet |
| B. | Dummy |
| C. | Typeface |
| D. | Grid |
| Answer» C. Typeface | |
| 127. |
When is proofreading done? |
| A. | After the copy is slotted |
| B. | Before the page is released for printing |
| C. | After the page is released for printing |
| D. | Before the editing process |
| Answer» C. After the page is released for printing | |
| 128. |
The first public transimission system in the world was |
| A. | CNN |
| B. | NHK |
| C. | BBC |
| D. | Doordarshan |
| Answer» D. Doordarshan | |
| 129. |
Name of Business Magazine |
| A. | Business Standard |
| B. | Gyan Darshan |
| C. | Vidya Bharati |
| D. | Femina |
| Answer» B. Gyan Darshan | |
| 130. |
Which of these is not one of the basic objectives of layout? |
| A. | Unity |
| B. | Balance |
| C. | Contrast |
| D. | Repetition |
| Answer» E. | |
| 131. |
Principles of graphic designing are |
| A. | unbalanced |
| B. | Contrast |
| C. | types of paper |
| D. | content |
| Answer» C. types of paper | |
| 132. |
The standard news story structure in which facts are arranged in descending order of importance. |
| A. | Inverted Pyramid |
| B. | Soft news story |
| C. | Scoop |
| D. | Consistent |
| Answer» B. Soft news story | |
| 133. |
Newspapers and news organisations follow their own ______________. |
| A. | Gather |
| B. | Styling |
| C. | Pattern |
| D. | House style |
| Answer» E. | |
| 134. |
______ is the key to the wire editor’s job |
| A. | Pictures |
| B. | language |
| C. | Photo |
| D. | Communication |
| Answer» E. | |
| 135. |
A story sent round to newspapers by a public relations department is commonly known as_______. |
| A. | Handout |
| B. | Press note |
| C. | Press release |
| D. | Scoop |
| Answer» D. Scoop | |
| 136. |
Photo and graphic image file formats that are accepted by major news productions include |
| A. | JPEG,JPEG 200, TIFF, RAW |
| B. | JPEG, TIFF, RAW, EPS |
| C. | JPEG,JPEG 200, GIF, PDF |
| D. | FLV, SWF |
| Answer» E. | |
| 137. |
Which of these statements about captions is incorrect? |
| A. | They should avoid ambiguity |
| B. | They should be repetitive |
| C. | They should explain the photo |
| D. | They should be concise |
| Answer» C. They should explain the photo | |
| 138. |
Basically the story of a newspaper is divided in _______ parts. |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» B. 1 | |
| 139. |
In this kind of page layout, articles are put side by side so that the headlines are adjacent. |
| A. | Tombstoning |
| B. | Ears Newspapers |
| C. | Banner |
| D. | Hard News |
| Answer» B. Ears Newspapers | |
| 140. |
When a writer consciously or unconsciously expresses doubt, criticism or praise in a news story, it is called |
| A. | Contradiction |
| B. | Editorialising |
| C. | Incompleteness |
| D. | Dilemma |
| Answer» C. Incompleteness | |
| 141. |
What is the purpose of a Resident Editor? |
| A. | Supervises editorial work in a bureau |
| B. | Oversees work across centres |
| C. | Section head that looks into film, sports, feature section, etc |
| D. | Works under News Editor |
| Answer» B. Oversees work across centres | |
| 142. |
___________is a very important in a layout because it attracts attention |
| A. | Kill |
| B. | deadline |
| C. | filler |
| D. | Colour |
| Answer» E. | |
| 143. |
A _______ is senior journalist, in charge of a section of the paper and a team of reporters, who decides what stories should be covered. |
| A. | desk-editor |
| B. | reporter |
| C. | copy-editor |
| D. | coulmnist |
| Answer» B. reporter | |
| 144. |
Which of these aspects enhances the flow of a story? |
| A. | Having a clear beginning, middle and end |
| B. | Using statistics and figures |
| C. | Not using statistics or figures |
| D. | Jumping from one concept to the next |
| Answer» B. Using statistics and figures | |
| 145. |
Newspaper layout and pages are divided vertically into __________________ |
| A. | pillars |
| B. | columns |
| C. | passage |
| D. | brief |
| Answer» C. passage | |
| 146. |
A____________is the arrangement of news stories, photographs and other editorial content on a page |
| A. | Layout |
| B. | Style Sheet |
| C. | Illustration |
| D. | Deck |
| Answer» B. Style Sheet | |
| 147. |
Journalists should observe special restraint on reports that may lead to communal tension. It's part of his/her |
| A. | Code of ethics |
| B. | Code of editing |
| C. | Code of page designing |
| D. | Code of conduct |
| Answer» B. Code of editing | |
| 148. |
A form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions? |
| A. | Investigative Journalism |
| B. | Civic Journalism |
| C. | Environmental Journalism |
| D. | Sports Journalism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 149. |
Working on page plan with page editor is the work of |
| A. | Editor-in-chief |
| B. | Copy editor |
| C. | Sub-editor |
| D. | Freelancer |
| Answer» D. Freelancer | |
| 150. |
It is said that _____________ speaks a thousand words. |
| A. | Photograph |
| B. | Video |
| C. | Movies |
| D. | Music |
| Answer» B. Video | |