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| 251. |
Which of these are essential elements in a review? |
| A. | Pros and cons |
| B. | Only the cons |
| C. | Only the pros |
| D. | Bias |
| Answer» B. Only the cons | |
| 252. |
James Augustus Hickey Launched |
| A. | Bengal Gazzette |
| B. | Lucknow Gazzete |
| C. | Kanpur Gazzette |
| D. | Bombay Gazzette |
| Answer» B. Lucknow Gazzete | |
| 253. |
___ editor work with authors primarily on structure, flow and organization, though many do copyediting as well. |
| A. | Acquisitions |
| B. | Assigning |
| C. | Copy Editor |
| D. | Copy Editor |
| Answer» C. Copy Editor | |
| 254. |
To which mechanical appliance does the wire agency owe its name to? |
| A. | Telephone |
| B. | Telegraph |
| C. | Cell phone |
| D. | Computer |
| Answer» C. Cell phone | |
| 255. |
What makes a story “newsworthy”? |
| A. | The story has to be about a topic that appeals to public interest |
| B. | The story has to be published |
| C. | The story has to have balanced sources |
| D. | The story has to be about a celebrity |
| Answer» B. The story has to be published | |
| 256. |
All reading materials except advertisements are assembled in the ______________ |
| A. | Managerial Department |
| B. | Editorial department |
| C. | Advertisement Department |
| D. | Productive Department |
| Answer» C. Advertisement Department | |
| 257. |
A Small headline, usually above the main headline in a newspaper |
| A. | Byline |
| B. | Kicker |
| C. | Text |
| D. | Subhead |
| Answer» C. Text | |
| 258. |
______________ is a tailoring of news items and news story. |
| A. | Coping |
| B. | editing |
| C. | scaling |
| D. | cropping |
| Answer» C. scaling | |
| 259. |
Proof reading is the work of |
| A. | Intern |
| B. | Reporter |
| C. | Freelancer |
| D. | Sub-editor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 260. |
Multi tasking in Journalism is due to |
| A. | Media Globalisation |
| B. | Economic Liberalisation |
| C. | Social Integration |
| D. | Technological Convergence |
| Answer» E. | |
| 261. |
Old photos can be used by _____________ the subject. |
| A. | circling |
| B. | cropping |
| C. | squaring |
| D. | marking an 'x' on |
| Answer» B. cropping | |
| 262. |
The section which covers the information related to important or recent issues of the nation? |
| A. | Alien News |
| B. | National News |
| C. | Political News |
| D. | International News |
| Answer» C. Political News | |
| 263. |
Which of this magazine focuses on content centered around women |
| A. | Femina |
| B. | Counselled |
| C. | Business Today |
| D. | Jalwa |
| Answer» B. Counselled | |
| 264. |
_____ Domestic rules in individual newspapers governing type faces, layout styles, peculiarities of spelling and punctuation etc. |
| A. | Headline |
| B. | Libel |
| C. | House Style |
| D. | Slug |
| Answer» D. Slug | |
| 265. |
Depended clause are used jn _____________ |
| A. | Poetry |
| B. | Radio |
| C. | Television |
| D. | Newspaper |
| Answer» E. | |
| 266. |
Which headine is Permanent in nature. |
| A. | Stet Head |
| B. | Tripod |
| C. | Wicket |
| D. | Stethead |
| Answer» B. Tripod | |
| 267. |
Who is the editor of THE HINDU? |
| A. | Benett Coleman |
| B. | Ramnath Goenka |
| C. | Suresh Nambath |
| D. | Kumar Ketkar |
| Answer» D. Kumar Ketkar | |
| 268. |
Which kind of stories usually have an inverted pyramid? |
| A. | News stories |
| B. | Feature stories |
| C. | Travel stories |
| D. | Reviews |
| Answer» B. Feature stories | |
| 269. |
First Newspaper in India found by |
| A. | James Hickey |
| B. | Ivy Lee |
| C. | Walter Lippman |
| D. | James Gruing/Todd Hunt |
| Answer» B. Ivy Lee | |
| 270. |
Keeping track of exclusives is the work on which editor? |
| A. | Chief Sub-Editor |
| B. | Copy Editor |
| C. | News Editor |
| D. | Design head |
| Answer» D. Design head | |
| 271. |
News Editor is responsible for |
| A. | Whole news content |
| B. | Content of the page |
| C. | Graphics |
| D. | Layout |
| Answer» B. Content of the page | |
| 272. |
Photojournalists see the use of computer software to alter images as comparable to __________________. |
| A. | cropping photos or increasing the contrast in the image. |
| B. | the artistic license novelists take with facts. |
| C. | a reporter’s making up facts for a news story. |
| D. | a mild form of exaggeration. |
| Answer» D. a mild form of exaggeration. | |
| 273. |
______________ stated that, " an effective lead is a brief, sharp statement of the story's essential facts." |
| A. | Charnley |
| B. | Anthony |
| C. | Augustus |
| D. | Himmey |
| Answer» B. Anthony | |
| 274. |
Which of this is a type of headline |
| A. | Tripod |
| B. | Bluto |
| C. | line items |
| D. | Hacker |
| Answer» B. Bluto | |
| 275. |
A psychographic characteristic of a Newspaper readers is |
| A. | Income |
| B. | Age |
| C. | Gender |
| D. | Need for status |
| Answer» E. | |
| 276. |
The main function of editing is to: |
| A. | Suggest a conclusion |
| B. | Bring conciseness and clarity in copy |
| C. | Help reporters spot a story |
| D. | Target readers |
| Answer» C. Help reporters spot a story | |
| 277. |
Dummy means: |
| A. | The total copies of a newspaper printed at one run |
| B. | An intro beginning with a display type much bigger in proportion to the text type. |
| C. | It is an experimental printing, not for public view, it only shows the position of advertisements, stories, illustrations etc |
| D. | Printed sheet of newspaper |
| Answer» D. Printed sheet of newspaper | |
| 278. |
Which of these is not a basic function of proofreading? |
| A. | To detect surface level errors |
| B. | Basic editing |
| C. | Using symbols to mark changes |
| D. | To design a copy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 279. |
Designing a page has the following advantages - |
| A. | Does not Enhances beauty and provides no clarity |
| B. | Gives more clarity |
| C. | Enhances the beauty |
| D. | Enhances beauty and gives clarity |
| Answer» E. | |
| 280. |
Curtain raiser is part of a/an |
| A. | Investigative Journalism |
| B. | Interpretative Journalism |
| C. | Advocacy Journalism |
| D. | Counter Media |
| Answer» C. Advocacy Journalism | |
| 281. |
Direct Quotes are common in ______________ |
| A. | Radio |
| B. | Television |
| C. | Newspaper |
| D. | Poetry |
| Answer» D. Poetry | |
| 282. |
The primary concern of the___________ in the organizational chart of his newspaper is, of course, the editorial department. |
| A. | Other |
| B. | copy editor |
| C. | Content Editor |
| D. | Developmental Editor |
| Answer» C. Content Editor | |
| 283. |
The full form of ABC is |
| A. | Accuracy, Brevity, Consistency |
| B. | Audit Bureau of Circulation |
| C. | Audit Bureau of Copies |
| D. | All Books and Copies |
| Answer» C. Audit Bureau of Copies | |
| 284. |
What is soft news? |
| A. | News that’s based on opinions, not facts |
| B. | Advice columns |
| C. | News that’s entertaining or interesting |
| D. | News that’s circulated on the Internet, not on paper |
| Answer» D. News that’s circulated on the Internet, not on paper | |
| 285. |
What is a hook/news peg? |
| A. | The angle to the story |
| B. | Source of the story |
| C. | Quotes featured in the story |
| D. | Summary of story |
| Answer» B. Source of the story | |
| 286. |
In deciding whether to broadcast or publish graphic images of violence or disasters, producers and editors must weigh _______________. |
| A. | unnecessarily offending viewers and readers against the need to increase viewership or readership. |
| B. | unnecessarily offending viewers and readers against the need to inform them of harsh realities. |
| C. | the need to inform viewers and readers of harsh realities against the possibility of offending high government officials. |
| D. | the need to inform viewers and readers of harsh realities against the popular desire to read and watch pleasing news stories. |
| Answer» C. the need to inform viewers and readers of harsh realities against the possibility of offending high government officials. | |
| 287. |
In big news papers a ________ popularly called the 'morgue' |
| A. | Library |
| B. | picture room |
| C. | Newsroom |
| D. | Picture Division |
| Answer» B. picture room | |
| 288. |
An editor, in order to maintain consistency in visual style in his newspaper, should |
| A. | use outlines in bold types |
| B. | use all cap headlines |
| C. | use fonts within one type family |
| D. | use italics for intros |
| Answer» D. use italics for intros | |
| 289. |
A good editorial policy is always a ____________policy |
| A. | pro-government |
| B. | pro-marketing |
| C. | pro-people |
| D. | pro-owner |
| Answer» D. pro-owner | |
| 290. |
In which genre of writing the inverted pyramid structure is used ? |
| A. | News |
| B. | Feature |
| C. | Editorial |
| D. | Letters |
| Answer» B. Feature | |
| 291. |
Photos should not be cut at joints like knees, ankles. They could be ___________. |
| A. | mid-close ups only |
| B. | up to the waist only |
| C. | both mid-close ups or up to the waist |
| D. | till thigh length |
| Answer» D. till thigh length | |
| 292. |
____________ is the architecture on the basis of which the whole structure is built. |
| A. | Drawing |
| B. | Design |
| C. | Schedule |
| D. | Plan |
| Answer» C. Schedule | |
| 293. |
A _____________ is written in variuos formats |
| A. | minor story |
| B. | News story |
| C. | back story |
| D. | major story |
| Answer» C. back story | |
| 294. |
Editing press relase and reports is the work of |
| A. | Sub-editor |
| B. | Guest writer |
| C. | Reporter |
| D. | Intern |
| Answer» B. Guest writer | |
| 295. |
The timely report of events, facts, and opinions that interests a significant number of people is called_________ |
| A. | Information |
| B. | News |
| C. | Event |
| D. | Policy |
| Answer» C. Event | |
| 296. |
While reading a sentence, if there's a short pause, you probably need a __________ |
| A. | Comma |
| B. | Full stop |
| C. | Exclamation |
| D. | Semi - Colon |
| Answer» B. Full stop | |
| 297. |
Revenue from advertisement is important for the _________of a newspaper |
| A. | Look |
| B. | Survival |
| C. | Promotion |
| D. | Classification |
| Answer» C. Promotion | |
| 298. |
Following that does not fall into the layout of newspaper classified |
| A. | Text dominant |
| B. | Image and text |
| C. | Image dominant |
| D. | political dominant |
| Answer» E. | |
| 299. |
A cutline under a graphic illustration is popularly identified as |
| A. | Line Cast |
| B. | Picture Line |
| C. | Legend |
| D. | BlackLine |
| Answer» D. BlackLine | |
| 300. |
__________ draws a vivid word picture of the news setting, surroundings or circumstances. |
| A. | Narrative lead |
| B. | Quotation lead |
| C. | Contrast lead |
| D. | Direct Address lead |
| Answer» B. Quotation lead | |