Quiz on Media Questions -2

Media Quiz Questions-2

1. The newspaper which converted from a weekly into a daily in the year 1884–
(A) The Hindustan Times
(B) The Pioneer
(C) The Hindu
(D) The Times of India
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2. The first Indian actress to find a place on the cover page of the prestigious ‘Time’ magazine–
(A) Hema Malini
(B) Zeenat Aman
(C) Parween Bobby
(D) Helen
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3. TV channels CNN-IBN, CNBC Awaz and IBN7 belong to this network –
(A) Zee
(B) Star
(C) Network 18
(D) None of these
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4. What is ‘Wilfing’
(A) Surfing web aimlessly
(B) Purposeful web surfing
(C) Continuous web surfing
(D) None of these
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5. This country propounded the concept of ‘Small Economic Zone’ (SEZ)–
(A) India
(B) China
(C) Britain
(D) America
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6. He is known for the live broadcast of Mahatma Gandhi’s death procession on All India Radio–
(A) Surojeet Sen
(B) Melvyn D’mellow
(C) Edward Murrow
(D) None of these
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7. The first news bulletin was radio was broadcast in this year–
(A) 1923
(B) 1925
(C) 1927
(D) 1929
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8. Melvyl D’mellow of All India Radio received Prix-Italia award for this radio feature in 1964–
(A) Daastan
(B) In the Eye of Storm
(C) Lali and the Lion of Gir
(D) None of these
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9. This media organisation owns the maximum shares of the channel CNBC–
(A) UTV
(B) TV 18
(C) Star TV
(D) Zee TV
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10. Full form of the TV channel HBO–
(A) Hollywood Box Office
(B) Home Box Office
(C) Home Broadcasting Organisation
(D) None of these
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11. Who designed the symbol of Indian rupee?
(A) D. Uday Kumar
(B) Ambika Soni
(C) Pranav Mukharjee
(D) P. Chidambaram
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12. Which of the following personalities is very famous for his association with Twitter?
(A) Amitabh Bachchan
(B) Rahul Gandhi
(C) Shashi Thuroor
(D) M.S Dhoni
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13. The model found recently dead in her flat in Mumbai–
(A) Nafisa Joseph
(B) Kuldeep Randhawa
(C) Viveka Babiji
(D) None of these
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14. Lapataganj, the popular TV serial on SAB TV is based on the stories of famous litterateur–
(A) Tarak Mehta
(B) Prem Chand
(C) Sharad Joshi
(D) None of these
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15. Vaka Vaka, the well-known theme song of FIFA was sung by–
(A) Remo Fernandez
(B) Shakira
(C) Lady Gaga
(D) Britney Spears
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16. Which of the following has been an initiative of the Indian Railway to pay tribute to the concerned personality or to build awareness on the related topic?
(A) Mother Express, dedicated to Mother Teresa
(B) Sanskriti Express, dedicated to Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Red Ribbon Express, an initiative to build awareness on HIV/AIDS
(D) All these
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17. The Khap Panchayats of Haryana, known for honour killings are similar to–
(A) Katta Panchayat of Tamilnadu
(B) Bhayyadi of Jharkhand
(C) Chaupal of Uttar Pradesh
(D) None of these
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18. What is ‘media-dark’ region?
(A) Regions where there in not much access of media
(B) Undeveloped regions
(C) Regions without electricity
(D) None of these
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19. The government authorised body to register any complaint pertaining to news–
(A) News Broadcasting Standard Authority (NBSA)
(B) News Broadcasting Association
(C) News Association (NBA)
(D) All these
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20. News Broadcasting Association (NBA) is–
(A) An association of private TV news channels and broadcasters
(B) A government nodal agency for the regulation of news
(C) A news channel
(D) None of these
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