June 2012 PYQ Mass Comm & Journalism: Set 1

Introduction

The following is the June 2012 UGC NET–JRF Mass Communication and Journalism (Paper Code: 62) question paper along with its answer key. This is Set I of the two sets in the Paper II category. It contains fifty questions, each carrying two marks, for a total of one hundred marks. Candidates were given one and a half hours to complete the paper. The download link is provided at the end of this article.

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Questions

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 focussed 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 Ministership 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 generalisation 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
17. In the two-way symmetric model of public relations, the model of communication used is
    (A) Person-to-person
    (B) Group-to-group
    (C) Person-to-group
    (D) Group-to-person
18. The single–sheet advertisements printed on one-side are known as
    (A) Brochures
    (B) Fliers
    (C) Leaflets
    (D) Posters
19. Multi-tasking in journalism is due to
    (A) Media globalisation
    (B) Economic liberalisation
    (C) Social integration
    (D) Technology convergence
20. After determining its advertising objectives, a company has to set ___ for each product.
    (A) Advertising strategies
    (B) Advertising budget
    (C) Advertising format
    (D) Advertisement positioning
21. Which of the following is the combination of sound bite and stand up ?
    (A) Package
    (B) Talking heads
    (C) Voice-over
    (D) Supers
22. The social network medium that has gone for global IPO recently is
    (A) Facebook
    (B) Twitter
    (C) Orkut
    (D) YouTube
23. The Soviet media theory had its roots in
    (A) Italian Fascist philosophy
    (B) Free enterprise approach of the West
    (C) German ideology
    (D) Japanese imperialist edicts
24. The readability tests, Fog Index and Reading Ease score, were first employed by
    (A) Newspapers
    (B) Syndicates
    (C) Television networks
    (D) News agencies
25. The television news writing these days includes
    (A) Hyperboles
    (B) Non-sequiturs
    (C) Gender-neutral words
    (D) Uncommon abbreviations
26. Assertion (A): Small and Medium newspapers in India will have bleak future with the corporatisation of mass media.
    Reason (R): The Union Government has not declared media business as an industry and it is responsible for their bleak future.
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
    (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
27. Assertion (A): The print media in India are registering increase in circulation unlike the developed countries.
    Reason (R): Increased literacy and expanding market have contributed for consolidation of print media.
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
    (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
28. Assertion (A): The Right to Information has created hurdles for good governance in India.
    Reason (R): The Right to Information has become a credible source of news for mass media for investigative journalism.
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
    (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
29. Assertion (A): Social networking can make the Indian political class watchful and refrain from getting involved in misdeeds.
    Reason (R): Social media have made the Arab spring possible and hence, the Indian political class is cautious.
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
    (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
30. Assertion (A): The Government has made legislations on corporate social responsibility for effective community relations.
    Reason (R): The corporate giants must do their bit for national development.
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
    (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
31. Assertion (A): The Press Council of India must be converted into a media council is a matter of opinion.
    Reason (R): Since the reach and access of electronic media have increased tremendously, there are issues to be considered involving all of them.
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
    (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
32. Assertion (A): The obsession of Indian print media with politics is a historical legacy.
    Reason (R): Because many political leaders were associated with newspapers to advocate the cause of freedom before 1947.
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
    (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
33. Assertion (A): In times of global recession, paid news is a supplementary source of revenue for media houses in India.
    Reason (R): Media houses in India have been experiencing increased production cost and staff wages in the last few years.
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
    (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
34. Assertion (A): Editing is a lost art in print journalism.
    Reason (R): These days, language precision is not a qualification for recruitment by newspapers.
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
    (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
35. Assertion (A): The new international information and communication order is a dead horse in a unipolar world.
    Reason (R): The developing countries do not opt for policy initiatives to strengthen the global efforts for a new international and communication order.
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
    (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
    (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
36. Identify the chronological sequence of the following communication theorists.
    (A) Harold Lasswell, Shannon and Weaver, Theodore Newcomb, Elisabeth Noelle Neumann
    (B) Shannon and Weaver, Theodore Newcomb, Elisabeth Noelle Neumann, Harold Lasswell
    (C) Theodore Newcomb, Elisabeth Noelle Neumann, Harold Lasswell, Shannon and Weaver
    (D) Shannon and Weaver, Theodore Newcomb, Elisabeth Noelle Neumann, Harold Lasswell
37. Identify the proper sequence of the films given below in terms of their historicity.
    (A) Swayamvaram, Coolie, Slumdog Millionaire, Pather Panchali
    (B) Pather Panchali, Swayamvaram, Coolie, Slumdog Millionaire
    (C) Coolie, Slumdog Millionaire, Swayamvaram, Pather Panchali
    (D) Slumdog Millionaire, Coolie, Swayamvaram, Pather Panchali
38. Identify the sequence of the following developmental models chronologically:
    (A) Diffusion of innovation, dependency, multiplicity, modernization
    (B) Modernization, diffusion of innovation, dependency, multiplicity
    (C) Multiplicity, modernization, diffusion of innovation, dependency
    (D) Dependency, multiplicity, diffusion of innovation, modernization
39. Identify the correct sequence of following magazines in terms of their circulation.
    (A) India Today, Sarita, Kungumam, Kumudam
    (B) Sarita, Kumudam, Kungumam, India Today
    (C) Kumudam, Kungumam, India Today, Sarita
    (D) India Today, Kungumam, Kumudam, Sarita
40. Identify the correct sequence of the following laws of the press.
    (A) Right to Information Act, Copyright Act, Official Secrets Act, Contempt of Courts Act
    (B) Copyright Act, Official Secrets Act, Contempt of Courts Act, Right to Information Act
    (C) Official Secrets Act, Copyright Act, Contempt of Courts Act, Right to Information Act
    (D) Contempt of Courts Act, Copyright Act, Right to Information Act, Official Secrets Act
41. Match the List – I with List – II
    List – I
    (a) Bob Woodword
    (b) Kuldeep Nayyar
    (c) Khuswant Singh
    (d) Arun Shourie
    List – II
    (1) With malice to one and all
    (2) Editor of Indian Express
    (3) Investigative Reporting
    (4) Between the Lines
    Codes:
    (A) (3) (4) (1) (2)
    (B) (2) (1) (4) (3)
    (C) (1) (2) (4) (3)
    (D) (4) (1) (3) (2)
42. Match the List – I with List – II
    List – I
    (a) Banner
    (b) Sedition
    (c) Berliner
    (d) Swadesh mitran
    List – II
    (1) Emergency
    (2) Headlines
    (3) Independence
    (4) Newspaper format
    Codes:
    (A) (2) (1) (4) (3)
    (B) (3) (4) (1) (2)
    (C) (1) (2) (4) (3)
    (D) (4) (1) (3) (2)
43. Match the List – I with List – II
    List – I
    (a) Shobha De
    (b) Barkha Dutt
    (c) Aswini Sarin
    (d) K. A. Abbas
    List – II
    (1) Antagonist of Censorship
    (2) Columnist
    (3) T.V. Anchor
    (4) Investigative reporting
    Codes:
    (A) (1) (4) (3) (2)
    (B) (2) (1) (4) (3)
    (C) (1) (2) (4) (3)
    (D) (4) (1) (2) (3)
44. Match the List – I with List – II
    List – I
    (a) Coffingate
    (b) 2G Spectrum expose
    (c) Television
    (d) MacBride Commission
    List – II
    (1) B. G. Verghese
    (2) Gopikrishnan
    (3) Tarun Tejpal
    (4) Pranav Roy
    Codes:
    (A) (1) (4) (2) (3)
    (B) (4) (1) (2) (3)
    (C) (2) (3) (4) (1)
    (D) (3) (2) (1) (4)
45. Match the List – I with List – II
    List – I
    (a) DAVP
    (b) ABC
    (c) INS
    (d) NWICO
    List – II
    (1) International news flow
    (2) Association
    (3) Certification
    (4) Publicity
    Codes:
    (A) (3) (4) (2) (1)
    (B) (2) (3) (4) (1)
    (C) (1) (2) (3) (4)
    (D) (4) (1) (2) (3)

Read the following passage and answer question no. 46 to 50.

The erm “ethnomethodology was thought up by a distinguished sociologist, Harold Garfinkel. In an article titled ” The origins of the term Ethnomethodology’, Garfinkel explains how he thought up the name:

“Ethno’ seemed to refer, somehow or other, to the availability to a member of commonsense knowledge of his society as commonsense knowledge of the “whatever’. If it were ethno-botany, then it had to do somehow or other with his knowledge of and his grasp of what were for members adequate methods of dealing with botanical matters. Someone from another society, like an anthropologist in this case, world recognize the matters as botanical atters. The member would employ ethnobotany as adequate grounds of inference and action in the conduct of his own affairs in the company of others like him. It was that plain, and the notion of “ethnomethodology” or the term “ethnomethodology’ was taken in this sense….

Thus ethnomethodology is interested in how people think and act in everyday life situations, in contrast to, for example, laboratory experiments or focus groups or other situations in which people recognize that they are, one way or another, being studied. Commonsense’ becomes a subject of inquiry, not just a given’ that is neglected for other concerns.

These interests f ethnomethodologists have implications for advertising, in that advertisers ant_to know how people make sense of the world and how they react to Commonsense’ appeals. Advertisers want to be able to reach’ targeted segments of the population and to infuence them, which means advertisers want to understand people’s “grounds for inference’. Thus,_ ethnomethodology has important implications when it comes to making commercial and print advertisements. Ethnomethodologists assume that people have common understandings – which they don’t always articulate -and this leads ethnomethodologists to examine how people reason`and what’s behind their everyday activities. It isn`t easy to find these common understandings or to determine how people reason .

The question arise now. How can we use ethnomethodology in our research in communication and media analysis ? Let me suggest a few answers to this question.

What thnomethodology provides us, we must remember, is a way of studying the codes and unconscious belief systems that lie behind our utterances and everyday actions. We can adopt Ethnomethodological approaches to the media by asking the same questions. Ethnomethodologists ask – not about conversation ê but about dialogue in films and television shows, lyrics in songs, and similar phenomena

There are differences between the analysis of dialogue in media and the analyses that ethnomethodologists mnake of real-world conversations in that dialogue in mass- mediated texts is Created by writers. In a sense, therefore, when we do research on dialogue in a film other nass-mediated text, we are dealing with writer’s perception of the world, bul because writers create texts for large numbers of people, who presumably share their perceptions, we can assume that analyzing dialogue in mediated lexts is not that differentfrom analyzing dialogue in every day situations.

46. What is meant by ethnomethodology?
    (A) Special sociological research method.
    (B) Study of a particular group
    (C) Ways and methods applied to study the common-sense knowledge of a person about the society
    (D) Study of tribal culture
47. Why do the advertisers show interest in ethnomethodology?
    (A) To have good understanding about ethnic groups.
    (B) To know how people make sense of their surrounding and what influences their decision making.
    (C) To create a market
    (D) To make an ad copy
48. What do ethnomethodologists examine?
    (A) The activities of people
    (B) The articulations of people
    (C) The cultural rules of the society
    (D) The reasoning process of people and their activities
49. What are the units the ethnomethodologists study in films and TV shows?
    (A) Dialogues and lyrics
    (B) All sounds and music
    (C) The main conversations
    (D) The themes and sub-themes
50. Why do mediated text and everyday conversation are assumed to be the same?
    (A) There is no difference between the real life and television drama.
    (B) Mass media and reality shown in TV emanate from the same society
    (C) The perception of the writer about the world and the real life is considered to be the same
    (D) The perception of the people as assumed and shared by the writer and the reality are the same.

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