UGC NET/JRF EXAM, Mass Communication & Journalism, June-2020

Total Questions: 100

81. Identify the correct chronological sequence of following presidents of Indian Newspapers Society:

(a) Ashish Bagga
(b) Kundan Vyas
(c) G. Narasimhan
(d) Upendra Acharya

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (c), (d), (b), (a)
Solution:Mr. G Narasimhan was a prime Indian journalist and served as the Managing Director of The Hindu. Born in, 1916, he completed his education and joined the newspaper The Hindu at the very young age and managed it proficiently from 1937 till 1959.

Next, we have Upendra Acharya, originally hailing from Bihar, he was appointed in 1940s, as the GM of Searchlight, which was a nationalist newspaper in Patna. But later he joined The Indian Nation and made it widely read newspaper.

At Press Trust of India, he was chairman and director and also put efforts for establishing another news agency in India, United News of India.

Kundan Vyas, editor in chief at Janmabhoomi group was elected as the president of The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2010-11 when its 71st annual general meeting was held in Bengaluru. He succeeded V Reddy of Deccan Chronicle.

Ashish Bagga, was CEO of India Today Group which ran news channels Aaj Tak and India Today, but in 2017 due to certain circumstances, he resigned from the post after 15 long years.

82. Find out the correct sequence of media research phases as suggested by Wimmer and Dominick:

(a) Medium
(b) Media effects
(c) Media improvement
(d) Uses and users of medium

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. (a), (d), (b), (c)
Solution:Roger Wimmer is PhD and Joseph R Dominic is also an eminent scholar in marketing and sales field and together, they carried out this massive research in field of advertising many years ago, which received well along the marketing and advertising quarters globally.

Their advertising research lays out that advertising messages are present everywhere. newspapers, billboards, magazines, TV and radio etc and therefore owing to numerous advertising approaches,

research methods also galore for the easy evaluation of such messages. They lay out that Medium is the foremost phase of media research, followed by uses and users of medium and then Media Effects come into light and finally, we have Media Improvement.

83. Identify the logical sequence of developmental phases:

(a) Assessing actions
(b) Planning procedure
(c) Identifying problems
(d) Goal setting

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (c), (d), (b), (a)
Solution:Clearly, for sake of development and growth, one has to proceed along the path of progress which will always have some obstacles, (i.e. problems) and therefore it becomes essential that such problems and hindrances should be specifically identified.

This step should be followed by Goal Setting, whereby, on fresh path of progress and development, new goals should be set which should be identified out of problems, identified just in previous step.

Once done, the next step involves, planning procedure, wherein proper planning, steps, time cycle, variables, constraints etc should be taken into consideration.

Finally, we would dwell upon Assessing Actions, whereby line of action, or the actual practical works or collection of work ought to be done as per planning procedure and which should be according to goals set by, in earlier phase.

84. Identify the correct chronological order of the following transborder broadcasting corporations:

(a) Voice of America
(b) BBC World Services
(c) All India Radio
(d) Voice of Russia

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (d), (b), (c), (a)
Solution:Clearly, Voice of Russia which was earlier called Radio Moscow, was a radio network started its operations in 1929 but it was renamed into Voice of Russia in 1993 following disintegration of USSR and in 2014 when it was reorganized as Radio Sputnik,

followed by BBC World Services which was launched and operationalised in 1932, followed by the establishment of All India Radio in the year 1936 and finally, we witnessed Voice of America in the year 1942, during the second world war.

85. Identify the sequence of elements in the Johari window:

(a) Blind
(b) Hidden
(c) Unknown
(d) Open

Choose the correct given below:

Correct Answer: B. (d), (a), (b), (c)
Solution:To help those experiencing troubled times in their identity crisis and emotional issues with self and with other people and to enable а fair understanding of their own self, this technique has been developed which can be used as a self-help reference,

in a group as well as in a corporate setting just to enhance team productivity. This concept was perceived by Joseph Luft and Harrington Inham in 1955 and some opine that it is influenced by psychological -theory of Carl Jung.

A list of 56 adjectives is given to participants, out of which, they need to select 5 or 6 which best describe them. Following this,

family, colleagues and friends are also asked to select appropriate adjectives and possible solutions are tried to be found out later. The answers are categorized into 4 different boxes: Arena (open), Facade (hidden), Blind Spot, and Unknown.

86. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): The Latin American view of developmental communication was not 'being in the world'.
Reason (R): Their concept of develoрmental communication introduced a high level of epistemology aimed at understanding social reality.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

87. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Media grammar represents one of the basic foundations of media studies.
Reason (R) : An understanding of media is dependent upon an understanding of the unique presentation of messages of each medium.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

88. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Media oligopoly is a reality of the twenty-first century.
Reason (R): Technology induced hybridization of analogue and digital media is consolidated into the control of a very few rich and powerful owners across the globe.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

89. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Any feminist media eruption produces new theoretical frameworks in media studies.
Reason (R) : Feminist structural narratives have survived despite postfeminist arguments aimed at the patriarchal backlash.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

90. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Freedom of speech and expression should not be extended to Indian companies in the light of constitutional mandate.
Reason (R) : The Indian Constitution does not recognize the companies as citizens and any proposal to provide such freedom needs a constitutional amendment.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (A) is false but (R) is true