Name of the Organization : University Grants Commission
Type of the Exam : UGC National Eligibility Test NET
Subject : Mass Communication and Journalism
Year : 2014
Document Type : Model Question Paper
Website : http://www.ugcnetonline.in/question_papers_june2014.php
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NET Mass Communication & Journalism Model Question Paper :
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** This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
** All questions are compulsory
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1. Feelings of a communicator are labelled as
(A) Relational information
(B) Psychological information
(C) Personal information
(D) Social information
2. In digital mass communication, the audience is
(A) Large
(B) Passive
(C) Participatory
(D) Uncultured
3. The verbal code for communication is
(A) Visual cue
(B) Picture
(C) Colour
(D) Language
4. Use of language in mediated communication imposes a grid on
(A) Artificiality
(B) Textuality
(C) Reality
(D) Conformity
5. Colour television transmission in India started with
(A) Commonwealth Games
(B) SAARC sports
(C) Asiad
(D) World Cup Cricket
6. Verbal Communication is
(A) Continuous
(B) Discontinuous
(C) Partial
(D) Untimely
7. In terms of ethical practices, the concept of Golden mean was advocated by
(A) Socrates
(B) Homer
(C) Plato
(D) Aristotle
8. The first ombudsman for any newspaper in the world was appointed in
(A) Sweden
(B) Japan
(C) Austria
(D) Great Britain
9. In libertarian philosophy, private ownership of the property is provided by
(A) Constitutional law
(B) Judicial law
(C) Legislative law
(D) Civic law
10. Which of the following is not a type of sound effect ?
(A) Fadel
(B) Contextual
(C) Descriptive
(D) Commentative
11. Under the working Journalists Act of 1958, the central government, for working journalists, can constitute a
(A) Wage committee
(B) Labour commission
(C) Select panel
(D) Wage board
12. Layer by layer developmental communication is identified as
(A) Developmental convergence
(B) Developmental onion
(C) Developmental roll
(D) Developmental scape
13. When a population is studied, any inconsistency produced by the instrument used will result in
(A) Sampling error
(B) Measurement error
(C) Instrumentation error
(D) Data error
14. A method of credibility in qualitative research is
(A) Test-retest
(B) Split run
(C) Split half
(D) Audit trail
15. In quantitative research, the questions are
(A) General
(B) Abstract
(C) Ambiguous
(D) Standardised
16. Multi-stage sampling is a type of
(A) Cluster sampling
(B) Random sampling
(C) Accidental sampling
(D) Innovative sampling
17. Mistake in news reading is known as
(A) Fluff
(B) Foot in the door
(C) Ident
(D) Lift
18. Daniel Boorstin coined the term
(A) Greenpeace
(B) Pseudo-event
(C) Images
(D) Jackpot
19. The number of readers who can recall of seeing advertisement is referred to as
(A) Net recall
(B) Gross recall
(C) Noting score
(D) Recall score
20. Selective presentation of facts and quotes in supports of certain opinions is referred to as
(A) Cherry picking
(B) Time craft
(C) Propaganda
(D) Selective publicity
21. When colours in an advertisement are not harmonious, it is identified as
(A) Non-structured
(B) Parallel colouring
(C) Marginal colouring
(D) Out of register
22. The first page of pullout is known as
(A) Second front page
(B) Pullout page
(C) Sectional page
(D) Front section
23. Hard news is mostly
(A) Spot news
(B) Society news
(C) Entertainment news
(D) Filler news
24. _________ is a headline composed of a single line.
(A) Credit line
(B) Cut line
(C) Catch line
(D) Cross line
25. A line of dots in printing is identified as
(A) Kicker spots
(B) Disjoints
(C) Leaders
(D) Dotline
26. Cloze is a method of
(A) Editing
(B) Captioning
(C) Readability
(D) Ending
27. A rough-surfaced paper stock that looks like hand made paper is known as
(A) Rough stock
(B) Antique
(C) Art
(D) Binder
28. Another name for filler copy is
(A) Casual copy
(B) Time copy
(C) Hard copy
(D) Slug copy
29. The IMAX projection system uses _________ screen.
(A) Small
(B) Over-sized
(C) Vertical
(D) Horizontal
30. If a newspaper is of 600 × 380 mm, it
is known as of _________
(A) Tabloid size
(B) Standard size
(C) Broadsheet size
(D) Non-standard size