commuoh.in MA Communication Entrance Examination Sample Question Paper : University of Hyderabad

Name of the University : University of Hyderabad
Exam : Entrance Examination
Document Type : Model Question Paper
Department : MA Communication
Website : http://commuoh.in/ma-communication/
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COMMUOH MA Communication Entrance Exam Question Paper

** Admission to the MA programme is through an all India Entrance Test. Candidates who clear the entrance test will be called for an interview.

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** Only students who clear both the entrance test and the interview will be admitted into the programme.

Instruction

** Please check if there are eight pages excluding this page.
** Please read the instructions for each section carefully.
** Enter your hall ticket number on the question paper and the OMR sheet without fail.
** Read the instructions on the OMR sheet carefully before proceeding.
** Please return the filled in OMR sheet to the invigilator. You may keep the question paper with you,
** Answer all the questions in the OMR sheet only.
** All questions carry equal negative marks. 0.33 marks will be subtracted for every wrong answer.

Sample Questions

Marks : 25

General & Media Awareness

Enter the correct answer in the OMR Sheet.
L. ‘The Substance and the Shadow’is the autobiography of
A) Rajesh Khanna
B) Dilip Kumar
C)Arnitabh Bachchan
D)Vinod Khanna

2. Gadgil Committee Rcport deals with conservation of
A) Himalayan Pine Forests
B) Tropical Rain Forests of Assam
C) Eastern Ghats
D) Western Ghats

3. If a money bill is reiected by Raiya Sabha
A) It is annulled automatically
B) It should be reconsidered by Lok Sabha
C) It is still deemed to have passed
D) None of the above

4. The capital of Emperor Ashoka was?
A) Ujjain
B) Hastinapura
C) Pataliputra
D) Taxila

5. Which among the following actors has recently been appointed the UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia?
A) FarhanAkhtar
‘B) Shahrukh Khan
C) Sonakshi Sinha
D) Aamir Khan

6, Who succeeded Steve Iobs as the CEO of Apple Inc in }OLL?
A) Tim Cook
B) Steve Wozniak
C) Ieff Bezos
D) Bob Mansfield

7. Which TV channel telecasts the Reality Show “Bigg Boss”?
A) Star Plus TV
B) Colors TV
C) Zee TV
D) Sony’IV

8. The Nobel Prize in Physics}OL4 was given for inventing
Al Blue LED B) Higgs Boson Particle C) Spiral CFL D) High precision lasers

9. The internet channel that spoofs Indian iournalism & iournalists is
A) The Hoot
B) Newslaundry
C) Media Crooks
D) Media Watch

10. Who is the current chairperson of the Press Council of India?
A) GN Ray
B) Markandeya Katju
C) Chandramauli K. Prasad
D) fayachandra Reddy

Language Competence

** This section is designed to test your ability to work with the terms English language in of reading analvzinginformation and understanding correct usage. Enter the corcect answer ti tne OMR Sheet.

Verbal Ability

section 1:  (10 X 1=10 MARKS)
In each of the questions below, one of the pairs or conceptual group as the resl’ _does not fall into the same category Pick out ihe odd one in eacn set of pairs

26. (A) specracl es/fra rn e ICJ dress/design (BJ page/margin [D) book f caver
27 . (A) dog/bark [C) buffalo/horn [B) catlmew IDJ cock f crow
28. [A) handloom/weaver [C) buiid ingi arciri tect BJ company/worker (D) furniture/carpenter
29. (A) research/fi ndi ng (C) exploration/dlscovery (BJ experiment/inventi on IDJ trial/error
30, (A) raplwarer [cJ shelf/books IBJ horn/sound (DJ lamp/light

English Usage & Grammar

section 2:  10X1= 10 MARKS
Select the appropriate word/phrase from the options to fill in the blank in each of the given sentences, Enter the correct enswer in the OMR Sheet.
36.I tried to call him but his line was
A) engaged
B) occupied
C) taken
D) connected

37. Nobody can fool me. I’m never ln.
A) giving
B) taken
C) taking
D) given

38. Coal is still in Bellary.
A) manufactured
B) grown
C) built
D) mined

39.Come to my party —–Friday night.
A) in
B) on
C) at
D) off

40, It has been four years since I last German.
A) have spoken
B) spoken
C) spoke
D) was speaking

Word Use & Abuse

section 3: 10×1= 10 MARKS :
In the foll.owing sentences, choose the correct ward from the options provided’ Enter the correct qnswer in the OMR Sheet’
46. She worked harder
A) then
B) than
C) there
D) their

4T .” Allanimals, except man, know that the – business of tife is to enioy it.”
A) principle
B) principal
C) pressure
D) price

48. The professor was given to materials in the research library.
A) excess
B) access
C) axis
D) excuse

49. The police threatened to the faulty goods’
A) cease
B) cess
C) seize
D) excise

50. I ordered even though I was already full.
A) dessert
B) desert
C) dipper
D) dissertation

Reading Comprehension

section 4: 5X1=5 MARKS :
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow, selecting the most appropriate option from the list provided, Enter the correct answer in the OMR Sheet :
Today in Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi – in any big city in India – people, old, young and inbetween, are everywhere chatting on cell phones or mobiles. The ring tones that chime constantly from eu”ry conceivable nook and cranny are ubiquitous, adding it the general cacophony of a modern South Asian street scene.

The sound of portable phones is the most recent addition to the hodgepodge of noises one might hear, intermingling with loudspeakers playing music from the latest Bollywood hits, car and bus horns blaring, vendors of food andbtn..r rttouting out their wares, temple bells being struch and the calling of Muslims to prayer,

This is especiilly visible in the material culture of South Asia today, where forms of dress like the salwar-k amiz (tunics worn over long, loose pants) worn by rrny urban women, textile designs like paisley , or the enameled and filigreed patterns on metal objects owe their inspiration largely to contact with the Islamic world’