Sample Paper
PhD Section B Journalism & Mass Communication
Max. Marks 100
Attempt all 50 questions, each question carries 02 marks. There is no negative marking. Please mark the correct answer as A/B/C/D at appropriate place, on the right hand side of the question, in blue or black ink.
1. The communication process is initiated by the
(A) Message (B) Receiver
(C) Source (D) Channel [ ]
2. The interpretation of physical message into a form that has eventual meaning for a receiver is called
(A) Coding (B) Recoding
(C) Decoding (D) Encoding [ ]
3. Receivers can be
(A) A group (B) A single person
(C) An institution (D) All of the above [ ]
4. An increase in noise____________ message fidelity.
(A) Increases (B) Decreases
(C) Does not affect (D) Expands [ ]
5. In machine – assisted interpersonal communication:
(A) Source & receiver can be separated by time & space
(B) Messages can have permanence
(C) Messages can be amplified or transmitted over large distances
(D) All of the above [ ]
6. The International day for women is observed on
(A) March 8th (B) March 30th
(C) January 8th (D) January 30th [ ]
7. The first European who attempted to bring out a Newspaper in India was:
(A) James Augustus Hicky (B) James Silk Buckingham
(C) William carey (D) William Bolts [ ]
8. To which state does the woman activist Iron Sharmila
(A) Assam (B) Nagaland
(C) Tripura (D) Manipur [ ]
9. Who among the four below is called the waterman of India:
(A) Sunder Lal Bahuguna (B) Amrita Devi
(C) Moti Lal Tejavat (D) Rajendra Singh [ ]
10. The international day for human rights is observed on
(A) 10th February (B) 10th December
(C) 9th August (D) 9th November [ ]
11. The element that distorts or disrupts a message being sent from a sender to a receiver is:
(A) Cognitive (B) Medium
(C) Noise (D) Resonance [ ]
12. The process of controlling the flow of information is:
(A) Media Event (B) Media Strategy
(C) Frequenting (D) Gakekeeping [ ]
13. Freedom of Expression is provided for in the article of the constitution of India:
(A) Article 12 (B) Article 21
(C) Article 19 (E) Article 16 [ ]
14. The word communication is derived from the Latin word communes which mean
(A) To convey (B) To Speak
(C) Common (D) To Share [ ]
15. Chipko movement is related to
(A) Removing Untouchability (B) Saving water
(C) Protecting trees (D) Preventing dowry deaths [ ]