Shivaji University Entrance Exam 2020 Question Paper M.A. Mass Communication

Shivaji University , Kolhapur
Seat Paper Code(ENT202002)
No.
MA Mass Comm.Entrance Exam , MAY-2020

71142-M.A.Mass Comm.Entrance Exam

Day And Date : Thursday 19/11/2020 Total Marks : 100
Time : 10:30 To 12:00
Marks
1 __________ event was organized to welcome US President Donald Trump in India 1
in February 2020
A) Namaste Trump
B) Hello Trump
C) How D Trump
D) None of these
2 Take the odd one out of the list 1
A) Google
B) Yahoo
C) Bing
D) gmail
3 Name the plant important in sericulture 1
A) Pea
B) Legumes
C) Mulberry
D) Cassia
4 Which of the following does not produce hormone? 1
A) Heart
B) Kidney
C) Gastro-intestinal tract
D) None of these
5 The bar found at the bottom of the screen of the windows operating system is 1
identified as:
A) Menu bar
B) Tool bar
C) Task bar
D) None of the above
6 When the World Press Freedom Day is celebrated? 1
A) 3 May
B) 5 May
C) 8 March
D) 26 February
7 What is the full form of GDP? 1
A) Gross Democratic Price
B) Gross Different Product
C) Gross Dividend Price
D) Gross Domestic Product

8 ________ seats have to be secured by a political party in Lok Sabha to form a 1
majority government.
A) 272
B) 276
C) 345
D) 280
9 Whose memorial is known as Shakti Sthal? 1
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Rajiv Gandhi
C) A B Vajpayee
D) Indira Gandhi
10 ____________is the world’s first city with 5G coverage 1
A) Shanghai
B) Washington
C) Tokyo
D) Moscow
11 In the banking sector what is the full form of KYC? 1
A) Knowledge of Yesterday’s Cash
B) Know Your Cash
C) Know Your Consumer
D) Know Your Credit
12 Which of the following is/are called as the fourth estate? 1
A) Print media
B) Visual media
C) Electronic media
D) All of the above
13 Who of the following established SNDT Women’s University, the first university for 1
women in India?
A) RG Bhandarkar
B) DadabhaiNaoroji
C) Dondo Kesav Karve
D) Bal Thackeray
14 If School: Head Master :: College: Principal :: University__________? 1
A) Governor
B) Chancellor
C) Director
D) Vice-Chancellor
15 Find the odd one out of the list 1
A) Listen
B) Swim
C) Walk
D) Climb
16 In the year____________ the Epidemic Disease Act was passed 1
A) 1898
B) 1899
C) 1896
D) 1897

17 ____________is the name of the autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar 1
A) Playing It My Way
B) Sunny Days
C) Imperfect
D) None of these
18 In the year ______________India won World Cup Cricket for second time 1
A) 2011
B) 2015
C) 2007
D) 2003
19 ___________players are there on each side in the game of basketball 1
A) 7
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
20 __________appoints District Judges 1
A) Governor
B) Chief Justice
C) Prime Minister
D) Law Minister
21 Legendary classical singer Pandit Jasraj died in______________ 1
A) New Delhi
B) New Jersey
C) London
D) Mumabai
22 The ‘Cannes Award’ is given for excellence in _____________ field 1
A) Journalism
B) Films
C) Economics
D) Literature
23 World Population Day is observed on _____________ 1
A) June 7
B) July 7
C) July 11
D) July 28
24 HMT is a famous wristwatch brand. What is the full form of HMT? 1
A) Hindustan Machine and Tools
B) Hindustan Motor Technique
C) Hindustan Maritime and Tools
D) Hindustan Modern Time
25 _____________award is not associated with sports 1
A) Arjun Award
B) Dronacharya Award
C) Norman Borlaug Award
D) Dhyan Chand Award

26 ____________is the last movie in which actor Late Irrfan Khan appeared 1
A) Angrezi Medium
B) Karwan
C) Madari
D) Qarib Qarib Single
27 ____________state in India was earlier known as ‘Magadha’ 1
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Bihar
C) Karnataka
D) Uttar Pradesh
28 _____________is the establisher of Sikh religion 1
A) Guru Angad
B) Guru Gobind Singh
C) Guru Hargobind
D) Guru Nanak
29 ‘Macintosh’ Operating System is a product of_______________ 1
A) Microsoft
B) Apple
C) Intel
D) Google
30 _____________had established the Mughal Dynasty 1
A) Akbar
B) Babur
C) Humayun
D) Bahadur Shah
31 On_____________ President Rule was imposed in Maharashtra 1
A) 12 November 2019
B) 23 November 2019
C) 15 November 2019
D) None of these
32 ________________is the first President of India to fly in a fighter jet 1
A) Dr Rajendra Prasad
B) Ramnath Kovind
C) Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
D) None of these
33 Earth Day is observed on _____________ 1
A) February 16
B) April 4
C) April 22
D) September 17
34 ____________members of Rajya Sabha are elected from Maharashtra 1
A) 19
B) 20
C) 17
D) 18

35 Who organizes the National Film Awards 1
A) Zee TV
B) Directorate of Film Festival
C) Directorate of Cultural Affairs
D) None of the above
36 Which of the following place do not have the bench of Bombay High Court? 1
A) Nashik
B) Aurangabad
C) Panji
D) Nagpur
37 A journalist who is not attached with any newspaper is called: 1
A) Free Lancer
B) Retainer
C) Correspondent
D) Sub-editor
38 On_____________ the nationwide Janta Curfew was imposed 1
A) 22 March 2020
B) 25 March 2020
C) 5 April 2020
D) 1 April 2020
39 ‘Ughda Dole Bagha Neet’ is the tagline of ________________channel 1
A) IBN Lokmat
B) Zee24Tass
C) TV9 Marathi
D) ABP Majha
40 The full form of ICMR is___________________ 1
A) Indian Council of Medical Research
B) Indian Council of Medical Report
C) Indian Council of Media Reports
D) Indian Council of Medicine Research
41 Famous tourist destination Bibi Ka Maqbara is situated in which district 1
A) Aurangabad
B) Faizabad
C) Faridabad
D) Nanded
42 Where is the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is situated? 1
A) Mumbai
B) Delhi
C) Chennai
D) Pune
43 Arnab Goswami is the editor of ______________news channel 1
A) Aaj Tak
B) Republic TV
C) CNBC
D) India TV

44 Who is the founder-editor of Sakal newspaper? 1
A) Shriram Pawar
B) Vsant Bhosle
C) N B Parulekar
D) D S Kulkarni
45 ___________has first to launch Urdu News Service 1
A) UNI
B) IANSC
C) PTI
D) IRNA
46 Which of the following districts of Maharashtra is well-known for its production of 1
bananas?
A) Jalgaon
B) Ahmednagar
C) Nashik
D) Solapur
47 What does a ‘nose for news’ mean? 1
A) Space for news
B) Sense material for news
C) Published crime reports
D) None of these
48 PTI stands for 1
A) Physical Training Institute
B) Physical Training Inspector
C) Prime Time Instruction
D) Press Trust of India
49 Which of the following is not a modern media? 1
A) Sculpture
B) Cinema
C) Radio
D) The Press
50 Who is the owner of Tomato FM? 1
A) Lokmat Group
B) Pudhari Group
C) Sakal Group
D) None of these
51 Raghu Rai is well-known – 1
A) Painter
B) Film Director
C) Photographer
D) Sportsperson
52 The owner of The Hindu is____________ 1
A) M K Gandhi
B) Motilal Ghosh
C) Surendranath Banarjee
D) Kasturiranga Iyengar

53 In__________ states was the SITE programme was launched 1
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
54 Which was the English language newspaper started by Lokmanya Tilak 1
A) Kesri
B) Maratha
C) Courier
D) Spectator
55 To keep only the essential parts in the picture is called..... 1
A) Cropping
B) editing
C) Edging
D) None of the above
56 The reading of the script to check the errors is called: 1
A) Composing
B) Editing
C) Proof-reading
D) None of these
57 The 60th Maharashtra Din was celebrated on_____________ 1
A) 1 May 2018
B) 1 May 2020
C) 1 May 2019
D) 1 May 2016
58 HTML is used to create_____________ 1
A) To prepare webpage
B) To prepare operating system
C) To prepare high-level programme
D) None of these
59 __________ page is called as the brain of a newspaper 1
A) Front page
B) Last page
C) Editorial Page
D) None of these
60 Zee Marathi was earlier known as___________ 1
A) Mi Marathi
B) Beta Marathi
C) Fakta Marathi
D) Alpha Marathi
61 The highest number of newspapers published in India is in 1
A) Urdu
B) Bengali
C) Hindi
D) English

62 When the Vernacular Press Act was passed? 1
A) 1868
B) 1878
C) 1888
D) 1898
63 Breaking news means ………………. 1
A) Telling about an event as it happens
B) Unsigned articles that express a publication's opinion
C) Signed articles that express the writer's reporting and his conclusions
D) Online diaries kept by individuals or small groups
64 Who invented the telegraph? 1
A) Samuel F. B. Morse
B) John Pilger
C) Edmund Burke
D) Thomas Carlyle
65 Who wrote the lyrics of the song Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo? 1
A) Manoj Kumar
B) Pradeep
C) Shailendra
D) Raghupati Sahay ‘Firaq’
66 Ayushmann Khurana is brand-ambassador of_____________ detergent company 1
A) Ghadi
B) Tide
C) Rin
D) None of these
67 ______________ of the Constitution of India withdrawn from Jammu and Kashmir 1
A) Article 370
B) Article 320
C) Article 375
D) Article 350
68 ______________ is not an investigating agency of India? 1
A) IIT
B) NIA
C) CBI
D) ED
69 Which city is known as orange city? 1
A) Nagpur
B) Solapur
C) Kolhapur
D) None of Them
70 Who is the brand Ambassador of L’oreal? 1
A) Aishwarya Ray
B) Sushmita Sen
C) Priyanka Chopra
D) Anushka Sharma

71 Where the Institute of Forest Management is situated? 1
A) Dehradun
B) Bhopal
C) Delhi
D) Raipur
72 Who is the prime minister of India? 1
A) Narendra Modi
B) Amit Shaha
C) Nirmala Sitaraman
D) None of them
73 Meenakshi Temple is situated in- 1
A) Madurai
B) Simla
C) Raipur
D) Aurangabad
74 G-15 is an economic grouping of…. 1
A) First World Nations
B) Second World Nations
C) Third World Nations
D) Fourth World Nations
75 The most important small scale industry in India is the 1
A) Textile Industry
B) Paper Industry
C) Handloom Industry
D) Jute industry
76 Which is considered as the biggest port of India? 1
A) Kolkata
B) Cochin
C) Chennai
D) Mumbai
77 Fathometer is used to measure 1
A) Earthquakes
B) Rainfall
C) Ocean depth
D) Sound intensity
78 Date palms are common in: 1
A) grasslands
B) cold deserts
C) hot deserts
D) frigid zone
79 Ram Nath Kovind is the present ___________President of India 1
A) 10th
B) 12th
C) 13th
D) 14th

80 _________headed the panel to draft the New Education Policy 2020 1
A) Madhav Gadgil
B) K Kasturirangan
C) Murli Manohar Joshi
D) K Radhakrishnan
81 “Taste of India” is the tagline of 1
A) Amul
B) The Hindu
C) Hindustan Times
D) None of them
82 When Puna Pact was signed? 1
A) 1932
B) 1919
C) 1912
D) 1928
83 Who made the film Pyasa in 1957? 1
A) Guru Dutt
B) Rajkapur
C) Bimal Roy
D) None of them
84 Which of the following is India’s first Expressway? 1
A) Agra–Lucknow Expressway
B) Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway
C) Bangalore Elevated Tollway
D) Mumbai-Pune Expressway
85 “Man is a social animal.” Who said so? 1
A) Comte
B) Aristotle
C) Karl Marx
D) Plato
86 In which year the famous social network site WhatsApp is founded? 1
A) 2009
B) 2001
C) 2008
D) 2000
87 Who is the president of India? 1
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Yogi Aaditya Nath
D) None of them
88 If there is no Sun. the colour of the sky would be 1
A) blue
B) orange
C) black
D) green

89 Select the method that prevents soil erosion by water. 1
A) Terrace farming
B) Windbreaks
C) Embankments
D) Both (a) and (c)
90 Pratapgad fort is located in ____________district 1
A) Sindhudurg
B) Kolhapur
C) Pune
D) Satara
91 Livni Folk dance is of which state? 1
A) MP
B) Gujrat
C) Maharashtra
D) UP
92 Which is the name of the capital of Iran? 1
A) Tehran
B) Karachi
C) Kabul
D) Khaiber
93 Which vitamin comes from sun rays? 1
A) Vitamin D
B) Vitamin E
C) Vitamin A
D) Vitamin C
94 The first sports person who got Bharat Ratna? 1
A) Kapil Deo
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Milkha Singh
D) None of Them
95 Deficiency in haemoglobin causes : 1
A) Anaemia
B) Fever
C) Colour Blindness
D) Rickets
96 Which of the following has no Skeleton at all? 1
A) Starfish
B) Sponge
C) Jellyfish
D) Silverfish
97 First Indian woman to win Man Booker Prize? 1
A) Kiran Desai
B) V.S. Naipaul
C) Salman Rushdie
D) Arundhati Roy

98 The implementation of Jawahar Rojgar Yojana rests with 1
A) Gram Panchayat
B) District Collector
C) State Government
D) Union Government
99 The articles 17 and 18 of Constitution provide 1
A) Social Equality
B) Economic Equality
C) Political Equality
D) Religious Equality
100 Name the continent where 'Tundra' type of climate is not found 1
A) Europe
B) Asia
C) Africa
D) North America