IIMC 2020 Entrance Exam Question Paper PG Diploma in Radio and TV

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Section 1 - PG Diploma in Radio and TV Journalism

1) India had approximately the following number of 1)
smartphone users in mid 2020:

A) 600-700 million
B) 500 -600 million
C) 900 million
D) 300-400 million

A)

B)

C)

D)

2) Which of the following
does not match:

A) bit, byte, giga hertz
B) million, billion, googol
C) mainframe computer, 2)
desktop computer,
laptop computer
D) copper wire pair, co-
axial cable, fibre optic
cable,
A)

B)

C)

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D)

3) The Legendary Film
Director Satyajit Ray:

A) Won an honorary
Oscar for lifetime
achievement 3)
B) used to work in an
advertising agency
C) All of the above
D) won an award at A)
Cannes for his film
Pather Panchali

B)

C)

D)

4) In ranking countries by their Gross 4)
Domestic Product, India’s position as of
early 2020 is estimated to be---------- in
the world:

A) Sixth
B) Fifth
C) Fourth
D) Seventh

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A)

B)

C)

D)

5) The Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp, a free social 5)
messaging app is:

A) WeChat
B) Baidu
C) Tik Tok
D) Weibo

A)

B)

C)

D)

6) The award winning author and poet Amrita 6)
Pritam’s notable work is :

A) Zanjir
B) Khandar
C) Pinjar
D) Banjar

A)

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B)

C)

D)

7) The Spanish Flu pandemic which occurred between 7)
1918-1920 caused the following estimated deaths
worldwide:

A) 25 million
B) 100 million
C) 50 million
D) 10 million

A)

B)

C)

D)

8) The “Me Too”
Movement which
was popularized
in 2017 was
about:

A) creating
awareness
about caste

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based
discriminatio
n
B) equal rights
for scheduled
tribes
C creating
) awareness 8)
about sexual
harassment
of women by
speaking out
against the A)
offenders
D equal rights
) for
transgenders

B)

C
)

D
)

9) A podcast is :

A) A replacement
for Ham radio
B) identical to FM 9)
radio
C) A series of
spoken word A)
digital audio
files that a user
can download B)
to a personal
device
C)
D) none of the
above

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D)

10) The book “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography 10)
of Cancer” was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non
Fiction in 2011. The author of this book is:

A) Arundhati Roy
B) Siddhartha Mukherjee
C) Kiran Desai
D) Atul Gaitonde

A)

B)

C)

D)

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11) FM radio broadcasting in India was 11)
started in:

A) 1977
B) 2001
C) 1987
D) 1991

A)

B)

C)

D)

12) Which of the following
grounds of reasonable
restrictions on free speech
were added to Article
19(2) of the Indian
Constitution in 1963:

A) Morality
B) Sovereignty and
integrity of India
C) Decency
D) Public order

12)

A)

B)

C)

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D)

13) The Mahajanapadas of
ancient India existed in North
India during:

A) None of the above
B) First to second century A
D
C) Sixth to fourth centuries B
CE
D) Second to the first
centuries BCE

13)

A)

B)

C)

D)

14) Which of the 14)
following does
not match:

A) Emile
Durkheim :
Sociology
B) Clifford A)
Geertz :
Anthropolog
y B)
C Stephen
) Hawking :
Biology C)
D Amartya Sen
) : Economics
D)

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15) Which of
the following
statements
is not true
regarding
social
messaging
service
WhatsApp:

A Its phone
) calling 15)
feature
was
allegedly
used for A
surveilla )
nce by
Pegasus
spyware.
B It claims B
) to have )
end to
end
encryptio
n. C
)
C It had
) 200
million
active
users in
India in D
July )
2019.
D It has
) close to
two
billion
users
worldwid
e in early
2020.

16) According to the India TB Report, 2020, 16)
the number of TB cases notified in 2019
were approximately:

A) two lakhs
B) thirty lakhs
C) twenty four lakhs
D) fourty four lakhs

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A)

B)

C)

D)

17) The best documentary short film at the
Oscars 2019 was awarded to :
17)
A) Minding the Gap
B) Period End of Sentence
C) Free Solo
D) Of Fathers and Sons

A)

B)

C)

D)

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18) Which of the following
statements is true
regarding the
Advertisement Revenue
for various media sectors
vis a vis the total media in
India in 2019:

A) Television sector
earned the highest
revenue
B) Print media earned
the most revenue
C) Radio earned the
highest revenue
D) Print and TV sectors
had equal revenues 18)

A)

B)

C)

D)

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19) Ramon Magsaysay awardee and
development journalist P. Sainath’s
famous book is:

A) Life at the Bottom of the Pyramid
B) Encountering Development
C) Everybody Loves a Good Drought
D) The Hungry and the Helpless

19)

A)

B)

C)

D)

20) The precursor to the Internet was a network called:

A) Analog net
B) ARPANET
C) Intranet
D) Network of networks

20)

A)

B)

C)

D)

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21) Which of the following is not a famous Tamil magazine: 21)

A) Ananda Vikatan
B) Thuglak
C) Kumudam
D) Ananda Vilas

A)

B)

C)

D)

22) Which of these terms are not mentioned in the 22)
Preamble to the Indian Constitution?

A) Secular
B) Socialist
C) Democratic
D) Federal

A)

B)

C)

D)

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23) Which of the following is not an Over
the Top (OTT) media service available in
India:

A) Amazon Prime Video
B) Fox Digital International
C) Disney + Hotstar
D) Netflix

23)

A)

B)

C)

D)

24) Yellow journalism is:

A) environmental journalism
B) sensational and exploitative
journalism 24)
C) Reporting on jaundice
D) Gender based reporting
A)

B)

C)

D)

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25) Agenda setting with
regard to media broadly
implies:

A) gender equality
legislation
B) Telling the
audience what to
25)
think about
C) jingoism
D) circulation war A)

B)

C)

D)

26) Which Indian English language newspaper daily 26)
recently changed its masthead:

A) The Hindu
B) The Hindustan Times
C) The Telegraph
D) The Times of India

A)

B)

C)

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D)

27) Gross National Happiness is a principle that guides 27)
the government of:

A) Ecuador
B) Bangladesh
C) Bhutan
D) Colombia

A)

B)

C)

D)

28) Which of the following films is not an adaptation of a 28)
story by Munshi Premchand:

A) Shatranj ke Khilari
B) Bhumika
C) Godaan
D) Sadgati

A)

B)

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C)

D)

29) The Brundtland Commission Report
primarily pertains to:

A) Immigration
B) Gender equality
C) Labour rights
D) Environment

29)

A)

B)

C)

D)

30) Which of the following trees is not endemic to India: 30)

A) Jacaranda
B) Mango
C) Jamun
D) Neem

A)

B)

C)

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D)

31) The phrase “going
viral” implies:

A
Someone has fever
)
31)
B Video/audio/image/li
) nk becoming popular
rapidly in a short time A
span )
C
None of the above
)
D Corona virus
) disease has spread
B
)

C
)

D
)

32) What does ISO9001 measure:

A) Quality standard
B) Oxygen in blood
C) None of the above 32)
D) Time in Space

A)

B)

C)

D)

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33) The term “head –ends” is mainly 33)
associated with the following
industry/service:

A) Mobile phones
B) Alexa
C) Laptop Computers
D) Cable TV

A)

B)

C)

D)

34) Which of the
following is not a media
unit under the Ministry
of Information and
Broadcasting, India:

A Bureau of
) Outreach and
Communication
B Directorate of
) Telecommunicatio
ns
C Electronic Media
) Monitoring Centre
34)
D Publications
) Division
A
)

B
)

C
)

D
)

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35) The 1976 film Manthan directed by 35)
Shyam Benegal is mainly about:

A) the milk cooperative movement
B) the organic farming movement
C) the land grant movement
D) caste based oppression

A)

B)

C)

D)

36) Which state/Union territory of India 36)
had the highest Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) in 2019- 2020 :

A) West Bengal
B) Maharashtra
C) Karnataka
D) Tamil Nadu

A)

B)

C)

D)

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37) Which of the following Hindi language daily 37)
newspapers in India had the largest circulation in 2019?

A) Dainik Bhaskar
B) Dainik Jagran
C) Dainik Hindustan
D) Amar Ujjala

A)

B)

C)

D)

38) Which of the following
rights was described by Dr.
B.R. Ambedkar as “the heart
and soul of the Constitution”?

A) Right to constitutional
remedies
B) Right to equality
C) Right to personal liberty
D) Right to freedom of 38)
religion

A)

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B)

C)

D)

39) When did India win its first Olympic gold medal in
hockey :

A) 1924
B) 1932
C) 1936
D) 1928
39)

A)

B)

C)

D)

40) The acronym DTH
stands for:

A) Digital to Hearth
B) Direct to Home 40)
C) Direct Tax on
Households
D) Developed Tariff on A)
Households

B)

C)

D)

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41) The Aarogya
Setu mobile app,
developed by the
Government to assist
in tracking COVID-19
cases is an initiative
under the:

A) Ministry of Health
and Family
welfare
B) None of the
above
C) Ministry of
Information and
Broadcasting
D) Ministry of
Electronics and 41)
Information
Technology
A)

B)

C)

D)

42) The longest running TV series in India is Krishi 42)
Darshan. It first aired in :

A) 1987
B) 1977
C) 1967
D) 1957

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A)

B)

C)

D)

43) In covering a
terrorist incident
which is
currently taking
place, it is good
practice for a
television
channel to :

A) Only have
studio
based 43)
reports
denying the
incident
took place
B) Only have
international
experts in A)
panel
discussions
C) Air the
incident live,
revealing all
details B)
D) Air the
incident with
a lag of
suitable

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time so as to
safeguard
lives

C)

D)

44) The advocating of
social distancing and
wearing of masks to
prevent spread of
COVID-19 globally are
mainly examples of:

A) Initiatives by
insurance
companies in their
own interest
B) Behaviour
Change
Communication
C) Psychological
warfare
D) Social Initiatives
by older women

44)

A)

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B)

C)

D)

45) Complete the series 33, 35, 39, 47, 63………….

A) 95
B) 78
C) 74
D) 108 45)

A)

B)

C)

D)

46) Which of the following persons has not won an Oscar 46)
(Academy Award) award:

A) A.R. Rahman
B) Resul Pookutty
C) Ritaparno Ghosh
D) Bhanu Athaiya

A)

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B)

C)

D)

47) Which of the following is not a mission of the Indian 47)
Space Research Organisation (ISRO):

A) LUNARSAT
B) Mars Orbiter Mission
C) ASTROSAT
D) Chandrayaan 1

A)

B)

C)

D)

48) In which year was the first general election held in 48)
India?

A) 1953-1954
B) 1950-1951
C) 1951-1952
D) 1952-1953

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A)

B)

C)

D)

49) Which of the
following does not
match:

A) Gully Boy: Rap
music 49)
B) Hichki: Tourette
Syndrome
C) Pad Man : A)
Menstruation
D) Gunjan Saxena:
Women in the B)
Navy

C)

D)

50) The
Gutenberg
Bible printed in
Europe in the
1450s was
important for
communication
s because :

A) It was
printed in
French and
Greek,
making it
widely read. 50)
B) It coincided
with the
beginning A)
of the

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Crusades
with
increased
travel.
C) It was
printed
using mass
produced
movable
metal type,
after that B)
this
technology
was used to
print
various
books.
D) It was
printed on
leather, with
hand C
painted )
illustrations.

D
)

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ANSWER KEY

Question Paper No: 61166_15

1 A 26 B
2 A 27 C
3 C 28 B
4 B 29 D
5 A 30 A
6 C 31 B
7 C 32 A
8 C 33 D
9 C 34 B
10 B 35 A
11 A 36 B
12 B 37 A
13 C 38 A
14 C 39 D
15 C 40 B
16 C 41 D
17 B 42 C
18 A 43 D
19 C 44 B
20 B 45 A
21 D 46 C
22 D 47 A
23 B 48 C
24 B 49 D
25 B 50 C

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