Odisha CPET 2022 Question Paper Journalism Mass Communication

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COMMON P.G. ENTRANCE TEST–2022 (CPET-2022)

Subject Code : 73 Test Booklet No.:

Entrance Subject : Journalism & Mass Communication Hall Ticket No.:

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1. What is the total number of Assembly seats in Odisha?

(A) 147

(B) 21

(C) 10

(D) 25

2. What is the total number of Lok Sabha Seats from Odisha?

(A) 147

(B) 21

(C) 10

(D) 25

3. Right to freedom of speech is associated with?

(A) Article 19 of constitution

(B) Article 15 of constitution

(C) Article 356 of constitution

(D) Article 370 of constitution

4. Who appoints chief justice of India?

(A) The president of India

(B) The prime minister of India

(C) The chief justice of India

(D) Ministry of law and justice

5. Dollar is the currency of which country?

(A) India

(B) United States of America

(C) Philippines

(D) Britain

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6. “The Story of My Experiments with Truth” is the autobiography of

(A) Swami Vivekananda

(B) Leo Tolstoy

(C) Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

7. “Connecting India” is the tagline of which company?

(A) Airtel

(B) All India Radio

(C) BSNL

(D) Reliance Jio

8. Malayalam language is spoken in which state of India

(A) Odisha

(B) Karnataka

(C) West Bengal

(D) Kerala

9. Our national anthem is written by whom?

(A) Rabindranath Tagore

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Indira Gandhi

10. Pyramids are associated with which country?

(A) Afghanistan

(B) Egypt

(C) Ukraine

(D) Brazil

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11. Konark temple was constructed by whom?

(A) Langula Narasimha Dev

(B) Jajatikeshari

(C) Lord Sun

(D) Allofthese

12. Arthashastra was written by whom?

(A) Malthus

(B) Patanjali

(C) Charaka

(D) Chanakya

13. What do you mean by a mixed economy?

(A) Modern and traditional industries

(B) Public and private sectors

(C) Foreign and domestic investments

(D) Commercial and subsistence farming

14. Who among the followings is associated with Communist Philosophy?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Leo Tolstoy

(C) George Gerbner

(D) Karl Marx

15. What does “Capitalism” refer to?

(A) The use of market

(B) Government ownership of capital

(C) Private ownership of capital goods

(D) Private ownership of homes and cars

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16. Who was associated with Buddhism?

(A) King Kharabela

(B) King Ashok

(C) Emperor Akbar

(D) King Vikramaditya

(A) Badminton

(B) Kabaddi

(C) Cinema

(D) Music

18. Who among the followings is an economist?

(A) Rabindranath Tagore

(B) Amartya Sen

(C) Subash Chandra Bose

(D) Har Gobind Khurana

19. Who is not a Noble Award winner:

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Rabindranath Tagore

(C) Amartya Sen

(D) Kailash Satyarthi

20. Which is the upper house of parliament?

(A) Lok Sabha

(B) Rajya Sabha

(C) Sansad

(D) Parliament

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21. How many members from Odisha are elected to RajyaSabha?

(A) 10

(B) 14

(C) 16

(D) 21

22. What is the tenure of a Rajya Sabha member?

(A) 4years

(B) 5 years

(C) 6 years

(D) 1 year

23. What is the tenure of a Lok Sabha member?

(A) 6years

(B) 5 years

(C) 4 years

(D) 1 year

24. Who is the author of “A tale of two cities”?

(A) Charles Dickens

(B) Mark Twain

(C) Robert louis Stevenson

(D) None of these

25. Franklin Roosevelt is associated with which country?

(A) America

(B) France

(C) Italy

(D) Switzerland

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26. Similar word for the word ‘Begin’is:

(A) Jargon

(B) Advent

(C) Dissension

(D) Nostalgia

(A) Music

(B) Religion

(C) Sports

(D) Acting

(A) Cricket

(B) Sports

(C) Swimming

(D) Cinema

29. Who among the followings is a psychologist?

(A) Thomas Edison

(B) H. Rider Haggard

(C) Sigmund Freud

(D) Michael Faraday

30. Which of the following is a Primary Group?

(A) Family

(B) School

(C) Church

(D) Cricket Club

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31. State is refers to:

(A) Political Association

(B) Religious Association

(C) Recreational Association

(D) Social Association

32. Bay of Bengal is associated with:

(A) Indian Ocean

(B) Atlantic Ocean

(D) None of these

33. Phone pe is an android App for:

(A) Health care

(C) Financial transaction

(D) None of these

34. What is UNI ?

(A) United News of India

(B) Unwanted nations for India

(C) A Spanish News Agency

(D) News agency from France

35. What is PTI?

(A) Publicity Wing of UN

(B) Publicity Unit of Government of India

(C) Press Trust of India

(D) A Public Trust in Delhi

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36. What is yellow journalism?

(A) News papers printed in yellow paper

(B) Sensational not factual news

(C) A newspaper published near the Yellow river

(D) None of these

37. Who performed the character “Basanti” in the Movie Sholay?

(A) Hema Malini

(B) Madhubala

(C) Madhuri Dixit

(D) Jaya Bachan

38. What does the term ‘FourthEstate’refer to?

(A) A residential colony in Mumbai

(B) Press and news media

(C) A modern printing press

(D) A media law enacted during the British rule

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

(D) Motilal Nehru

40. The book “Interpretation of Dreams” is written by?

(A) Sigmund Freud

(B) H. Rider Haggard

(C) Jane Austin

(D) Michael Faraday

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41. According to Hinduism, how many types of marriage are there?

(A) 7

(B) 4

(C) 6

(D) 8

42. Which of the following news paper Mahatma Gandhi was associated with?

(A) Voice of India

(B) The Friend of India

(C) Young India

(D) Sambad Kaumudi

43. Who established Indian National Army?

(A) Bhagat Singh

(B) Subhash Chandra Bose

(C) Tipu Sultan

(D) Lord Irwin

44. Who founded Utkal Deepika?

(A) Gopabandhu Dash

(B) Madhusudan Das

(C) Gourishankar Ray

(D) Radhanath Rath

45. What is Prasar Bharati?

(A) Public Service Broadcaster of India

(B) A Mumbai-based Advertising Agency

(C) A Private TV channel

(D) A Doordarshan Weekly Programme

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46. Who said “Democracy is of the people, by the people and for the people?

(A) Abraham Lincoln

(B) Subhash Chandra Bose

(C) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Thomas Jefferson

47. WWW stands for:

(A) Web World Wide

(B) World Wide Web

(C) Wide World Web

(D) World Whole Web

48. What does CPU stand for?

(A) Central Pumping Unit

(B) Common Pumping Unit

(C) Central Processing Unit

(D) Common Progressing Unit

49. Who is the founder of Face Book?

(A) Mark Zuckerberg

(B) Larry Page and Sergey Brin

(C) Thomas Edison

(D) Tim Berner lee

50. Chandragupta was the king of which state?

(A) Magadha

(B) Koshal

(C) Athens

(D) None of these

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51. Non-verbal communication includes

(A) Gestures

(B) Eye-contact

(C) Body language

(D) All of these

52. Who is known as BIG “B”?

(A) Amitabh Bachan

(B) Bobby Deol

(C) Balraj Sahani

(D) Biswajit Chatterjee

(A) Parental guidance for children needed

(B) Restricted to adults

(C) Unrestricted Public Exhibition

(D) None of these

54. Founder of Google

(A) Mark Zuckerberg

(B) Larry Page and Sergey Brin

(C) Thomas Edison

(D) Tim Berner lee

55. ThewordPROstandsfor:

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56. Which among the following is not an Odia newspaper?

(A) Dharitri

(B) Sambad

(C) Dainik Jagran

(D) Pragativadi

57. The word ‘Sci-Fi’ refersto:

(A) Films

(B) Non-Fiction

(C) Yellowpages

58. Film fare awards is actually associated to a:

(A) Magazine

(B) Radio

(C) TVchannel

(D) Story Book

59. Al-jazeera is a:

(A) News Channel

(B) Film

(C) Children’s Magazine

(D) Award

60. The full form of AIR is:

(A) All Information Radio

(B) All India Radio

(C) Aakashvani in Radio

(D) All in one Radio

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61. Satyajit Ray and Raj Kapoor are popular:

(A) News Reporters

(B) News Editors

(C) Film Directors

(D) Columnists

62. Chhau is a dance form popular in

(A) Assam

(B) Odisha

(C) Punjab

(D) Telengana

(A) Quentin Tarantino

(B) Mission Kashmir

(C) Vivek Agnihotri

(D) Prakash Jha

64. Which of the following software is used in Image editing?

(A) Adobe Photoshop

(B) Adobe Premiere

(C) Final Cut Pro

(D) Unreal

65. Delta is a variant of which virus?

(A) Trojan Horse

(B) COVID-19

(C) Rubela

(D) None of these

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66. Which of the following doesn’t touch Indian boundary?

(A) Bay of Bengal

(B) Indian Ocean

(D) Arabian Sea

67. ‘Indigo’ is the brand name of:

(A) A shoe company

(B) A Pharmaceutical company

(C) An Airline

(D) None of the above

68. The basic purpose of Hindu marriage is

(A) Dharma

(B) Praja

(C) Rati

(D) All of the above

69. In which year Hindu marriage act was created?

(A) 1955

(B) 1956

(C) 1952

(D) 1957

70. ‘Lifeline of the Nation’ is the tagline of:

(A) Air India

(B) Indian Railways

(C) India Post

(D) JN NURM

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