Journalism and Mass Communication Objective Questions (DMCQ)

Q1. The Bengali Gazette was started by ……………………in 1816.

(a) Mother Theresa
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Sir C. V Raman
(d) Gangadhar Bhattacharjee

Correct Answer: (D) Gangadhar Bhattacharjee

Explanation- Gangadhar Bhattacharjee started the Bengali Gazette, the first newspaper in the Bengali language, in 1816.

Q2. Who ……………..launched a weekly, called the “Navjeevan”, in Gujarati?

(a) Gandhiji
(b) Nathaniel Butter
(c) Nicholas Bourne
(d) Henry Muddiman

Correct Answer: (A) Gandhiji

Explanation- Mahatma Gandhi launched the Gujarati weekly “Navjeevan” to spread his ideas of non-violence and social reform.

Q3. ‘Publick Occurrences’ was a newspaper published by …………………

(a) Benjamin Harris
(b) William Bradford
(c) John Peter Zenger
(d) Nicholas Bourne

Correct Answer: (A) Benjamin Harris

Explanation- Benjamin Harris published ‘Publick Occurrences,’ which was the first multi-page newspaper in the American colonies, in 1690.

Q4. Columns means …………………

(a) Signed articles that express the writer’s reporting and his conclusions
(b) Movie reviews
(c) Public records
(d) Listening where news is taking place

Correct Answer: (A) Signes articles that express the writer’s reporting and his conclusions

Explanation- Columns are regular features in newspapers or magazines where the author expresses their opinions and analysis on various topics.

Q5. The history of modern journalism in Bengal was inaugurated by ……………

(a) Augustus Hicky
(b) McKinley
(c) Hermione Granger
(d) John Pilger

Correct Answer: (A) Augustus Hicky

Explanation- Augustus Hicky started ‘Hicky’s Bengal Gazette,’ the first English-language newspaper published in India, marking the beginning of modern journalism in Bengal.

Q6. Who was nicknamed as the “Father of Yellow Journalism.”?

(a) William Randolph Hearst
(b) Benjamin Harris
(c) William Bradford
(d) Nicholas Bourne

Correct Answer: (A) William Randolph Hearst

Explanation- William Randolph Hearst was known for sensationalist and exaggerated journalism, leading to the term “yellow journalism.”

Q7. Enterprise or Investigative stories means …………………

(a) Stories that uncover information that few people knew
(b) Unsigned articles that express a publication’s opinion
(c) Restaurant or movie reviews
(d) Online diaries kept by individuals or small groups

Correct Answer: (A) Stories that uncover information that few people knew

Explanation- Investigative stories are in-depth reports that reveal new, often hidden, information that can have a significant impact on society.

Q8. The ……………government had a network of news-services-the waqai-navis, sawanih-navis, and khufia-navis.

(a) Sultanate
(b) Mughal
(c) British
(d) French

Correct Answer: (B) Mughal

Explanation- The Mughal government used these networks of reporters and spies to gather information from across the empire.

Q9. The radio was invented by …………..in 1901 which made sending of human voices over long distances possible.

(a) Alexander Graham Bell
(b) Marconi
(c) John Pilger
(d) Edmund Burke

Correct Answer: (B) Marconi

Explanation- Guglielmo Marconi is credited with inventing the radio, and in 1901, he successfully transmitted signals across the Atlantic Ocean.

Q10. It is believed that Johannes Gutenberg of …………..was the first to develop printing around 1439.

(a) Holland
(b) England
(c) Germany
(d) Poland

Correct Answer (C) Germany

Explanation- Johannes Gutenberg, a German inventor, is widely recognized for developing the movable-type printing press, revolutionizing the production of books.