COMMUNICATION DOCC - Odt

MCQs on Communication -1
1. When a sender manipulates information so that it will be seen more favourably by the
receiver in communication, it is called
(A) Selective Perception

(B) Linguistic Trap
(C) Filtering
(D) Emotional Appeal
Click Here for Answer Answer - (C)

2. Which of the following is a process of communication?
(A) Downward
(B) Upward
(C) Lateral
(D) All the above
Click Here for Answer Answer - (D)

3. Which of the following is not a path in grapevine chain?
(A) Non-profitability
(B) Single strand
(C) Gossip
(D) Cluster Chair
Click Here for Answer Answer - (A)

4. Which communication component is not a paid form of communication?
(A) Advertising
(B) Sales promotion
(C) Personal selling
(D) Publicity

5. The term “Grapevine Communication” is related to
(A) Formal Communication
(B) Informal Communication
(C) Written Communication
(D) Vertical Communication
Click Here for Answer Answer - (B)
6. The study of gestures and body postures for their impact on communication is known as:
(A) Kinesics
(B) Proximics
(C) Semantics
(D) Informal channels

7. Diffusion of routine information takes place through
(A) Downward Communication
(B) Upward Communication
(C) Horizontal Communication
(D) External Communication

8. Match the following:
Column – A Column – B
a. Device that connects two dissimilar i. Modem
communication networks.
b. Device that connects two similar networks. ii. Repeater
c. Device used to boost the strength of a signal. iii. Bridge
d. Device for performing signal transformation iv. Gateway
between terminal devices and communication
circuits.
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iv iii i ii

9. Which of the following is /are called as ‘fourth estate’?
(A) Print media
(B) Electronic media
(C) Visual media
(D) All the above

10. Who coined the term “fourth estate”?
(A) Charles Marrian
(B) James Bryce
(C) Edmund Burke
(D) Thomas Jefferson
More MCQs on Communication
1. National Press Day is on:
(A) November 1
(B) October 21
(C) November 16
(D) January 7
2. Match the following:
List – A List – B
(a) Connects a very large number of devices and (i) Topology
spans across a dispersed geographical location
covering many cities.
(b) Encrypted communication tunnels with (ii) Ethernet
access control and user authentication
(c) Physical or geometric arrangement of the (iii) Wide Area Network
network influenced by the physical connections of
links and nodes.
(d) Local area network technology that sends (iv) Virtual Private
communication through radio frequency signals. Network
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
3. Largest circulated Government publication is
(A) Employment News

(B) Kurukshetra
(C) Suraksha
(D) Yojna
4. Hard news is :
(A) Cultural news

(B) Background information
(C) Daily public news
(D) Box item story
5. A publication started by Mahatma Gandhi
(A) The Harijan

(B) Bombay Samachar
(C) Indian Mail
(D) The Times of India
6. Lokmanya Tilak published
(A) Kesari
(B) Indian Herald
(C) Indian citizen
(D) Indian News
7. Which one of the following is most perishable?
(A) A book
(B) A newspaper
(C) A magazine
(D) All the above are equally perishable
8. A piece of news obtained and published by one newspaper before its competitors is
known as
(A) Exclusive
(B) Runner
(C) Scoop
(D) Expose
9. The oldest established news agency in the world:
(A) Reuters
(B) AFP
(C) UPI
(D) AP
10. Which was the first Indian –owned English Newspaper?
(A) Bengal Herald

(B) Reformer
(C) Bombay Herald
(D) Bengal Gazette.
1. The head quarters of the PTI:
(A) Mumbai
(B) Chennai
(C) New Delhi
(D) Bangalore
2. Who among the following considered communication as a sharing process?
(A) Dhama and Bhatnagar

(B) Wilbur Schramm
(C) Joseph A Devito
(D) Ban and Hawkins
3. Information that is sent back to the source is known as …...
(A) Context
(B) Feedback
(C) Encoding
(D) Decoding
4. Howling and hooting by the audience during a public speech is an example of …....
(A) Positive feedback

(B) Neutral feedback
(C) Complementary feedback
(D) Negative feedback
5. Communicating within oneself is known as ….......
(A) Group Communication

(B) Transpersonal Communication
(C) Intrapersonal communication
(D) Interpersonal communication
6. Which of the following is not a characteristic of face to face communication?
(A) Direct
(B) Personal
(C) Mediated
(D) Intimate
7. Who was a champion of massline communication?
(A) Mao Zedong

(B) B R Ambedkar
(C) Mother Teresa
(D) Marshall Tito
8. Retranslating a message to extract meaning is known as…..
(A) Decoding
(B) Messaging
(C) Encoding
(D) Noise
9. The act of producing a message is known as….
(A) Decoding
(B) Messaging
(C) Noise
(D) Encoding
10. Which of the following is not an advantage of written communication over oral
communication?
(A) It is a permanent record

(B) Provides tangible legal evidence
(C) Accessible to the illiterate
(D) More accurate than oral communication
1. Who coined the term kinesics?
(A) Robert Frost

(B) Wilbur Schramm
(C) Daniel Lerner
(D) Ray Birdwhistell
2. What is haptics?
(A) Study of facial expression

(B) Study of eye behavior
(C) Study of touching
(D) Study of body movements
3. What is proxemics?
(A) Study of space in communication

(B) Study of eye behavior
(C) Study of touching
(D) Study of body movements
4. Anything that interferes with a message in communication is known as…......
(A) Context
(B) Noise
(C) Decoding
(D) Feedback
5. Who among the following is a gatekeeper?
(A) Reader
(B) Viewer
(C) Listener
(D) Editor
6. How many of the sensory channels can be applied while viewing a television programme?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
7. Which of the following is not a characteristic of mass communication?
(A) Instant feedback

(B) Impersonal
(C) Universal access
(D) Presence of gatekeeper
8. Undesirable consequences of mass communication is known as …......

(A) Functions of mass communication
(B) Dysfunctions of mass communication
(C) Ethicizing functions of mass communication
(D) Socialising functions of mass communication
9. Which among the following is component of Communication process?
(A) Message
(B) Channel
(C) Decoding
(D) Analysis
10. The Consequence of Communication is called?
(A) Effect
(B) Message
(C) Source
(D) Context
1. ………………… can be simply defined as ‘transmission’ of ideas.
(A) Noise
(B) Communication
(C) Encoding
(D) Decoding
2. The word communication was originated from the ……… word ‘communis’
(A) Latin
(B) Greek
(C) French
(D) English
3. Whose model best explains the premise that communication has no beginning
and no end?
(A) Lasswell
(B) Frank E. X. Dance
(C) David M Berlo
(D) Wendell Johnson
4. ‘Communis’ means …………...
(A) Common
(B) Information
(C) Code
(D) Communities
5. Advertisement is an example for …………….. communication
(A) Propaganda
(B) Persuasive
(C) Personal
(D) Permanent
6. The degree of similarity between individuals
(A) Heterophily
(B) Homophily
(C) Synchrophily
(D) Unophily
7. The degree of difference between individuals
(A) Synchrophily
(B) Homophily
(C) Heterophily
(D) Unophily
8. Which of the following is the idea generating component of communication?
(A) Sender
(B) Message
(C) Channel
(D) Receiver
9. The study of the way people approach others or the keep their distance from
others
(A) Kinesics
(B) Proxemics
(C) Chronemics
(D) Ocullesics
10. Communication between the equals
(A) Temporal communication

(B) Intrapersonal communication
(C) Terminal communication
(D) Lateral communication
1. Who is well known for his comment on communication :
’Who (says) What (to) Whom (in) What Channel (with) What Effect’
(A) Frank F X Dance

(B) Harold Lasswell
(C) Marshall McLuhan
(D) Joseph A Devito
2. Which Article of the India Constitution ensures freedom of speech and expression
(A) Article 3 (19)

(B) Article 14
(C) Article 17 (2)a
(D) Article 19 (1) a
3. Gramophone was invented by
(A) Isaac Newton

(B) Marcony
(C) Alfred Nobel
(D) Thomas Alva Edison
4. The smallest unit in the sound system of a language
(A) Phoneme
(B) Word
(C) Letter
(D) Prepositions
5. The Indian Institute of Mass Communication is headquartered in
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Mumbai
(C) New Delhi
(D) Kolkatta
6. Who is considered as the inventor of television?
(A) Charles Babbage

(B) John Logie Baird
(C) Thomas Alva Edison
(D) None of the above
7. Expansion of SMS
(A) Short Message System

(B) Short Message Service
(C) System for Message Service
(D) Service Message System
8. The Prasar Bharati is related with
(A) Broadcast media

(B) Print media
(C) Web media
(D) Folk media
9. The ability to remember specific information content is called
(A) Retain
(B) Recall
(C) Dissemination
(D) Selective exposure
10. Expansion of PTI
(A) Private Television Institute

(B) Protocol for Transferring Information
(C) Press Trust of India
(D) Publicly Trusted Information
You might also like:
1. The term prime time is related with
(A) Television
(B) Print media
(C) News agency
(D) Folk media
2. Who authored the book “ Medium is the Message”?
(A) Sein McBride

(B) Wilbur Schramm
(C) Marshall McLuhan
(D) George Gerbner
3. Wikileaks is run by
(A) Julian Assange

(B) Robert Cull
(C) Prannoy Roy
4. Mark Zuckerberg is the inventor of ……………

(A) Facebook
(B) Orkoot
(C) Google
(D) Yahoo!
5. Communication though touching is called
(A) Tactile communication

(B) Olfactory communication
(C) Auditory communication
(D) Signals
6. Developer of SMCR model
(A) Marshall McLuhan

(B) Harold D. Lasswell
(C) Dance
(D) David Berlo
7. Idea generating component of communication is called
(A) Source
(B) Receiver
(C) Channel
(D) Message
8. Famous question formula to define communication was developed by
(A) George Gerbner

(B) Harold D. Lasswell
(C) Noam Chomsky
(D) David Berlo

9. A two-person unit
(A) Monad
(B) Triad
(C) Clad
10. Communication with the self
(A) Interpersonal communication

(B) Intrapersonal communication
(C) Transpersonal communication
1. The act of interpreting message is called
(A) Decoding
(B) Encoding
(C) Coding
2. Mixing various media options on one device
(A) Media convergence

(B) Media explosion
(C) Media implosion
3. The science of signs

(A) Semiotics
(B) Communicology
(C) Ethnography
(D) Anthropology
4. The Act that empowers people to get access to public documents
(A) Official Secrets Act

(B) Freedom to Information Act
(C) Right to Information Act
(D) Information Technology Act
5. The Press Act passed by the British in 1878 to prevent Indian language press from
being critical of the British rule is …………….
(A) Indian News Paper Act

(B) Indian Press Act
(C) Vernacular Press Act
(D) Colonial Press Act
6. Which among the following publication is not associated with Gandhiji?
(A) Young India

(B) Harijan
(C) Swarajiya
(D) Navajeevan
7. The News paper founded by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is?
(A) Indian Chronicle

(B) Times of India
(C) Indian Herald
(D) National Herald

8. The first Newspaper in India, Bengal Gazette founded by?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(B) James Augustus Hickey
(C) Dr. William Carrey
9. The first Indian films to be nominated for Oscar Award is …………….
(A) Salaam Bombay

(B) Lagan
(C) Slum Dog Millionaire
(D) Mother India
10. The word ‘Tele’ means ………………
(A) To see
(B) Far
(C) Screen
(D) Moving
1. The CBFC Certificate of ‘U’ means
(A) Under Exhibition

(B) Unknown Exhibition
(C) Universal Exhibition
(D) Unrestricted Exhibition

2. BBC stands for ………………….
(A) British Broad Casting Corporation

(B) Broadened Broad casting Corporation
(C) Bit-by-Bit Broadcasting Corporation
(D) None of these
3. Wi-Fi Refers to
(A) Width fixture

(B) Wireless fidelity
(C) Wireless fixture
(D) Width figure
4. PTI (Press Trust of India) celebrated the Golden Jubilee of it’s inception in the year?
(A) 1999
(B) 2000
(C) 1995
(D) 1990
5. What does the Latin Word “Communis” mean?
(A) Commute
(B) Communication
(C) Common
(D) None of these
6. VJ stands for Video Jockey, what does DJ stands for?
(A) Disc Jockey

(B) Drive Jockey
(C) Dude Jockey
(D) Diffo Jockey
7. The process of filtering messages from source to receive is called?
(A) Hand out

(B) Degeneration
(C) Gate keeping
(D) Kinesics
8. Olfactory communication refers to?
(A) Communication by Smell

(B) Communication by Sound
(C) Communication by Fingers
(D) Communication by Eyebrows
9. Doordarshan was delinked from All India Radio, in the year?
(A) 1976
(B) 1970
(C) 1983
(D) 1980
10. The fundamental Right of freedom of expression is guaranteed in constitution by
(A) Article 19
(B) Article 120
(C) Article 91
(D) Article 358

COMMUNICATION DOCC - Odt

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

COMMUNICATION DOCC - Odt

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

MCQs on Communication -1

(A) Selective Perception

Click Here for Answer Answer - (C)

Click Here for Answer Answer - (D)

Click Here for Answer Answer - (A)

Click Here for Answer Answer - (D)

Click Here for Answer Answer - (A)

Click Here for Answer Answer - (A)

Click Here for Answer Answer - (B)

Click Here for Answer Answer - (D)

Click Here for Answer Answer - (C)

More MCQs on Communication

Click Here for Answer Answer - (C)

2. Match the following:

Click Here for Answer Answer - (D)

3. Largest circulated Government publication is

(A) Employment News

Click Here for Answer Answer - (A)

(A) Cultural news

Click Here for Answer Answer - (C)

5. A publication started by Mahatma Gandhi

(A) The Harijan

Click Here for Answer Answer - (A)

6. Lokmanya Tilak published

Click Here for Answer Answer - (A)

7. Which one of the following is most perishable?

Click Here for Answer Answer - (B)

Click Here for Answer Answer - (A)

9. The oldest established news agency in the world:

Click Here for Answer Answer - (B)

10. Which was the first Indian –owned English Newspaper?

(A) Bengal Herald

More MCQs on Communication

Click Here for Answer Answer - (C)

2. Who among the following considered communication as a sharing process?

(A) Dhama and Bhatnagar

Click Here for Answer Answer - (B)

3. Information that is sent back to the source is known as …...

Click Here for Answer Answer - (B)

(A) Positive feedback

5. Communicating within oneself is known as ….......

(A) Group Communication

Click Here for Answer Answer - (C)

6. Which of the following is not a characteristic of face to face communication?

Click Here for Answer Answer - (C)

7. Who was a champion of massline communication?

(A) Mao Zedong

Click Here for Answer Answer - (A)

8. Retranslating a message to extract meaning is known as…..

Click Here for Answer Answer - (A)

9. The act of producing a message is known as….

Click Here for Answer Answer - (D)

(A) It is a permanent record

Click Here for Answer Answer - (C)

More MCQs on Communication

(A) Robert Frost

Click Here for Answer Answer - (D)

(A) Study of facial expression

Click Here for Answer Answer - (C)

(A) Study of space in communication

Click Here for Answer Answer - (A)

4. Anything that interferes with a message in communication is known as…......