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Post NamePRINCIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER
DepartmentKERALA WATER AUTHORITY
Question Paper Code136/2015
Date of Test21 July 2015
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOMR Examination
Total Questions100
1
Communication is derived from the Latin noun : :
Answer
A. Communis
2
Interpersonal Communication is :
Answer
Question Cancelled
3
Grapevine is ——————— type of Communication. |
Answer
B. Informal
4
Commercial theory is also known as:
Answer
D. Laissez faire theory
5
Which one of the following is not an operating system?
Answer
C. Bing
6
Computer language used on internet is :
Answer
B. Java
7
CSS stands for :
Answer
D. Cascading style sheets A 3 [P-7.04 avo deat non ee fe
8
Extension of CPU:
Answer
A. Central processing Unit _
9
The term used for transferring files from one computer to another computer or server :
Answer
D. Upload -
10
Father of ‘www’ is: :
Answer
A. Tim Berners Lee
11
The file extension of MS-WORD document in office 2007 is:
Answer
B. .docx
12
Identify the IP address from the following :
Answer
B. 202.50.20.148
13
Binary equivalent of decimal number 45 is :
Answer
A. 101101
14
Which day is observed as National PR Day in India?
Answer
C. April 21
15
Who is the father of PR? : .
Answer
A. Ivy Lee
16
Name the first PR agency :
Answer
B. The Publicity Bureau
17
The first All India Public Relations Conference was held at New Delhi on:
Answer
D. 21 April 1968
18
In Public Information model of public relations, importance is given to : :
Answer
A. Truth
19
—_———_————- is the basis of Public Relations, advocated by the English Philosopher, Jeromy Bentham. ;
Answer
C. Utilitarianism
20
D.T.P means: :
Answer
C. Desk Top Publisher
21
Editing in News Papers means the removal of —---—-—— in writing.
Answer
C. Fog
22
In offset printing, the plate image is transferred to:
Answer
D. Rubber blanket
23
The word Stringer is used for :
Answer
A. Part-time-Reporter
24
What is NFDC?
Answer
C. National Film Development Corporation
25
The Spine of a book is it : :
Answer
A. Binding edge where the forms are joined .
26
Which one of the following is an indication of the quality of a research journal?
Answer
B. Impact factor
27
Simple Random Sampling is also known as:
Answer
C. Chance Sampling
28
The Purpose of research is to :
Answer
A. Discover answers to questions
29
Principles of Replication states :
Answer
D. Experiment repeated more than once
30
MDS means what?
Answer
C. Multi Dimensional Scaling
31
Observation method is the most commonly used method specially studies relating to :
Answer
A. Behavioural Sciences
32
The name of L.L Thurstone is associated with :
Answer
C. Differential Scales
33
The Headline of the story is given over the nameplate of the Newspaper is called :
Answer
B. Skyline ‘
34
PTI stands for :
Answer
C. Press Trust of India
35
Bennet and Coleman Publishers which news paper?
Answer
D. The Times of India
36
Who is known as the Father of Indian Cinema?
Answer
A. Dada Saheb Phalke
37
The Newspaper ‘Kesari’ was founded by : | :
Answer
C. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
38
The Vernacular Press Act (1878) was also called :
Answer
B. Gagging Act
39
Amrit Bazar Patrika was first published in :
Answer
B. 1868
40
Who differentiated between Hot & Cold Messages?
Answer
C. Marshal Me Luhan
41
DAB means:
Answer
A. Digital Audio Broadcasting
42
Who invented the Radio? :
Answer
D. Guglielmo Marconi
43
F.M stands for: :
Answer
C. Frequency Modulation
44
When was the Vividh Bharati Service started? — ti
Answer
A. 24 October 1957
45
Commercials were introduced on All India Radio in :
Answer
D. 1967
46
India Broadcasting Service was set up in:
Answer
B. 1930
47
Headquarters of Akashavani’s National Channel is located in :
Answer
D. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
48
Whois a Cub?
Answer
C. An untrained reporter
49
The book “Childhood and Society was written by :
Answer
A. Erik Erikson
50
————______ the place where the on-air signal is controlled.
Answer
D. MCR 136/2015 8 A ste
51
What is DAT?
Answer
B. Digital Audio Tape
52
Which of the Indian agency was a subsidiary of Reuters?
Answer
D. API
53
PTCis also known as :
Answer
A. Piece to Camera
54
The medium shot of the camera is up to the :
Answer
C. Waist of the Subject
55
Names or bits of information superimposed on the TV screen is called :
Answer
D. Supers
56
What is meant by CU?
Answer
B. Close Up :
57
Which is the supreme medium to express yesterday, today and tomorrow with its own unique language?
Answer
D. Cinema
58
Which are the two events responsible for the growth of Indian Advertising Agencies in the early twentieth Century?
Answer
A. Swadeshi Movement and Rotary linotype machine
59
What is AAAI?
Answer
D. Advertising Agencies Association of India
60
In which year IENS was set up?
Answer
B. 1939
61
Which type of Advertising Provides valuable information in a dry matter of fact manner?
Answer
C. Classified Ad
62
AIDA stands for :
Answer
D. Attention Interest Desire Action
63
The Indian Society of Advertisers was formed in :
Answer
Question Cancelled
64
Advertising Agencies able to handle all phases of Advertising Process for its client is called : j
Answer
B. Full service agencies
65
What can be called as a battle cry in the field of sales and marketing?
Answer
C. Slogan
66
When an Audio Message resonates in the listeners mind, it is called ?
Answer
B. _ Echoic retention
67
First Press Commission was constituted on :
Answer
D. 234 September 1952
68
Press Institute of India was established on :
Answer
A. 1963
69
‘Nose for News’ means :
Answer
D. Senses material for News
70
Contempt of Court Act was established on:
Answer
B. 1971
71
Right to Information Act came in to being on:
Answer
D. 2005
72
————_———. was passed in Indian Parliament itl the intention of net censorship.
Answer
C. The Information Technology Act
73
What aims at preventing publication of Publications harmful to young persons?
Answer
B. Young Person’s Act
74
Press Council of India Consist of —----——— members.
Answer
D. 28
75
Name the author of the book ‘The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR’ :
Answer
A. Al Ries and Laura Ries
76
The PR theory proposed by Peter M. Blau and Richard M. Emerson :
Answer
C. Social Exchange theory ;
77
Which movie is not by Adoor Gopalakrishnan? :
Answer
B. Utharayanam
78
Who is the primary source of News for a News Paper?
Answer
B. Reporter
79
Father of modern Advertising : ;
Answer
C. Thomas Baratt :
80
‘Rhetoric’ as the basis of better communication was emphasised by :
Answer
A. Aristotle
81
Guilt Edged market deals with :
Answer
A. Government security or securities guaranteed by Government
82
Who headed the committee formed on 3°4 February to study the demand of statehood for Telungana?
Answer
D. Justice B.N. Srikrishna
83
Who termed the 1919 reforms as “dissatisfying disappointing and a sun without morning”?
Answer
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
84
‘Bharath Matha’ is a well-known painting of: _
Answer
Question Cancelled
85
The soil which is most suitable for the cultivation of Tea :
Answer
C. Laterite soil :
86
. “Make Namboothiri a human being” was the slogan of :
Answer
D. Yogakshema Sabha
87
Lubit, Subansiri, Tista, Manas are the main tributaries of which of the following rivers :
Answer
B. . Brahmaputra
88
‘Round Revolution’ was introduced to raise the production of :
Answer
A. Potato
89
“Mokshapradipam’” is a famous work of : !
Answer
D. Brahmananda Sivayogi | ,
90
According to Human Development Report 2010 HDI (Human Development Index) value is : }
Answer
B. 0.519 | g
91
Under which Constitutional Amendment Education became Fundamental Right?
Answer
C. 86% Amendment :
92
Which climatic region has the characteristic like low rainfall, dry climate with high and low temperatures? ;
Answer
B. Desert climate
93
Name the author of the recently published book “The Accidental Prime Minister” :
Answer
C. Sanjaya Baru :
94
Bihar, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are the three states among the ‘BIMARU States’. Spot the missed one :
Answer
D. Madhya Pradesh
95
The Indian Independent Act came into force on : |
Answer
B. 18% July 1947
96
An Indian Classical Art form which is a blend of both Hindustani Music and Mughal Culture? |
Answer
C. Kathak
97
Who is regarded as ‘The Prophet of Indian Nationalism’?
Answer
Question Cancelled
98
Clouds which seen as white sheets in horizontal planes are :
Answer
A. Stratus clouds
99
Who won the 2014 Pulitzer prize for his collection — 3 sections’? |
Answer
D. Vijay Seshadri
100
The 2014 Winter Olympic game were held in which Russian City :
Answer
D. Sochi 136/2015 14 : A

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