Top 550+ Solved Editing MCQ Questions Answer
Q. __________________ newspaper has name plate to the top Left corner of the front page
a. times of India
b. Hindustan times
c. Punjab kesari
d. Indian express
Q. Headline of the newspaper is also known as _______________
a. Beat
b. Masthead
c. Clip art
d. Cold type
Q. ____________is the internal space management of the pages which helps pages to give cleaner look
a. Page architecture
b. illustration
c. editorial content
d. page layout
Q. Police Story means
a. Newspaper's stand on an issue
b. Opposing a police station
c. Highlighting a day's events
d. Correcting a blunder in the edition
Q. In newspaper parlance, sacred cow means
a. highlighting an inane issue
b. using many adjectives
c. a favourable treatment to a story
d. management's favour to an employee
Q. Widow in newspaper production refers to
a. Isolated word
b. Useless headline
c. Bad break
d. Tie break
Q. Bright is a/an
a. balanced editorial
b. short feature
c. attractive news item
d. complex interview
Q. If a publication is half the size of a broadsheet, it is called
a. tabloid
b. digest
c. single dummy
d. double dummy
Q. An editor, in order to maintain consistency in visual style in his newspaper, should
a. use outlines in bold types
b. use all cap headlines
c. use fonts within one type family
d. use italics for intros
Q. In newspapers, news headlines should be written around a strong
a. Adjective
b. Adverb
c. Verb
d. Participle
Q. The value of the Associated Press Stylebook is that it
a. promotes consistency in newswriting and reduces errors.
b. tells reporters what constitutes fine writing and what does not.
c. gives reporters a template for all news stories they may write.
d. guides reporters in assuring that all stories will have a uniform political slant.
Q. What does a copy editor do in a typical newsroom?
a. Checks stories for consistency, grammar and style
b. Makes archive copies of stories from yesterday's print edition
c. Uploads a digital copy of the newspaper to the web
d. Manages newspaper subscriptions
Q. When a writer consciously or unconsciously expresses doubt, criticism or praise in a news story, it is called
a. Contradiction
b. Editorialising
c. Incompleteness
d. Dilemma