Top 550+ Solved Editing MCQ Questions Answer
Q. ____________are the main tools of headlines.
a. Kicker & hammer
b. Hammer & stammer
c. Kicker & sticker
d. Words & jargon
Q. Inserting your own or someone else's opinion in an article is called_________
a. opinionating
b. editorialising
c. conceptulalising
d. informing
Q. To make a copy ready for publishing, one must __________________
a. check facts & figures
b. ensure copy is ethical
c. check language & grammer
d. check facts & figures, ensure copy is ethical, and check language & grammer
Q. The scope of editing includes copy editing, rewriting, __________ , etc.
a. writing poems
b. writing headlines
c. writing editorials
d. writing columns
Q. Five conventional determinants of the news values are ________, timeliness, prominance, consequence and _______
a. proximity & human interest
b. politics & politicians
c. actors & stars
d. drama & violence
Q. The most difficult but important part of the editing process is ________
a. read
b. rewrite
c. eliminate what is not required
d. edit
Q. A story is divided into________
a. slugs & introduction
b. lead & body copy
c. quotes &body copy
d. copy & photographs
Q. News is written in the _________style.
a. cylindrical
b. circular
c. rectangular
d. inverted pyramid
Q. While rewriting one must look for spellings, grammar and_______
a. words
b. syntax
c. leads
d. quotes
Q. All reading materials except advertisements are assembled in the ______________
a. Managerial Department
b. Editorial department
c. Advertisement Department
d. Productive Department
Q. In _____________ local, regional, national and international news is received through terminals
a. Editorial Room
b. Copy Desk
c. Newsroom
d. picture room
Q. ___________ is the place where the editor and editorial page writers handle the material that goes in the editorial page
a. Newsroom
b. Copy Desk
c. picture room
d. Editorial Room
Q. _______________ is the place where staff photographers submit their photographic assignments.
a. Copy Desk
b. Picture Division
c. Library
d. Newsroom
Q. In big news papers a ________ popularly called the 'morgue'
a. Library
b. picture room
c. Newsroom
d. Picture Division