Top 80+ Solved Journalistic Practices MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Generally a newspaper organization consists of three major departments. which are
a. business, human resource and mechanical
b. marketing, transportation and administration
c. editorial, research and mechanical
d. editorial, business and mechanical
Q. The key responsibility of a business department in a newspaper organization is to
a. to keep the organization afloat financially
b. plan, prepare and provide news
c. setting the policy of the newspaper
d. to prepare the printed copies of the newspaper ready for circulation
Q. Which of the following can be considered as a division of business department of anewspaper?
a. advertising
b. composing
c. proof desk
d. photo department
Q. Which of the following departments is responsible to prepare the non-advertisingelements of newspaper?
a. business
b. editorial
c. advertising
d. circulation
Q. Role of a circulation wing in a newspaper organization is
a. prepare the paper rolls for printing
b. plan distribution routes and the delivery of newspaper
c. prepare classifieds
d. collecting the information from news sources
Q. A place where sub-editors sit and edit the news stories is called:
a. morgue
b. news bureau
c. news desk
d. mailroom
Q. The place where the printed copies of newspaper are prepared for distribution iscalled.
a. mailroom
b. store room
c. morgue
d. none of the above
Q. A collection of reference materials and files of reference in a newspaper office iscalled
a. mailroom
b. store room
c. morgue
d. photo library
Q. Which of the newspaper wing is responsible to keep the records of subscribers, addnew subscriptions and handling the subscription related complaints?
a. advertising
b. mechanical
c. hr department
d. circulation
Q. Leader of editorial department in a newspaper is generally called
a. chief editor
b. senior sub-editor
c. bureau chief
d. manager
Q. Place which is the centre of news gathering process is
a. news desk
b. news bureau
c. morgue
d. library
Q. Position taken by a media outlet in an issue or set of issues is called
a. editorial policy
b. media policy
c. style book
d. none of these
Q. Which of the following is arranged in right hierarchical order
a. chief sub-editor> news editor> chief editor> sub-editor
b. sub-editor> news editor> chief editor> chief sub-editor
c. chief editor> chief sub-editor> news editor> sub-editor
d. chief editor> news editor> chief sub editor> sub-editor
Q. If a reporter is covering a specific area or subject it is called
a. middle
b. slug
c. beat
d. imprint
Q. (i) Proximity: Closeness to the news subject(ii) Timeliness: Freshness of the news subject
a. both are correct
b. (i) is correct, (ii) is incorrect
c. (i) is incorrect, (ii) is correct
d. both are incorrect