Top 250+ Solved Reporting MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Why was Indian Space Research Organisation in the news?
a. Appointment of a new director
b. For launching rockets
c. Failure of its moon lander
d. Inauguration of a new office
Q. During riots a reporter should
a. Support one side against the other
b. Give a balanced view
c. Get quotes from the police
d. Do not dramatize, report what you see
Q. A Health reporter relies on many parameters to get Covid numbers. Which one does he not depend upon?
a. Goes to hospitals and gets statistics
b. Checks with municipal authorities
c. Monitors Health ministry statistics
d. Calls families afflicted by the disease
Q. What does a court reporter not do?
a. Report on cases that are sub-judice
b. Simplify legal jargon for easy reading
c. Report on major cases in high courts
d. Monitor crime statistics for comparison
Q. Specialised training should be given to war correspondents because
a. They may let out operational details
b. They will display bodies of soldiers
c. They may file reports not checked by the army
d. They may file erroneous reports
Q. What is Barkha Dutt famous for?
a. For covering political rallies
b. For covering Kargil conflict
c. As an expert on China
d. As an expert on Pakistan
Q. Which editor was jailed for sexual harassment?
a. Tarun Tejpal
b. Aakar Patel
c. Shekhar Gupta
d. Vinod Dua
Q. Lifestyle reporter does not cover which one of the following?
a. Food
b. Travel
c. Politics
d. Exhibitions
Q. During 'Me Too' campaign, against which Indian journalist turned politician 11 cases were filed by women journalist under sexual harassment charges?
a. Vineet Jain
b. Manoranjan Bharti
c. M J Akbar
d. Vir Sanghvi
Q. In case of a natural disaster what should a reporter do?
a. Not to upset the sensitivity of the victims
b. Report gory details
c. Show mutilated bodies
d. Hamper rescue workers by interviewing victims
Q. When covering an air crash what is it that you do not do?
a. Talk to the airline and get the manifest
b. Talk to the rescue workers
c. Talk to the relatives assembled at the airport
d. Give unconfirmed names of the dead
Q. If you are sent to report on the launch of a navy destroyer from Mazagon shipyard what is NOT expected from you?
a. Hinder the process by barging into the event
b. Wait to interview the admiral of the Indian Navy
c. Talk to the engineers on the technology used
d. Interview the head of the Maagon docks
Q. Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?
a. A. A journalist needs a great deal of money to start a new news organization.
b. Journalists have a wider choice of career paths than in the past.
c. C. The journalism industry is evolving as people get their news in new ways.
d. D. Creative ideas for journalistic content and delivery systems are springing up everywhere.
Q. Traditional news media—newspapers, magazines and broadcast news operations—provide what percentage of the factual information on the Internet?
a. A. 70 percent.
b. 55 percent.
c. C. 85 percent.
d. D. 90 percent.