KANNUR UNIVERSITY

(NAAC accredited with ‘B’ Grade) DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM MANGATTUPARAMBA CAMPUS, KANNUR UNIVERSITY KANNUR, - PIN-670 567 M.A. JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION (MAJMC)

ENTRANCE TEST- MODEL QUESTION PAPER

Duration: 2hrs. Marks: 200

REG. NO. SIGNATURE OF THE CANDIDATE

The question paper is having 50 questions, each question carries 4 marks for right answer,

and there will be ¼ (4:1) negative marking for wrong answers.

Write the ‘alphabet’ of the right answer in the box provided.

1Who is the current Secretary General of the United Nations Organization?

A) Antonio GuterresB) Ban Ki Moon

C) Kofi AnnanBoutrosD) Boutros Boutros-Ghali

2. Which Article of Indian Constitution ensures Freedom of Expression? AArticle 19 (2) B Article 19 (1) (a)

CArticle 25 (1) (a) D Article 26(a)

3.People Archives of Rural (PARI) is related with; A P. Sainath B Arun Shouri

CPeter Mukharjee D Seventhy Ninan

4. Who is the present Governor of the Reserve Bank of India? A) Raghuram RajanB) Urjit Patel C) Bimal JalanD) Shaktikanta Das

5.Who out of the following is a recipient of the Magsaysay Award? A) Chandi Prasad Bhatt B) Sundar Bahuguna C) Anil Joshi D) Radha Bahan

6. Whose voice is behind the audio book Wings of Fire, written by former Preident late APJ Kalam? A) Om PuriB) Amitabh Bachchan C) Girish KarnadD) Aamir Khan

7. Which of the following south Indian stars shared the Best Actor award with Manoj Bajpayee in the 67th National Awards (2019)? A) Dhanush for Asuran (Tamil) B) Mahesh Babu for Maharshi (Telagu) C) Tovino Thomas for Luca (Malyalam) D) Rudranil Ghosh for Kedara (Bangala

8. The abbreviation of GST stands for; AGoods Services Taxes BGood Service Tax

CGoods and Services Tax D Good Service Taxes

9. A Century is Not Enough is an autobiography of - A) Sachin TendulkarB) Rahul Dravid C) Sourabh GangullyD) Anil Kumble

10. National Press day? A Nov 15 B Nov 14

C Nov 16 D Nov 17

11. Covid 19 virus case reported first in which state of India?

A Haryana B Bihar

C Kerala D Tamilnadu

12. Head quarters of Press Trust of India (PTI)

AMumbai B

CKolkata D New Delhi

13. Which state of India declared access to internet as a basic human right? A Karnataka B Kerala

C Tamilnadu DDelhi

14 In which film Kani Kusruthi won the best actress award in the 42nd Mosco Film Festival ? AEswaran Saakhi B Biriyani

C Kerala kafe D Shikkar

15. UNESCO celebrate world Radio Day all over the world on; A 13 February B 15 March

C 29 June D09 April

16.NITI Aayog is;

A National Institution for Transforming India

B National Industry for Transforming India

C National Innovation for Transforming India

D National Idea for Transforming India

17. “Bahujana Hithaya Bahujana Sukhaya is the motto of;

ADigital India programme B All India Radio

C Doordarshan D BSNL

18. Which High Court of India declared Right to Access Internet as a Fundamental Right?

A Kerala B Allahabad

C Delhi D Tamilnadu

19. Drafting Committee Chairman of Indian Constitution?

A Dr. S. Radhakrishnan B Mahatma Gandhi

C Dr. Rajendra Prasad D Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

20. The headquarters of Sree Narayana Open University is at;

A Kozhikkod B Thrissur

C Thiruvananthapuram D Kollam

21. I ………practicing football for the last three weeks

A have B have been

C has D had

22. She speaks Spanish well

A Do she? B Doesn’t she?

C Does she? D Don’t she?

23. I ……. cricket every morning

A am playing B play

C playing D am play

24. You won’t be allowed to enter the place ……you show ID card

A apart B whether

C if Dunless

25. How many students in your class……from Wayanad

A are coming B comes

C come D came

26. If I were rich, I …………a bungalow

A would have B will have

C would have had D have

27. You …………. obey the rules and regulations.

A did B would

C should D had

28. I……for my book. Have you seen it?

A will look B looking

C look Dam looking

29. Would you mind…………….the door, please?

A closing B to close

C close D closed

30. The phone…….. can you answer it, please?

A rang B ring

C rings D is ringing

31.Who won the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize Award 2020

A Vladimir Putin B Sir David Attenborough

C Mark Zukenberg D David Cameron

32. Who is the editor of Matrubhumi Daily?

A Mammen Mathew B K. Gopalakrishnan

C SidharathVaradarajan D Manoj K. Das

33.Who is the author of the novel Chemmeen’?

A S.K. Pottakkadu B T. Padmanabhan

C Thakazhy D Vyshakhan

34. The director of the film Chemmeen is ………………

A Sasi Kumar B Aravindan

C AdoorGopalakrishnan D Ramu Karyaat

35.Who is the owner of the You Tube channel ’MoJo’

A Sagarika Gosh B Raj Deepsardesai

B Barkha Dutta D Rahul Kanwal

36. Chief Justice of India is ………………

A Sharath Aravind Bobde B P.N. Patnaik

C Indu Malhotra D MarkandeyaKatju

37. Who is the Editor of Outlook weekly?

A. Krishna Prasad. B. Ruben Banerjee

C. Paul thomas D. Rajesh Ramachandran

38. The author of the novel ‘Midnight Chldren’ is?

A. Bram Stoker B Francis Coppola

C Salman Rushdi D H.G. Wells

39.Newspaper associated with Bennett & Coleman publishing group;

A. Indian Express B

CTimes of India D Deccan Chronicle

40. Editor of Caravan weekly………………….. A Ashok Jain B Paul vargheese

C Philip Mathew D Vinod Jose

41. Who won the 44th Vayalar Award 2020?

A K.V. Mohan Kumar B Ezhacheeri Ramachandran C V.J. James D K.R. Meera

42. How many assembly constituencies in Kerala?

A 130 B 144

C 140 D 143

43. Chairman of Rajya Sabha? A President B Vice-Pesident

B Speaker D Rajya Sabha Secretary

44. Who was the first Chief Minister of Kerala? A) K. Karunakaran B Panmpally Govida Menon

C) E.M.S D) Ikkanda Warrier

45. How many Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala A) 17 B) 18

C) 20 D) 19

46. Founder of Face Book? A) M. Zuckerberg B) Julian Assange

C) Steve Jobs D) Bill Gates

47. J.P. Nadda is the national president of…….? A) L.J.P B) JDU

C) B.J.P D) B.S.P

48. The minimum seats required for a majority in Indian Loksabha to form a government is …… A) 272 B) 273 C) 274 D)271

49. The Right to Information Act was passed in the year A) 2007 B)2003

C) 2004 D 2005

50. Which one of the following country is not a member of SAARC? A) Myanmar B) Maldives C) Afghanistan D) Bhutan

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