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This set of Media laws and Ethics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Media Laws And Ethics Set 1

Q1 | Right to Information act Came in to force in __________
  • 12th october 2005
  • 22nd october 2005
  • 12 jun 2006
  • 22nd october 2006)
Q2 | Under RTI Act, Information means
  • documents
  • advices
  • contracts
  • all of these
Q3 | Time limit for providing information under RTI Act concerning the lifeand liberty of a person is
  • 24 hours
  • 48 hours
  • 30 days
  • 7 days
Q4 | Supreme court of India came into being in__________
  • 28th jan 1950
  • 26th jan 1950
  • 28th feb 1950
  • 26th feb 1950
Q5 | __________ means that a question that was dealt with in a certainway continues to be dealt with in that way in similar later situations.
  • precedent
  • pre-emption
  • presumption
  • none of these
Q6 | The Press and Registration of Books Act enacted in the year__________
  • 1857
  • 1867
  • 1877
  • 1897
Q7 | Press Council Act was enacted in the year __________
  • 1965
  • 1978
  • 1968
  • 1969
Q8 | The Supreme Court of India is located in __________
  • ernakulam
  • thiruvananthapuram
  • new delhi
  • none of these
Q9 | The law for working journalists and other employees has beenpassed in the year __________
  • 1953
  • 1954
  • 1955
  • 1957
Q10 | To improve the standard of news agencies and Newspapers__________ was reconstituted.
  • press council
  • wage boards
  • press forums
  • none of these
Q11 | Which one from the following is the threat for the journalism?
  • accuracy
  • bias
  • all of these
  • none of these
Q12 | A wilful disobedience of a court order or a wilful interference withthe administration of Justice is __________
  • contempt of court
  • conflict of laws
  • compensatory damages
  • none of these)
Q13 | Indecent Representation Of Women (Prohibition) Act was enacted inthe year
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1977
  • 1978
Q14 | Law concerned with non criminal matters
  • civil law
  • media law
  • public law
  • none of
Q15 | ________refers to the order a court issues so that it can review the decision and proceedings in a lower court and determine whetherthere were any irregularities.
  • certiorari
  • caveat
  • appeal
  • none of these
Q16 | __________ refers to a party that is allowed to provide information to a court even though the party is not directly involved in the case athand
  • amicus curiae
  • interim order
  • attorney general
  • advocate general
Q17 | Official Secrets Act was enacted in __________
  • 1923
  • 1953
  • 1933
  • 1963
Q18 | __________ is an unauthorized use, typically of a patent or copyright.
  • infringement
  • invasion of privacy
  • slander
  • libel
Q19 | Jurisprudence means
  • the topical area of the science of law and societal order
  • a legal scholar
  • judicial system
  • none ofthese
Q20 | Defamatory (false and injurious) written statements or materials,including movies or photographs is called
  • libel
  • slander
  • lien
  • none of these
Q21 | Element/s which must be present before a libel action that can bebrought against a media report:
  • publication
  • harm to a person’s reputation
  • proof of fault
  • all of these
Q22 | The following is a defence against defamation
  • if it were for the public good,
  • to publish a substantially true report of theproceedings of a court of justice,
  • to express in good faith any option whatever respectingthe conduct of a public servant in the discharge of his public functions,
  • all of these
Q23 | Contempt of Court was enacted for the first time in the year__________
  • 1952
  • 1962
  • 1972
  • 1982
Q24 | A person is said to be offender of Contempt of Court under thefollowing circumstance/s
  • charging the judge with unreasonability and inability,
  • to threat the witnesses,
  • to attempt to obstruct in the police inquiry against the order of the judge,
  • all of these
Q25 | TRIPS stands for
  • trade related aspects of intellectual property rights
  • trade related acts of intellectual property rights
  • trade relations act of intellectual property rights,
  • trade relations aspect of intellectual property rights