Media Laws And Ethics Set 1 MCQs

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