Doon University, Dehradun

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2-Years M.A. Communication

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1. Which state has been awarded the best

e-panchayat in 2015 on National

Panchayati Raj Divas?

a) Karnataka

b) Kerala

c) Assam

d) Rjasthan

2. Seasonal unemployment refers to

a) Banks

b) Agriculture

c) Public Sector

d) Private Sector

3. The first metal used by the man was

a) Iron

b) Copper

c) Aluminium

d) Gold

4. Who introduced the „Civil Services‟ in

India?

a) Lord Dalhousie

b) Lord Curzon

c) Lord Wellesely

d) Lord Cornwallis

5. Put the following mass communication

media in the sequence in which they came

to India

1.Radio

2.Television

3.Films

4.Printing

a) 1, 3, 2, 4

b) 1, 4, 3, 2

c) 2, 4, 3, 1

d) 4, 3, 1, 2

6.Which crop is sown on the largest area in

India

a) Rice

b) Wheat

c) Sugarcane

d) Maize

7. The first English Newspaper in India

was started by-

a) Dadabhai Noroji

b) JA Hickey

c) Lord William Bentinck

d) Rabindranath Tagore

8. World`s smallest country is-

a) Canada

b) Russia

c) Maldives

d) Vatican City

9. Deficiency of Iron leads to-

a) Rickets

b) Malaria

c) Dental Cavity

d) Anemia

10. The first Indian actress to have been

nominated to the Rajya Sabha was

a) Nargis Dutt

b) Hema Malini

c) Jaya Prada

d) None of the above

11. Indian Institute of Petroleum is located

at-

a) Dehradun

b) Kolkata

c) Dhanbad

d) New delhi

12. The term butterfly is associated with –

a) Kabaddi

b) Swimming

c) Boxing

d) Wrestling

13.The stock market in India is regulated

by which of these following organizations

a) SEBI ( Security and

Exchange Board of India )

b) RBI ( Reserve Bank of

India )

c) SBI ( State Bank of India )

d) BSE ( Bombay Stock

Exchange)

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14. Which bank has the maximum number

of branches?

a) ICICI Bank

b) HDFC Bank

c) State Bank of India

d) State Bank of Patiala

15. Which academy promotes and

develops literature in all the 22 languages

of India?

a) Sahitya Academy

b) Sangeet Natak Academy

c) Lalit Kala Academy

d) None of the above

16. Which is the oldest Paramilitary force

in India?

a)Border Security Force (BSF

b)Assam Rifles

c)Indo-Tibetian Border Police(ITBP)

d)Coast Guard

17. G-15 is an economic group of

a) First World Nations

b) Second World Nations

c) Third World Nations

d) Fourth World Nations

18. The headquarter of Lalit Kala

Academy is at

a) New Delhi

b) Chandigarh

c) Pune

d) Kolkata

19. In which year was the “All India

Radio” set up

a) 1936

b) 1927

c) 1947

d) 1950

20. Who directed the world famous film

„The Gandhi‟

a) Ben Kingsley

b) Satyajit Roy

c) Mrinal sen

d) Richard Attenborough

21. „.MPG‟ extension refers usually to

what kind of file

a) Word perfect Document file

b) MS Office document

c) Animation/movie file

d) Image file

22. The minimum age to qualify for

election of Lok Sabha

a) 25 years

b) 21 years

c) 18 years

d) 35 years

23. Ceylon is old name of

a) Burma

b) Sri Lanka

c) Thailand

d) Malaysia

24. Who was the first person to address the

United Nations in Hindi?

a) APJ Abdul Kalam

b) Narendra Modi

c) Atal Behari Vajpayee

d) Manmohan Singh

25. Which is the venue of 2018 CWG?

a) London

b) Austria

c) Australia

d) India

26. G7 plus which of the following

countries make G8?

a) United States

b) Russia

c) France

d) Canada

27. Which is India‟s largest and oldest

museum?

a) Indian Museum, Kolkata

b) National Museum, New

Delhi

c) Allahabad Museum

d) Salar Jung Museum,

Kolkata

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28. Who among the following is the first

lady doctor in India?

a) Geeta Mukharjee

b) Anandi Gopal Joshi

c) Sujata Maohar

d) Rani Jethmalani

29. Ajanta Caves are located in the state of

a) Maharastra

b) Gujarat

c) Tamil Nadu

d) West Bengal

30. What sport is played at Wimbledon?

a) Tennis

b) Badminton

c) Chess

d) Cricket

31. Which supercomputer is invented by

Indian Scientist?

a) Param

b) Super 301

c) Compaq Presario

d) CRAY UMP

32. Which company launched the first

mobile phone?

a) Motorola

b) Nokia

c) Apple

d) At & T

33. Which important human right is

protected in Article 21 of the constitution

of India?

a) Right to equality

b) Right to freedom of religion

c) Right to freedom of speech

and expression

d) Right to life and liberty

34. What did Param Vir Chakra replace

when India became a republic?

a) Victoria Cross

b) Iron Cross

c) War Merit Cross

d) Knight Grand Cross

35. A station where the rail lines end, is

called

a) Junction station

b) Way-side station

c) Block station

d) Terminal station

36. The media campaign „the world is

waiting‟ is related to which of the

following companies?

a) Lufthansa

b) Qatar Airways

c) Indian Airlines

d) British Airways

37. Indian Economy is-

a) Socialistic economy

b) Gandhian economy

c) Mixed economy

d) Free economy

38. Which one of the following bodies

finalizes the Five Year Plan proposals?

a) Planning Commission

b) Union Cabinet

c) National Development

Council

d) Ministry of Planning

39. Prof. Amartya Sen has earned

worldwide distinction in which of the

following fields/areas

a) Economics

b) Geology

c) Biochemistry

d) Astrophysics

40. The National Institute of Community

Development is located at

a) Chennai

b) Hyderabad

c) Bangalore

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d) Pant Nagar

41.Mandi House is:

a) The office of the P.M.

b) The office of the NFDC

c) The Doordarshan CPC

d) Doordarshan Directorate

42. Bhanu Athiya won an Oscar Award

for:

a) Direction

b) Costume designing

c) Photography

d) Script writing

43. Who is the author of the book „Sea of

Poppies‟?

a) Amitav Ghosh

b) Atal Behari Vajpayee

c) Anita Desai

d) Vikram Seth

44. Which of the following satellites help

telecast TV network programmes all over

the country?

a) Aryabhatta

b) Apple

c) INSAT-I B

d) Rohini

45. Who among the following has received

both Bharat Ratna and Nishan-e-Pakistan

a) Morarji Desai

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) Ayub khan

d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

46. The journalist who refused to accept

the Padma Bhushan

a) Shekharan Nair

b) Khushwant Singh

c) Arun Shourie

d) Nikhil Chakraborty

47. The TV serial based on famous epic

Mahabharat, was directed by

a) Ramanand Sagar

b) B.R. Chopra

c) Mrinal Sen

d) V. Shantaram

48. Which news paper belongs to Bennett

Coleman & Co.in India ?

a) Hindustan Times

b) Indian Express

c) Times of India

d) Tribune

49. The Uday Shankar Academy of Dance

and Music is proposed to be set up in

Uttarakhand at:

a) Almora

b) Nainital

c) Chamoli

e) Uttarkashi

50. Who is/was the longest serving Chief

Minister of India?

a) Bhajan Lal

b) Chimanbhai Patel

c) Jyoti Basu

d) Hiteshwar Saika

51. Kyoto Protocal which came into effect

from February 2005 is associated with

which of the following fields ?

a) Global warming

b) Use of Nuclear Power for

peaceful purpose

c) Sharing of waters of

international rivers

d) Exchange of information

about drug trafficking

52. Which of the following is not a news

agency of India?

a) Press Trust of India

b) Press Council of India

c) United News of India

d) Hindustan Samachar

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53. Writers‟ Building is the headquarter of:

a) The Times of India group

b) All India Writers

Association

c) West Bengal Government

d) Press Trust of India

54. The International Criminal Police

Organisation (INTERPOL) has its

headquarters in –

a) London

b) Paris

c) Bonn

d) Montreal

55. Which of the following bodies releases

the circulation figures of newspapers ?

a) ISI

b) PTI

c) AINEC

d) ABC

56. Netaji, Dead or Alive‟ has been written

by

a) Khushwant Singh

b) Mulk Raj Anand

c) Samar Guha

d) Kuldeep Nayyar

57. Dr.R.K.Pachauri has been associated

with:

a) TISS

b) TERI

c) IIMC

d) CRRI

58. The economic model that provided

direction to Indian Five-year Plan

exercises in 1950s was provided by-

a) Rajani Palme Dutt

b) P. C. Mahalanobis

c) Romesh Chandra Dutta

d) B. G. Deshmukh

59. Which one of the following museums

has the famous painting titled Mona Lisa ?

a) British Museum

b) New York City Museum

c) Louvre Museum

d) Borghese Gallery, Rome

60.Decision to hold the elections for

Panchayats is taken by the

a) `Panchayat itself

b) Union Government

c) State Governments

d) Election Commission of

the area

61. The Nobel Peace Prize has been

awarded to whom among the following:

a) Rabindranath Tagore

b) C V Raman

c) Amratya Sen

d) Kailash Satyarthi

62. The Survey of India has its

headquarters located in-

a) New Delhi

b) Pune

c) Dehradun

d) Mumbai

63. Who was on 6 April 2015 reappointed

as the chairman of the IPL governing

council?

a) Saurabh Ganguly

b) Rajeev Shukla

c) Sunil Gavaskar

d) Sandeep Patil

64. Which programme was launched in

2009 to create a slum free India ?

a) Indira Awas Yojana

b) Rajiv Awas Yojana

c) Bharat Nirman

d) PURA

65. Gandak Canal is a joint irrigation and

power project between India and which

country

a) Bhutan

b) Bangladesh

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c) Nepal

d) Pakistan

66. Who has emerged as most run scorer

(orange cap) in Indian Premier League-

2015?

a) Ajinkya Rahane

b) David Warner

c) Chris Gayle

d) Virat Kohli

67. Who is the chairman of the Press

Council of India?

a) Justice Markandey Katzu

b) Justice H.L.Dattu

c) Prof Romila Thapar

d) Justice C.K . Prasad

68. On which date, World Press Freedom

Day is observed

a) May 1

b) April 30

c) May 3

d) May 5

69. Who has been appointed as

chairperson of the Children Film Society

of India (CFSI)?

a) Mukesh Khanna

b) Jaya Bachchan

c) Ram Gopal verma

d) Govind Nihlani

70. Which is the agency for accreditation

of institutions of higher education in

India?

a) AICTE

b) NBA

c) NAAC

d) UGC

71. Who was awarded with the prestigious

Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award

2015?

a) Anil Kapoor

b) Sunil Shetty

c) Amitabh Bachchan

d) Amir Khan

72. Who is the writer of the play „Yayati‟?

a) Girish Karnad

b) Mohan Rakesh

c) Indivar

d) Premchand

73. The difference between people with

access to computer and the internet and

those without this access is known as the -

a) Digital divide

b) Internet divide

c) Web divide

d) Cyberway divide

74. Computers use the____ language to

process data

a) relational

b) megabyte

c) binary

d) processing

75. A person who uses his expertise to

gain access to other people`s computers to

get information illegally or to cause

damage is a-

a) Programmer

b) Analyst

c) Spammer

d) Hacker

76. Verification of a login name and

password is known as

a) configuration

b) accessibility

c) authentication

d) logging in

77. Natya Shastra‟ the main source of

India`s classical dances was written by

a) Narad Muni

b) Bharat Muni

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c) Abhinav Gupt

d) Tandu Muni

78. The BBC`s most well-known

programming is its:

a)Melodramatic musical

production

b)Politically liberal call-in talk

shows

c) News

d) Politically conservative call-in

talk shows

79. 2016 Olympics will held in-

a) London

b) Rio de Janeiro

c) Doha

d) Beijing

80. Which of the following is a French

News Agency?

a) AFP

b) WAFA

c) BBC

d) CNN

81. Al-Jazeera TV channel belongs to

a) Qatar

b) Kuwait

c) Egypt

d) Bahrain

82. Which of the following firm has

acquired Nokia handset business in India?

a) Google

b) Facebook

c) Microsoft

d) Motorola

83. Look at this series: BAZ, DCY, FEX

... ...

What set of letters should come next?

a) FXW

b) EFX

c) FEY

d) HGW

84. Look at this series: 2,8,18,32, ... What

number should come next?

a) 50

b) 66

c) 64

d) 38

85. Look at this series: 3,4,7,8,11,12, ...

What number should come next?

a) 7

b) 10

c) 14

d) 15

86. A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a

rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell

to gain 20%?

a) 3

b) 4

c) 5

d) 6

87. Two numbers are respectively 20%

and 50% more than a third number. The

ratio of the two numbers is

a) 2:5

b) 3:5

c) 4:5

d) 6:7

88. What percentage of numbers from 1 to

70 has 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?

a) 1

b) 14

c) 21

d) 20

89. On 8th

Feb 2005, it was Tuesday. What

was the day of the week on 8th

Feb 2004.

a) Tuesday

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b) Monday

c) Sunday

d) Wednesday

90. Pointing to a photograph Anjali said,

“He is the son of the only son of my

grandfather." How is the man in the

photograph related to Anjali?

a) Brother

b) Uncle

c) Son

d) Data is insufficient

In Q 91-93 choose the word that is

necessary part of the word

91. Bonus

a) Reward

b) Raise

c) Cash

d) Employer

92. Dimension

a) `Compass

b) Ruler

c) Inch

d) Measure

93. Contract

a) Agreement

b) Document

c) Written

d) Attorney

(94-96)Choose the pair that best represents

a similar relationship to the one expressed

in the original pair of words

94. SLAPSTICK: LAUGHTER

a) genre : mystery

b) satire : anger

c) mimicry : tears

d) horror : fear

95. JAUNDICE: LIVER

a) rash : skin

b) dialysis : kidney

c) valentine : heart

d) imagination : brain

96. COBBLER: SHOE

a) jockey : horse

b) contractor : building

c) cowboy : boot

d) potter : paint

(97-99)Three words will be of the same

classification, the remaining one will not

be. Mark that different one.

97.

a) Unique

b) Beautiful

c) Rare

d) Exceptional

98.

a) Area

b) Circumference

c) Variable

d) Quadrilateral

99.

a) Cornea

b) Retina

c) Pupil

d) Vision

100. Embarrassed is to humiliated as

frightened is to

a) terrified

b) agitated

c) courageous

d) reckless

Q. (101-103). In each question below is

given a statement followed by two

assumptions numbered I and II. You have

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to consider the statement and the following

assumptions and decide which of the

assumptions is implicit in the statement.

Give answer

• (A) If only assumption I is implicit

• (B) If only assumption II is implicit

• (C) If either I or II is implicit

• (D If both I and II are implicit.

101. Statement: “Unemployment

allowance should be given to all

unemployed Indian youth above 18 years

of age.”

Assumptions:

I. There is unemployed youth in India

who needs monetary support.

II. The government has sufficient

funds to provide allowance to all

unemployed youth.

a) Only assumption I is implicit

b) Only assumption II is

implicit

c) Either I or II is implicit

d) Both I and II are implicit

102. Statement: “Detergents should be

used to clean clothes.”

Assumptions:

I. Detergents form more lather.

II. Detergents help to dislodge grease

and dirt.

a) Only assumption I is

implicit

b) Only assumption II is

implicit

c) Either I or II is implicit

d) Both I and II are implicit

103. Statement: Apart from the

entertainment value of television, its

educational value cannot be ignored.

Assumptions:

1. People take television to be a

means of entertainment only.

2. The educational value of television

is not realized properly..

a) Only assumption I is implicit

a) Only assumption II is

implicit

b) Either I or II is implicit

c) Both I and II are implicit

104. Find the statement that must be true

according to the given information-

Erin is twelve years old. For three years,

she has been asking her parents for a dog.

Her parents have told her that they believe

a dog would not be happy in an apartment,

but they have given her permission to have

a bird. Erin has not yet decided what kind

of bird she would like to have.

a) Erin`s parents like birds

better than they like dogs.

b) Erin does not like birds.

c) Erin and her parents live in

an apartment.

d) Erin and her parents would

like to move.

105. Ten new television shows appeared

during the month of September. Five of

the shows were sitcoms, three were hour-

long dramas, and two were news-magazine

shows. By January, only seven of these

new shows were still on the air. Five of the

shows that remained were sitcoms.

a) Only one of the news-

magazine shows remained

on the air.

b) Only one of the hour-long

dramas remained on the air.

c) At least one of the shows

that were cancelled was an

hour-long drama.

d) Television viewers prefer

sitcoms over hour-long

dramas.

(106-115). In the following questions,

choose the word which best expresses the

meaning of the given word.

106. Fatal

a) Deadly

b) Serious

c) Dangerous

d) Grievous

107. Mayhem

a) Defeat

b) Excitement

c) Havoc

d) Jubilation

108. Revoke

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a) Repudiate

b) Repeal

c) Annul

d) Force

109. Garnish

a) Abuse

b) Adorn

c) Garner

d) Paint

110. Laud

a) Extolled

b) Praise

c) Eulogy

d) Lord

111. Reckless

a) Daring

b) Bold

c) Rash

d) Courageous

112. Canny

a) Stout

b) Clever

c) Handsome

d) Obstinate

113. Comely

a) Delightful

b) Pretty

c) Homely

d) Elegant

114. Temporal

a) Sleepy

b) Secular

c) Scholarly

d) Priestly

115. Obscene

a) Displeasing

b) Condemnable

c) Objectionable

d) Indecent

(116-123). In the following questions,

choose the word which is the exact

OPPOSITE of the given words.

116. Culpable

a) Fling

b) Clean

c) Gnaw

d) Conceal

117. Valedictory

a) Derivative

b) Sad

c) Collegiate

d) Salutatory

118. Incidental

a) Permissible

b) Usual

c) Conventional

d) Intentional

119. Radical

a) Slow

b) Conservative

c) Narrow

d) Simple

120. Prudent

a) Reckless

b) Injudicious

c) Shortsighted

d) Inconsiderate

121. Progressive

a) Abhorrent

b) Retrograde

c) Obstructive

d) Regressive

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122. Unearth

a) Fling

b) Clean

c) Gnaw

d) Conceal

123. Ambiguity

a) Perversity

b) Rationality

c) Certainly

d) Clarity

Q. (124-128). In questions given below,

out of four alternatives, choose the one

which can be substituted for the given

sentence.

124. A drawing on transparent paper-

a) Red print

b) Transparency

c) Negative

d) Blue print

125. One who knows everything-

a) Literate

b) Scholar

c) Omniscient

d) Omnipotent

126. Medical study of skin and its diseases

a) Dermatology

b) Endocrinology

c) Gynaecologist

d) Orthopaedics

127. The part of government which is

concerned with making law making-

a) Court

b) Tribunal

c) Legislature

d) Bar

128. Code of diplomatic etiquette and

precedence-

a) Statesmanship

b) Protocol

c) Formalism

d) Hierarchy

Q. (129-133). Some proverbs/idioms are

given below together with their meanings.

Choose the correct meaning of

proverb/idiom-

129. To play second fiddle

a) To be happy, cheerful and

healthy

b) To reduce importance of

one's senior

c) To be in a subordinate

position to someone

d) To do back seat driving

130. To set one‟s face against

a) To oppose with

determination

b) To judge by appearance

c) To get out with difficulty

d) To look at one steadily

131. To be above board

a) To have a good height

b) To be honest in any

business deal

c) They have no debts

d) To try to be beautiful

132. To beg the question

a) To refer to

b) To take for granted

c) To raise objections

d) To be discussed

133. To smell a rat

a) To see signs of plague

epidemic

b) To get bad smell of a bad

dead rat

c) To suspect foul dealing

d) To be in a bad mood

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134. Find the correctly spelt word.

a) Itinarery

b) Itinerary

c) Itenary

d) Itinarary

135. Find the correctly spelt word.

a) Survaillance

b) Surveilance

c) Survellance

d) Surveillance

(136-138) Fill in the blank with suitable

preposition given below.

136. Workout is necessary ……..health

a) to

b) by

c) in

d) for

137. Ramesh is sitting ………. the laptop.

a) in front of

b) into

c) to

d) with

138. His thoughts are identical ……mine.

a) on

b) into

c) to

d) from

(139-141) Which of phrases given below

each sentence should replace the phrase

printed in bold type to make them

grammatically correct

139. Technology must use to feed the

forces of change.

a) must be used to feed

b) must use having fed

c) must have been using to feed

d) must be using to feed

140. Later he became unpopular because

he tried to lord it on his followers.

a) to lord it for

b) to lord over

c) to lord it over

d) to lord it over on

141. Because of his ill health, the doctor

has advised him not to refrain from

smoking

a) to not refrain from

b) to resort to

c) to be refrained from

d) to refrain from

142. ….. of our time was wasted in the

hotel room on holiday because the weather

was bad.

a) A few

b) Plenty

c) Many

d) Little

143. These differences between two

photographs….. with the help of

Photoshop

a) should remove

b) must have removed

c) have to remove

d) could have been removed

144. The government……that the

tasks…….with great success.

a) is confirming/ maintained

b) confirms/have been

maintained

c) was confirmed/have

maintained

d) will confirm/had been

maintained

145. There are many factors behind the

sharp increase in the oil price, which ……

most of the time.

a) had been overlooked

b) are overlooking

c) have been overlooked

d) will overlook

(146-147) In each question below, there is

a sentence of which some parts have been

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jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which

are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the

correct sentence. Choose the proper

sequence.

146. We have to

P : as we see it

Q : speak the truth

R : there is falsehood and weakness

S : even if all around us

a) RQSP

b) QRPS

c) RSQP

d) QPSR

147. I enclose

P : and a postage

Q : a postal order

R : the price of books

S : which will cover

a) QPRP

b) QSPR

c) RPSQ

d) PRQS

(148-149 ) In the questions below the

sentences have been given in

Direct/Indirect speech. From the given

alternatives, choose the one which best

expresses the given sentence in

Indirect/Direct speech.

148. The boy said, "Who dare call you a

thief?".

a) The boy enquired who dared

call him a thief.

b) The boy asked who called

him a thief.

c) The boy told that who dared

call him a thief.

d) The boy wondered who

dared call a thief.

149. He exclaimed with joy that India had

won the World Cup.

a) He said, "India has won the

World Cup"

b) He said, "India won the

World Cup"

c) He said, "How! India will

win the World Cup"

d) He said, "Hurrah! India has

won the World Cup"

150.The Passive Voice of – “Can she play

a violin?” will be:

a) Can violin played by Cathy?

b) Should Violin be played by

her?

c) Can a violin be played by

her?

d) Can violin be played by her