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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
101	Manthan (1976) was directed by	Mass Media/Mass Communication Cinema and social change	Easy
102	India's parallel cinema is best known for its focus on	Mass Media/Mass Communication Cinema and social change	Easy
103	Manthan is based on which movement?	Mass Media/Mass Communication Cinema and social change	Medium
104	What makes the funding of Manthan unusual in film history?	Mass Media/Mass Communication Cinema and social change	Medium
105	Which statement best explains why Manthan is cited as an example of cinema for social change?	Mass Media/Mass Communication Cinema and social change	Hard
106	An online journal in which a person writes regular posts that readers can comment on is called a	Mass Media/Mass Communication Social media platforms	Easy
107	The symbol "#" used to group social media posts on the same topic is called a	Mass Media/Mass Communication Social media platforms	Easy
108	YouTube is mainly classified as a	Mass Media/Mass Communication Social media platforms	Medium
109	A student wants to share a detailed 1,500-word reflection on her school trip, with photos, for anyone to read…	Mass Media/Mass Communication Social media platforms	Medium
110	Which feature most clearly makes social media different from traditional mass media?	Mass Media/Mass Communication Social media platforms	Hard
111	Ordinary people posting eyewitness videos and reports of local events online is often called	Mass Media/Mass Communication Social media and democracy	Easy
112	Using online petitions and hashtag campaigns to pressure authorities on a cause is known as	Mass Media/Mass Communication Social media and democracy	Easy
113	Students from many cities form an online group and begin to see themselves as one community fighting for clea…	Mass Media/Mass Communication Social media and democracy	Medium
114	A user's feed shows only posts that agree with his political views, so he rarely meets opposing ideas. This s…	Mass Media/Mass Communication Social media and democracy	Medium
115	Thousands of people "like" a post about a flood relief appeal, but very few actually donate or volunteer. Whi…	Mass Media/Mass Communication Social media and democracy	Hard
116	A fake message pretending to be from a bank asks a user to click a link and enter her password. This is	Mass Media/Mass Communication Cyber crime and netiquette	Easy
117	Typing an entire message in capital letters is considered poor netiquette because it	Mass Media/Mass Communication Cyber crime and netiquette	Easy
118	A person repeatedly posts insulting comments about a classmate's appearance in a group chat to humiliate her.…	Mass Media/Mass Communication Cyber crime and netiquette	Medium
119	Someone deliberately posts provocative comments under many news videos just to make people angry and start ar…	Mass Media/Mass Communication Cyber crime and netiquette	Medium
120	A student keeps receiving threatening messages from an unknown account. Which response is most sensible?	Mass Media/Mass Communication Cyber crime and netiquette	Hard
121	The main reason the Internet can carry text, audio, video and pictures together is that	Mass Media/Mass Communication The Internet as a meeting point of media	Easy
122	An audio programme that listeners can download or stream and hear whenever they choose is called a	Mass Media/Mass Communication The Internet as a meeting point of media	Easy
123	A film released directly on an Internet streaming service instead of in cinema halls is released on a	Mass Media/Mass Communication The Internet as a meeting point of media	Medium
124	An online news story combines a written report, a video interview, a photo gallery and an interactive map. Th…	Mass Media/Mass Communication The Internet as a meeting point of media	Medium
125	Why is the Internet described as a "meeting point" rather than just another medium?	Mass Media/Mass Communication The Internet as a meeting point of media	Hard
126	The traditional mass communication model is best described as	Mass Media/Mass Communication Traditional mass communication model	Easy
127	In traditional media, an editor deciding which stories are printed and which are dropped is performing	Mass Media/Mass Communication Traditional mass communication model	Easy
128	Why could only a few organisations be mass communicators in the traditional model?	Mass Media/Mass Communication Traditional mass communication model	Medium
129	In the traditional model, feedback from the audience is usually	Mass Media/Mass Communication Traditional mass communication model	Medium
130	Which is a strength of the traditional mass communication model when compared with open online publishing?	Mass Media/Mass Communication Traditional mass communication model	Hard
131	In the new media paradigm, communication is mainly	Mass Media/Mass Communication The changed paradigm	Easy
132	The term "global village", describing how electronic media connect the world, is associated with	Mass Media/Mass Communication The changed paradigm	Easy
133	A user who both watches online videos and uploads her own cooking videos is sometimes called a	Mass Media/Mass Communication The changed paradigm	Medium
134	Which change is a direct result of weaker gatekeeping in new media?	Mass Media/Mass Communication The changed paradigm	Medium
135	Within hours of an incident abroad, people in many countries are discussing it online and a hashtag is trendi…	Mass Media/Mass Communication The changed paradigm	Hard
136	The gap between people who have access to digital technology and those who do not is called the	Mass Media/Mass Communication Socio-political implications	Easy
137	The UNESCO report "Many Voices, One World" (1980) is associated with the	Mass Media/Mass Communication Socio-political implications	Easy
138	The NWICO debate mainly concerned	Mass Media/Mass Communication Socio-political implications	Medium
139	A village student cannot attend online classes because of poor connectivity and lack of a smartphone. This il…	Mass Media/Mass Communication Socio-political implications	Medium
140	Which argument best supports the view that new media can strengthen democracy?	Mass Media/Mass Communication Socio-political implications	Hard
141	A smartphone that works as a camera, radio, television and newspaper reader is an example of	Mass Media/Mass Communication Media convergence and emerging trends	Easy
142	Reporting news using only a mobile phone to shoot, edit and publish stories is called	Mass Media/Mass Communication Media convergence and emerging trends	Easy
143	A single company owns a newspaper, two TV channels, an FM station and a news website. This is mainly an examp…	Mass Media/Mass Communication Media convergence and emerging trends	Medium
144	A news story first appears on a website, is discussed on TV that evening and is printed in detail the next mo…	Mass Media/Mass Communication Media convergence and emerging trends	Medium
145	Which is a major concern raised by ownership convergence in the media?	Mass Media/Mass Communication Media convergence and emerging trends	Hard