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4101 A municipal officer cancels a shopkeeper's licence without notice or any chance to reply. Which principle has… Legal Studies
Maxims on justice and procedure
Medium
4102 A plaintiff loses a property suit against a neighbour on merits, then files a fresh suit on the same issue ag… Legal Studies
Maxims on justice and procedure
Medium
4103 A journalist files a petition about the conditions of bonded labourers, though she is not a labourer herself.… Legal Studies
Maxims on justice and procedure
Hard
4104 Which part of a judgment is binding on lower courts? Legal Studies
Maxims on precedent and interpretation
Easy
4105 What does stare decisis mean? Legal Studies
Maxims on precedent and interpretation
Easy
4106 A statute refers to "lions, tigers, leopards and other animals". A court holds that "other animals" does not … Legal Studies
Maxims on precedent and interpretation
Medium
4107 A High Court decision is later found to have ignored a directly relevant statutory provision. How may later c… Legal Studies
Maxims on precedent and interpretation
Medium
4108 To understand the word "charges" in a new tax law, a court reads two older Acts on the same tax together with… Legal Studies
Maxims on precedent and interpretation
Hard
4109 What does ubi jus ibi remedium mean? Legal Studies
Maxims on rights and remedies
Easy
4110 Which maxim means "the welfare of the people is the supreme law"? Legal Studies
Maxims on rights and remedies
Easy
4111 A new coffee shop opens opposite an old one and attracts most of its customers by lower prices. The old shop … Legal Studies
Maxims on rights and remedies
Medium
4112 A patient discovers after surgery that a pair of scissors was left inside her abdomen. Which maxim helps her … Legal Studies
Maxims on rights and remedies
Medium
4113 A returning officer wrongfully refuses to let Ram vote, though Ram's chosen candidate still wins. Can Ram sue… Legal Studies
Maxims on rights and remedies
Hard
4114 What does caveat emptor mean? Legal Studies
Maxims on property, contracts and knowledge
Easy
4115 Which maxim states that ignorance of the law is no excuse? Legal Studies
Maxims on property, contracts and knowledge
Easy
4116 Raj buys a mobile phone from a man who had stolen it. The true owner traces it to Raj. Who owns the phone, an… Legal Studies
Maxims on property, contracts and knowledge
Medium
4117 A man dies without a will and without any legal heirs. What happens to his property, and which maxim describe… Legal Studies
Maxims on property, contracts and knowledge
Medium
4118 A seller offers to sell "my car" meaning his old car, while the buyer accepts thinking of the seller's new ca… Legal Studies
Maxims on property, contracts and knowledge
Hard
4119 Which level of communication takes place when a student silently plans how to answer an interview question? Mass Media/Mass Communication
Understanding communication
Easy
4120 The verbal model "Who says what, in which channel, to whom, with what effect?" was given by Mass Media/Mass Communication
Understanding communication
Easy
4121 A radio listener misses part of a news bulletin because of static on the signal. In the Shannon–Weaver model … Mass Media/Mass Communication
Understanding communication
Medium
4122 Which feature best distinguishes mass communication from interpersonal communication? Mass Media/Mass Communication
Understanding communication
Medium
4123 A city doctor uses technical medical terms while explaining a health scheme to villagers, who fail to underst… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Understanding communication
Hard
4124 A fixed and oversimplified image of a group of people, repeatedly shown in media, is called a Mass Media/Mass Communication
Culture and communication
Easy
4125 A television channel broadcasts regional folk dances so that urban viewers learn about them. This shows media… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Culture and communication
Easy
4126 A detergent advertisement always shows only mothers washing clothes while fathers relax. The most suitable me… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Culture and communication
Medium
4127 The term "representation" in media studies refers to Mass Media/Mass Communication
Culture and communication
Medium
4128 Some critics worry that the global spread of films and shows from a few powerful countries may push aside loc… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Culture and communication
Hard
4129 In the context of social change, describing media as a "catalyst" means that media Mass Media/Mass Communication
Communication and social change
Easy
4130 During India's freedom struggle, leaders such as Tilak and Gandhi brought out newspapers mainly to Mass Media/Mass Communication
Communication and social change
Easy
4131 SITE (1975–76) is remembered in Indian media history because it Mass Media/Mass Communication
Communication and social change
Medium
4132 A health campaign succeeds in a village only after officials hold meetings to hear residents' doubts and adju… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Communication and social change
Medium
4133 Which statement about media and social change is most accurate? Mass Media/Mass Communication
Communication and social change
Hard
4134 Which publication is regarded as the first newspaper printed in India? Mass Media/Mass Communication
Evolution of the media
Easy
4135 Television broadcasting in India began on an experimental basis in 1959 from Mass Media/Mass Communication
Evolution of the media
Easy
4136 Arrange these Indian media milestones in chronological order: (P) colour television, (Q) the name All India R… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Evolution of the media
Medium
4137 Prasar Bharati is best described as Mass Media/Mass Communication
Evolution of the media
Medium
4138 Which feature most clearly separates new media from traditional newspapers, radio and television? Mass Media/Mass Communication
Evolution of the media
Hard
4139 A news story about a famous film star visiting a hospital gets front-page space mainly because of the news va… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Understanding news
Easy
4140 The line naming the reporter who wrote a news story is called the Mass Media/Mass Communication
Understanding news
Easy
4141 A Pune newspaper gives a big story to a water cut in Pune but only a small item to a similar water cut in a d… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Understanding news
Medium
4142 "When a dog bites a man, that is not news; but when a man bites a dog, that is news." This saying illustrates… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Understanding news
Medium
4143 An editor must choose one lead story: (i) a new rule changing school board exams for lakhs of students, or (i… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Understanding news
Hard
4144 A reporter notices that many shops in a market are shut on a weekday and investigates the reason, leading to … Mass Media/Mass Communication
Qualities of a good journalist
Easy
4145 Before publishing a politician's claim, a journalist checks it with official records and two independent expe… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Qualities of a good journalist
Easy
4146 While interviewing families after a building collapse, a journalist avoids intrusive questions and allows the… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Qualities of a good journalist
Medium
4147 A reporter refuses an expensive gift offered by a company she is investigating. Which quality does this show … Mass Media/Mass Communication
Qualities of a good journalist
Medium
4148 A journalist strongly supports one side of a land dispute and quotes only that side in her report. Which esse… Mass Media/Mass Communication
Qualities of a good journalist
Hard
4149 In the inverted pyramid style, the most important information appears Mass Media/Mass Communication
Reporting and editing
Easy
4150 The traditional checklist for a complete news lead is Mass Media/Mass Communication
Reporting and editing
Easy