Q.1: Video-conferencing can be classified as one of the following types of communication
a) Visual one way
b) Audio-visual one way
c) Audio-visual two way
d) Visual two way
Ans: c) Audio-visual two way
Q.2: MC national University of Journalism and Mass Communication is located at
a) Lucknow
b) Bhopal
c) Chennai
d) Mumbai
Ans: b) Bhopal
Q.3: All India Radio (AIR) for broadcasting was named in the year
a) 1926
b) 1936
c) 1946
d) 1956
Ans: b) 1936
Q.4: In India for broadcasting TV progammes which system is followed?
a) NTSC
b) PAL
c) NTSE
d) SECAM
Ans: b) PAL (Phase Altering Line)
Q.5: The term ‘DAVP’ stands for
a) Directorate of Advertising and Vocal Publicity
b) Division of Audio-visual Publicity
c) Department of Audio-visual Publicity
d) Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
Ans: d) Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
Q.6: Which is the number that comes next in the following sequence?
2,6,12,20,30,42,56,……
a) 60 b) 64 c) 72 d) 70
Ans: c) 72
Q.7: Find the next letter for the series YVSP……
a) N b) M c) O d) L
Ans: b) M
Q.8: Given that in a code language, ‘645’ means ‘day is warm’; ‘42’ means ‘warm spring’ and ‘634’ means ‘spring is sunny’; which digit represents ‘sunny’?
a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) 5
Ans: a) 3
Explanation
645 —- day is warm – I
42 —- warm spring – II
634 —- spring is sunny – III
From I and II we can find that the common numbers are 4. So, 4 stands for warm
From I and III common numbers are 6. So, 6 stands for is. Now, from III we can see that 3 stands for sunny.
Q.9: The basis of the following classifications is ‘First President of India’ ‘author of Godan’ ‘books in my library, ‘blue things’ and ‘students who work hard’
a) Common names
b) Proper names
c) Descriptive phrases
d) Indefinite description
Ans: c) Descriptive phrases
Q. 10: In the expression ‘Nothing is larger than itself’ the relation ‘is larger than’ is
a) Anti-symmetric
b) Asymmetrical
c) Intransitive
d) Irreflexive
Ans: d) Irreflexive (a relation which never holds between a term and itself)
Q.11: Assertion (A) There are more laws on the books today than ever before, and more crimes being committed than ever before.
Reason (R) Because to reduce crime we must eliminate the laws.
a) A is true, R is doubtful and R is not the correct explanation of A.
b) A is false, R is true and R is the correct explanation of A.
c) A is doubtful, R is doubtful and R is not the correct explanation of A.
d) A is doubtful, R is true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
Ans: a) A is true, R is doubtful and R is not the correct explanation of A.
Q.12: If the proposition “All men are not mortal” is true, then which of the following inferences is correct? Choose from the code given below.
1. “All men are mortal” is true.
2. “Some men are mortal” is false.
3. “No men are mortal” is doubtful.
4. “All men are mortal” is false.
Codes
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) 1 and 3
Ans: b) 2, 3 and 4
Q.13: Determine the nature of the following definition “Abortion” means the ruthless murdering of innocent beings.
a) Lexical
b) Persuasive
c) Stipulative
d) Theoretical
Ans: b) Persuasive
Q.14: Which one of the following is not an argument?
a) Devadutt does not eat in the day so he must be eating at night.
b) If Devadutt is growing fat and if he does not eat during the day, he will be eating at night.
c) Devadutt eats in the night so he does not eat during the day.
d) Since Devadutt does not eat in the day, he must be eating in the night.
Ans: b) If Devadutt is growing fat and if he does not eat during the day, he will be eating at night.
Q.15: Venn diagram is a kind of diagram to
a) represent and assess the validity of elementary inferences of syllogistic form.
b) represent but not assess the validity of elementary inferences of syllogistic form.
c) represent and assess the truth of elementary inferences of syllogistic form.
d) assess but not represent the truth of elementary inferences of syllogistic form.
Ans: a) represent and assess the validity of elementary inferences of syllogistic form.
Q.16: Reasoning by analogy leads to
a) certainty
b) definite conclusion
c) predictive conjecture
d) surety
Ans: c) predictive conjecture
Q.17: Which of the following statements are false? Choose from the code given below.
1. Inductive arguments always proceed from the particular to the general.
2. A cogent argument must be inductively strong.
3. A valid argument man have a false premise and a false conclusion.
4. An argument man legitimately be spoken of as ‘true’ or ‘false’.
Codes
2, 3 and 4
1 and 3
2 and 4
1 and 2
Ans: c) 2 and 4
Q.17: Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are standing in a circle. B is between F and C, A is between E and D, F is to the left of D. Who is between A and F?
a) B b) C c) D d) E
Ans: c) D
Q.18: S and P waves are associated with
a) Floods
b) Wind Energy
c) Earthquakes
d) Tidal Energy
Ans: c) Earthquakes
Note: These questions were from year 2012 paper.