Fundamental of Mass Communication

Q1. Fill in the Blanks :- (5Marks)

1. The word understanding itself conveys to us it involves the active participation of two or more
person.
2. Verbal Communication occurs when we express ourselves with the help of words.
3. Indira Nehru was born on 19th November, 1917.
4. Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born on 20th October, 1875 in Karachi.
5. Newspaper is a best tool that can generally spread the information to the Mass.

Q2. Multiple Questions With Options :- (5Marks)

1. A code is a set of Symbols which can be followed by someone who has been trained to
understand them.
(1) Angles (2) Words (3) Symbols (4) Signs

2. A telegraphic message that we write in English is converted into Signals that can be interpreted
only by someone who has learnt this process of conversion.
(1) Symbols (2) Words (3) Signals (4) Encode

3. We must first find out which code the receiver is familiar with and then only Encode our
message.
(1) Decode (2) Transmitting (3) Channel (4) Encode

4. If we are communicating with a person who cannot speak or hear we convert our idea into the
code of body language, especially gestures and facial expressions.
(1) Symbols (2) Signs (3) Words (4) gestures & facial expressions

5. Decoding requires breaking the code accurately and freeing the idea so that it can be perceived
by his mind in its entirety.
(1) Encoding (2) Feedback (3) Decoding (4) Transmitting

6. A lot of causes called false statement makes an argument susceptible to fallacies.
(1) True Statement (2)False Statement (3) Negativity (4) Positivity

7. Circumstantial arguments include either-or argument, which is called as dilemma.
(1) Halima (2) Dilemma (3) Naleema (4) Fatima

8. Indiras leadership India tested a nuclear device in 1974 at Pokhran in Rajastan.
(1) India (2) South Africa (3) Pakistan (4) Rajastan

9. Anna Hazare was born as Kisan Baburao Hazare on 15
th
June 1937 at Ralegan Siddhi in
Ahmednagar.
(1) Goa (2) Nashik (3) Gujarat (4) Ahmednagar

10. Bapu was a born leader and this is born out by the incident about his being thrown out of the
first class compartment of a train in South Africa.
(1) England (2) Pakistan (3) China (4) South Africa

Q3. Answer in brief :- (10Marks)

1. Explain Idea, code, encoding, medium, decoding and feedback?
2. Decoding and communication process are inextricable connected .Elaborate.
3. Is feedback the ultimate goal of communication?
4. Write Briefly about Gandhi as a Mass Communicator?
5. Write Briefly about Anna Hazare as a Mass Communicator?