TOPIC-Journalism (Meaning, definition,

importance)
1.The word journalism is derived from -----? (Ans-Journal)
2. What is the meaning of “Journal” ----? (Ans-daily register or a diary)
3. 3. What does the word "journal" also connote today?
- Today, the word "journal" also connotes a newspaper or a magazine.

4. What does journalism mean?

- Journalism means the communication of information regarding the
events of a day through written words, sounds, or pictures.

5.Who is a journalist?
- A journalist is a person who writes for or conducts a newspaper or a
magazine.

6. What is another term for a journalist?

- Another term for a journalist is "press man."
7. When was the first printing press used in India?
- In 1550.

8. What types of books were initially published with the printing press in
India?
- Religious books in Portuguese, Tamil, and Malayalam.

9. Which regime saw the prevalence of news printing in India?

- The Mughal regime.

10. Who attempted to print the first newspaper in Calcutta?

- William Bolt.
11. Who actually started the first newspaper in India, and what was its
name?
- J.A. Hichey started the first newspaper named "Bengal Gazette."

12. What was the content of the "Bengal Gazette"?

- The paper exposed the private lives of the servants of the East India
Company.

13. What was the name of the newspaper started by Messink and Read?
- "India Gazette."

14. Which newspaper was started in 1784?

- "Calcutta Gazette."

15. Who started the "Madras Courier" and when?

- Richard Johnson started it in 1785.

16. Which newspaper was started in Bombay in 1789?

- "Bombay Herald."

17. What was the content focus of the "Bombay Herald"?

- It published the personal grievances of Englishmen against the East
India Company.

18. Which Gujarati newspaper was published from Bombay in 1832?

- "Bombay Samachar."

19. When was the "Times of India" first published, and in which language?
- In 1838, in English.

20. Which English newspaper was published from Lucknow in 1885?

 - "Pioneer."

21. When was the "Amrit Bazar Patrika" first published in English, and
from where?
- In 1886, from Calcutta.

22. What is one of the primary purposes of journalism?

- Providing information that the public needs to know.

24. What should journalism provide in its accounts of news?

- A fair and truthful account of news.

25. Which fundamental right does journalism emphasize the importance

of?
- The importance of free speech.

26. What is one of the effects journalisms aims to have on people?

- Spurring people to action.

27. What is the primary activity of journalism?

- The primary activity of journalism is gathering, assessing, creating, and
presenting news and information.

28.How can journalism be distinguished from other activities and

products?
- Journalism can be distinguished from other activities and products by
its commitment to truth, objectivity, serving the public interest through
fact-based reporting. And particularly Journalism falls under mass
communication.

29. What makes journalism indispensable to democratic societies?

- Journalism is indispensable because it provides news and information.
30. What part of social activity is journalism concerned with?
- Journalism is concerned with the dissemination of news and views
about society.

31. Which five departments of mass communication does modern

journalism feed?
- (1) Newspaper and periodicals, (2) Radio, (3) Television, (4) Films, and
(5) Advertising.

32. According to Swanson, why is journalism considered a service-oriented

profession?
- Journalism is considered a service-oriented profession because it not
only provides raw information but also tells people how to use it to
improve their lives and inspires them to do so.

33.Journalism is defined as: (Minimum two definition have to memories for

exam purpose)
➢ Welsley (1969) defined journalism as the systematic and reliable
gathering, writing, interpreting, processing and disseminating of public
opinion, public information and public entertainment for publication in
news papers, magazines and telecast.
➢ Written form of journalism i.e. Printed matters, photojournalism and
broadcast journalism are some

34.Importance of Journalism in Modern Times-

 It provides opportunity of entertainment
 It educates the people
 It helps in maintaining democracy
 It helps in developing national sense
35.Principles of Journalism---
• Responsibility: Journalists write to address public welfare issues.
• Sincerity, truthfulness, and accuracy: These are the foundation of
journalism.
• Objectivity/impartiality: Journalists must maintain impartiality to avoid
lopsided reader reactions.
• Fair-play: Treating public equally.
• Independence: Free from all obligations except public interest issues.
• Freedom of Press: Guardianing press freedom.
• Decency: Shaping public conduct in specific situations.
36.Basic Functions of Journalism-
 News.
 Opinion.
 Entertainment.
 Journalism is for the 'voice of a voiceless.
 It's like a bridge between the authorities and people.
 The most important function of journalism is to convey information.
 The journalist became the middleman. Journalism also acts as a two-
way channel between the public and policymakers.
37. Types of Journalism-
 Advocacy journalism
 Interpretative journalism
 Development journalism in agriculture
 Convergence journalism
 Ambush journalism
38. Advocacy Journalism-
• Initiated by USA in early 19th century.
• Adopts non-objective viewpoint for social/political purposes.
• Distinguishes from propaganda due to factual nature.
• It is Publicity oriented and supports any issues in public form.
39. Interpretative Journalism-
• Involves explaining why, how, and what in news.
• Acts as an orator, motivating readers to adopt new technologies.
40. Development Journalism-
• Separate school of thought for increased people's sense.
• Focuses on farming community protection and development.
• Creates sense of improvement for people's own development.
41. Convergence Journalism-
• Combines print, photographic, and video journalism into one piece.
• Found on CNN and other news sites.
42. Ambush Journalism-
• Aggressive tactics used by journalists to question non-conformists.
• Especially applied by television journalists.
43. Theories of Press:
• Authoritarian: State-owned system controlling mass media globally.
• Libertarian: Unlimited freedom of expression without controls.
• Social Responsibilities: Initiated in USA.
• Soviet System: Regulates content like authoritarian system.

44.Yellow Journalism-
• Utilizes distorting or exaggerating news.
• Creates sensations to attract reader interest.

45.Journalistic Writing (5 W’s & H)-

Based on the queries:
 The why of writing
 The whom of writing
 The what of writing
 The where of writing
 The when of writing
 The how of writing

46.What is the ABC of Journalism:

 Accuracy,
 Brief &
 Clear/ Convincing
Meaning & Definition of Agricultural Journalism---
1. What is another name for Agricultural Journalism?
a) Farm journalism
b) Industrial journalism
c) Environmental journalism
d) Scientific journalism
Correct Answer: a) Farm journalism
2. Farm journalism is playing a significant role in communication with
which groups?
a) Scientists and researchers
b) Engineers and mechanics
c) Farm people and homemakers
d) Teachers and students
Correct Answer: c) Farm people and homemakers

3. Which of the following written formats are being used in farm

journalism?
a) Novels and poetry
b) Research papers and essays
c) Newspaper stories, leaflets, bulletins, and radio scripts
d) Webinars and podcasts
Correct Answer: c) Newspaper stories, leaflets, bulletins, and radio scripts

4. The written work in farm journalism helps to make what aspect more
interesting?
a) Social work
b) Educational programs
c) Advisory work with farm people
d) Medical assistance
Correct Answer: c) Advisory work with farm people

5. Farm journalism covers a wide range of topics from agricultural

research and production to what?
a) Military strategy and defense
b) Space exploration
c) Processing, marketing, consumption, nutrition, and health
d) Urban development
Correct Answer: c) Processing, marketing, consumption, nutrition, and
health
1. What does Agriculture Journalism primarily focus on?
a) Urban development issues
b) Space exploration
c) Agriculture-related issues
d) Medical innovations
Correct Answer: c) Agriculture-related issues

2. What is expected from an agriculture journalist besides appreciating the

agriculture industry?
a) Creating content on various unrelated topics
b) Asking critical questions related to their field
c) Reporting only on global issues
d) Ignoring controversial subjects in agriculture
Correct Answer: b) Asking critical questions related to their field

3. Agriculture journalism covers complex enterprises related to which of

the following areas?
a) Fashion and design
b) Technology and artificial intelligence
c) Food, feed, fiber, renewable energy, and rural development
d) Entertainment and media
Correct Answer: c) Food, feed, fiber, renewable energy, and rural
development

4. Which of the following is NOT a subject area mentioned under

agriculture journalism?
a) Renewable energy
b) Space missions
c) Food and feed production
d) Natural resource management
Correct Answer: b) Space missions
1. How is the training of agriculture journalists similar to that of traditional
journalists?
a) They focus only on environmental issues
b) Both receive similar journalistic training
c) Agricultural journalists focus more on digital journalism
d) They have no similarities
Correct Answer: b) Both receive similar journalistic training

2. What additional knowledge do agriculture journalists bring with them

compared to traditional journalists?
a) Politics and economics
b) Sports and entertainment
c) Agricultural systems
d) Technology and engineering
Correct Answer: c) Agricultural systems

3. Agricultural journalism is described as an applied theoretical field that

is: a) Declining in importance
b) Slowly emerging as a rewarding career option
c) Completely unrelated to traditional journalism
d) Limited to local reporting
Correct Answer: b) Slowly emerging as a rewarding career option

4. Which of the following best describes agricultural journalism?

a) A purely theoretical field
b) A field unrelated to agriculture
c) An applied theoretical field with a focus on agriculture
d) A field limited to farm production reports
Correct Answer: c) An applied theoretical field with a focus on agriculture
Meaning & Definition of Agricultural Journalism……
1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a branch of journalism?
a) Medical journalism
b) Engineering journalism
c) Industrial journalism
d) Space journalism
Correct Answer: d) Space journalism

2. Agricultural journalism is defined as a practice applied to what?

a) Extension of medical information
b) Extension of agricultural information
c) Extension of legal information
d) Extension of technological information
Correct Answer: b) Extension of agricultural information

3. Agricultural journalism is considered as what kind of vehicle?

a) One-way vehicle
b) Two-way vehicle
c) Circular vehicle
d) Static vehicle
Correct Answer: b) Two-way vehicle

4. What is one of the purposes of agricultural journalism as a two-way

vehicle?
a) To convey weather information
b) To provide legal updates
c) To convey agricultural information and get genuine problems
d) To market agricultural products
Correct Answer: c) To convey agricultural information and get genuine
problems
5. One role of agricultural journalism is to help identify what?
a) Urban planning issues
b) Global political problems
c) Genuine problems in the agricultural sector
d) Innovations in space research
Correct Answer: c) Genuine problems in the agricultural sector

History of Farm Journalism in India:

1. How old is the history of farm journalism?
a) 50 years
b) 75 years
c) 100 years
d) 150 years
Correct Answer: b) 75 years

2. What was the name of the first farm journal published in 1914?
a) Kheti
b) Krishi Sudhar
c) Zamin Ryot
d) Gaon
Correct Answer: b) Krishi Sudhar

3. Which farm journal, published in 1928, is considered the first regional

farm journal?
a) Krishi Sudhar
b) Kheti
c) Zamin Ryot
d) Seva gram
Correct Answer: c) Zamin Ryot
4. Who started publishing the farm magazine “Agriculture and Livestock”
in 1931?
a) Ryot Seva Sangh
b) ICAR
c) Bihar Government
d) Imperial Council of Agricultural Research
Correct Answer: d) Imperial Council of Agricultural Research

5. Which farm journal was published by the Bihar Government in 1938?

a) Gaon
b) Krishi Sudhar
c) Kheti
d) Seva gram
Correct Answer: a) Gaon

6. What was the name of the farm journal started by ICAR in 1948?
a) Seva gram
b) Kheti
c) Zamin Ryot
d) Krishak Jagat
Correct Answer: b) Kheti

7. How many total farm journals were there in 1987?

a) 561
b) 600
c) 400
d) 300
Correct Answer: a) 561

1. Which language has the maximum number of farm periodicals?

a) Hindi
b) English
c) Bengali
d) Marathi
Correct Answer: b) English

2. Which states have more than 5 farm periodicals?

a) Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, A. P., Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab
b) Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kerala, Bihar, Haryana
c) Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat
d) Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Punjab
Correct Answer: a) Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, A. P., Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab

3. By what percentage has the number of farm journals increased in the

last seven years?
a) 20%
b) 50%
c) 30%
d) 40%
Correct Answer: d) 40%

4. What is the average circulation of farm periodicals in India?

a) 5000
b) 1000
c) 3000
d) 7000
Correct Answer: c) 3000

5. What is the total circulation of farm periodicals in India?

a) 1 lakh
b) 3 lakhs
c) 5 lakhs
d) 7 lakhs
Correct Answer: c) 5 lakhs

6. Which farm periodical has the maximum circulation?

a) Intensive Agriculture
b) Karshakan
c) Shetkari
d) Kheti
Correct Answer: c) Shetkari

7. What is the circulation of the second-largest farm periodical, "Intensive

Agriculture"?
a) 50,000
b) 36,000
c) 1.51 lakh
d) 45,000
Correct Answer: d) 45,000

8. What is the total circulation of the third-largest farm periodical,

"Karshakan"?
a) 36,000
b) 45,000
c) 50,000
d) 1.51 lakh
Correct Answer: a) 36,000

Q.What are the name of ICAR Publication?

Ans- 1. Indian horticulture
2. Indian livestock
3. Indian Journal of Animal Science
4. Indian farming
5. Krishi Chayanika
6. Kheti (first started)
7. Phal – Phool

Q. Ministry of Agriculture through

Directorate of Extension: ---?
Ans- 1. Unnat krishi
2. Intensive Agriculture
3. Home Science
4. Gharni
5. Agricultural Extension Review
1. Kurukshetra (Hindi & English) – Dir. Of
Rural department
Yojana (Planning Commission)

Q. First Agriculture University are offering

courses in Agricultural Journalism in U. G.
level at------? (Ans- G. B. Pant University and
offers four courses of journalism at P. G.
level.)

Printing:
1. Which of the following is NOT a printing
process mentioned in the text?
a) Offset printing
b) Gravure printing
c) Digital printing
d) Letterpress printing
Correct Answer: c) Digital printing

2. What is mentioned as the process of

arranging and designing a magazine or
folder?
a) Offset
b) Composition
c) Page make-up
d) Printing press
Correct Answer: c) Page make-up
3. Which printing process allows for
complete page make-up?
a) Letterpress
b) Offset
c) Gravure
d) Screen printing
Correct Answer: b) Offset

4. What is the conventional method

mentioned in the text?
a) Digital printing
b) Composition
c) Screen printing
d) Process work
Correct Answer: b) Composition

5. Which of the following is related to

"process work" in printing?
a) Design and layout
b) Duplication
c) Intast screen printing
d) Offset printing
Correct Answer: d) Offset printing

Beginning Of Agricultural Journalism In

India:
1. In which year did the Imperial
Department of Agriculture publish the
first Indian publication on agriculture?
a) 1914
b) 1928
c) 1905
d) 1947
Correct Answer: c) 1905

2. What was the name of the first Hindi

journal on agriculture published in
1914?
a) Zamin Ryot
b) Krishi Sudhar
c) Intensive Agriculture
d) Shetkari
Correct Answer: b) Krishi Sudhar
3. From which city was the first Hindi
agricultural journal "Krishi Sudhar"
published?
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Agra
d) Kolkata
Correct Answer: c) Agra

4. In which year was the local weekly

farm journal "Zamin Ryot" started from
Andhra Pradesh?
a) 1905
b) 1947
c) 1928
d) 1950
Correct Answer: c) 1928

5. Which farm journal is considered the

first farm journal of India?
a) Krishi Sudhar
b) Zamin Ryot
c) Kheti
d) Krishak Jagat
Correct Answer: b) Zamin Ryot

Principles of Farm Journalism

1. What is the primary purpose of writing,
according to the passage?
a) To entertain readers
b) To communicate information
c) To express personal opinions
d) To challenge scientific knowledge
Correct Answer: b) To communicate
information

2. What should be the first consideration

when writing?
a) The length of the content
b) The style of writing
c) The reader audience
d) The writer’s personal preference
Correct Answer: c) The reader audience
3. If writing for a scientific paper, what
should be different compared to writing for
the general public?
a) Sentence structure
b) Vocabulary and style
c) Font size
d) Length of the paper
Correct Answer: b) Vocabulary and style

4. What is the first step in effectively

communicating information to average
readers?
a) Using complex language
b) Selecting, sifting, and sorting facts
c) Writing lengthy paragraphs
d) Avoiding facts altogether
Correct Answer: b) Selecting, sifting, and
sorting facts

5. Which of the following is a key factor

when selecting facts for writing?
a) Whether the subject matter is of current
interest
b) Whether it is entertaining
c) Whether it is challenging to read
d) Whether it is lengthy
Correct Answer: a) Whether the subject
matter is of current interest

1. What should be considered when

identifying the readers you want to reach?
a) Their hobbies and favorite foods
b) Their problems, interests, and educational
levels
c) Their geographic location
d) Their fashion sense
Correct Answer: b) Their problems, interests,
and educational levels

2. When determining the purpose of a

publication, what should be considered?
a) Whether the content is entertaining
b) What the publication should teach and
accomplish
c) Whether it uses complex language
d) The length of the publication
Correct Answer: b) What the publication
should teach and accomplish

3. What could be a purpose of a publication?

a) To entertain readers
b) To stimulate interest in a program
c) To display personal opinions
d) To promote a brand
Correct Answer: b) To stimulate interest in a
program

4. Why is it important to sift facts when

writing?
a) To include as many facts as possible
b) To eliminate unnecessary facts and give
information clearly
c) To ensure the document is lengthy
d) To confuse the reader with too many
details
Correct Answer: b) To eliminate unnecessary
facts and give information clearly
5. Which of the following is essential when
sifting facts for a publication?
a) Including opinions
b) Focusing on essential facts
c) Adding unrelated data
d) Using complicated language
Correct Answer: b) Focusing on essential
facts
Q.ABC's of Journalism—
Ans-Accuracy, Brevity and Clarity which are
fundamentals of good writing.