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Media Laws and Ethics
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The Newspaper Prices and Pages Act enacted in

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On what shall press not rely for basing the scathing comment with reference to a person's action in question as per the guidelines of PCI?

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The law for working journalists and other employees has been passed in the year

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The existing bodies for regulation of media such as PCI, the News Broadcasting Standards Authority and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issue . . . . . . . . which are more in the nature of guidelines.

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Match the following.
List-I List-II
a. Second Press Council 1. Year 1982
b. Justice PC Goswami 2. January, 1980
c. Commission resigned 3. Chairman of Second Press Commission
d. Commission report 4. May, 1978

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Match the following.
List-I (Legal Terms) List-II (Related Areas)
a. Defamation 1. Country
b. FIR 2. Slander
c. Contempt 3. Court
d. Sedition 4. Police

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The Alaknanda river is flooding. A woman and baby are trapped inside a car. Our photographer is at the scene, along with a journalist from a rival paper. The choice is whether to stay out of the story and take pictures or forget the assignment and try to help in saving the woman and baby

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What is the minimum punishment in the case of a second subsequent conviction under the Copyright Act?

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In which of the following countries sedition is unconstitutional now?
1. Netherlands
2. Indonesia
3. South Korea
4. Malaysia

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What is a public interest story?

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Match the following.
List-I (Concepts/Organisations) List-II (Related Activities)
a. PIL 1. Press
b. PIB 2. Court of Law
c. IB 3. Policing
d. NIC 4. Information collection and analysis

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In the case of defamation, the term 'Manipulation' means

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Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) is a/an . . . . . . . . organisation.

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What is the repercussions, a journalist has to face, if he is found guilty of spreading fake news or information in Russia?

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In view of the cardinal principle, the guilt of a person should be established by proof of . . . . . . . . and not by proof of bad character.

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SITE was the first endeavour in the world to use satellites for . . . . . . . . education.

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How is free press important for the true practices of democracy?

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Match the following Acts with their years of enactment.
List-I (Acts) List-II (Years)
a. The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1. 1986
b. The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Rules 2. 1987
c. Prevention of Atrocities Act or SC/ST Act 3. 1989
d. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 4. 2018

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When was Press Council of India Act enacted?

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In which year Pitt's India Act came into force in India?

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