MH SET 2023 Paper 2 Mass Communication and Journalism Question Paper (26-Mar-2023)

Question 1

In writing news stories words like ‘meanwhile, therefore, also, but’ are used as :

Accepted Answer

Transitions

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Paragraph breakers

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Body copy

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Themes

Question 2

How are ‘Hard News’ and ‘Soft News’ different ?

Accepted Answer

Hard news is about serious topics and recent events and soft news is about human interest stories

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Hard news is about convoluted topics and soft news is about things like entertainment

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Hard news stories are longer than soft news stories

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Hard news stories have complex grammar, soft news stories are simple to understand

Question 3

What is the term used when a line of text that belongs to a paragraph moves over to the next page while typing in MS Word ?

Accepted Answer

Widow Control

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Orphan Control

Answer

Space bar

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Jab

Question 4

A news story with a central theme ‘Adopted daughter meets her biological parents after 30 years’ is primarily based on which news value ?

Accepted Answer

Human interest

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Proximity

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Conflict

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Impact

Question 5

Who among the following was never the chief editor of the Marathi newspaper ‘Loksatta’ ?

Accepted Answer

Govind Talwalkar

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Madhav Gadkari

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Arun Tikekar

Answer

Kumar Ketkar