INTRODUCTION TO T.V. AND CINEMA

Introduction to TV and Cinema 1

UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT

School of Distance Education

III/IV SEMESTER

Complementary for

BA ENGLISH

JOU4(3) C02

INTRODUCTION TO T.V. AND CINEMA

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. The first television broadcast service in the world was started by

a. Doordarshan

b. UNESCO

c. ANI

d. BBC

2. BBC Started television broadcasting in

a. 1926

b. 1936

c. 1946

d. 1956

3. Doordarshan was launched in India on

a. 15 September 1949

b. 15 August 1949

c. 15 August 1959

d. 15 September 1959

4. What is the motto of Doordarshan

a. Bahujan Hidaya Bahujan Sukhaya

b. Sathyam Sivam Sundaram

c. Mrudu Bhave Drida Kritye

d. Yato Dharmasto Jayah

5. Doordarshan is operated in India under

a. Ministry of Information Technology

b. Ministry of News and Current Affairs

c. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

d. Ministry of Technology

6. DTH stands for

a. Direct To Home

b. Direct To House

c. Digital Television to Home


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d. Digital Television Hue

7. Which is the first private television news channel in Malayalam?

a. Indiavision

b. Asianet News

c. Amrita TV

d. Manorama News

8. SITE stands for

a. Satellite Included Television Experiment

b. Satellite Instructional Television Experiment

c. Satellite Included Television Expansion

d. Satellite Included Television Education

9. IPTV stands for

a. Internet Protocol Television

b. Internet Provided Television

c. International Private Television

d. International Press Television

10. Twenty four News is owned by

a. Star Group

b. Flowers Group

c. Media village

d. None of the above

11. Which is the oldest news agency in the world?

a. AP

b. Reuters

c. AFP

d. ANI

12. Which is the largest news agency in India?

a. PTI

b. ANI

c. Reuters

d. AP

13. The process of up-linking in Television Broadcast Starts from

a. Television Bureau

b. Television Headquarters

c. Television Studio

d. Edit Suit

14. Who among the following is responsible for the content aired in a television

news channel?

a. Editor in Chief

b. Reporter

c. Sub Editor

d. Anchor

15. Which section is responsible in the screen appearance of a television news

channel?


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a. Edit section

b. Art section

c. Graphics section

d. Camera section

16. A live news bulletin is controlled and coordinated from

a. PCR

b. MCR

c. Edit Suit

d. Studio

17. NDTV was founded by

a. Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy

b. Rajdeep Sardesai

c. Arnab Goswami


18. Which among the following is not an international channel?

a. Al-Jazeera English

b. BBC

c. NDTV

d. Fox News

19. Which is the television channel owned by Kerala Government operated for live

broadcast of Legislative Assembly proceedings?

a. Victers

b. Kerala TV

c. Sabha TV

d. DD Malayalam

20. Which is the educational television channel by government of Kerala?

a. Outbox

b. Kite Victers

c. DD Malayalam

d. Edu-live

21. A news rundown is

a. The time slot for a news bulletin

b. The anchor links for a news bulletin

c. The list of news stories for a bulletin in preferred order with duration

d. The list of bites required during a live news bulletin

22. ENG stands for

a. Electronic News Generation

b. Electronic News Gathering

c. Essential News Gathering

d. Effective News Generation

23. EFP stands for

a. Electronic File Production

b. Electronic File Processing

c. Electronic Field Programme

d. Electronic Field Production


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24. PCR stands for

a. Production Control Room

b. Programme Control Room

c. Production Coordination Room

d. Programme Coordination Reel

25. A PCR is responsible for

a. Switching visuals from multiple camera during a live programme

b. Giving commands for anchors

c. Setting up graphics and additional visuals

d. All the above

26. MCR stands for

a. Main Control Room

b. Main Coordinating Room

c. Master Control Room

d. Master Camera Room

27. The commands given from the PCR to the anchor to start the show is termed asd

a. Cue

b. Clap

c. Talk back

d. Rat

28. A device that scrolls the text in front of the camera for the anchor to read is

a. Tele-reader

b. Tele-viewer

c. Tele Prompter

d. Scroller

29. The space on the television screen where the news appears as text is called

a. Text band

b. Ticker

c. Graphics

d. Text viewer

30. PTC or P2C is

a. The introduction to a news story read by the anchor

b. The ending of a news story where the reporter gives a conclusion on the

camera

c. The Promo video for a specific news story


31. Arrange the sequence of events of a news production in the correct order:

a. Editing the story - Reporting the story from the field - Processing and

preparing rundown - Reading the story on air

b. Reporting the story from the field - Editing the story - Processing and

preparing rundown - Reading the story on air

c. Processing and preparing rundown- Reporting the story from the field -

Editing the story - Reading the story on air

d. Editing the story - Reporting the story from the field -Reading the story on

air - Processing and preparing rundown


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32. Slug is

a. The short description of a news story

b. The number of a news story in rundown

c. The introduction part of a news story to be read by the anchor

d. The wrap up portion of a news bulletin

33. The ideal duration of a television news bulletin is

a. 15 min

b. 30 min

c. 20 min

d. 60 min

34. A multi-camera television show is

a. Any television show using more than one camera

b. Any television programme using more than two camera

c. Any live television programme using more than two camera

d. Any television show using more than three camera

35. Ad-lib is

a. The description attached along with reading scripts

b. Commands for anchor while presenting a news

c. The non-scripted content read during a live show

d. All the above

36. A tele-prompter is placed

a. Behind the camera

b. Behind the anchor

c. In front of the camera

d. At the PCR

37. Television content distributed for a specific audience over different platforms all

called as

a. Special Programme

b. Narrowcast

c. Podcast

d. Target broadcast

38. A news bulletin producer is responsible for

a. The content of the news stories used

b. Rundown of the bulletin

c. Technical perfection of airing the bulletin

d. All the above

39. Which of the following microphones is used for anchoring a news bulletin?

a. Lavaliere microphone

b. Handheld microphone

c. RF microphone

d. Boom mic

40. Voice over is given in a news bulletin usually by

a. Anchor

b. Reporter

c. Editor


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d. Anyone

41. An outdoor production is

a. Programme shot outside the studio

b. Programme shot inside the studio

c. Programme aired from the headquarters

d. Programme aired from the field

42. Indoor programmes are

a. Shot from the studio

b. Produced with artificial light

c. More convenient for production

d. All the above

43. All live programmes are

a. Recorded in the camera

b. Multi-camera productions

c. Pre-scripted


44. Chroma key is used in Television Production for

a. Lighting

b. Colouring

c. Removal of background

d. All the above

45. A news package is

a. A draft news report

b. An edited news story with visuals, voice over and bites

c. A Rundown

d. A news bulletin

46. A freelance journalist, photographer, or videographer who contributes reports,

photos, or videos to a news organization on assignment basis is called

a. Assignee

b. Trainee

c. Stringer

d. Beat reporter

47. Beat reporting is

a. Reporting news stories from a specific location

b. Reporting news stories of specific events

c. Reporting news stories for a specific theme or topic

d. All the above

48. The minimum number of camera required for an interview programme in

television is

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

49. A news story with a voice over and followed by a bite is termed technically as

a. VOSOT


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b. Package

c. VOT

d. VOGFX

50. Which of the following is not a quality of a news anchor?

a. Fluency

b. General Awareness

c. Language proficiency


51. Who among the following invented the cinematograph?

a. Lumiere Brothers

b. Mani Sethna

c. Dada Saheb Phalke

d. Dhirendra Nath Ganguly

52. Which is the basic building block of a movie?

a. Frame

b. Shot

c. Scene

d. Sequence

53. _______ film movement reflects the inner conflicts of its 1920s German audience

by giving their woes an inescapably external presence.

a. Germen Impressionism

b. German Expressionism

c. British New wave

d. German New wave

54. ____________ film movement is based on the concept that film theory doesn't

necessary have to align with theatrical frameworks.

a. German Impressionism

b. British New wave

c. Soviet Montage

d. German New wave

55. Kinetoscope was invented by

a. Lumiere Brothers

b. Thomas Edison

c. Auguste

d. William Dickson

56. The cinematograph projector invented by Lumiere Brothers had a frame rate of

a. 24

b. 25

c. 16

d. 8

57. Frame rate is

a. The number of frames in a moving picture

b. The number of shots in a moving picture

c. The number of frames in a moving picture per second

d. The number of shots in a moving picture per second


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58. Higher frame rate in a movie will result in

a. Higher quality and lower file size

b. Lower quality and higher file size

c. Lower quality and lower file size

d. Higher quality and higher file size

59. Battleship Potemkin is a film directed by

a. Edmund Meisel

b. Jacob Bliokh

c. Sergei Eisenstein

d. Dmitri Shostakovich

60. Battleship Potemkin was a ___________ movie

a. Russian

b. Silent

c. Both A and B


61. Bicycle Thieves is a movie directed by

a. Vittorio De Sica

b. Cesare Zavattini

c. Enzo Staiola

d. Lianella Carell

62. Bicycle Thieves is a/an __________ film.

a. Russian

b. Italian

c. German

d. Persian

63. Which among the following is not a Charlie Chaplin movie?

a. The Kid

b. City Lights

c. Modern Times

d. The Street

64. Which of the following is not a movie by Akira Kurosawa?

a. Seven Samurai

b. Rashomon

c. The Life

d. Yojimbo

65. Which of the following movies is not associated with Kim Ki-duk?

a. 3-Iron

b. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

c. Moebius

d. The magnificent seven

66. Mohsen Makmalbaf is a _____________ film director.

a. Italian

b. Iranian

c. Arabian

d. Persian


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67. A moment of innocence is a movie directed by

a. Akira Kurosawa

b. Mohsen Makmalbaf

c. Kim Ki-duk


68. Robert Wiene is associated with

a. German Expressionism

b. German Impressionism

c. Soviet Montage


69. The movie Bicycle Thieves can be related to

a. Italian Neo Realism

b. German Expressionism

c. Soviet Montage


70. The first feature film in India, Raja Harishchandra was released in

a. 1912

b. 1913

c. 1922

d. 1923

71. Raja Harishchandra was a movie by

a. Dadasaheb Phalke

b. Satyajith Ray

c. Anurag Kashyap

d. Mrinal Sen

72. Which is the first colour movie in India?

a. Kisan Kanya

b. Raja Harishchandra

c. Aparajito

d. Jalsaghar

73. Kisan Kanya, the first colour movie in India was directed by

a. Satyajit Ray

b. Moti B. Gidwani

c. Shyam Benegal

d. Mrinal Sen

74. Parallel cinema movement in India was originated in

a. Delhi

b. Kolkata

c. West Bengal

d. Mumbai

75. Who is the first Indian to make moving picture?

a. H.S. Bhatwadekar

b. Ritwik Ghatak

c. Lumiere Brothers

d. F.B. Thanawala


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76. Pather Panchali is a __________

a. Benglali movie

b. 1955 Movie

c. Written and directed by Satyajit Ray

d. All the above

77. Girish Kasaravalli is known for

a. Parallel cinema movement

b. Neo-Realism

c. Surrealism

d. Malayalam film movement

78. Which of the following is/are the movie(s) directed by Ritwik Ghatak?

a. Meghe Dhaka Tara

b. Komal Gandhar

c. A River Called Titash

d. All the above

79. K Balachander is from ____________ movie industry.

a. Kannada

b. Telugu

c. Malayalam

d. Tamil

80. Apoorva Ragangal is

a. A Tamil movie

b. Directed by K Balachander

c. A 1975 movie

d. All the above

81. Which of the following is the first movie in Tamil ?

a. Vigathakumaran

b. Marthanda Varma

c. Balan


82. The first Malayalam movie – Vigathakumaran was released in

a. 1928

b. 1930

c. 1932

d. 1936

83. The first colour movie in Malayalam was

a. Vigathakumaran

b. Kandam Becha Coat

c. Baalan

d. Marthanda Varma

84. Which of the following movie is not directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan?

a. Swayamvaram

b. Vidheyan

c. Mathilukal



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85. Esthappaan is a movie by

a. G Aravindan

b. Adoor Gopalakrishnan

c. Padmarajan

d. MT Vasudevan Nair

86. An establishing shot is mostly

a. XLS

b. Mid Shot

c. Close Up Shot

d. OTS

87. The horizontal movement of a camera is called

a. Tilting

b. Panning

c. Dolly left

d. Dolly right

88. The vertical movement of a camera is called

a. Tilting

b. Panning

c. Tracking

d. Dolly in

89. Worm’s eye shot makes the subject

a. Inferior

b. Dominant

c. Actual

d. Nothing

90. Bird’s eye view can be related to

a. Tripod

b. Drone

c. Tracking shot

d. Tilt up shot

91. Key light in three point lighting is

a. The primary light source

b. The secondary light source

c. The tertiary light source

d. Used to remove shadows

92. Fill light is used for

a. Making the edges visible

b. Removing the shadows

c. Reflection


93. POV stands for

a. Picture of Video

b. Point of Video

c. Point of View

d. Picture of View


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94. Backlight is used for

a. Enhancing the three dimensional view of the subject

b. Making the background of the subject visible

c. Removing the shadows behind

d. All the above

95. Backlight is also called as

a. Hair light

b. Shoulder light

c. Both A and B


96. Dolly in is similar to

a. Zoom out

b. Zoom in

c. Tilt in

d. Pan in

97. The entire camera unit moves in

a. Pedestal movement

b. Tilt movement

c. Pan movement

d. All the above

98. Which of the following is the most intensive light source in three point lighting?

a. Key light

b. Fill light

c. Back light

d. Both A and B

99. The space between the topmost part of the subject and the upper frame border is

called as

a. Nose room

b. Head room

c. Rule of third

d. Composition

100. Which of the following is not a camera movement

a. Pedestal up

b. Arc left

c. Dolly in


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ANSWER KEY

QN NO.

ANS QN NO. ANS QN NO. ANS QN NO. ANS QN NO. ANS

1 D 21 C 41 A 61 A 81 D

2 B 22 B 42 D 62 B 82 B

3 D 23 D 43 D 63 D 83 B

4 B 24 A 44 C 64 C 84 D

5 C 25 D 45 B 65 D 85 A


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6 A 26 C 46 C 66 B 86 A

7 B 27 A 47 D 67 B 87 B

8 B 28 C 48 A 68 A 88 A

9 A 29 B 49 A 69 A 89 B

10 B 30 B 50 D 70 B 90 B

11 C 31 B 51 A 71 A 91 A

12 A 32 A 52 A 72 A 92 B

13 B 33 B 53 B 73 B 93 C

14 A 34 A 54 C 74 C 94 A

15 C 35 C 55 B 75 A 95 C

16 A 36 C 56 C 76 D 96 B

17 A 37 B 57 C 77 A 97 A

18 C 38 D 58 D 78 D 98 A

19 C 39 A 59 C 79 D 99 B

20 B 40 B 60 C 80 A 100 D

Prepared by

Dr. Muhammadali N

Dept of Journalism and Mass Communication

University of Calicut

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