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What is it called when the government stops a news item, film scene or song lyric from reaching the public?Read the answer and worked solution →When the media decides which issues to focus on, it is said to be doing what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why have some local groups started their own community media?Read the answer and worked solution →Which local newspaper is run by eight Dalit women in Chitrakoot district?Read the answer and worked solution →When did printing of newspapers start in India, as per Wikipedia?Read the answer and worked solution →Who started Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first newspaper printed in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the oldest newspaper in Asia still in print?Read the answer and worked solution →Udant Martand, started in 1826, was the first newspaper in which Indian language?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian radio service has been called Akashvani since which year?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did limited television programming begin in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Who directed Alam Ara, the first Indian film with dialogue, released in 1931?Read the answer and worked solution →Moving pictures by the Lumiere brothers were first screened in India in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country makes more films each year than any other?Read the answer and worked solution →Which organisation publishes an annual Press Freedom Index ranking countries?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the lower house of a state legislature that has two houses?Read the answer and worked solution →A state legislature with only one house is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Vidhan Parishad of a state corresponds to which house of Parliament?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these states has a bicameral legislature with a Legislative Council?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the term of a state Legislative Assembly unless it is dissolved earlier?Read the answer and worked solution →A Legislative Assembly consists of at most how many members, in general?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the term of office of a Governor?Read the answer and worked solution →To whom is a state's Council of Ministers collectively responsible?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is the head of the state civil service?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body conducts recruitment to the State Civil Services?Read the answer and worked solution →Who leads the district administration in a state?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a subject in the State List on which a state government makes laws?Read the answer and worked solution →Which house alone has the power to originate money bills in a state?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tool do state legislatures use to keep a watch over the executive?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Supreme Court case set conditions on dissolving a state government for President's rule?Read the answer and worked solution →Which commission reviewed the balance of power between Union and state governments?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What is it called when the government stops a news item, film scene or song lyric from reaching the public?

  1. Censorship
  2. Broadcasting
  3. Advertising
  4. Publishing
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Correct answer: A. Censorship

1. The government may prevent material from being shared. 2. This act is called censorship. 3. Advertising, publishing and broadcasting are ways of sharing, not of stopping. _Source: NCERT Class 7 Social and Political Life II, Ch 6 Understanding Media_

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When the media decides which issues to focus on, it is said to be doing what?

  1. Passing the budget
  2. Setting the agenda
  3. Counting the votes
  4. Drafting the law
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Correct answer: B. Setting the agenda

1. The media chooses which stories to highlight and what is newsworthy. 2. By focusing on particular issues it influences thoughts and actions. 3. This is commonly said as the media sets the agenda. _Source: NCERT Class 7 Social and Political Life II, Ch 6 Understanding Media_

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Why have some local groups started their own community media?

  1. Big media is free of cost
  2. They were forced by law
  3. Big media skips local issues
  4. They wished to stop news
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Correct answer: C. Big media skips local issues

1. Mainstream media is not interested in small issues of ordinary people. 2. Local groups therefore began their own media such as community radio. 3. No law forced them, and they aimed to share news, not stop it. _Source: NCERT Class 7 Social and Political Life II, Ch 6 Understanding Media_

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