Media Laws and Ethics

Broadcast, film and digital regulation

2 Previous Year Questions from 2024–2025 · answers and explanations included

Visual recall · Medium matters

Press / broadcast / cinema / platform

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2 of 2 questions
Question 1 of 2Original Question No.: 47Asked in: June 2024 - 3 September 2024, Shift II

Arrange the following Acts in ascending order of the year in which they were enacted? (A) Cinematograph Act (B) Cable television Network (Regulation) Act (C) Prasar Bharati Act (D) Press Council Act (E) Press and Registration of Books Act Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. €), (D), (A), (8) ©
  2. , (A), D), (©, (8)
  3. (E), (B), (A). ©, ©)
  4. (A), (E), 0), (C), (8)
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B. , (A), D), (©, (8)

Option 2 gives the keyed pairing or order: , (A), D), (©, (8). Reconstruct the dates or associations in broadcast, film and digital regulation before comparing the four sequences.

Question 2 of 2Original Question No.: 47Asked in: June 2025 - 25 June 2025, 3-6 p.m.

Arrange in sequential order beginning from the first: A. Right to Information Act B. Cable Television Act C. Copy Right Act D. Indian Cinematograph Act E. Prasar Bharati Act Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. B, A, C, D, E
  2. D, C, E, B, A
  3. A, C, D, B, E
  4. B, D, C, A, E
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B. D, C, E, B, A

Option 2 gives the keyed pairing or order: D, C, E, B, A. Reconstruct the dates or associations in broadcast, film and digital regulation before comparing the four sequences.

References

  1. Question papers and answer keys: UGC NET Mass Communication and Journalism — June 2024 - 3 September 2024, Shift II; June 2025 - 25 June 2025, 3-6 p.m..
  2. Nayyar, Deepak. Modern Mass Communication: Concepts and Processes.
  3. Sterling, Christopher H., general editor. Encyclopedia of Journalism.
  4. University Grants Commission. UGC NET syllabus listing, Subject Code 63: Mass Communication and Journalism.
  5. India Code. Cinematograph Act, 1952.