Media Laws and Ethics Questions and Answers

91.

The New York Times has created the position of

A.Ombudsman
B.Reader Editor
C.Public Editor
D.News Controller

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

The New York Times created the position of Public Editor in 2003, after a plagiarism and fabrication scandal, to receive readers’ complaints and write independently about the paper’s conduct. The Washington Post and others used the title ombudsman, and the Guardian a reader’s editor, so the right title for the Times is Public Editor. The Times created the post in the wake of the Jayson Blair affair, which is the reason the title is linked with that paper.

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92.

A.Reproductions
B.Music
C.Original works
D.Sound recordings

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

The key states that copyright does not subsist in reproductions. Copyright subsists in original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, in cinematograph films and in sound recordings, as the Copyright Act lists. A mere reproduction, which has no original authorship of its own, is not the subject of fresh copyright, while music, original works and sound recordings are protected. The wording of the Act is the test: it names original works and certain specified subject matter, and it does not mention reproductions as a separate class.

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93.

Assertion (A) : The Press in India has the liability to pay nondiscriminatory taxes.

Reason (R) : Under the Indian constitution, the press is no different from ordinary citizens.

A.Both (A) and (R) are true.
B.Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, but (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

The key accepts the first option, that both statements are true. The press in India has no special immunity from general laws and must pay taxes that apply equally to everyone, because the Constitution gives the press the same freedom of expression as any citizen, which is what the reason says. The statements do not support the other options, which call one of them false. The reasoning rests on Article 19(1)(a), which has no special clause for the press.

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94.

Assertion (A) : The government cannot directly restrict one freedom by permitting another freedom.

Reason (R) : Clause (1) of Article 19 of the Indian Constitution provides equal opportunity for every type of freedom.

A.Both (A) and (R) are true.
B.Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, but (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

The assertion is false and the reason is true, according to the key. Clause (1) of Article 19 does grant the freedoms equally to every citizen, which makes the reason true, but the assertion is wrong because a restriction on one freedom through permitting another is not a ruling that follows from this. The key therefore chooses the last option. Clause (1) of Article 19 lists the freedoms, and the restrictions that may be imposed on them are listed in the later clauses.

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95.

Assertion (A) : Today the focus of media is more on hype and entertainment than information and education.

Reason (R) : Because they aim at massive audience consisting of common denominators who have low level tastes and preferences.

A.Both (A) and (R) are true.
B.Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, but (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

The assertion is true and the reason is false, per the key. The focus of the media today is more on hype and entertainment than on information and education, but the stated reason, that audiences hold only low tastes, is not accepted as true; media choose that focus mainly for commercial reasons. So the third option is correct. The commercial explanation is that media sell audiences to advertisers, which favours entertainment over education.

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96.

Identify the correct sequence of the following statutes :

A.The Press and Registration of Books Act, the Indian Telegraph Act, the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Post Office Act.
B.The Indian Post Office Act, the Indian Telegraph Act, the Press and Registration of Books Act, the Indian Penal Code
C.The Indian Telegraph Act, the Indian Post Office Act, the Press and Registration of Books Act, the Indian Penal Code
D.the Indian Penal Code, the Press and Registration of Books Act, the Indian Telegraph Act, the Indian Post Office Act

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

The chronological order of the statutes is the Indian Penal Code (1860), the Press and Registration of Books Act (1867), the Indian Telegraph Act (1885) and the Indian Post Office Act (1898). That is the last option. Each of the other orders places a later Act before an earlier one, for example the Post Office Act of 1898 before the Penal Code of 1860. The year of enactment is the quickest test: 1860, 1867, 1885 and 1898.

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97.

The Copyright Board in India has certain powers of

A.the legislature
B.criminal procedure
C.civil courts
D.the executive

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

The Copyright Board in India has certain powers of civil courts, option (C). Under the Copyright Act, 1957 the Board can summon witnesses, take evidence on oath and require the production of documents in the way a civil court does.

It is a quasi-judicial body, so it does not make laws as the legislature does, apply criminal procedure, or carry out the work of the executive. Those options are wrong.

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98.

The 42nd Amendment to the Indian Constitution was in relation to

A.Parliamentary privileges
B.Right to privacy
C.Defamation
D.Sedition

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

The key gives parliamentary privileges, option (A), as the matter to which the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution related. The amendment of 1976 inserted Article 361A on the protection of the publication of proceedings of Parliament and State Legislatures, and it is remembered in connection with the press.

The right to privacy, defamation and sedition were not its subject, and the key does not accept them.

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99.

The ethical classification of categorical imperatives was supported by

A.Immanuel Kant
B.Lord Bryce
C.John Locke
D.Karl Marx

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

The ethical classification of categorical imperatives was supported by Immanuel Kant, option (A). His categorical imperative says that one should act only on a rule that one would want to become a universal law, a basis for duty-based ethics used in media ethics.

Lord Bryce was a political writer, John Locke a philosopher of rights and government, and Karl Marx a theorist of class and capital. None of them is known for the categorical imperative.

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100.

Assertion (A) : The Indian media houses have lost their mission and vision relevant to a developing democracy.

Reason (R) : The media managers are of present generation and lack a sense of social responsibility, as their main motto is to make profits.

A.Both (A) and (R) are true.
B.Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, but (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

The key gives option (B): both statements are true, but the Reason does not explain the Assertion fully. Indian media houses are said to have lost their mission of serving a developing democracy, and managers aiming at profit is one factor, not the whole explanation.

The options saying one of the statements is false are rejected. The item is a matter of opinion, so the official key is followed.

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