Class 12 English Prose Ch-8 How Free is the Press MCQs

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1. The editorial policy of a popular daily is controlled by ……. chief factors. [BSEB, 2021A]
   1. one
   2. two
   3. three
   4. four
2. The press enjoys the ……. helplessness of the public. [BSEB, 2023A]
   1. total
   2. partial
   3. social
   4. legal
3. In England Printing Press was invented in : [BSEB, 2025A]
   1. 1475
   2. 1477
   3. 1476
   4. 1478
4. Which of the following is the ‘Proprietor’ of the newspaper?
   1. The public
   2. The owner
   3. The government
   4. The reader
5. Dorothy L. Sayers has written the lesson —
   1. I Have a Dream
   2. How free is the Press
   3. The Earth
   4. A child is Born
6. The Second chief source of a newspaper’s revenue is:
   1. debt
   2. donation
   3. the wealth or owner
   4. grant by the government
7. Without a free press, there can be no …….
   1. dictatorship
   2. free people
   3. monarch
   4. anarchy
8. ……. is the chief source of revenue of a newspaper. [BSEB, 2025A]
   1. Companies
   2. Donation
   3. Advertisement
   4. Government
9. Dorothy L. Sayers was one of the first women to graduate from …….
   1. Oxford University
   2. Cambridge University
   3. Bihar University
   4. Delhi University
10. The ‘garbling’ of news means ……. of the news. [BSEB, 2023A]
    1. correction
    2. distortion
    3. publication
    4. distribution
11. The state is the ……..
    1. master of the people
    2. servant of the people
    3. exploiter of the people
    4. promoter of the people
12. In normal times, the British press is ……. [BSEB, 2024A]
    1. controlled
    2. restricted
    3. free
    4. banned
13. Advertisers contribute to the …. of the newspaper. [BSEB, 2022A]
    1. material
    2. news
    3. revenue
    4. gossip
14. The printing press was set up by ……….. [BSEB, 2018C]
    1. Shakespeare
    2. Marlowe
    3. Milton
    4. Caxton
15. A big newspaper has to be careful about its ……. because they provide revenue.
    1. reporters
    2. advertisers
    3. neighbors
    4. critics
16. Every ….. lives in a perpetual precarious balance. [BSEB, 2022A]
    1. man
    2. book
    3. newspaper
    4. story
17. Censorship is imposed during—
    1. election
    2. peaceful time
    3. emergency
    4. None of these
18. The ………… can make or brack reputation.
    1. teacher
    2. press
    3. man
    4. None of these
19. The first chief source of a newspaper’s revenue is ……. [BSEB, 2020A]
    1. donation
    2. advertisement
    3. government grant
    4. public support
20. Misleading headings and ‘suppressio veri’ are tools of …….
    1. teachers
    2. the press
    3. scientists
    4. doctors
21. When we speak of ‘the freedom of the press’, we usually mean freedom in a ………. sense. [BSEB, 2021A]
    1. broad
    2. legal
    3. technical
    4. social
22. The ………… is not the master but the servant of the people.
    1. State
    2. Government
    3. Village
    4. District
23. Dorothy L. Sayers says that press is free …….
    1. everywhere
    2. somewhere
    3. nowhere
    4. at most places
24. The ‘garbling’ of news by the press is done to …….
    1. inform the public
    2. spread truth
    3. serve private interests
    4. help the state
25. “The press is free” is a …….
    1. fact
    2. slogan
    3. law
    4. myth
26. Free people must see to it that when peace comes ….. is restored.
    1. sanity
    2. relationship
    3. full freedom
    4. press
27. ‘How free is the Press’ is written by —
    1. Mahatma Gandhi
    2. H.E. Bates
    3. Dorothy L. Sayers
    4. Dr. Zakir Hussain
28. No widely circulated newspaper dare support a public policy due invested interest of …….
    1. the government
    2. editor
    3. reporter
    4. advertisers
29. When is censorship imposed in press on a country like Britain?
    1. During flood
    2. During emergency
    3. During election
    4. During disasters
30. The………… Press is, under ordinary Conditions, singularly free.
    1. European
    2. British
    3. Indian
    4. Chinese
31. ………… are careful not to antagonize the press.
    1. Doctors
    2. Traders
    3. Teachers
    4. Politicians
32. The freedom of the press usually means freedom from …. by the government.
    1. imprisonment
    2. jail
    3. censorship
    4. death
33. Dorothy L. Sayers was educated at …….
    1. Cambridge
    2. Oxford
    3. London University
    4. Harvard
34. The editorial policy of a popular daily is controlled by— [BSEB, 2019C]
    1. two chief factors
    2. three chief factors
    3. four cheif factors
    4. None of these

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