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2. The media should give information keeping in with ______________ .
(a) vested interests (b) national security (c) none of these

3. Television channels pay ______________ attention to all events.
(a) equal (b) unequal (c) seldom unequal
4. An advertisement for child literacy is ______________ in nature.

(a) commercial (b) social (c) political
5. To ask for a bribe is a government employee’s ______________ .
(a) right (b) corruption (c) none of these

6. The chief function of media is to provide information to the ______________ .
(a) individual (b) masses (c) certain public
7. ______________ is not a means of mass media.

(a) television (b) telephone (c) radio
8. The Right to information Act was passed in the year ______________ .
(a) 2003 (b) 2001 (c) 2005

B. Match the following :
1. Bribe u u The editor’s opinion about an event or issue.

2. Information u u The thinking of the common people on an event or issue.
3. Accountability u u A sum of money or service given to a person in authority in return
for a favour.
4. Ethics u u Any record or file held by a person in authority.

5. Public opinion u u Responsibility of one’s actions or decisions.
6. Editorial u u The moral principles of conduct or behaviour which should be
adhered to.
C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements :

1. The chief function of the media is to provide information to the masses.
2. A television channel should inform about an event objectively.
3. A public opinion is not at all useful in a democracy.

4. The media should give the correct news, whether it is in the interest of national security or not.
5. A government employee can obstruct a job if he is not given a bribe.
6. The Right to Information Act, 2005 has helped to eradicate corruption from government offices.

D. Which government department will you go for the following jobs :
1. To open an account : _____________________________________________________

2. To buy a postcard : _____________________________________________________
3. To get a driving license : _____________________________________________________
4. To get a ration card made : _____________________________________________________

5. To buy a train ticket for Mumbai : _____________________________________________________
6. To report a theft in your house : _____________________________________________________
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