Worksheet: Media and Democracy | Window on the Word Class 7: Solutions, Notes & Worksheets PDF Download

Q1: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

(i) This is a means of mass communication:
(a) postcard
(b) Television
(c) telephone
(d) Skype

(ii) The media should provide information that is:
(a) Biased
(b) Unbiased
(c) factually Incorrect
(d) always critical of the government

(iii) In a democracy, the media is accountable to:
(a) only the government
(b) only the citizens
(c) no-one
(d) the government and citizens

(iv) The Right to Information Act was passed in:
(a) 2002
(b) 2005
(c) 2010
(d) 2017

Q2: Fill in the Blanks

(i) Media that are used to communicate with many people at once are known as _____________.
(ii) The ____________ and _____________ Code of _________ was passed to regulate the media.
(iii) The media plays a key role in facilitating communication between government and _____________
(iv) RTI aims to promote _____________ and ___________ in the working of the government.
(v) The Press Council Act was passed in __________.

Q3: True or False

(i) The opinion of the public is shaped only by what they read on the Internet.
(ii) It is the responsibility of the media to represent the government in power in a positive manner.
(iii) The media should not publish material that can incite violence.
(iv) The Press Council of India does not have the power to question a journalist for professional misconduct.
(v) A citizen can file a First Appeal if the information they receive from the RTI authorities is not satisfactory.