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CBSE Class 7 Social Studies Worksheet

Civics - Understanding Media

1.
State Yes or No: While the government does continue to censor films, it does not really censor the medias coverage of news.
A) Yes B) No
2.
Fill in the blanks: Media is, no longer considered ____________ because of its close links to business.
3.
State Yes or No: The cost to advertise on a news channel varies from Rs 500 to Rs 8,000 per 1 seconds depending on the popularity of the channel.
A) Yes B) No
4.
State Yes or No: There are several instances when the media fails to focus on issues that are significant in our lives.
A) Yes B) No
5.
State Yes or No: Public protest means when a large number of people come together and openly state their opposition to some issue.
A) Yes B) No
6.
Who publish Khabar Lahriya?
7.
Fill in the blanks: The print media offers a large variety of ____________ to suit the tastes of different readers.
8.
What has brought the world closer to people ?
9.
Fill in the blanks: Writing a balanced report, , depends on the ____________ being independent.
10.
Give examples of local media
11.
State Yes or No: The print media offers a large variety of information to suit the tastes of different readers.
A) Yes B) No
12.
State Yes or No: An dependent media is important in a democracy.
A) Yes B) No
13.
State Yes or No: The government can, at times, prevent the media from publishing a story and this is called censorship. 
A) Yes B) No
14.
Fill in the blanks: Broadcast refer to a TV or ____________ programme that is widely transmitted.
15.
State Yes or No: TV, radio and newspapers are a form of media that reaches millions of people, or the masses, across the country and the world and, thus, they are called mass media.
A) Yes B) No
16.
State Yes or No: Mass media is constantly thinking of ways to make money.
A) Yes B) No
17.
How media helps society?
18.
What did censorship refers to?
19.
State Yes or No: An independent media means that no one should control and influence its coverage of news.
A) Yes B) No
20.
Fill in the blanks: Television images travel huge distances through satellites and ____________.

CBSE Class 7 Social Studies Worksheet

Civics - Understanding Media

Answers

1.
Option A

2.
independent
3.
Option B
4.
Option A
5.
Option A

6.
A newspaper called Khabar Lahriya which is a fortnightly that is run by eight Dalit women in Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh.
7.
information
8.
Television has brought the world closer to people 
9.
media
10.
Some examples of these are: Community radio: These are used to tell farmers about the prices of different crops and to give many other valuable inputs to them. Documentary films: These are low budget films and focus on the real – life conditions of different poor communities. Khabar Lahriya: It is a newspaper which is a fortnightly that is run by Dalit women in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh. It reports the issues of the Dalits. It has its reach to the farmers, shopkeepers, school teachers, panchayat members and literate women.
11.
Option A
12.
Option B
13.
Option A

14.
radio
15.
Option A
16.
Option A

17.
Media can help society by writing letters to the concerned minister, organizing a public protest, starting a signature campaign, asking the government to rethink its programme, etc.
18.
Censorship refers to the powers that government has to disallow media from publishing or showing certain stories.
19.
Option A

20.
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