media questions

Extra questions of civics chapter media

Q1 What is media?

Everything ranging from the stall at the local fair to the programme that you see on TV can be called media. Media is the plural form of the word ‘medium’ and it describes the various ways through which we communicate in society.

Q2. What are mass media? The forms of media that reaches millions of people, or the masses, across the country and the world and, thus, they are called mass media.
Q3 Give any 2 examples of electronic media.

 Television, Radio
Q4 Give any 2 examples of print media.

Newspaper, Magazine
 Q5 How does the changing technology affect media?

 Changing technology, or machines, and making technology more modern, helps media to reach more people. It also improves the quality of sound and the images that we see.

Q6.What are the different sources through which the media makes money?

 One way in which the mass media earns money is by advertising different things like cars, chocolates, clothes, mobile phones, etc.

 The second way by which media makes money is by becoming a part of big business houses.

Q7. What is a balanced report?

A balanced report is one that discusses all points of view of a particular story and then leaves it to the readers to make up their minds.

Q8.  What is independent media?

An independent media means that no one should control and influence its coverage of news. No one should tell the media what can be included and what should not be included in a news story.

Q9 What role do the media play in a democracy?

 In a democracy, the media plays a very important role in providing news and discussing events taking place in the country and the world.

It is on the basis of this information that citizens can, for example, learn how government works. And often, if they wish to, they can take action on the basis of these news stories.

Q!0. How has the television technology changed our world?

 Changing technology, or machines, and making technology more modern, helps media to reach more people.

 It also changes the ways in which we think about our lives. Television has enabled us to think of ourselves as members of a larger global world. Television images travel huge distances through satellites and cables. It has brought the world closer to us.

Assignment for history

Assignments of history class 7^th

Q1. Who built Rajarajeshvara temple?

Ans.  King Rajaraja Chola in Thanjavur.

Q2. Which sufi  saint  established  dargah at Ajmer?

Ans. Khwaja   Muinuddin  chishti.

Q3. Name any two pilgrimage centres?

Ans Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh ) and  tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu).

Q4.  Name the city which  was the suba headquarter as well as capital of chauhan kings ?

Ans. Ajmer( Rajsthan)

Q5.  Name two famous Guilds   in South India in eighth century.

Ans  Manigramam  and Nanadesi

Q6. Who were Bidri?

Ans  The craftspersons  of bidar were so famed for inlay work  in copper and silver that it came to be called bidri.

Q7.  Why was Surat called a gateway to west?

Ans.1.  Because trade with west Asia  via gulf of Ormuz done from Surat.

2. Many pilgrim ships sailed to Mecca from Surat.

Q8. Why Surat began to decline towards the end of the 17^th century ?

Ans.  1.  The loss of the markets  and productivity .

2. control of the sea routes by the Portuguese.

3. The competition with Bombay port.

Q9. Who owned large number of ships  in 16^th &17^th century?

Ans. Mulla Abdul Ghafur  and Virji Vora.

Q10. Write architectural  splendor of Hampi?

Ans. The royal buildings were splendid with arches, domes and pillared halls for holding sculptures.

They had well planned orchards and pleasure gardens .

Q11. Which was one of the most important festivals celebrated at Hampi?

Ans.  Mahanavami  festival.

Q12. How Hampi was ruined?

Ans By the defeat of  Vijayanagara kings in 1565 by deccani sultans-  Golconda, Bijapur,Ahmadnagar, Berar and Bidar.