UGC NET Media theory Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 30 previous-year questions on Media theory from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 4: Communication, drawn from 27 of the 87 exam papers in the bank (2023–2026). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Media theory
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| McLuhan's hot and cool media | 4 |
| Theorists and their concepts | 2 |
| Authors and their books | 2 |
| Media as non-neutral containers | 1 |
| Media grammar | 1 |
| Closed text, orality and cluster | 1 |
| David Holmes on the medium | 1 |
| Frames, fandom, false consciousness and genre | 1 |
| Normative theory | 1 |
| McLuhan's concepts | 1 |
| Media thinkers | 1 |
| Technocratic control of media | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Media theory appears in 27 of 87 papers (31%), which JRFSmart rates as high frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
A person who believes that all social, political, economic and cultural change is inevitably based on the development and diffusion of technology, is a
McLuhan's conception of a new form of social organization emerging due to instantaneous electronic media connecting the entire world into one great social, political, and cultural system, is known as:
Which of the following is labelled as the second self?
Which one of the following has been considered as a non-specialist media thinker ?
Which of the following believed in the technocratic control of media?
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II LIST-I (Concept) A. Media intrusion B. Social capital C. Media literacy D. Pragmatism LIST-II (Description) I. Focuses on the practical use of knowledge II. Subversion of politics by media III. The influence of potential leaders…
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II LIST-I (Concept) A. Paparazzi B. Parody C. Radical reading D. Soap opera LIST-II (Description) I. Making fun of someone in an indirect way II. Audience rejection of meanings, values and opinions of authors III. Serial drama…
Which of the following text readings were identified by Stuart Hall? A. Complex reading B. Continuous reading C. Dominant reading D. Oppositional reading E. Negotiated reading Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
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