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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Mass Media and Communication

Question:

Identify the global event that heralded the arrival of private satellite channels in India.

Options:

Miss World peagents

The Gulf War of 1991

The end of the Cold War

The breaking up of U.S.S.R.

Correct Answer:

The Gulf War of 1991

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) - The Gulf War of 1991.

The Gulf War of 1991 (which popularised CNN), and the launching of Star-TV in the same year by the Whampoa Hutchinson Group of Hong Kong, signalled the arrival of private satellite Channels in India. 

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