Solved MCQs of Journalism Past Papers Since 2000 - Page 2

Xeric · #11 Thursday, July 29, 2010

Journalism Paper - 2010
Solved MCQs

1.What is a by line?

a.A railway track
b.Text written on line
c.Reporter's name printed with story
d.None

2.Intra-personal communication is:

a.Communication with personal friend
b.With people
c.With self
d.With family

3.What is ABC?

a.American business circle
b.American business corporation
c.Audit Bureau of circulation
d.None

4.Who was the first editor of daily Nawai e waqt?

a.Majeed nizami
b.Mujeeb nizami
c.Hameed nizami
d.none

5.When television transmission was started in Pakistan?

a.1970
b.1964
c.1990
d.1962

6.The assignment allotted to a newspaper reorter is called:

a.Creed
b.Beat
c.Embargo
d.Feature

7.A journalist who is not attached with any newspaper is called:

a.Retained
b.Correspondent
c.Free lancer
d.Stinger

8.Identification marks written on the top of news story page is called:

a.Credit line
b.Slugline
c.Embargo
d.tip

9.The communication based on purchased time of space is called:

a.Publicity
b.Advertising
c.Propaganda
d.None

10.Press and Publication Ordinance was introduced in:

a.1963
b.1965
c.1995
d.none

11.Tabloid newspaper is of small size with:

a.3 columns
b.4 columns
c.5 columns
d.None

12.A brief introduction of a photograph is called:

a.Embargo
b.Outdoor broadcast
c.Caption
d.None

13.Newspaper's masthead is called:

a.Headline
b.Flag
c.Sub-heading
d.Embargo

14.Who was the first editor of daily 'Jang'?

a.Mir Shakeel ur Rehman
b.Altaf Hussain
c.Mir Khalil ur Rehman
d.Nasim hijazi

15.The term global village was coined by:

a.George Gerbener
b.Marshal Mcluhan
c.Wibler Schramm
d.Pamela Shoemaker

16.The inventor of printing press was:

a.Marshal Mcluhan
b.Ts'ai Lun
c.Johannes gutenberg
d.None

17.Pakistan's first official news agency was:

a.UPI
b.IPA
c.APP
d.NNI

18.PEMRA ordinance was implemented in:

a.1997
b.2002
c.1998
d.2004

19.Press note can be issued by:

a.Editor
b.Government official
c.Reporter
d.Sub-editor

20.Stringer is called to:

a.Whole time employee
b.Part-time correspondent paid a column rate
c.Sub-editor
d.None

Xeric · #12 Friday, June 03, 2011

Journalism Paper - 2011
Solved MCQs

1. Banner Advertisement is a type of advertising related to:

a. Outdoor Advertising
b. Interactive Advertising
c. Corporate Advertising
d. None of these

2. The Public Relations department which covers the activities of Provincial Government is:

a. PID
b. DGPR
c. ISPR
d. None of these

3. Hamsafar is house journal of:

a. Daewoo
b. Pakistan Railways
c. PIA
d. None of these

4. Sultan Lakhani is the Chief Editor of:

a. Daily Dawn
b. Daily The News
c. Daily Nation
d. None of these

5. The book "Process and Effects of Mass Communication" was written by:

a. Denis McQuail
b. Wilber Schram
c. Joseph Ascart
d. None of these

6. News appearing before the occurrence of an events is termed as:

a. Curtain Raiser
b. Press Communique
c. Obituary
d. None of these

7. CPNE is a representative body of:

a. Newspaper employees
b. Newspaper editors
c. Newspaper owners
d. None of these

8. It is a compulsion for media organisations to _____ without changing or amending the text.

a. Press release
b. Press note
c. Hand out
d. None of these

9. Elahi Bakhsh Soomro is the capacity of Federal Information Minister announced to repeal:

a. PPO
b. EBDO
c. PCO
d. None of these

10. A typical soundtrack which identifies a program is known as:

a. Sound track
b. Music track
c. Signature tune
d. None of these

11. There is limited and delayed feedback in _________ communication.

a. Interpersonal
b. Media
c. Mass
d. None of these

12. Family Magazine belongs to:

a. Jang Group of Publications
b. Nida-e-Millat Group of Publications
c. Century Publications
d. None of these (Nawa-e-Waqt)

13. Obituary newa relates to:

a. Deaths
b. Births
c. Weather
d. None of these

14. The fuction of mass media which relates to the provisionof news is termed as:

a. Surveillance
b. Transmisiion
c. Correlation
d. None of these

15. The term "Media Determinism", "Global Village: and "Hot and Cool Media" were ternes and conceptualised by:

a. Harold Laswell
b. Walter Lipman
c. Marshal Mcluhan
d. None of these

16. The name of the First ever Urdu newspaper of the sub-continent which started using coloured photographs and cartoons was:

a. Jam-eJehan Numa
b. Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq
c. Hamdard
d. None of these

17. the advertising which praises the item to be sold with subjective opinions, superlatives or exaggerations is known as:

a. Puffery
b. Dummy
c. Garbage-in
d. None of these

18. A journalist who is not full time employee of one media organistion is known as:

a. Reporter
b. Stinger
c. Free lancer
d. None of these

19. Slander is:

a. Written defamation
b. Verbal defamation
c. Both of these
d. None of these

20. the first editor of "Dawn" was:

a. Faiz Ahmad Faiz
b. Shorish Kashmiri
c. Altaf Hussain
d. None of these

Corrections will be appreciated. !! :-)

alonesoul · #13 Friday, September 23, 2011

many mistakes in these solved mcq's, double check these mcq's

Tassawur · #14 Monday, February 13, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by aariz

post 2011 mcqs plz.

Journalism Paper - 2011
Solved MCQs

1. Banner Advertisement is a type of advertising related to:

a. Outdoor Advertising
b. Interactive Advertising
c. Corporate Advertising
d. None of these

2. The Public Relations department which covers the activities of Provincial Government is:

a. PID
b. DGPR
c. ISPR
d. None of these

3. Hamsafar is house journal of:

a. Daewoo
b. Pakistan Railways
c. PIA
d. None of these

4. Sultan Lakhani is the Chief Editor of:

a. Daily Dawn
b. Daily The News
c. Daily Nation
d. None of these (He is Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Express & Express News Channel (Pvt. Ltd.))

5. The book "Process and Effects of Mass Communication" was written by:

a. Denis McQuail
b. Wilber Schram
c. Joseph Ascart
d. None of these

6. News appearing before the occurrence of an events is termed as:

a. Curtain Raiser
b. Press Communique
c. Obituary
d. None of these

7. CPNE is a representative body of:

a. Newspaper employees
b. Newspaper editors
c. Newspaper owners
d. None of these

8. It is a compulsion for media organizations to _____ without changing or amending the text.

a. Press release
b. Press note
c. Hand out
d. None of these

9. Elahi Bakhsh Soomro in the capacity of Federal Information Minister announced to repeal:

a. PPO
b. EBDO
c. PCO
d. None of these

10. A typical soundtrack which identifies a program is known as:

a. Sound track
b. Music track
c. Signature tune
d. None of these

11. There is limited and delayed feedback in _________ communication.

a. Interpersonal
b. Media
c. Mass
d. None of these

12. Family Magazine belongs to:

a. Jang Group of Publications
b. Nida-e-Millat Group of Publications
c. Century Publications
d. None of these
Nwai e wakt Group of Newspapers.

13. Obituary newa relates to:

a. Deaths
b. Births
c. Weather
d. None of these

14. The fiction of mass media which relates to the provision of news is termed as:

a. Surveillance
b. Transmisiion (The relation of mass media and news is TRANSMISSION. surveillance is done by reciever such as tv and correlation at sending end)
[B]c. Correlation
d. None of these

15. The term "Media Determinism", "Global Village: and "Hot and Cool Media" were termedes and conceptualised by:

a. Harold Laswell
b. Walter Lipman
c. Marshal Mcluhan
d. None of these

16. The name of the First ever Urdu newspaper of the sub-continent which started using coloured photographs and cartoons was:

a. Jam-eJehan Numa
b. Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq
c. Hamdard
d. None of these

17. the advertising which praises the item to be sold with subjective opinions, superlatives or exaggerations is known as:

a. Puffery
b. Dummy
c. Garbage-in
d. None of these

18. A journalist who is not full time employee of one media organist ion is known as:

a. Reporter
b. Stinger
c. Free lancer
d. None of these

19. Slander is:

a. Written defamation
b. Verbal defamation (Slander is verbal defamation, according to definition of law. And libel may be both verbal or written. And case of slander doesn't stand well in courts; but libel is a serious suit.)
c. Both of these
d. None of these

20. the first editor of "Dawn" was:

a. Faiz Ahmad Faiz
b. Shorish Kashmiri
c. Altaf Hussain
d. None of these(Pothan Joseph)

Farrah Zafar · #15 Saturday, September 22, 2012

Journalism Paper 2012 (Solved MCQS)

1)A freelancer is also called

(stringer, reporter, correspondent,)

2)Inverted pyramid style is preferably used in which media ?

(electronic,,print,,,both)

3)Material meant for press/media organizations is

(press release, news release,,press statement,,all of the above)

4)Subject assigned to reporter

(beat..)

5)PBC stands for

(Pakistan broadcasting corporation)

6)IRNA stands for

(Islamic Republic News Agency)

7)Hickey gazette launched in

(29jan 1780, 29 jan 1792, 29 jan 1760, etc)

8)SMCR model introduced in

(1960)

9)Name of Dawn publishers

(Herald)

10)Contribution by editorial staff is called

(editorial, article, column,

11)What is the type of advertising where product is delivered at your mailing address

(direct response, personal advertising, direct mail advertising, none of the above)

12)Father of printing press

(Johann Gutenberg)

13)Media is plural of ?

(Medium)

14)Audience in mass communication is?

(homogeneous,heterogeneous,exogenus or none of these)

15)Who presented SCMR model of communication?

Wilber Schram

16)The calender of events of journalism is called ?

calender

17)The publication at intervals ,weekly or monthly is called

(Periodicals)

18)A specific part of population ?

( sample)

19)Semantics is associated with ?

(Selection of words)

20)These was mcq about some theory type.I chose prediction for that.

the cancerian · #16 Saturday, October 20, 2012

zamindar was launched by zafar ali khan.. isnt that right?

Farrah Zafar · #17 Monday, October 22, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by the cancerian

zamindar was launched by zafar ali khan.. isnt that right?

His father Maulvi Siraj-ud-din started Zamindar in 1903

HASEEB ANSARI · #18 Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Quote:

@Xeric
1. Banner Advertisement is a type of advertising related to:

a. Outdoor Advertising
b. Interactive Advertising
c. Corporate Advertising
d. None of these

Tassawur

1. Banner Advertisement is a type of advertising related to:

a. Outdoor Advertising
b. Interactive Advertising
c. Corporate Advertising
d. None of these

Which answer is correct?

ultimate · #19 Thursday, January 03, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xeric

Journalism Paper - 2001
Solved MCQs

(1) Communication is a

a) Theory
b) Strategy
c) Process
d) None of these

(2) Television is

a) Hot medium
b) Cool medium
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of (a) and (b)

(3) The Audience for whom the message is specifically designed are called

a) The target audience
b) The actual audience
c) The available audience
d) None of these

(4) Mathematical model of communication was developed by

a) Wilbur Schram
b) Charles E Osgood
c) Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver
d) None of these

(5) Sementic problem in communication deals with

a) The effectiveness of the message
b) The transmission of the message
c) The selection of words
d) None of these

(6) In Rhetorical Communication Theory the major emphasis has been placed on

a) Communicator
b) Audience
c) Response
d) None of these

(7) The phrase “the medium is the message … and the message” was coined by:

a) Malcolm Maclean
b) Marshal Mcluhan
c) Harold Lasswell
d) None of these

(8) The author of the well known communication book “Men, Message and Media: A look at Human Communication” is

a) Charles Wright
b) Herbert Bruever
c) Wilbur Schram
d) None of these

(9) Individuals working within organization and who make decisions about what is to be communicated are called.

a) Regulators
b) Gatekeepers
c) Reporters
d) None of these

(10) Readers of a specialized magazine are known as

a) Homogenous audience
b) Heterogeneous audience
c) Both of these
d) None of these

(11) The type of communication based on purchased times or space is called

a) Publicity
b) Advertising
c) Both of these
d) None of these

(12) The structure of newspapers is determined by

a) Frequency of publication
b) Size
c) Circulation
d) all of these e) none of these
i think option is d.

(13) The individual or organization that initiates the advertising process, is called

a) The advertiser
b) The advertising agency
c) The director of advertising
d) None of these
ans i think b .........plz recheck and confirm

(14) One of the major advantages of radio medium for advertising is

a) Editorial Support
b) Permanence
c) Flexibility
d) None of these

(15) The largest newspaper of Pakistan is

a) Jang
b) Nawa-e-Waqt
c) The News
d) None of these

(16) World Service of Pakistan Television can be watched in

a) 30 countries
b) 40 countries
c) 50 countries
d) None of these

(17) Reuters is the news agency of

a) Holland
b) France
c) England
d) None of these

(18) UPI is the abbreviation of

a) United Press of India
b) United Press International
c) United Press Indonesia
d) None of these

(19) The founder editor of Nawa-e-Waqt was:

a) Hameed Nizami
b) Majeed Nizami
c) Arif Nizami
d) None of these

(20) The meeting of professionals having a series of prepared lectures, followed by questions and answers, is called

a) Seminar
b) Workshop
c) Symposium
d) None of these

please check above 2 answers

Emoemar · #20 Monday, January 07, 2013

1. Banner Advertisement is a type of advertising related to:

a. Outdoor Advertising
b. Interactive Advertising
c. Corporate Advertising
d. None of these

I would go for Interactive .. i guess someone needs to substantiate it further.