General Knowledge Sample Practice Test for

PCS Exam
(1) The key Narrator of a newscast or program is called:
Anchor.-

(2) Mohammedan Social Reformer was the English Name of:

Tahzeeb ul Akhlaq

(3) Daily Dawn Started in:

1942

(4) Zamindar was launched by:-

Maulana Zafar Ali Khan

(5) The first Editor of Dawn was:

Pothan Joseph
6 The number of radio stations, which Pakistan got in 1947 were:

2
(7). Daily Jung first appeared from:
Delhi
(8) Hamid Nizami was the founder editor of:

Nawa-e-waqt
(9) CPNE is the representative body of:

Editors
(10) Television made its advent in Pakistan in:
1964
(11) Continuation of a story on another page is called:

Jump
(12) The largest mass medium in Pakistan is:
Radio
(13) Dr. Goebbles is known as father of:
Propaganda
(14) Radio Pakistan was converted to Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation in:
1972
(15) A.P.P. is the abbreviation of:
Associated Press of Pakistan.

16- What is scoop?

exclusive story
17 Stringer is called:

part-time correspondent paid a column rate

18. Newspapers masterhead is called :

flag

19. Folio is the name of:

page number

20 who was the first editor of the daily Jhang?

Mir Khalil ur Rahman

21. Acknowledgment of the source of a picture or a story is called:

courtesy

22. Continuation of a story on another page is called:

jump

23. PEMRA ordinance was implemented in:

2002
24. The term Global Village was coined by:

Marshal McLuhan

25. Press note can (be) issued (by):

government official

26. Registration of Press and Publication Ordinance was introduced in:

1963

27- The founder of daily Pakistan Times was:

faiz ahmed faiz

28. the term Deck is used for:

part of a headline

29. the term Yellow journalism was started from:

U.S.A.

30. the inventor of the printing press was:

johannes Gutenberg

31. Pakistans first official news agency was:

APP

32 Nasim Hijazi was Editor of the daily:

kohistan

33 C.P.N.E. stands for:

COUNCIL OF PAKISTAN NEWSPAPERS EDITORS)

34) What is meant by editorial note:

Editors notes
35) The news which appears in the papers two or three days before an important event is called:
Curtain Raiser
36) Who is the most important person in the T.V. NEWS:

None of these

37) Hasrat Mohani published the newspaper:

Urdu-I-Muallah

38) The Nawa-e-Waqt started its publication in:

1940

39) Irshad Ahmed Haqani writes his column under in:

 Harf-e-Tamannah
40) Who was the first editor of the daily Jang?

Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman
41) Which of the private Pakistani T.V. Channel has the greatest number of viewers?

GEO
42) Which official is called the pilot of the newspaper:

The editor

43) Communication is a

Process
44) The head office of The Khabrain is in:

Lahore
45) APNS represents

News paper owners

46) P.T.V. started its transmission in the regime of:

Ayub Khan
47) Which is the largest circulated newspaper of Pakistan?

The Jang
48) The TNation is the sister publication of:

The Nawa-e-Waqt
49) AFP is the news agency of
France

50) Who was the founder of the Dawn?

Quaid-e-Azam
51) Wax-Wyllie wrote

Radio and T.V. Writing

52) Who was the founder of yellow journalism:

William Hurst
53) The Urdu edition of the Comrade was called:
Humdard
.
(54) A large size headline across the entire page is called:

Banner

(55) A sheet containing facts and detailed information on any issue is known as:

Backgrounder
(56) Muhammadan Social Reformer was the English name of:

Tahzeeb-ul-Akhlaq

(57) Daily DAWN was started in :

1942

(58) The number of radio stations which Pakistan got in

1947 was:

(59) CPNE is the representative body of :

Editors

(60) S.M.R.C. is a well-known:

Communication Model

(61) A story appearing with the name of the writer is called:

By Line

(62) Dr Goebbles is know as the father of:

Propaganda

(63) Radio Pakistan was converted into Pakistan Broadcasting

Corporation in:

1972
(64) P.P.O. was amended in:

1963

(65) The cultivation theory was put forward by

George Gerbner
(66) The author of the famous book COVERING ISLAM is:

Edward Said

(67) The concept of Development Support Communication was presented

by:

Joseph Ascroft
(68) The head quarter of CNN is situated in:
Atlanta

(69) A full service advertising agency has:

Four departments
(70) The public relations department of the Federal Government is known
as:
PID
(71) The Orient Press of India was a news agency belonging to the:

Hindus

(72) The way in which the message travels to the receiver is called:Channel

(73) Intrapersonal communication involves:

An individual thinking or talking to himself

(74) Any message given by other than the literal interpretation of words is called:

Non Verbal Communication

(75) A person (or group) who has control over what information is disseminated to the audience,
is known as:
Regulator

(76) The concept of Global Village was first introduced by :

Marshal McLUHAN

77) Broadcast media may be classified by:

Type of signal output

(78) To be considered a daily, a newspaper has to appear at least:

Seven times a week

(79) The news of important public events appearing in the front sections of a newspaper, are
called:

Hard news

(80) The famous communication Model SMCRE was devised by:

Schramm
(81) Radio is a:

Hot medium

(82) The author of well known communication book Process and Effects of Mass
Communication is:

Wilbur Schramm

(83) The founding fathers of the mathematical or electronic theory of communication are:
Shannon and Weaver

(84) ABC is the abbreviation of:

Audit Bureau of Circulation

(85) APP is the news agency of:

Pakistan

(86) The largest English newspaper of Pakistan is:

Dawn
(87) The founder of Jang-Group of Newspapers is:
Mir Khalil ur Rehman
(88) The editor of daily Nawa-e-Waqt is:

Majeed Nizami
(89) The daily Dawn was founded by:
Quaid-e-Azam
(90) Kuldip Nayer is a well known Indian:
Journalist

91- What is ABC?

Audit bureau of Circulation

92- What is Dummy?
A dead body of an animal
93- Press and Publication Ordinance was introduced on:
1963
94- What is embargo?

A ban on publication before a specific date

95- Television programmes were started in Pakistan on:

1964
96- Who was the first editor of daily Nawa-e-Waqt?

Hamid Nizami

97- Radio is what type of channel?

Time consuming
98- What is yellow journalism?

Exploitative sensational

99- What is typography?

a choice of type to ensure image clariy

100- What is editorial?

A point of view of the news paper