FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1997 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Paper II Note: Attempt FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. “The NEWS is sacred, comment is free”. Please comment and describe the principles of editing the NEWS in the light of this statement. “Are you satisfied with the…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1997 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Paper I Time Allowed: 3 Hrs, Max, Marks: 100 Note: Attempt FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks: Discuss role of mass media in national development since 1947. Discuss the functions and effects of Television on Pakistani society. Discuss…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1996 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Paper II Note: Attempt FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. “Public relations seeks to influence, solicit, or mobilize support for an idea, cause, problem, institution, or an individual through communication and persuasion.” Do you agree, if yes, then…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1996 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs, Max, Marks: 100 Note: Attempt FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks: For a good reporter and a news analyst, it is important that he should be well-versed with the Directing Principles of the constitution,…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1995 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Note: Attempt FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. Public Relations (PR) is a two-way communication-empathic listening and persuasive communication. Discuss. Discuss various PR procedures/processes and techniques/tools. Free press has played a positive role in the growth of a…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1995 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs, Max, Marks: 100 Note: Attempt FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks: “News is a social construction of reality?” Give an argumentaive answer. 2, Berlo’s Model (SMCR) does not specify how the various elements interact,…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1994 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: Attempt FIVE questions in all. All questions carry equal marks. Describing the criteria of news selection, critically examine the merits and demerits of news presented by Pakistan Television. OR Speel out…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1994 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 10 Note: Attempt any FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 1. Evaluate the political role of the militant Muslim Press in the pre-independence era. 2. “It is said that journalism in Pakistan…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1993 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: Attempt FIVE questions in all including questions No. 8, which is COMPULSORY. All questions carry equal marks. Three pioneering enterprises have determined the course of evolution of Urdu journalism from the…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1993 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: Attempt any FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 1. “Press is a big force. It can be useful and also harmful at the same time. If used in a correct…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1992 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: All question carry equal marks. Governments function in secrecy, Press lives by disclosure. How would you reconcile the interests of both in a free, democratic society? OR Only fully and freely…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1992 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: Attempt any FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 1. The Muslims of the Indo-Pakistan Sub-continent can boast of a rich heritage in free and fearless journalism. The mighty pens of…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1991 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: All questions carry equal marks. Explain the INVERTED PYRAMID style of news writing and point out its implication for improving the quality of news reports in the Pakistan press. OR How…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1991 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: Attempt any FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 1. “Both—The MESSAGE and the MEDIUM-play a decisive role in making communication effective”. Please discuss. 2. Briefly explain some well-known communication models….

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1990 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: All questions carry equal marks. What are the NEWS VALUES? How do they differ from the basic components of a news story? OR “Editorial represents the soul of a newspaper”. Do…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1990 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: Answer any FIVE of the-following questions. All questions carry equal marks. 1. Write comprehensive notes on any TWO of the following: (a) Role of opinion leader (b) Educational function of mass…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1989 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: All questions carry equal marks. “What is news”? Describe in detail the basic criteria and elements of news. OR “The most convincing editorials are cool, informal and well-reasoned, devoid of cliches.”…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1989 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: Answer any FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 1. How is the two-step flow of information working in the social environment of Pakistan and, how is the expansion of the…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1988 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: All questions have equal marks. Describe the structure of a news story and present at least two examples, each of no less than 100 words, which fit the pattern. OR Read…

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-1988 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 Note: Attempt any FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 1. “Society uses mass media to achieve mass communication.” Discuss. 2. “Messages are sets of symbols most often the language is the…