MCQ Bank
what is your understanding regarding the term public interest?
- A) Common well-being
- B) Public oriented-minority groups
- C) Specific societal welfare
- D) Individual progressive drive
When the Press Council was formed?
- A) In 1962
- B) In 1964
- C) In 1961
- D) In 1963
Which of the following cannot be protected through copyright in the category of "Performers"?
- A) Musicians
- B) Writers
- C) Singers
- D) Actors
Which should be adopted by the regulatory and legal framework governing broadcast media in Pakistan to leave the traditional and old practices?
- A) Powering the media to abide by the regulations
- B) Influencing the media to abide by the regulations
- C) Dissuading the media to abide by the regulations
- D) Persuading the media to abide by the regulations
What is the function of illegal FM radio stations in tribal areas?
- A) Incite hatred
- B) Incite Religious Knowledge
- C) Incite love
- D) Incite Culture
PEMRA’s autonomy remains subject to the directions of the ______________
- A) Bureaucracy
- B) Owners
- C) Government
- D) Public
For posthumous work the duration of a copyright is........?
- A) 60
- B) 50
- C) 70
- D) 80
When was the press council formed?
- A) 1960
- B) 1966
- C) 1964
- D) 1962
CPNE stands for……………?
- A) Council for Pakistan newscasters/editors
- B) Council for Pakistan Newspaper Editors
- C) Council for Pakistan new media Editors
- D) Council for Pakistan news editors
Paparazzi practices have globally challenged the whole concept of which of the following?
- A) Politics
- B) Accuracy
- C) Privacy
- D) Decency
In what era the press councils of Sri Lanka and the Philippines were under state control?
- A) In early 1990
- B) In Mid 1600
- C) In early 1980
- D) In late 1800
When was the first Scandinavian press council established in Sweden?
- A) It began in 1916
- B) It began in 1915
- C) It began in 1913
- D) It began in 1914
Under which article of the Copyright treaty computer programs are protected as literary works?
- A) Article 6
- B) Article 4
- C) Article 5
- D) Article 3
Which of the following is typically not considered as a public space?
- A) Pavement
- B) Privately owned buildings
- C) Public squares
- D) Parks
The dominance of a single broadcaster/owner is a threat to:
- A) General Public
- B) Minority voices
- C) Cable operators
- D) Private channels
In which commission the urge for the development of a written code of practice was adopted?
- A) Fourth Royal Commission on the Press, in 1977
- B) First Royal Commission on the Press, in 1977
- C) Third Royal Commission on the Press, in 1977
- D) Second Royal Commission on the Press, in 1977
Which one of the following is not the central theme of public interest?
- A) Politics
- B) Negotiations
- C) Democracy
- D) Policy debates
The concept of press council is based on which of the following option?
- A) Libertarian theory
- B) Social Responsibility theory
- C) Soviet Media theory
- D) Authoritarian theory
When was the first Royal Commission on the press recommended?
- A) 1951
- B) 1953
- C) 1947
- D) 1949
In what scenario a complaint cannot be addressed by the press Council of Pakistan?
- A) Matter that is pending in any court of law
- B) Matter twice addressed in any court of law
- C) Matter that is against state functioning
- D) Matter that has already been addressed in court of law