ExamPak · FPSC test preparation
Editor (BS-18), GHQ
Test pattern
- MCQs in total
- 200
- Part-I
- 100
- Part-II (Professional)
- 100
- Qualifying standard
- 40%
- Per wrong answer
- −0.25
Syllabus
Part-I100 Marks (MCQ)
English (40 Marks)
- Comprehension
- Grammar Usage
- Vocabulary
- Sentence Structuring
- Sentence Correction
- Grouping of Words
- Pairs of Words
- Idiomatic Phrases
- Synonyms/ Antonyms
- Translation
General Intelligence/Ability (60 Marks)
- Basic Arithmetic/Quantitative Ability
- Algebra
- Ratios
- Percentages
- Arithmetic Means
- Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability
- Current Affairs
- Developments at National and International Levels in last 2 years
- Pakistan Affairs
- Basic Level knowledge
- Basic IT (Hardware and Software)
Part-II(Professional): 100 Marks (MCQ)
Public Relations
- Concept of Public Relations, Historical development of public relations, Public relation in Pakistan, Press Information Department (PID), Public relations and publicity, PR as a tool for governance, Basic methods of PR: press release, press note, press conference, PR Ethics
Basic models in Mass Communication
- Lasswell’s Model (1948), Shannon-Weaver model (1948), Osgood’s model (1954), Schramm’s model (1954), Newcomb’s symmetry theory (1953), Westley-McLean’s model (1976), Gerbner model (1956)
Mass Communication Theories
- Normative theories of the press: Schramm’s four theories and criticism on these theories, Media as agents of power
Media and Society
- Mass media and social change, Media as a social system: The balance between interrelation and interdependence, Media freedom and its role for democracy, the functional approach to mass media: four social functions of the media, Media as an awareness agent, Mass media and social representation
Mass Media in Pakistan
- Media system in Pakistan: historical, chronological, and analytical review, the system of journalism and the media system, Government-press relations, the new 24/7 television: uses and abuses, The question of freedom and responsibility
Media Laws and Ethics
- Development of media regulations from British colonial era to independent Pakistan, Libel, Defamation and relevant portions of PPC, PPO, RPPPO, PEMRA: establishment, development, and operational mechanisms, Press Council of Pakistan (PCP), Citizens Media Commission: need, present status, and reasons for inactivity, Press Code of Ethics, Inability of the media to develop a code of ethics as an institution, The media’s quest for freedom and its inability to self regulate