Introduction to Mass Communication MCM 101 Assignment # 03(QUIZ)
SPRING SEMESTER 2016
30 mintues
Choose the right option.
1. Polarization in language refers to:
a) Describing things in extreme position
b) Attaching a certain meaning to a word
c) Generalized perception about a group
d) None of the given options
2. Identify the era of religious "manuscript" book production.
a) 13th to 15th Century
b) 16th to 17th Century
c) 7th to 13th Century
d) 8th to 15th Century
3. Who among the following refined the technique with the first widespread use of
movable type, where the characters are separate parts?
a) Goryeo
b) Bi Sheng
c) Marconi
d) Gutenberg
4. The Hickey’s Bengal Gazette or the Calcutta General Advertiser was started by:
a) William Bolts
b) Diamond Hickey
c) Augustus Hickey
d) Gutenberg
5. Sub continent’s Newspaper “Data” had a particular readership and it was very
popular among its readers due to its:
a) Independence movement
b) Foreign news
c) Views on current issues
d) Having local news
6. Which two countries got linked by an underwater telegraph cable in 1866?
a) Europe and Germany
b) Europe and China
c) Europe and United States
d) Europe and Ireland
7. Which of the following invention was made by Samuel Morse?
a) Radio
b) Television
c) Telegraph
d) Printing Press
8. Who introduced the telephone model that had a moveable listening earpiece and
stationary speaking tube?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Wilhelm Weber
c) Claude Chappe
d) Graham Bell
9. Which of the following newspaper founded by Vladimir Lenin became a major
tool for Communist Propaganda?
a) Iskra
b) Courante
c) Sydney Gazette
d) Publick Occurrences
10. Who promulgated the Freedom of Information Ordinance 2002 in October 2002?
a) President Rafeeq tarrer
b) President Pervez Musharraf
c) President Ghulam Ishaq Khan
d) General Zia–ul-Haq
