General Awareness

Broadcasting and Television Media

1,065 Questions

Broadcasting and television media questions cover mass communication, signal transmission, and entertainment channels. These topics are frequently included in the general awareness sections of competitive exams. Answer these questions to stay updated on communication technologies.

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Broadcasting and Television Media Questions

Multiple choice

Indian Government has kept which frequency for its own service?

  1. 60-180 MHz

  2. 100-180 MHz

  3. 90-140 MHz

  4. 80-108 MHz
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Indian Government reserved the 80-108 MHz frequency band for its own broadcasting services. This falls within the standard international FM band (87.5-108 MHz), with 80-108 MHz being India's allocated range for government radio operations.

Multiple choice

TV hasn't reached many homes but radio has

  1. absolutely true

  2. absolutely false

  3. probably true

  4. can't say
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The statement is absolutely true - radio has reached far more households than television, especially in rural areas and during earlier decades. Radio's affordability, portability, and lower infrastructure requirements made it accessible to millions where TV couldn't penetrate.

Multiple choice

TV was separated from AIR

  1. probably true

  2. absolutely false

  3. absolutely true

  4. can’t say
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

TV was absolutely separated from AIR (All India Radio). In 1976, Doordarshan was established as a separate entity from AIR, marking the organizational separation of television and radio broadcasting services in India.

Multiple choice

Which medium of transmission is used in SONET?

  1. Laser beam

  2. Fiber optics

  3. Coaxial cable

  4. Radio transmission

  5. LED
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET) is a standardised protocol that transfers multiple digital bit streams over optical fiber using lasers or highly coherent light from light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

Multiple choice

Which of the following is a coaxial cable connector?

  1. HFOC's

  2. MT-RJ

  3. BNC

  4. RJ-45
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The most common type of connector used with coaxial cables is the Bayone-Neill-Concelman (BNC) connector. Different types of adapters are available for BNC connectors, including a T-connector, barrel connector and terminator. Connectors on the cable are the weakest points in any network.

Multiple choice

Which cable is commonly used for cable TV?

  1. Coaxial cable

  2. Fiber optic

  3. UTP

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Coaxial cabling has a single copper conductor at its centre. A plastic layer provides insulation between the centre conductor and a braided metal shield. The metal shield helps to block any outside interference, therefore we use it in CABLE TV. Thin coaxial cable is known as thinnet (10base2). The most common ones are RG 59(Coaxial cable) and a low loss cable is RG 6, both are 72 ohm for TV sets and antennas.

Multiple choice

If two frames are transmitted simultaneously, they overlap in time and the resulting signal is distorted or garbled. This event or situation is called ____________.

  1. collision

  2. continuous time

  3. slotted time

  4. either continuous time or slotted time

  5. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

If two frames are transmitted simultaneously. They overlap in time and the resulting signal is distorted or garbled. This event or situation is called a collision.

Multiple choice

In which method(s) of communication does the transmission takes place in both the directions, but only in one direction at a time?

  1. Simplex

  2. Full duplex

  3. Half duplex

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In half duplex mode, each station can transmit and receive data but not at the same time. When one device is sending the data, the other can only receive, and vice versa. Radio is the example of half duplex, where at a time one can talk and other can listen, and vice versa.