PAKISTAN BROADCAST CORPORATION (PBC)

RECRIUTMENT TEST BY NTS FOR THE POST OF SENIOR BROADCAST

ENGINEER

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (20 Marks)

1. United Nation came into existence on _______ (24 Oct 1995)
2. Pakistan is located in which region of the world?
a) South Asia
b) South west Asia
c) Eastern Asia
d) West Asia
3. First world war was started in ______ (1914)
4. Sun shines vertically on the equator ______
a) Twice a year
b) Once a year
c) 6 months
d) Throughout the year
5. What is Hammas?
a) A town of Jordan
b) A radical Palestine Group
c) President of Lebanon
d) None of the above
6. What is the capital of Iceland?
a) Reykjavik
b) Vestmannaeyjar
c) Vilnius
d) Nuuk
7. Production of rubber tree is adopted to which climate?
8. Suns heat and light energy reaches the earth by ________ (Radiation)
9. The term third world refer to ________ (under developed countries)
10. When the cease fire line was drawn in Kashmir?
11. Buffer state of Asia is geographical surname of ________ (Afghanistan)
12. What is the location of Canada? (North America)
13. Atmospheric pressure is measured by ________ (barometer)
14. Largest Railway Station in the world _________ (Grand Central Terminal)
15. In rainbow, which color comes between orange and green? (Yellow)

16. Which continent has no desert? (Europe)

17. Wheel is symbol of __________
18. PH value blood is _________ (7.3 to 7.8)
19. Areas having rainfall between 102 204 cm is dominated by ________ forest.
20. Pakistan shares shortest boundary with ______ (China)

SUBJECT- ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS/TELECOMMUNICATIONS (80 Marks)

21. Which of the following converts thermal energy to kinetic energy?
a. Thermo couple
b. Storage Battery
c. Fuel Cell
d. Rocket
22. In which power plant availability of power is least reliable?
a. Wind Power Plant
b. Solar Power Plant
23. Which engine has highest air fuel ratio?
24. A relay used for protection of motors against overload is _________
25. Solid grounding is useful for ____ voltages.
26. Light is produced in electric discharge lamp by _____
27. ________ diode is used as voltage controlled capacitor.
28. Cross over distortion is problem in __________ class of amplifiers
29. Due to voltage saturation, MOSFET enters in Saturation region _______
30. The channel of JFET is between ______ and ______
31. Diode having positive resistance characteristic ______
32. DC to DC with high voltage gain ______
33. Main feature of crystal diode _________
a. Stability
b. Reliability
c. High frequency
34. We built control systems for _______
35. To decrease the required power of the system we usually refer________
a. Open loop control systems
b. Close loop control systems
c. Combination of open and close loop control systems
36. Signal with different frequency and sampling rate are time division multiplexed by ________
a. FDM
b. Synchronous Multiplexing
c. Pulse Stiffing

37. Modulation techniques in which carrier is switched between two different carrier levels _________
a. On/off keying
38. Which equation best represents AM power?
a. PT = PC + PM
39. Which is used to prevent power wastage on _______
a. FDM
b. SSB
c. DSB
40. Which one is used to generate DSB in AM?
41. The DSB category of AM system is generally used in ___________
a. Oscillator
b. Color information TV
c. Oscilloscope
42. Unit of SNR ________
43. Disadvantage of DSB ___________
44. Which is not specification of AM receiver?
45. Output of system depends only on present or past value not on future value, then system is said
to be ________

FAMOUS EPITHETS
What city is known as The worlds chocolate capital: Hershey Pennsylvania
Which countries name translates as land of the free- Thailand
The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is Bhutan
Rome is also known as City of Seven Hills.
Penang is called the Pearl of East.
Sandwich Island is called to Hawaii Island.
Detroit is known as the Motor City.
Britain of south is called to New Zealand.
Buffer state of Asia is called to Afghanistan.
Cockpit of Europe is called to Belgium.
Crossroad of Western Europe is called to Belgium.
Emerald Island is called to Ireland.
Flower garden to Europe is called to Netherlands.
Gift of Nile is called of Egypt.
Great Britain of the Pacific is called to Japan.
Island continent is called to Australia.
Horn of Africa is called to Somalia.
Key to Mediterranean is called to Gibraltar.
Land of contrasts is called to Colombia.
Land of free people is called to Thailand.
Land of fertile fields is called to Algeria.
Land of golden fiber is called to Bangladesh.
Land of midnight sun is called to Norway.
Land of milk and honey is called to Lebanon.
Land of morning calm is called to Korea.

 Land of mighty rivers is called to Nigeria.

Land of mountain is called to Nepal.
Land of rising sun is called to Japan.
Land of Thousand Island is called to Indonesia.
Land of pure people is called to Pakistan.
Land of white elephant is called to Thailand.
Pillars of Hercules is called to Gibraltar.
Playground of Europe is called to Switzerland.
Remnant of mighty empire is called to Austria.
Sorrow of china is called to Hawang Hoo.
Switzerland of Africa is called to Swaziland.
Site of Ancient Civilization is called to Iraq.
Whitemans Grave is called to Guinea.
Brasilia of Pakistan is called to Islamabad.
City of angles is called to Bangkok.
City of bazaars is called to Cairo.
City of colleges is called to Lahore.
City of conference is called to Geneva.
City of cosmonauts is called to Moscow.
City of eternal spring is called to Quito.
City of golden temple is called to Amritsar.
City of Golden Gate is called to San Francisco.
City of mosques is called to Dhaka.
City of parks is called to Kiev.
City of palaces is called to Calcutta.
City of pope is called to Rome.
City of space flights is called to Cape Kennedy.
City of peace is called to Baghdad.
Forbidden City is called to Lahaska.
Gateway to the east is called to Beirut.
Gateway to the gulf is called to Abu Dhabi.
Gateway to India is called to Bombay.
Gateway to Pakistan is called to Karachi.
Little Pakistan is called to Bradford.
Manchester of Pakistan is called to Faisalabad.
Pyramid city is called to Cairo.
Rose pink city is called to Jaipur.
Windy city is called to Chicago.
Lusitanian is the alternative name of Portugal.
Emerald Island is called to Ireland.
Land of Prophets is called to Palestine.
Yellow River is known as Chinas Sorrow because of devastating floods.
Gibraltar of the west is said to Quebec.
Zambia is known as "country of Copper"
Albania means the Land of Eagles.
Argentian means Like Silver.
Bahrain means two seas.
Brazil means Red wood.
Costa Rica means Rich coast.
Cyprus means Land of copper.
Guuatnemala mean Land of Eagles.
Jamaica means Good water.
Kuwait means Fort.

 Liberia means Land of free people.

Netherlands means low land.
Nigeria means a great river.
Sierra Leone means Lion Mountains.
Singapore means city of lions.
Sudan means Land of black people.
Turkey means Land of Turks.
Which country is popularly called The Land of the Maple Leaf? Canada
Mistress of the Eastern Seas is epithet referred to Sri Lanka.
Hong Kong is called as Pearl of the Orient.
Which worlds city is known as The Golden City Prague Czech
What place was nicknamed "The Pearl of the Orient"-Manilla - Philippines
What countries name translates as lion mountains- Sierra Leone
What place is nicknamed "The City of Lilies"- Florence
Mesopotamia means- Between two Rivers