Spectrum frequency and uses

Source: Business Line. Spectrum frequency and uses: S.NoSpectrum frequencyUsed byUses 1.  540 Khz  AM Radio  Used by All India Radio 2.  5.95 Mhz-26.1 Mhz  Short Wave Radio  Radio stations to transmit over long distance 3.  54-88 Mhz  Doordarshan  Channels 2-6 4.  88-108 Mhz  FM Radio  FM Radio channels 5.  145-860 Mhz  Cable TV  Cable TV channels use wide range of frequencies 6.  800-1900 Mhz  Mobile Phones  2G mobile services 7.  2100 Mhz  Mobile Phones  3G mobile services 8.  2300 Mhz  Broadband Wireless  LTE and WiMax service providers 9.  2500 Mhz  S Band  Satellite services  … [Read more...]

Current affairs and GK questions

Vivek Express

 Current affairs & General knowledge questions: 1. What is the name of India's longest train service?  2. In which year, decimal system replaced the Anna? 3. Who was the first Chief Minister of Assam? 4. Who is the new CEO of IBM? 5. Who is the only driver to be posthumously awarded the F1 driver's title? 6. Who is the first female head of state in Latin America to win a second term in power? 7. Who is the winner of 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature? 8. Who is the founder of State Bank of Mysore? 9. Which film is India's official entry for next year's Oscars? 10. Who is the Marathon race world record holder? 11. First African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize? 12. Who is the winner of 2011 Booker Prize? 13. Who scored the fastest goal in the history of Barcelona-Real Madrid football games? Quiz answers: 1. Vivek Express (Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari). Train takes 82.5 hours to travel 4,286 km. 2. 1957. 3. Gopinath Bordoloi. 4. Virginia Rometty. 5. Jochen Rindt (1970). 6. Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. 7. Tomas Transformer (Sweden). 8. M. Visvesvaraya. 9. Malayalam movie "Adaminte Makan Abu". 10. Patrick Makau (Kenya). 11. Kenyan woman Wangari Maathai (2004 Nobel Peace Prize). 12. Julian Barnes for The Sense of an Evening. 13. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid).  … [Read more...]