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YEAR 1999

MCQ 1

For identifying a radar target in a non-lossy medium, the range of the target is to be doubled, the RF power radiated must be increased by

(A) 2 times (B) 4 times

(C) 8 times (D) 16 times

MCQ 2

A source deliver symbols , , andX X X X1 2 3 4 with probabilities 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/8 respectively. The entropy of the system is

(A) 1.75 bits per second (B) 1.75 bits per symbol

(C) 1.75 symbols per second (D) 1.75 symbols per bit

MCQ 3

A system has a receiver noise resistance of 50 Ω. It is connected to an antenna with an input resistance of 50 Ω. The noise fig. of the system is

(A) 1 (B) 2

(C) 50 (D) 101

MCQ 4

A 10 kW is carrier is sinusoidally modulated by two carriers corresponds to a modulation index of 30% and 40% respectively. The total radiated power is

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(A) 11.25 kW (B) 12.5 kW

(C) 15 kW (D) 17 kW

MCQ 5

In phase modulation, the frequency deviation is

(A) independent of the modulating signal frequency

(B) inversely proportional to the modulating signal frequency

(C) directly proportional to the modulating signal frequency

(D) inversely proportional to the square root of the modulating frequency

MCQ 6

An arbitrary signal ( )m t has zero average value and it is band-limited to 3.2 kHz. It is sampled at the rate of 8 k samples. The samples are passed through an idea band-pass filter with centre frequency of 32 kHz and bandwidth of 6.4 kHz. The output of the band-pass filter is

(A) AM-DSB signal with suppressed carrier

(B) AM-DSB signal with carrier

(C) AM-SSB signal with carrier

(D) a sequence of exponentially decaying sine waves

MCQ 7

The correct sequence of subsystems in an FM receiver is

(A) mixer, RF amplifier, limiter, IF amplifier, discriminator, audio amplifier

(B) RF amplifier, mixer, IF amplifier, limiter, discriminator audio amplifier

(C) RF amplifier, mixer, limiter, discriminator, IF amplifier, audio amplifier

(D) mixer, IF amplifier, limiter, audio amplifier, discriminator

MCQ 8

13 dB m is equivalent to

(A) 2 mW (B) 20 W

(C) 20 mW (D) 2 MW

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MCQ 9

Consider the following statements comparing delta modulation with PCM systems : DM requires

1. a lower sampling rate

2. a higher sampling rate

3. a larger bandwidth

4. simpler hardware

Which of these statements are correct ?

(A) 1, 2 and 4 (B) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 1, 3 and 4 (D) 2, 3 and 4

MCQ 10

12 signals each band-limited to 5 kHz are to be transmitted over a single channel by frequency over a single channel by frequency division multiplexing. If AM-SSB modulation guard band of 1 kHz is used, then the bandwidth of the multiplexed single will be

(A) 51 kHz (B) 61 kHz

(C) 71 kHz (D) 91 kHz

MCQ 11

In a superheterodyne receiver, IF is 455 kHz, if it is tuned to 1200 kHz, the image frequency will be

(A) 1655 kHz (B) 745 kHz

(C) 2110 kHz (D) 910 kHz

MCQ 12

Ghost in a television picture is due to

(A) poor frequency response of the video amplifier

(B) multipath reception of signals

(C) incorrect tunning

(D) the poor phase characteristics of the IF amplifier

MCQ 13

In a radar system, if the peak transmitted power is increased by a factor of 16 and the antenna diameter is increased by a factor of 2,


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then the maximum range will increase by a factor of

(A) 16 (B) 8

(C) 4 (D) 8

MCQ 14

A glass fibre has refractive indices n1 of 1.5 and n2 of 1. Assuming

3 10 /m sc 8#= the multipath time dispersion will be

(A) 2.5 ns/m (B) 2.5 μs/m

(B) 5 ns/m (D) 5 μs/m

MCQ 15

The electric field at a point from a transmitter radiating a certain

power is 2.5 mV/m. If the transmitter power is doubled, the yield

strength at the point will be about

(A) 2.5 mV/m (B) 3.5 mV/m

(D) 5 mV/m (D) 10 mV/m

MCQ 16

A 6 MHz channel is used by a digital signalling system utilizing four-

level signals. The maximum possible transmission rate is

(A) 6 M bauds/s (B) 12 M bauds/s

(C) 6 M bits/s (D) 12 M bits/s

MCQ 17

Assertion (A) : Square law detectors are not particular satisfactory

for the detection of modulated signals.

Reason (R) : With square law detectors, harmonic distortion of as

high as 25% occurs for a completely modulated signal.

(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of

A

(C) A is true but R is false

(D) A is false but R is true


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MCQ 18

Assertion (A) : One of the functions of the radar beacon is to identify

itself.

Reason (R) : Radar beason cannot operate over a large distance.



A



MCQ 19

Assertion (A) : Modern long-distance communication is carried out

via satellite.

Reason (R) : It covers the entire globe without appreciable fading of

signals.



A



MCQ 20

The system shown in the given fig. is

(A) an LOS link (B) a satellite transponder

(C) a low noise amplifier (D) a frequency divider


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YEAR 2000

MCQ 21

If the height of transmitting and receiving antennas in a LOS system are 49 m and 9 m respectively then the distance up to which communication may be possible is about

(A) 40 km (B) 110 km

(C) 400 km (D) 1100 km

MCQ 22

The skip distance is

(A) same for each layer

(B) independent of frequency

(C) independent of the state of ionisation

(D) independent of transmitted power

MCQ 23

In an amplitude modulated system, if the total power is 600 W and the power in carrier is 400 W, then the modulation index is

(A) 0.5 (B) 0.75

(C) 0.9 (D) 1

MCQ 24

The bandwidth of a ‘N ’ bit binary coded PCM signal for modulating a signal having bandwidth of ‘ f ’ Hz is

(A) /f N Hz (B) /f N 2 Hz

(C) Nf Hz (D) N f2 Hz

MCQ 25

Time division multiplexing requires

(A) constant data transmission

(B) transmission of data samples

(C) transmission of data random

(D) transmission of data of only one measure and


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MCQ 26

A telephone channel has bandwidth B of 3 kHz and ZNR ( /S Bη ) of 30 dB. It is connected to a teletype machine having 32 different symbols. The symbol rate required for errorless transmission is nearly

(A) 1800 symbols/s (B) 3000 symbols/s

(C) 5000 symbols/s (D) 6000 symbols/s

MCQ 27

Quadrature multiplexing is

(A) same as FDM

(B) same as TDM

(C) a combination of FDM and TDM

(D) the scheme where same carrier frequency is used for two different signals.

MCQ 28

The ramp signal ( )m t = at is applied to a delta modulator with sampling period Ts and step size δ . Slope overload distortion would occur if

(A) a<δ (B) a>δ

(C) aT< sδ (D) aT> sδ

MCQ 29

Which one of the following statements regarding the threshold effect in demodulators is correct ?

(A) It is exhibited by all demodulators when the input signal to noise ratio is low

(B) It is the rapid fall in output signal to noise ratio when the input signal to noise ratio falls below a particular value

(C) It is the property exhibited by all AM suppressed carrier coherent demodulators

(D) It is the property exhibited by correlation receivers

MCQ 30

In a PCM system each quantisation level is encoded into 8 bits. The signal to quantisation noise ratio is equal to


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(A) 21

2561 2

b l (B) 48 dB

(C) 64 dB (D) 256 dB

MCQ 31

A band-pass signal has significant frequency components in the range of 1.5 MHz to 2 MHz. If the signal is to be reconstructed from its samples, the minimum sampling frequency will be

(A) 1 MHz (B) 2 MHz

(C) 3.5 MHz (D) 4 MHz

MCQ 32

In a single error correcting Hamming code, the number of message bits in a block is 26. The number of check bits in the block would be

(A) 3 (B) 4

(C) 5 (D)7

MCQ 33

If binary PSK modulation is used for transmission, the required minimum bandwidth is 9600 Hz. To reduce the transmission bandwidth to 2400 Hz, the modulation scheme to be adopted should be

(A) quadrature phase-shift keying

(B) minimum shift keying

(C) 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation

(D) 8-ary PSK

MCQ 34

Match List I (Operation) with List II (Functions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :

List I List II

a. Companding 1. Improving image rejection

b. Squelch 2. Variation of step rise in quantisation

c. Pre-emphasis 3. Muting the receiver


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d. Double conversion 4. Boosting of higher modulating frequencies at the transmitter

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 2 3 4 1

(B) 2 1 4 3

(C) 4 3 2 1

(D) 4 1 2 3

MCQ 35

A signal ( ) cosm t t5 2 100π= frequency modulates a carrier. The resulting FM signal is {( ) ( )}cos sint t10 2 10 15 2 1005π π+

The approximate bandwidth of the FM signal would be

(A) 0.1 kHz (B) 1 kHz

(C) 3.2 kHz (D) 100 kHz

MCQ 36

Four signals each band-limited to 5 kHz are sampled at twice the Nyquist rate. The resulting PAM samples are transmitted over a single channel after time division multiplexing. The theoretical minimum transmission bandwidth of the channel should be equal to

(A) 5 kHz (B) 20 kHz

(C) 40 (D) 80 kHz

MCQ 37

In Troposcatter links, diversity system is made use of to

(A) increase the bandwidth

(B) increase the directivity of the antenna

(C) prevent noise effects

(D) detect signal in the presence of fading

MCQ 38

If a sky wave with a frequency of 50 Hz is incident on the D-region at an angle of 30c, the angle of refraction is


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(A) 15c (B) 60c

(C) 30c (D) .5 5c

MCQ 39

An altimeter is basically

(A) a CW radar

(B) a FM radar

(C) a Doppler radar

(D) a device to indicate the direction at height

MCQ 40

Generally, a transversal type equaliser with 5 taps can take care of distorted signal due to inter-symbol interference in the received signal at

(A) 4 sampling instants (B) 5 sampling instants

(C) 9 sampling instants (D) 10 sampling instants

MCQ 41

Antenna elevation angle at the ground station for satellite communication is always kept above 5c to

(A) minimise the sky noise temperature

(B) reduce the effect of oxygen and water vapour absorption on the antenna noise temperature

(C) minimise the slant range

(D) increase the visibility of the satellite

MCQ 42

Ramdom satellite moves in

(A) random paths (B) polar orbits

(C) geostationary orbits (D) equatorial plane

MCQ 43

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :


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List I List II

a. AM Broadcast 1. Tropospheric waves

b. FM Broadcast 2. 535 kHz-1600 kHz

c. TV Broadcast 3. Repeater tower

d. Point-to-point 4. VSB modulation communication

5. Multipath phenomenon

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 3 4 5

(C) 3 4 5 1

(D) 2 1 4 3

MCQ 44

Assertion (A) : Several satellites have been designed to operate in the Ku-band in spite of higher atmospheric absorption than the C-band.

Reason (R) : Use of smaller, narrower beam antennas in the Ku-band results in lower interference.


(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A



MCQ 45

Assertion (A) : A knowledge of the amplitude and the phase of the field at each point at the mouth of a horn antenna may be used to predict the expected radiation pattern.

Reason (R) : The electromagnetic field at any point in space may be obtained by considering each point on a wave-front as a source of spherical waves and superimposing the effect of all those sources at that point.


(B) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of


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A



MCQ 46

Assertion (A) : Optical fibres have broader bandwidth compared to conventional copper cables.

Reason (R) : The information carrying capacity of optical fibres is limited by Rayleigh scattering loss.


(B) Both A and R are true and but R is NOT the correct explanation of A



MCQ 47

The essential blocks of a phase lock loop (PLL) are phase detector, amplifier,

(A) high-pass filter and crystal controlled oscillator

(B) low-pass filter and crystal controlled oscillator

(C) high-pass filter and voltage controlled oscillator

(D) low-pass filter and voltage controlled oscillator

MCQ 48

An earth station employs a 1 kW high power amplifier (HPA) and a 20 m Cassegrain antenna whose transmitted gain is 65 dB at a free space wavelength of 2.1 cm. If the loss of the wavelength the connects HPA to the feed is 1 dB, then the earth station EIRP is

(A) 29 dB m (B) 59 dB m

(C) 94 dB m (D) 124 dB m

YEAR 2001

MCQ 49

For an AM wave, the maximum voltage was found to be 10 V and


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the minimum voltage was found to be 5 V. The modulation index of the wave would be

(A) 0.33 (B) 0.52

(C) 0.40 (D) 0.1

MCQ 50

A signal ( ) cosx t t6 10π= is sampled at the rate of 14 Hz. To recover the original signal, the cut-off frequency fc of the ideal low-pass filter should be

(A) 5 9Hz Hzf< <c (B) 9 Hz

(C) 10 Hz (D) 14 Hz

MCQ 51

To permit the selection of 1 out of 16 equiprobable events, the number of bits required is

(A) 2 (B) log 1619

(C) 8 (D) 4

MCQ 52

Which one of the following types of noise gains importance at high frequency ?

(A) Shot noise (B) Random noise

(C) Impulse noise (D) Transit-time noise

MCQ 53

The ratio ( / ) /( / )S N S NWBFM AM for 100% amplitude modulation with identical total transmitted power ( mf is modulation index of FM) is

(A) / m9 2 f2 (B) / m3 2 f

2

(C) / m3 2 f3 (D) / m9 2 f

3

MCQ 54

A carrier of frequency 1 MHz is amplitude modulated by a signal of frequency of 1 kHz to a depth of 60%. This is passed through a filter of characteristics shown in the given Fig. I and Fig. II. If the filter output is fed to an envelope detector, the detector output will be


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(A) zero (B) dc

(C) 1dc kHz signal+ (D) 1 kHz signal

MCQ 55

If the radiated power of AM transmitter is 10 kW, the power in the carrier for modulation index of 0.6 is nearly

(A) 9.24 kW (B) 8.47 kW

(C) 9.26 kW (D) 9.6 kW

MCQ 56

In a low-level AM system, the amplifier which follows the modulated stage must be the

(A) linear device (B) harmonic device

(C) class-C amplifier (D) non-linear device

MCQ 57

An angle-modulated signal is expressed by

( )f ta (2 10 75 2 10 )cos sint t8 3π π# #= +

The peak frequency deviation of the carrier is then

(A) 1 kHz (B) 7.5 kHz

(C) 75 kHz (D) 100 MHz

MCQ 58

For 10-bit PCM system, the signal to quantisation noise ratio is 62 dB. If the number of bits is increased by 2, then the signal to quantisation noise ratio will

(A) increase by 6 dB (B) increase by 12 dB


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(C) decrease by 6 dB (D) decrease by 12 dB

MCQ 59

When the channel is noisy, producing a conditional probability of error .p 0 5= ; the channel capacity and entropy function would be, respectively

(A) 1 and 1 (B) 1 and 0.5

(C) 0.5 and 1 (D) zero and 1

MCQ 60

For a given data rate, the bandwidth 0β of a BPSK signal and the bandwidth 0β of the OOK signal are related as

(A) /2p 0β β= (B) 2p 0β β=

(C) /4p 0β β= (D) p 0β β=

MCQ 61

In a certain ‘12 channel TDM’ system, it is found that channel No. 3 and channel No. 8 are connected to the same input signal. The technique

(A) wastes the channel capacity

(B) takes care of different sampling rates

(C) is required when the different bandwidth signals are to be transmitted

(D) reduces noise

MCQ 62

MCVF telegraphy uses

(A) SSB techinques (B) Pulse modulation

(C) out-of-band signalling (D) FM

MCQ 63

A radio station works at 800 kHz and uses AM. If this is a public broadcast system, it should transmit using

(A) parabolic reflector to transmit all round

(B) turnstile antenna for the required band


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(C) half-wave long horizontal wire

(D) a vertical antenna less than quarter for practical reasons

MCQ 64

Equalising pulses in TV are sent during

(A) horizontal blanking (B) vertical blanking

(C) serations (slots) (D) the horizontal retrace

MCQ 65

Which one of the following relations is correct for luminance signal with Red (R), Green (G) and Blue (B) components ?

(A) 0.59 0.30 0.11R G BY = + +

(B) . . .R G BY 0 11 0 30 0 59= + +

(C) . . .R G BY 0 29 0 11 0 60= + +

(D) 0. . .R G BY 30 0 59 0 11= + +

MCQ 66

The false alarm probability ( )pfa in a radar is found to be 0.05 under conditions like large prf and pulse integration. Then the detection probability

(A) is independent of pfa

(B) is equal to ( 0.05)1 −

(C) is equal to ( . )1 0 05−

(D) depends on the power received in echo

MCQ 67

Which of the following is/are the hyperbolic system (s) of the navigation ?

1. VOR 2. LORAN

3. DECCA 4. TACAN

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 alone

(C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 4


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MCQ 68

A received signal in a Radar system occupies an IF bandwidth of 12 MHz. If the transmitted signal was a pulsed carrier of 10 GHz with duty ratio 1 : 0.5@ 400 Hz, the received signal power will contain the

(A) frequency component at 400 Hz

(B) frequency spread over the whole IF bandwidth

(C) dc or average value of the IF

(D) RF signals at 10 GHz and 12 MHz

MCQ 69

Consider the following statements :

In optical communications, the losses in optical fibres can be caused by

1. impurities

2. microbending

3. attenuation in glass

4. stepped index operations

Which of these statements are correct ?

(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1, 3 and 4

(C) 1, 2 and 4 (D) 2, 3 and 4

MCQ 70

A TV station works at 300 MHz and radiates 100 kW of power. This signal received at distance of 200 km will be

(A) a few μV/m due to attenuation by atmosphere

(B) 1-5 mV due to ionospheric reflection

(C) nil since propagation is line of sigh

(D) nil because signal fades completely at 300 MHz

MCQ 71

Which of the following statements on communication by geosynchronous satellites are correct ?

1. The propagation loss over each direction (unlink or downlink) is about 200 dB at 5 Ghz.

2. Radius of the geosynchronous orbit is 42250 km.


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3. An arc of about 17c must be covered by the satellite antenna in the equatorial plane.

4. The polar regions are well covered by the satellite antenna.

Select the correct the answer using codes given below :

(A) 1, 2 and 4 (B) 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 4 (D) 1, 2 and 3

MCQ 72

Assertion (A) : Optical fibres are highly desirable for communication links for lasers.

Reason (R) : Active nature of optical fibres provides high spectral purity of the signal.





YEAR 2002

MCQ 73

Which of the following are the advantages of FM over AM ?

1. Better noise immunity is provided

2. Lower bandwidth is required

3. The transmitted power is more useful

4. Less modulating power is required

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2, 3 and 4

(C) 2 and 4 (D) 1, 3 and 4

MCQ 74


List I List II


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a. Television 1. Either AM or FM used

b. Radio 2. Both AM & FM are used

c. Radar 3. PCM is used

d. Data communication 4. Digital system

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 4 3 1 2

(B) 2 1 3 4

(C) 4 1 3 2

(D) 2 3 1 4

MCQ 75

Which of the following pulse modulation is analog ?

(A) PCM (B) Differential PCM

(C) PWW (D) Delta

MCQ 76

In asynchronous TDM, for n signal sources, each frame contains in slots, where m is usually

(A) less than n (B) n2

(C) n (D) greater than n2

MCQ 77

In free space line of sight propagation case, the transmission losses between transmitter and receiver increase with frequency ( )f as

(A) f (B) f 2

(C) f 4 (D) f /1 2

MCQ 78

In a cellular communication system, path loss between transmitter and receiver is due to

(A) scattering from buildings, trees, vehicles and other structures only

(B) reason at (a) above and due to reflection from ground only


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(C) reason at (a) and (b) above along with reflectional from ionosphere only

(D) reasons at (a), (b) and (c) above along with loss due to surface wave phenomenon

MCQ 79


List I List II

a. Surface waves 1. Super refraction

b. Duct formation 2. Wave guide mode

c. Ionospheric propagation 3. Vertical polarization

d. VLF propagation 4. Reflection

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 3 1 2 4

(B) 3 1 4 2

(C) 1 3 4 2

(D) 1 3 2 4

MCQ 80

Consider the following types of modulation :

1. Amplitude modulation

2. Frequency modulation

3. Pulse modulation

4. Phase modulation

Which of the above modulations are used for telecasting TV programmes ?

(A) 3 and 4 (B) 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 2 (D) 1 and 4

MCQ 81

Match List I (Functions) with List II (TV circuits) and select the


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correct answer using the codes given below the lists :

List I List II

a. Height of raster 1. Video amplifier

b. Width of raster 2. Vertical amplifier

c. Picture of contrast 3. Horizontal amplifier

d. Picture of brightness 4. d.c bias on picture tube

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 2 3 1 4

(B) 1 4 2 3

(C) 2 4 1 3

(D) 1 3 2 4

MCQ 82

If the average power of radar transmitter is 2 kW and the peak power of the transmitter is 1000 kW, what will be the duty cycle ?

(A) 0.002 (B) 0.02

(C) 0.001 (D) 0.01

MCQ 83

A radar receives an echo from a target 20 micro second after sending the signal. The approximate range of the target is

(A) 300 m (B) 3000 m

(C) 600 m (D) 6000 m

MCQ 84

Dopper effect is employed in which of the following ?

1. Moving target plotting of PPI

2. The FM system

3. CW radar

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(A) 2, 3 and 4 (B) 1, 2 and 3

(C) 1, 2 and 4 (D) 1, 3 and 4


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MCQ 85


List I List II

a. Pulsed radar system 1. Phased array radar

b. Moving target radar 2. Doppler radar

c. CW radar 3. Magnetrons are in use

d. Phase shifter 4. Search radar

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 4 2 3 1

(B) 3 1 4 2

(C) 4 1 3 2

(D) 3 2 4 1

MCQ 86

Which of the following can be used to improve range resolution in a Radar ?

(A) Short duration pulse

(B) Long duration pulse

(C) High frequency of operating signal

(D) Increasing pulse-width

MCQ 87

Fading is

(A) change is polarization only at receiver end

(B) change is frequency only at receiver end

(C) fluctuation in signal strength at receiver

(D) change in phase only at receiver end

MCQ 88

Assertion (A) : Odd number of lines per frame are used in all TV systems.


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Reason (R) : Odd number of lines per frame assist interlacing.

(A) Both A and R are true R is the correct explanation of A




MCQ 89

Assertion (A) : The noise generated by a resistor depends upon its operating temperature.

Reason (R) : Average noise power generated in a resistance is given by Pn kT= fΔ , where

k = Boltzmann’s constant T = Temperature in degree Kelvin, fΔ = Bandwidth of interest(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A




MCQ 90

Assertion (A) : The demodulated output power spectral density is parabolic over the range f w< for FM where w is the signal bandwidth.

Reason (R) : FM demodulation is essentially a differentiation process.



(C) A is true and R is false


MCQ 91

Assertion (A) : If the index of modulation ( )mf of a FM signal gradually increases beyond 0.25, it will contribute to the generation of a progressively larger number of side bands separated by the


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modulation frequency ( )fm .

Reason (R) : A larger modulation index will generate a finite number of side bands.





MCQ 92

Assertion (A) : SSB transmission is not appropriate for rectangular pulse transmission.

Reason (R) : Whenever SSB modulating signal has abrupt transitions, the resulting envelope A(t) gives rise to envelope horns.





MCQ 93

Assertion (A) : Masers and lasers are suitable for audio astronomy and other extra-terrestrial communications.

Reason (R) : These device are highly directional, coherent power devices with extremely low noise figure.





MCQ 94

A certain optical fibre has refractive index of clad ( ) .n 1 401 = and that of core ( ) .n 1 052 = . Its numerical aperture will be

(A) 0.8575 (B) 0.9260


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(C) 0.3500 (D) 0.1585

MCQ 95


For space communications, the carrier frequencies are generally greater than 108 MHz, because it is desirable

1. to avoid interference due to FM band

2. to penetrate the ionosphere without any reflection.

3. to increase the coverage area.

4. to have less skip distance.

Which of the above statements are correct ?

(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 4

(C) 2 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

MCQ 96

A circuit which resonates at 1 MHz has a Q of 100. Bandwidth between half-power points is

(A) 10 kHz (B) 100 kHz

(C) 10 kHz (D) 100 Hz

YEAR 2003

MCQ 97


1. Intermediate-frequency (IF) amplifier is designed for a bandwidth of a few kHz at a centre frequency of a few hundred kHz for vice-modulated signals.

2. IF amplifier is designed for a frequency of 6 MHz at a centre frequency of 50 MHz for TV receivers.

3. Tuned amplifier are used for IF amplifier.

Which of these statements is/are correct ?

(A) 1 only (B) 3 only

(C) 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3


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MCQ 98

Thermal noise is passed through an ideal loss-pass filter having cut-off at Hzfc ω= . The auto-correction value of the noise at the output of the filter is given as

(A) A delta function at t 0=

(B) Gaussian over the range t3 3# #−

(C) Sinc function over the range t3 3# #−

(D) Triangular function over the range / /t1 2 1 2# #ω ω−

MCQ 99

A random process obeys Poisson’s distribution. It is given that the mean of the process is 5. Then the variance of the process is

(A) 5 (B) 0.5

(C) 25 (D) 0

MCQ 100

Consider the following :

1. Filter system

2. Phase-shift method

3. Third method

4. Balanced modulation

Which of these can be used to remove unwanted side-bands in SSB ?

(A) 1, 2 and 4 (B) 1,2 and 3

(C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 3 and 4

MCQ 101

In a modulator it is found that the amplitude spectrum consists of a component at fc , the carrier frequency and one component each at

andf f f fc s c s− + , where fs is the modulating signal frequency. Then the modulator used is

(A) AM

(B) AM and/or Narrow band FM with depth .0 5#

(C) FM

(D) PAM


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MCQ 102

The modulation index of an AM wave is changed for 0 to 1. The transmitted power is

(A) Unchanged (B) Halved

(C) Increased by 50% (D) Quadrupled

MCQ 103

In an SSB transmitter one is most likely to find

(A) Class-C audio amplifier (B) Tuned modulator

(C) Class-B RF amplifier (D) Class-AB power amplifier

MCQ 104

In the circuit shown below, the transformers are centre tapped and the diodes are connected as shown in a bridge. Between the terminals 1 and 2 an a.c. voltage source of frequency 400 Hz is connected. Another a.c. voltage of 1.0 MHz is connected between 3 and 4. The output between 5 and 6 contains components at

(A) 400 Hz, 1.0 MHz, 1000.4 kHz, 999.6 kHz

(B) 400 Hz, 1000.0 kHz, 999.6 kHz

(C) 1 MHz, 1000.4 kHz, 999.6 kHz

(D) 1000.4 kHz, 999.6 kHz

MCQ 105

Consider a noisy binary channel with bit error probability p 5 10e5

#= −

. Assume 10000 bits are being transmitted over such a channel. The probability that there will be 2 or less number of bits in error is

(A) 10 4− (B) .0 5+

(C) 1+ (D) 104


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MCQ 106

A public broadcast system using amplitude modulation with double side band should invariable have which one of the following features at the transmitter ?

(A) Band limit the signal to 5 kHz

(B) Use a high frequency carrier oscillator

(C) Use a stable crystal oscillator

(D) Use an all-round radiating transmitting antenna

MCQ 107


1. Pulse-position modulation

2. Pulse-code modulation

3. Pulse-width modulation

Which of these communications are not digital ?

(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3

MCQ 108

The code which provides for parity check is

(A) Baudot (B) ASCII

(C) EBCDIC (D) Excess-3

MCQ 109

The number of signalling bits per channel per frame in TI multiplexer following CCITT hierarchy is

(A) 64000 (B) 128

(C) 4 (D) 400

MCQ 110

A TV signal transmitted in New Delhi can be received in Nagpur which is about 1000 km away if and only if

(A) Transmitting antenna is at a height of 5000 m

(B) A cable TV system is employed

(C) Power of the order of 100 kW is radiated


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(D) A satellite is employed for this

MCQ 111

In television, 4 : 3 represents the

(A) Interlace ratio

(B) Maximum horizontal to vertical deflection

(C) Aspect ratio

(D) Horizontal to vertical sweep frequency ratio

MCQ 112


1. Synch 2. Video

3. Sweep 4. Sound

Which of these voltages are found in the output of a normal monochrome receiver video detector ?

(A) 1, 3 and 4 (B) 1, 2 and 4

(C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2 and 3

MCQ 113

A television composite video signal is found to contain a large number of pulses. These pulses are provided so that

(A) News can be transmitted to be displayed at the bottom

(B) Audio information like speech, music, etc., can be transmitted in PCM form

(C) Receiver can achieve synchronism in sweep

(D) Correction can be made in contrast

MCQ 114

In a satellite ground station, the received signal is directly amplified in a low noise parametric amplifier followed by a FET amplifier. The gains and effective noise temperatures of a amplifiers are 20 dB, 9.0 K and 10 dB, 200 K respectively. The effective noise temperature of the combination is

(A) 11.0 K (B) 20 K

(C) 29.0 K (D) 39 K


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MCQ 115

Assertion (A) : Narrow band FM signal cna be detected using an envelope detector.

Reason (R) : Narrow band FM signal contains a carrier component and two sideband components.





MCQ 116

Assertion (A) : Though raw binary bits can be transmitted over communication channels, often coding is done to transmit the data in a more error-free and reliable manner.

Reason (R) : Coding assigns uneven distribution of binary digits to various symbols of the signal depending upon probability.





MCQ 117

Assertion (A) : Fading is encouraged in Short wave radio communication while at VHF fading does not occur.

Reason (R) : Short-wave communication depends on refraction from the ionosphere and hence fluctuations of ion density cause fading whereas VHF system use only line of sight propagation and hence do not encounter fading.






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MCQ 118

A ternary source produces alphabets A, B and C with probabilities andP P pA B Cρ= = . Which one of the following gives the correct

values for the maximum value of the entropy of the source and the corresponding value of p and the range of p ?

(A) 1.58, 0.33 (0,0.5) (B) 1.0, 0.5, (0, 1)

(C) 3.0, 0.67, (0, 0.5) (D) 2.0, 4.2, (0.03)

MCQ 119

In a BPSK signal detector, the local oscillator has a fixed phase error of 20c. By what factor does this phase error deteriorate the SNR at the output ?

(A) cos 202 c (B) cos20c

(C) cos40c (D) cos70c

MCQ 120

Which one of the following is represented by

( )v t 5[ (10 ) (10 ) (10 )]cos sin sint t t6 3 6π π π#= −(A) SSB under sideband signal

(B) DSB suppressed carrier signal

(C) AM signal

(D) Narrow band FM signal

MCQ 121

Which one of the following statements is correct ?

In a ratio detector,

(A) linearity is worse than that of a phase discriminator

(B) stabilization is provided against signal strength variations

(C) the output is twice of that obtainable from a similar phase discriminator

(D) the circuit is same as that in a discriminator, except that the diode connections are reversed


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MCQ 122

Consider minimum shift keying (MSK) also known as fast FSK with frequency spacing f2 d between the state frequencies. rb is the data rate. Which one of the following correctly relates andr fb d ?

(A) /f r 4d b= (B) /f r 2d b=

(C) 3 /4f rd b= (D) f rd b=

MCQ 123

In a broadcast transmitter, the RF output is represented as

( ) 50[1 0.89 5000 0.30 9000 ] (6 10 )cos sin cos Ve t t t t10#= + +

What are the sidebands of the signals in radians ?

(A) 5 10 9 10and3 3# #

(B) 5.991 10 ,5.995 10 ,6.005 10 6.009 10and6 6 6 6# # # #

(C) , .4 10 1 4 103 4# #

(D) 1 10 ,1.1 10 ,3 10 1.5 10and6 7 6 7# # # #

MCQ 124

What is the SNR improvement with FSK over ASK in most types of noise environment ?

(A) 200 TO 300 dB (B) to dB3 4

(C) 10 to 12 dB (D) 0 dB

MCQ 125

The sum of two signals ( )sine t3 4 1013

#π= and ( )sine t5 2 2562 #π= is sampled at 1024 Hz. The sampled signal is passed through a low pass filter with cut off at 2048 Hz. The output of this filter will contain components at

(A) 256 Hz and 103 Hz (B) 256 Hz and 1024 Hz

(C) 256 Hz only (D) 1024 Hz only

MCQ 126

What is the responsivity of a photodiode having quantum efficiency of 65% with photons of energy 1.5 10 J19

#− incident upon it ?

(A) 0.932 AW 1− (B) 0.714 AW 1−

(C) 0.694 AW 1− (D) 0.452 AW 1−


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MCQ 127

The normalized frequency of a step index fibre is 28 at 1300 nm

wavelength. What is the total number (approximately) of guided

modes that can be supported by the fibre ?

(A) 50 (B) 200

(C) 400 (D) 800

MCQ 128

What is the beam-width of a pyramidal horn antenna with aperture

dimensions of cm cm9 8# and operating at a frequency of 5 GHz ?

(A) .7 2c (B) 10c

(C) 15c (D) .16 4c

MCQ 129

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the

codes given below the lists :

List I List II

a. Deviative absorption 1. Depends on thunderstorms

b. Non-deviative absorption

2. Depends on the region of the ionosphere where the wave is bent back to earth

c. Atmosphere noise 3. Depends on D-layer region where the collision frequency is high

d. Unabsorbed field 4. Is less than inverse strength distance attenuation

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 2 4 1 3

(B) 2 3 1 4

(C) 1 4 2 3

(D) 1 3 2 4


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MCQ 130


Electromagnetic waves are refracted when they

1. pass through a medium of different permittivity

2. pass through a small slot in a dielectric slab

3. are incident on a perfectly conducting surface

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

(A) 1 only (B) 2 only

(C) 3 only (D) 1 and 3

MCQ 131

Which one of the following techniques is not suitable for automatic satellite tracking ?

(A) Monopulse (B) Step-track

(C) Conical scanning (D) Lobe switching

MCQ 132

Which one of the following is not a correct reason for biasing the laser near but below threshold in the off state for a laser drive circuit ?

(A) It reduces the switch-on delay

(B) It allows easy compensation for changes in ambient

(C) It eliminates the spontaneous emission of light in the off state

(D) It reduces the junction heating caused by the digital drive current

MCQ 133


The modal noise in multimode fibres cannot be reduced by

(A) use of a broad spectrum source

(B) using fibres having large numerical apertures

(C) phase correlation between the modes

(D) use of a single mode fibre

MCQ 134

What should be the frequencies used for communication inside the


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coal mines, from the viewpoints of minimizing the propagation path loss ?

(A) In the range from 30 MHz to 400 MHz

(B) In the range from 1 GHz to 4 GHz

(C) In the range from 500 MHz to 1 GHz

(D) In the range from 1 GHz to 2 GHz

MCQ 135


Digital modulation techniques are used in satellite communication system since

(A) they are easier to handle

(B) large bandwidth utilization is possible

(C) they have a higher spectral efficiency

(D) they are less prone to interference

MCQ 136

Which one of the following statements is not correct ?

(A) A geo-synchronous satellite remains practically stationary relative to earth antennas

(B) A geo-synchronous satellite means the same thing as geo-stationary satellite

(C) There is a trade-off between the cost of a communication satellite and cost of its earth stations

(D) Three geo-synchronous satellite cannot give 100% global coverage.

MCQ 137

Assertion (A) : AM stereo broadcasting uses quadrature carrier multiplexing (QAM).

Reason (R) QAM involves more stringent synchronization than an FDM system with SSB subcarrier modulation.


(B) Both A and R true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A




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MCQ 138

Assertion (A) : Juxtaposition or bit-stuffing is encountered in asynchronous multiplexing.

Reason (R) : The data rate at the output of a coaxial line change because of the change in the velocity of the propagation wave.





MCQ 139

Assertion (A) : In free-space transmission between a transmitting and a receiving antenna, a high frequency, wave decreases more rapidly i magnitude than a low frequency wave.

Reason (R) : For a given gain, the aperture of a high frequency antenna is smaller then that of a low frequency antenna.





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MCQ 140

A continuous signal has voltage range 2 V to V2− + . If this is quantized to 8 bits, what does the resulting signal have ?

(A) 255 levels of step size 4/255

(B) 25 levels of step size 4/8

(C) 8 bits plus 2 levels at and2 2− + V

(D) 8 bits per sample if properly sampled

MCQ 141

Match List I (Theorem/Law) with List II (Specified Quantity) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :


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List I List II

a. Shannon source theorem 1. Channel capacity coding

b. Dimensionality theorem 2. Storage space of a signal

c. Wienner-Kintchine theorem 3. Power spectral density of random process

d. Shannon-Hartley law 4. Optimum code length

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 4 3 2 1

(C) 1 3 2 4

(D) 4 2 3 1

MCQ 142

Signal ( ) sin sinx t t t3 2 10 2 2 6603π π= + . At what sampling frequency should this signal be sampled to avoid aliasing ?

(A) 2 660 Hz# (B) 2 1000 Hz#

(C) 2[1000 660]Hz+ (D) 2[1000 660]Hz−

MCQ 143

An analog signal has significant spectral components form 1 kHz to 5 kHz. What is the Nyquist sampling rate for this signal ?

(A) 5 k samples/s (B) 4 k samples/s

(B) 8 k samples/s (D) 10 k samples/s

MCQ 144

A composite signal ( )x tc is expressed as :

( )x tc ( ) ( )cos cos cosA t A t A tc c m c m m c mω ω ω ω ω= − − + +

Which of the following methods can be employed to retrieve the sinusoidal component at ( )from x tm cω ?

(A) An envelop detector, square law detector

(B) Only a discriminator

(C) Only a square law detector

(D) Only an envelop detector


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MCQ 145

Match List I (Type of Random Process) with List II (Property of the Random Process) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

List I List II

a. Stationary process 1. Statistical average are periodic in time

b. Ergodic process 2. Statistical average are independent of time

c. Wide sense stationaryprocess

3. Mean and auto-correlation are independent of time

d. Cyclostationary process 4. Time average equal corresponding ensemble average

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 3 1 2 4

(B) 2 4 3 1

(C) 3 4 2 1

(D) 2 1 3 4

MCQ 146

A circuit produces an output ( ) ( )y t a bx t 2= + where ( )x t is its input. This circuit can produce which one of the following ?

(A) Rectified output (B) Pulse modulation

(C) Amplitude modulation (D) Frequency modulation

MCQ 147

In delta modulation, when is the slope overloading noise absent ?

h is the pulse height and sampled every Ts seconds, ( )f t is the input signal, h and Ts and step-size of integration and sampling period, respectively :

(A) ( )

( / )dtdf t

h Ts# (B) ( )

( / )dtdf t

h T> s


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(C) ( )

( )dtdf t

h Ts:# (D) ( )

( )dtdf t

h T> s:

MCQ 148

The constellation diagram of a modem is shown in the fig. given below. What does the modem use ?

(A) QAM (B) PSK

(C) Both QAM and PSK (D) ASK

MCQ 149

Which one of the following statements is correct ? The Shannon’s channel capacity formula indicates that in theory

(A) by using proper channel codes, we can get an error free transmission on a noisy channel

(B) it is not possible to get an error-free transmission on a noisy channel, since there will always be some error in the detected signal for finite noise on any channel

(C) it is true only for some wired channels and not wireless channels

(D) it works only for analog signals and not for digital on any channel

MCQ 150

Four signals ( ), ( ), ( ) ( )andg t g t g t g t2 2 3 4 are to be multiplexed and transmitted ( )g t1 and ( )g t4 have a bandwidth of 4 kHz, and the remaining two signals have bandwidth of 8 kHz. Each sample requires 8 bit for encoding. What is the minimum transmission bit rate of the system ?

(A) 512 kbps (B) 16 kbps

(C) 192 kbps (D) 384 kbps


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MCQ 151

A 12 channel TOM system where each channel signal is 4 kHz is sampled at 8 kHz. What is the bandwidth requirement ?

(A) 12 kHz (B) 12 4 kHz#

(C) 12 8# kHz (D) 12 8 4 kHz# #

MCQ 152


(A) Equalisation is required in telephone lines but not in wireless communication

(B) Equalisation is required both in telephone lines and wireless communication

(C) Equalisation is required in wireless communication whereas this is not required in telephone lines

(D) Equalisation is not required in wireless communication since phase equalisation is required only when lines are used

MCQ 153

Match List I (Different Fibre Generation) with List II (Optical Components Used) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

List I List II

a. First 1. Graded index multimode fibre and 1310 nm LD

b. Second 2. Graded index multimode fibre and 850 nm LD

c. Third 3. Step index monomode fibre and 1550 nm LD

d. Fourth 4. Step index monomode fibre and 1310 nm LD

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 1 3 4

(C) 1 2 4 3


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(D) 2 1 4 3

MCQ 154

Maxwell’s equations are obeyed by an EM wave while it is propagating

(A) Only in the free space

(B) Only in water and free space

(C) Only in ionosphere, water and free space

(D) In all the solids, liquids, gases and all the media mentioned above at (A), (B) and (C)

MCQ 155

Which one of the following antenna structures is best for generating a circularly polarized radiation ?

(A) Helical antenna (B) Log-periodic antenna

(C) Rhombic antenna (D) Dipole antenna

MCQ 156

A dispersive channel is one in which

(A) Phase velocity of signal depends upon frequency

(B) Phase velocity of signal depends upon its electric field intensity in the medium

(C) Phase velocity of signal depends upon its magnetic field intensity in the medium

(D) Phase velocity of signal depends upon its amplitude in the medium

MCQ 157

If a satellite is launched at an orbital radius of twice that of a geostationary satellite, how much time will the launched satellite take to travel around the earth ?

(A) 48 hrs (B) 12 hrs

(C) 96 hrs (D) 6 hrs

MCQ 158

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code


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given below the lists :

List I List II

a. Entropy coding 1. McMillan’s Rule

b. Channel capacity 2. Redundancy

c. Minimum length code 3. Shannon Fano

d. Equivocation 4. Shannon law

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 3 4 1 2

(C) 1 4 3 2

(D) 3 2 1 4

MCQ 159

Assertion (A) : In a step index fibre, for single mode operation, the fibre parameters should be tailored such that the V-parameter is less than 2.4048.

Reason (R) : Modal fields of step index fibre are represented by Bessel functions ( )J xn in the core and modified Bessel functions ( )K xn in the cladding. The first zero for ( )J x1 fall at .x 2 4048= .





MCQ 160

Assertion (A) : For optical communication, three communication wavelength windows are decided and they are located near 850 nm, near 1300 nm and near 1550 nm.

Reason (R) : At 850 nm the first semiconductor laser for optical communication was fabricated, at 1300 nm the fibre dispersion is minimum and at 1550 nm wavelength multiplexing is possible due to optical amplifiers.


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MCQ 161

Assertion (A) :The microprocessor based products used by the general consumer must comply FCC rules.

Reason (R) : FCC regulates the uses of radio transmission.





MCQ 162

On which of the following parameters does the maximum range of detection (by radar) for an isolated objection space depend ?

1. Wavelength (as λ )

2. Minimum detectable echo pulse power

3. Antenna gain (as reciprocal of gain)

4. Radar cross section of the target

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2, 4 and 5

(C) 3, 4 and 5 (D) 1, 3 and 5

MCQ 163

A geostationary satellite located at about 35000 km from earth can cover

(A) Complete surface of the earth

(B) One hemisphere in one pass

(C) One side of the earth

(D) An area depending on antenna used


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MCQ 164

Match List I (Type) with List II (Application) and select the correct

answer using the codes give below the lists :

List I List II

a. Speech signal 1. The received signal of a radar system monitoring variation in prevalent weather condition

b. Non-stationary 2. One dimensional signal where amplitude varies with time

c. Random signal 3. Signals of coupled system of non-linear difference

d. Chaotic signal 4. Ensemble of unpredictable wave-forms

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 2 1 4 3

(B) 4 3 2 1

(C) 2 3 4 1

(D) 4 1 2 3

MCQ 165

Match List I (Application of signals) with List II (Definition) and

select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :

List I List II

a. Reconstruction 1. Sampling rate is chosen significantly greater than the Nyquist rate

b. Over sampling 2. A mixture of continuous and discrete time signals


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c. Interpolation 3. To convert the discrete time sequence back to a continuous time signal and then resample

d. Decimation 4. Assign values between samples and signals

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 3 4 1 2

(B) 2 1 4 3

(C) 3 1 4 2

(D) 2 4 1 3

MCQ 166

A communication channel has a bandwidth of 100 MHz. The channel is extremely noisy such that the signal power is very much below the noise power. What is the capacity of this channel ?

(A) 100 Mbps (B) 50 Mbps

(C) 2400 bps (D) Nearly 0 bps

MCQ 167

A half-wave dipole radiating at 100 MHz is situated 50 m above the ground. A similar receiving antenna is situated 20 km away at a height of 20 m above the ground. If the transmitted power is 100 W, what is te received power on direct patch ? (Assume maximum power gain of antenna 2.1 dB)

(A) 74.3 dBW− (B) 90 dBW−

(C) 47 dBW− (D) 50 dBW−

MCQ 168

In general, attenuation per unit length in a coaxial cable

(A) increases with frequency

(B) decreases with frequency

(C) remains constant with frequency

(D) depends upon the type of coaxial cable. It can either increase or


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MCQ 169

Assertion (A) : TDM can be employed to transmit channels having unequal bandwidths.

Reason (R) : If sampling theorem is strictly followed, any analog signal can be reconstructed from its samples.





MCQ 170

Assertion A : An eight-bit PCM system performs better than a six-bit PCM system.

Reason (R) : Eight-bit system produces smaller quantization noise than a six-bit system.





MCQ 171

Assertion (A) : The capture range of a PLL is always less than or equal to the lock range and is related to the cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter in the loop.

Reason (B) : The capture range is range of frequencies, the VCO can produce.






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MCQ 172

What is the approximate HPBW (Half Power Beam Width) of a paraboloid of 1 metre diameter radiating at 0.1 meter wavelength ?

(A) 70c (B) 7c

(C) 35c (D) 78c

MCQ 173

What is the value of directivity of an isotropic antenna ?

(A) 1 dB (B) 0

(C) 4π (D) /2 dBπ

MCQ 174

A pyramidal horn antenna is best suited to excited from a

(A) Microstrip line (B) Microwave waveguide

(C) Coaxial line feed (D) Parallel twin line

MCQ 175

A paraboloid of revolution is to have a power gain of 1000 at 10 cmλ =. What is the diameter of the antenna ?

(A) 129.1 m (B) 12.91 m

(C) 1.291 m (D) 0.1291 m

MCQ 176

A source generates four messages with probability 1/8, 1/8, 1/4 and 1/2. What is the entropy of the source (bit/message)

(A) 1 (B) 1.75

(C) 2 (D) 4

MCQ 177

Match List I (Modulation) with List II (Power input to Antenna in Watts) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

List I List II

a. 100% AM 1. 1.5


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b. 50% AM 2. 1.125

c. 10% AM 3. 1.005

d. FM 4. 1.00

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 3 4 1 2

(C) 1 4 3 2

(D) 3 2 1 4

MCQ 178

Which one of the following blocks is not common in both AM and

FM receivers ?

(A) RF amplifier (B) Mixer

(C) IF amplifier (D) Slope detector

MCQ 179

Match List I (Communication Service) with List II (Bandwidth) and

select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

List I List II

a. AM Broadcast 1. 10 kHz

b. Telephone 2. 4 kHz

c. Wideband FM 3. 200 kHz

d. TV 4. 7 MHz

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 3 4 1 2

(C) 1 4 3 2

(D) 3 2 1 4


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MCQ 180

A signal contains components at 400 Hz and 2400 Hz. This signal modulates a carrier of frequency 100 MHz. However, after demodulation it is found that the 400 Hz signal component is present. The channel BW is 15 kHz. What is the reason for the higher frequency signal not to be detected properly ?

(A) Modulation used is FM and BW is insufficient

(B) Modulation used is AM and BW is insufficient

(C) Modulation used is FM but pre-emphasis is not used

(D) Modulation used is AM but detector is for FM

MCQ 181

Quantization process used in analog to digital conversion process is a

(A) One-to-many mapping which causes loss of information

(B) Many-to-one mapping. It causes a loss of information a the transmitter which can be recovered at the receiver

(C) One-to-one mapping

(D) Many-to-one mapping. The loss of information at the transmitter can not be recovered at the receiver

MCQ 182

How much is contributed by each bit in the code word of a PCM system under uniform and symmetric quantization to the signal to nose ratio ?

(A) 3 dB (B) 4 dB

(C) 5 dB (D) 6 dB

MCQ 183

In FDM system used for telephone, which modulation scheme is adopted ?

(A) AM (B) DSB-SC

(C) SSB-SC (D) FM

MCQ 184

Which is the most important sub-system for recovering and reconstructing signals in a TDM system ?


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(A) Envelop detector followed by a loss pass filter

(B) Synchronized circuit for proper timing

(C) Band pass filter to segregate channels

(D) Coherent detector to ensure frequency and phase connection

MCQ 185

Equalizers used in telephone system to correct frequency distortion must have

(A) Flat-frequency responses

(B) Similar frequency responses as the medium to which they are connected

(C) Complementary response to that of the medium

(D) A band pass filter type of response

MCQ 186

A source produces 26 symbols with equal probability. What is the average information produced by this source ?

(A) <4 bit/symbol

(B) 6 bits/symbol

(C) 8 bits/symbol

(D) Between 4 and 6 bit/symbol

MCQ 187

Light travels along the optical fibres by which mechanism ?

(A) Refraction (B) Reflection

(C) Scattering (D) Total internal reflection

MCQ 188

What is the reason for using frequencies of the order of a few GHz in satellite communication ?

(A) Antenna sizes are small and ionosphere does not reflect frequencies

(B) Helical antennas can be used at these frequencies

(C) Frequencies can pass through ionosphere with out attenuation

(D) Easy available of components at these frequencies.


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MCQ 189

Which ionosphere layer is responsible for return of a radiation at frequency lines ?

(A) D (B) E

(C) F (D) All of above

MCQ 190

What are the characteristic impedance and the phase velocity on radio frequency liens ?

(A) / / /and m sZ LC v L C1 Ω= =

(B) ( / ) /( ) /and m sZ R L C v LC1 1Ω= + =

(C) ( / ) ( / ) /and m sZ L C v LC1Ω= =

(D) ( / ) (1/ ) /and m sZ R L C v LCΩ= + =

MCQ 191

Which vacuum based device is widely used as a power amplifier in satellite communication systems ?

(A) Amplitron (B) Klystron

(C) Magnetron (D) TWT

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MCQ 192

FM broadcast standards specify a maximum deviation of frequency to be equal to 75 kHz and a maximum modulating frequency of 15 kHz. What is the modulating index for FM wave ?

(A) 1/5 (B) 5

(C) 60 (D) 1125

MCQ 193

In order to permit the selection of 1 out of 16 equiprobable events, what is the number of bits required ?

(A) 8 (B) 4

(C) log 1610 (D) 2


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MCQ 194

Why does an FM radio station perform better than an AM station radiating the same total power ?

(A) FM is immune to noise

(B) AM has only two sidebands while FM has more

(C) FM uses larger bandwidth for large modulation depth

(D) Capture effect appears in FM

MCQ 195

What is the typical bandwidth of a 2-wire telephone line ?

(A) 300 Hz to 3.4 kHz (B) 20 Hz to 4 kHz

(C) d.c to 4 kHz (D) 20 Hz to 20 kHz

MCQ 196

On modulating a carrier of frequency fc by an audio signal fs , the following components have resulted :

,f f fc c s+ and f fc s−

What is this type of modulation likely to be ?

(A) Amplitude modulation dsb

(B) Single sideband modulation

(C) Frequency modulation only

(D) Amplitude modulation or frequency modulation

MCQ 197

The constellation diagram of a modern has four states as shown in the fig. given below. What is the bit rate of this modem ?


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(A) Two times its band rate

(B) Four times its band rate

(C) Same as band rate

(D) Sufficient information is not given to give the answer

MCQ 198

A carrier signal at frequency 100 MHz is frequency modulated with modulation index 2 by a signal at 2 kHz. At what frequencies are the sidebands produced ?

(A) 102 MHz and 98 MHz

(B) ,MHz kHz and MHz100 2 100+

(C) 100 ,MHz where is frequency deviationf fd d! Δ

(D) 100 2 , 1, 2, ........5MHz kHz where n isn! integer

MCQ 199

Which one of the following is the code that is very close to ‘trellis coded modulation’ ?

(A) Combines analog and digital modulations

(B) Combines modulation and encoding

(C) Encodes following trellis diagram

(D) Combines amplitude and frequency modulation

MCQ 200

The modulation index of an AM is changed from 0 to 1. How does the transmitted power change ?

(A) Gets halved (B) Gets doubled

(C) Gets increased by 50 percent (D) Remains unchanged

MCQ 201

Which one of the following is correct ?

(A) Coding reduces the noise in the signal

(B) Coding deliberately introduces redundancy into messages

(C) Coding increases the information rate

(D) Coding increases the channel brand-width


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MCQ 202

In a PCM system, if we increase the quantization levels from 2 to 8,

how do the relative bandwidth requirements vary ?

(A) Get doubled (B) Get tripled

(C) Remain same (D) Become eight times

MCQ 203

How can the quantizing noise be reduced ?

(A) By using de-emphasis circuit

(B) By using RF amplifier in the receiver

(C) By increasing the number of quantization levels

(D) By sending sloping pulses

MCQ 204

Which one of the following is the correct statement ?

The graded index optical fibre cable can be considered to have

(A) smaller numerical aperture than step index cable

(B) several layers of clad and each layer having a smaller index

number relative to its distance from the core

(C) several layers of clad and each layer having a higher index number

relative to its distance from the core

(D) large beam spread

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MCQ 205

In an optical fibre, the light beam propagates due to which one of the

following ?

(A) Simple reflection of light at a boundary between two media

(B) Refraction of light in the medium

(C) Total internal reflection at the boundary of the fibre

(D) Scattering of light in the medium


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MCQ 206

Dispersion in an optical fibre used in a communication link is of which type ?

(A) Angular dispersion

(B) Modal dispersion

(C) Chromatic dispersion

(D) Dispersion arising due to structural irregularities in the fibre

MCQ 207

Source S1 Produces 4 discrete symbols with equal probability.

Source S2 produces 6 discrete symbols with equal probability.

If andH H1 2 are the entropies of sources S1 and S2 respectively, then which one of the following is correct ?

(A) H1 is always less than H2

(B) H1 is always greater than H2

(C) H1 is always equal to H2

(D) H2 is 1.5 times H1 only

MCQ 208

The entropy of a digital source is 2.7 bits/ symbol. It is producing 100 symbols per second. The source is likely to be which one of the following

(A) A binary source (B) A quaternary source

(C) Am octal source (D) A hexadecimal source

MCQ 209

Match List I (Type of Noise) and List II (Its property) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

List I List II

a. Shot noise 1. Noise generated in a resistor

b. Thermal noise 2. Power spectral density is independent of frequency

c. White noise 3. Temperature-limited diode


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d. Narrow band noise 4. Noise at the output of a filter

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 2 4 3 1

(B) 3 1 2 4

(C) 2 1 3 4

(D) 3 4 2 1

MCQ 210

Which one of the following is the correct statement ?

If the value of a resistor creating thermal noise is doubled, the noise generated is

(A) halved (B) doubled

(C) unchanged (D) slightly changed

MCQ 211

The outputs of two noise sources each producing uniformly distributed noise over the range toa a− + are added. What is the p.d.f of the added noise ?

(A) Uniformly distributed over the range 2 2toa a− +

(B) Triangular over the range 2 2toa a− +

(C) Gaussian over the range to3 3−

(D) None of the above

MCQ 212

Which of the following pulse modulation are digital ?

1. PCM 2. Differential PCM

3. PWM


(A) 1 and 3 only (B) 2 and 3 only

(C) 1 and 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 3


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MCQ 213

Which one of the following is an indirect way of generating FM ?

(A) Reactance FET modulator

(B) Varacter diode modulator

(C) Armstrong modulator

(D) Reactance tube modulator

MCQ 214

A good line code should have which of the following ?

1. Favourable psd 2. Low inter symbol interference

3. Adequate timing content 4. Transparancy


(A) 1, 2 and 4 (B) 1, 2 and 4

(C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2 and 3

MCQ 215

Multiplexing is possible if signals are sampled. Two signals have bandwidth A 0= to 4 kHz and B 0= to 8 kHz respectively.

The sampling frequency chosen is 12 kHz.


The choice of the sampling is correct ?

(A) is correct since A and B have an integral relationship of 2

(B) will not lead to aliasing

(C) does not obey sampling theorem

(D) can never lead to multiplexing

MCQ 216

Which one of the following is correct ? In a TDM system each signal is allotted in a frame a unique and fixed

(A) frequency slot (B) time slot

(C) amplitude slot (D) phase slot

MCQ 217

Match List I (Medium Type) and List II (Frequency Range) and


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select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

List I List II

a. Open wire 1. 100 kHz

b. Twisted pair 2. 100 MHz

c. Coaxial-cable 3. 100 GHz

d. Waveguide 4. 5.0 kHz

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 4 3 2 1

(B) 2 1 4 3

(C) 2 3 4 1

(D) 4 1 2 3

MCQ 218

Match List I (Section) with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

List I List II

a. IF amplifier 1. Demodulator

b. Mixer 2. Narrow band tuned amplifier

c. Detector 3. Variable gain amplifier

d. Automatic gain control 4. Frequency conversion

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 1 4 2 3

(B) 2 3 1 4

(C) 1 3 2 4

(D) 2 4 1 3

MCQ 219

As practical signals are time limited, they have infinite frequency bandwidth. Sampling of such signals lead to aliasing. To avoid aliasing, an anti-aliasing. To avoid aliasing, an anti-aliasing filter is used


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(A) before the signal is sampled (B) after the signal is sampled

(C) before the signal is sampled (D) after the signal is sampled

MCQ 220

In optical communication, wavelength 1550 nm is used nowadays. What is/are the possible reason(s) ?

1. Dispersion is pery low

2. Loss is very low

3. WDM and optical amplification are feasible

Select the correct

(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2 only

(C) 1 only (D) 1 and 3 only

MCQ 221

Communication satellites are allotted bandwidth of 500 MHz. This can be increased by using

(A) frequency and polarization re-use

(B) time division multiplexing

(C) frequency division multiplexing

(D) triple modular redundancy

MCQ 222

A Ruby Maser is considered to be superior to an Ammonia Maser because of

(A) higher power output

(B) low signal to noise ratio

(C) greater bandwidth

(D) low amplification factor and low noise

MCQ 223

Assertion (A) : Entropy of a binary source is maximum if the probabilities of occurrence of both the events are equal.

Reason (R) : The average amount of information per source symbol is called entropy for a memory-less source.

(A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct


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explanation of A

(B) Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A



MCQ 224

Assertion (A) : Isolation transformers should always be used when servicing TV receivers without power transformers.

Reason (R) : TV receivers which use semiconductor rectifiers do not always use a power transformer.

(A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A




MCQ 225

Assertion (A) : Pulse broadening is a phenomenon associated with multimode fibres.

Reason (R) : Multimode fibres have core diameter much larger compared with single mode fibres.

(A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A




MCQ 226


In satellite communication link, generally

(A) the uplink carrier frequencies are greater than downlink carrier frequencies


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(B) than uplink carrier frequencies are lesser than downlink carrier frequencies

(C) both uplink and downlink carrier frequencies are same

(D) it is not necessary to use carrier at all

MCQ 227

Why are semiconductor lasers important for communication engineering ?

1. They posses large bandwidth

2. They operate at low voltage

3. They are suitable for coupling to fibers at wavelengths, where the attenuation is very small

4. Their integration with other components is easy


(A) 1 only (B) 1 and 2 only

(C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

MCQ 228

TEM wave cannot propagate in which one of the following ?

(A) Two wire transmission line (B) Coaxial cable

(C) Rectangular waveguide (D) Microstrip line

MCQ 229

Duct propagation microwave occurs due to which one of the following ?

(A) Variation of refractive index with wavelength

(B) Variation of refractive index with length

(C) Variation of refractive index with height

(D) None of the above

MCQ 230

Tropospheric scatter communication is used for which frequency band ?

(A) HF (B) VHF

(C) UHF (D) VLF


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MCQ 231

During power measurement the out power measured was 90 dBm− .

What is the measured power in W ?

(A) 1 mW (B) 1 pW

(C) 10 W (D) 1 W

MCQ 232

Losses in optical fibres can be caused by which of the following ?

1. Impurities

2. Microbending

3. Stepped index operation


(A) 1 and 3 (B) 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 2 (D) 3 only

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