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251.

The angle modulated signal is given by

A. 750
B. 7500
C. 75000
D. 75
Answer» C. 75000
252.

Multiplying circuit used in FM transmitter

A. Increases carrier frequency and decreases frequency deviation.
B. Increases frequency deviation and decreases carrier frequency.
C. Increases both carrier frequency and frequency deviation.
D. Decreases both carrier frequency and frequency deviation.
Answer» D. Decreases both carrier frequency and frequency deviation.
253.

A carrier A cos ct is modulated by a signal f(t) = 2 cos 10

A. 170 kHz
B. 190 kHz
C. 210 kHz
D. 150 kHz
Answer» C. 210 kHz
254.

Armstrong FM transmitter performs frequency multiplication in stages

A. to increase the overall S/N ratio
B. to reduce bandwidth
C. to find the desired value of carrier frequency as well as frequency deviation
D. for convenience
Answer» D. for convenience
255.

The input to a linear delta modulator having a step-size = 0.62V is a sine wave with frequency f m and peak amplitude Em. If sampling frequency is f s = 40 kHz the combination of the sine wave frequency and the peak amplitude, where slope overload will take place is Em fm

A. 0.3 V 8 kHz
B. 1.5 V 4 kHz
C. 1.5 V 2 kHz
D. 3.0 V 1 kHz
Answer» C. 1.5 V 2 kHz
256.

A linear delta modulator is designed to operate on speech signals limited to 3.4 kHz. The sampling rate is 10 time the Nyquist rate of the speech signal. The step size = 0 62 is 100 mV. The modulator is tested with a 1 kHz sinusoidal signal. The maximum amplitude of this test signal required to avoid slope overload is

A. 2.04 V
B. 1.08 V
C. 4.08 V
D. 2.16 V
Answer» C. 4.08 V
257.

A PCM system uses a uniform quantizer followed by a 8- bit encoder. The bit rate of the system is equal to 10

A. 25 MHz
B. 6.25MHz
C. 12.5 MHz
D. 50 MHz
Answer» C. 12.5 MHz
258.

Following is not advantage of FM over AM

A. noise immunity
B. fidelity
C. capture effect
D. spluttering effect
Answer» E.
259.

Which one is an advantage of AM over FM?

A. FM is more immune to noise
B. FM has better fidelity
C. In a given frequency space, FM accommodates less number of channels as compared to AM
D. FM has wide bandwidth
Answer» D. FM has wide bandwidth
260.

Frequency deviation of AM signal

A. 0.11 MHz
B. 0.22 MHz
C. 11 kHz
D. 22 kHz
Answer» B. 0.22 MHz
261.

Carrier frequency

A. 53.6035 MHz
B. 107.207 MHz
C. 5360 kHz
D. 1072 kHz
Answer» C. 5360 kHz
262.

The carrier swing

A. 0.22 MHz
B. 0.11 MHz
C. 22 kHz
D. 11 kHz
Answer» B. 0.11 MHz
263.

For the data given Q. 52 what will be the new bandwidth, if modulating signal amplitude is doubled?

A. 170 kHz
B. 190 kHz
C. 320 kHz
D. 340 kHz
Answer» D. 340 kHz
264.

For the data given in Q. 52 what will be the new bandwidth, if modulating frequency is doubled?

A. 170 kHz
B. 190 kHz
C. 180 kHz
D. None of these
Answer» C. 180 kHz
265.

Modulation index of FM signal

A. 2.75
B. 13.75
C. 275
D. 27.5
Answer» E.
266.

In a single-tone FM discriminator (S

A. proportional to deviation
B. proportional to cube of deviation
C. inversely proportional to deviation
D. proportional to square of deviation
Answer» E.
267.

A television signal is sampled at a rate of 25% above the Nyquist rate. The signal has a bandwidth of 6 MHz. The samples are quantized into 512 levels. The minimum bandwidth required to transmit this signal would be

A. 135M bits/sec
B. 67.5 M bits/sec
C. 270 M bits/sec
D. None of these.
Answer» B. 67.5 M bits/sec
268.

The maximum deviation allowed in an FM broadcast system is 75 kHz. If the modulating signal is a single-tone sinusoid of 10 kHz, then the bandwidth of the FM signal

A. 170 kHz
B. 190 kHz
C. 150 kHz
D. None of these
Answer» B. 190 kHz
269.

In ASK, the transmission bandwidth is equal to

A. Baseband bandwidth
B. Twice baseband bandwidth
C. Four times baseband bandwidth
D. None of these
Answer» C. Four times baseband bandwidth
270.

The threshold in FM depends on

A. Frequency deviation
B. Power level of frequencies radiated at the receiver
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
271.

A carrier is simultaneously modulated by two sine waves with modulation indices of 0.3 and 0.4, the total modulation index

A. is 1
B. cannot be calculated unless the phase relations are known
C. is 0.5
D. is 0.7
Answer» D. is 0.7
272.

A non-linear device with a transfer characteristic given by i = (0 + 2V

A. 18%
B. 10%
C. 20%
D. 33.33%
Answer» C. 20%
273.

A narrowband FM does not have the following feature

A. it has two sidebands
B. both sidebands are equal in amplitude
C. both sidebands have same phase difference with respect to carrier
D. it does not show amplitude variations
Answer» D. it does not show amplitude variations
274.

A diode detector has a load of 1k shunted by a 10000 pF capacitor. The diode has a forward resistance of 1 . The maximum permissible depth of modulation, so as to avoid diagonal clipping, with modulating signal frequency of 10kHz will be

A. 0.847
B. 0.628
C. 0.734
D. None of these
Answer» B. 0.628
275.

The threshold effect can occur in the system (i) FM (ii) AM (iii) AM with synchronous detection

A. (i) only
B. (ii) only
C. (iii) only
D. Both (i) and (iii)
Answer» D. Both (i) and (iii)
276.

Which of the following process is a linear modulation process?

A. NBFM
B. WBFM
C. NBPM
D. None
Answer» D. None
277.

If the carrier of a 100 per cent modulated AM wave is suppressed, the percentage power saving will be

A. 50
B. 150
C. 100
D. 66.66
Answer» E.
278.

The message signal contain three frequencies 5 kHz, 10 kHz, 20 kHz respectively. The bandwidth of the AM signal is

A. 40kHz
B. 10 kHz
C. 20 kHz
D. 30 kHz
Answer» B. 10 kHz
279.

A superheterodyne receiver is to operate in the frequency range of 550 kHz-1650 kHz with the intermediate frequency of 450 kHz. The receiver is tuned to 700. The capacitance ratio R = C

A. 4.41
B. 2.1
C. 3
D. 9
Answer» B. 2.1
280.

Assuming other parameters unchanged if the modulating frequency is halved in a modulating systems, the modulation index is doubled. The modulation system is

A. A M
B. FM
C. Phase modulation
D. Angle modulation
Answer» C. Phase modulation
281.

An AM modulation has output x

A. 14.14, 16.33
B. 50, 10
C. 22.36,13.46
D. None of these
Answer» B. 50, 10
282.

An AM modulator has output x

A. 0.01
B. 0.02
C. 0.03
D. 0.04
Answer» C. 0.03
283.

The double-sided spectrum of x

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. None of the above
Answer» C. C
284.

The power in normalized message signal m

A. 0.693
B. 0.542
C. 0.254
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
285.

In NBFM, the maximum modulation frequency is 3 kHz and maximum deviation is 5 kHz. The modulation index is

A. less than 1
B. equal to 1
C. greater than 1
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
286.

FM broadcast band lies in

A. VHF band
B. UHF band
C. SHF band
D. None of these
Answer» B. UHF band
287.

An increase in the modulation index leads increase in bandwidth in case of

A. AM
B. FM
C. PM
D. None
Answer» C. PM
288.

FSK is preferred to ASK in applications where

A. Fading of signal is prevalent
B. Synchronous detection is not feasible
C. Both of these
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
289.

The disadvantage of coherent FSK detection is that

A. it leads to high signal fading
B. it requires two synchronized oscillations
C. Both of these
D. None of these
Answer» C. Both of these
290.

In FSK, the threshold level is independent of

A. Carrier amplitude
B. Carrier frequency
C. Both of these
D. None of these
Answer» B. Carrier frequency
291.

Find the image rejection in a superheterodyne receiver with fIF = 455 kHz when tuned to MHz signal. Given Q. of the preselector and RF amplifier tuned circuit each is 65

A. 3.9
B. 2.9
C. 4.9
D. None of these
Answer» B. 2.9
292.

The disadvantage of FSK is that

A. It does not provide sufficient S/N ratio
B. It does not have low error probability
C. It is not sufficient in its use of spectrum space
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
293.

One of the following cannot be used to remove the unwanted sideband in SSB. This is the

A. filter system
B. phase-shift method
C. balanced modulator
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
294.

To provide two or more voice circuit with the same carrier, it is necessary to use

A. ISB (Independent sideband)
B. Carrier re-insertion
C. SSB with pilot carrier
D. None of these
Answer» B. Carrier re-insertion
295.

In 50% modulated signal, the carrier is suppressed for transmission. The saving in transmitted power would be

A. 88.9%
B. 11.1%
C. 72%
D. 18%
Answer» B. 11.1%
296.

Some properties are given below:

A. (i) and (iv) only.
B. (i) and (iii) only.
C. (i), (ii) and (iii) only.
D. All of these
Answer» E.
297.

Application of Hilbert transform are:

A. (i) and (ii)
B. (i) and (iii)
C. (ii) and (iii)
D. (i), (ii) and (iii)
Answer» E.
298.

Signal x(t) = 5 (1 + 2 cos 2000 t) can be recovered by

A. (i) and (ii) only.
B. (i) and (iii) only.
C. (ii) and (iii) only.
D. All.
Answer» D. All.
299.

A DSB-SC wave is generated with f

A. 1 MHz
B. 0 33 MHz
C. 0 5 MHz
D. 3 MHz
Answer» D. 3 MHz