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201.

If sound intensity is 8 W/m², the dB level of this sound is about

A. 5 dB
B. 50 dB
C. 129 dB
D. 1290 dB
Answer» D. 1290 dB
202.

The Nyquist sampling interval, for the signal sin c (700t) + sin c (5000 t) is

A. 1/350 sec
B. π/350 sec
C. 1/700 sec
D. π/175 sec
Answer» D. π/175 sec
203.

Consider the following statements 1. In a pulsed radar, the transmitted pulses are of high frequency2. In a pulsed radar, the transmitted pulses are of high power3. In a pulsed radar, the transmitted pulses are of brief duration4. In a pulsed radar, the transmitted pulses are of square wave shape. Of the above statements the correct statements are

A. 1 only
B. 1, 2 and 3 only
C. 1, 2, 3, 4
D. 1 and 3 only
Answer» C. 1, 2, 3, 4
204.

In an AM wave with m = 1, the carrier is suppressed. The resulting power saving will be

A. 1/3
B. 1/2
C. 2/3
D. 3/4
Answer» D. 3/4
205.

Which of the following is correct (fm is maximum usable frequency, S is speed and G is width of air gap)?

A. fm = (S) (2G)
B. fm = S / 2G
C. fm = S / G
D. G = (fm)(S)
Answer» D. G = (fm)(S)
206.

If e = 10 sin(10⁸ t + 3 sin 10⁴ t) then the deviation is

A. 4.77 kHz
B. 47.7 kHz
C. 477 kHz
D. 4770 kHz
Answer» C. 477 kHz
207.

Which of the following statements is correct?

A. Convex lens has positive focal power and concave lens have negative focal power
B. Convex lens has negative focal power and concave lens have positive focal power
C. All lens have positive focal power
D. All lens have negative focal power
Answer» B. Convex lens has negative focal power and concave lens have positive focal power
208.

The relation between bandwidth B, modulating frequency fm and frequency deviation Δf for a sinusoidally modulated FM signal is

A. B = Δf + fm
B. B = 2(Δf + fm)
C. B = fm - Δf/
D. B = 2(fm - Δf)
Answer» C. B = fm - Δf/
209.

A TV receiver has 20 kV EHT supply and total beam current (for 3 electron guns) of 1500 μA. The power handled by IHVT is

A. 3 W
B. 30 W
C. 300 W
D. 0.3 W
Answer» C. 300 W
210.

Each of the following equation expressing decibel gain is correct except

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» C. C
211.

If carrier power is P and amplitude modulation index is m, the total power after modulation is

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» E.
212.

Efficiency of general AM signal with em = E₁ cos ω₁t + E₂ cos ω₂ tj ec = Ec cos ωct; E₁ cos ω₁t with modulation index m₂ is __________ .

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» B. B
213.

If the transmitted pulse power of a radar is Pt (peak value) and the antenna is isotropic, the power density at a distance r is

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» C. C
214.

A single tone modulating signal Vm cos ωt modulates a carrier A cos ωct. The carrier power (modulated) and side band powers are respectively

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» B. B
215.

If Vs is signal voltage, Vn is noise voltage, signal to noise ratio S/N is defined as

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» C. C
216.

Noise figure is defined as

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» D. D
217.

The PDF of a Gaussian random variable X is given by following equation. The probability of the event {X = 4} is

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» C. C
218.

The power density spectrum of noise voltage at the input of a network is Sni and that at the output of the network is Sno. If transfer function of network is H(ω), the corresponding noise figure is

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» B. B
219.

If F(ω) is Fourier transform of f(t), then Fourier transform of f(t) cos² ωct is

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» B. B
220.

On a smooth surface, the line of sight distance between transmitting antenna (height ht metres) and receiving antenna (height hr metres) is about

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» E.
221.

The figure shows a simple detector circuit for amplitude modulated wave v(t) = (1 + m cos ωmt) cost ωct. If the detector is to follow the envelope of modulated wave at all times the extent of modulation m must be less than or equal to m0 where m0 is given by equation

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» B. B
222.

Waves travel on each of the line configurations in figure. In which case would the radiation be maximum

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» E.
223.

If Pk be the probability of the message to be received or transmitted, then the amount of information (Ik) associated, in bits, will be

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» E.
224.

The ratio given by below equation for 100% amplitude modulation with identical total transmitted power (mf is modulation index of FM) is

A. 9/2 mf²
B. 3/2 m²f
C. 3/2 mf³
D. 9/2 m³f
Answer» C. 3/2 mf³
225.

If C is capacity of noisy channel, (bits/s), δf is bandwidth Hz and S/N is signal to noise ratio, then

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» B. B
226.

In the figure m(t) = 2 Sin2πt / t, s(t) = cos200πt, n(t) = sin199πt / t, the output y(t) will be

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» D. D
227.

In the following equation of M-ary PSK signal (where Ey is symbol energy), M becomes large. Then d will approach

A. 2
B. infinity
C. zero
D. 1
Answer» D. 1
228.

Full duplex operation permits transmission in both directions at the same time.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
229.

In Modulation, “carrier” is

A. Resultant wave
B. Speech voltage to be transmitted
C. Voltage with constant frequency, phase or amplitude
D. Voltage for which frequency, phase or amplitude is varied
Answer» E.
230.

Assertion (A): In FM the frequency of the carrier is varied by the modulating voltageReason (R): FM and PM are two forms of angle modulation.

A. Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are correct but R is not correct explanation of A
C. A is correct but R is wrong
D. A is wrong but R is correct
Answer» C. A is correct but R is wrong
231.

In single tone AM modulation, the transmission efficiency for m = 1 is

A. 1
B. 0.1665
Answer» B. 0.1665
232.

A device has two resistances 300 Ω and 200 Ω respectively. The noise voltages due to these two resistance calculated separately are 5.38 μV and 4.38 μV respectively. When both of them are used together, the noise voltage will be

A. 9.76 V
B. 1 μV
C. 23.56 μV
D. 6.94 μV
Answer» E.
233.

The number of spectral component of a cosine wave is

A. 1
B. 0
C. 2
D. 4
Answer» D. 4
234.

24 telephone channels are frequency division multiplexed using an SSB modulation. Assuming 3 kHz per channel, the required band width is

A. 8 kHz
B. 27 kHz
C. 21 kHz
D. 72 kHz
Answer» E.
235.

Generally a VCR has

A. four stationary video heads
B. two stationary video heads
C. four rotating video heads
D. two rotating video heads
Answer» E.
236.

A lens has a hyperfocal distance of 7.5 m. It is focused at 7.5 m. Then

A. all objects from 7.5 m to infinity will appear in focus
B. all objects from 3.75 m to infinity will appear in focus
C. all objects from 0 to 7.5 m will appear in focus
D. all objects from 0 to 3.75 m will appear in focus
Answer» C. all objects from 0 to 7.5 m will appear in focus
237.

The dc voltage on plate modulated class C amplifier is 8 kV. If the peak modulating voltage is 4 kV, the peak RF voltage delivered to load is

A. 32 kV
B. 12 kV
C. 0.5 kV
D. 24 kV
Answer» E.
238.

A linear diode detector uses RC filter. As modulation index increases the maximum permissible value of time constant RC

A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains constant
D. either (a) or (c)
Answer» C. remains constant
239.

A resistor of 10 kΩ has an rms noise voltage of 1 mV under a certain set of conditions. A resistor of 20 kΩ under the same conditions will have an rms noise voltage of

A. 1 mV
B. 2 mV
C. 1.414 mV
D. 4 mV
Answer» D. 4 mV
240.

Maximum undistorted power output of a transmitter is obtained when its modulation is __________ percent.

A. less than 100
B. 50
Answer» C.
241.

The frequency at which the piezoelectric effect occurs is primarily determined by

A. the weight of the crystal
B. thickness of the crystal
C. length of the crystal
D. gain structure of the crystal
Answer» C. length of the crystal
242.

The modulation index is, if fm = 500 Hz, Δf = 2.25 kHz

A. 2.25
B. 4.5
C. 9
D. 18
Answer» C. 9
243.

What is the frequency of the modulated carrier wave?

A. 1000 Hz
B. 2000 Hz
C. 1000 kHz
D. 2000 kHz
Answer» E.
244.

The maximum distance between television transmission and receiving antennas for reasonably good reception should be

A. less than 500 km
B. less than 1000 km
Answer» C.
245.

A sequence x(n) with the z transform X(z) = z4 + z2 - 2z + 2 - 3z - 4 is applied as an input to a linear, time invariant system with the impulse response h(n) = 2δ(n - 3) where The output at n = 4 is

A. -6
B. zero
C. 2
D. -4
Answer» C. 2
246.

The disadvantage of FM over AM is that

A. high output power is needed
B. high modulating power is needed
C. noise is very high for high frequency
D. large bandwidth is required
Answer» E.
247.

In equally tampered musical scale, an octave is divided into

A. 12 intervals
B. 10 intervals
C. 7 intervals
D. 5 intervals
Answer» B. 10 intervals
248.

The HV supply to a TV receiver is 25 kV and the total beam current for the three electron guns is 2000 μA. The power handled by IHVT is

A. 5W
B. 0.5 W
C. 50 W
D. 500 W
Answer» D. 500 W
249.

The VLF, LF and MF antennas are

A. horizontally polarized
B. vertically polarized
C. non linearly polarized
D. either (a) or (b)
Answer» C. non linearly polarized
250.

In communication receivers the fidelity is provided by

A. audio stage
B. detector range
C. mixer stage
D. all of the above
Answer» B. detector range