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This section includes 9294 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
9051. |
A digital watch contains |
A. | quartz crystal oscillator |
B. | RC oscillator |
C. | LC oscillator |
D. | either quartz or RC oscillator |
Answer» B. RC oscillator | |
9052. |
The satellites used for intercontinental communication are called |
A. | Comsat |
B. | Domsat |
C. | Marisat |
D. | Intelsat |
Answer» E. | |
9053. |
Which type of modulator amplifier is used in AM transmitter? |
A. | Class A |
B. | Class B |
C. | Classes AB |
D. | Class C with negative feedback |
Answer» E. | |
9054. |
A frequency multiplier stage should operate as |
A. | class A |
B. | class B |
C. | class AB |
D. | class C |
Answer» C. class AB | |
9055. |
The frequency deviation of a FM signal produced from PM is |
A. | identical to that of FM signal produced by direct method |
B. | larger than that of a FM signal produced by direct method |
C. | directly proportional to the peak amplitude and the frequency of modulating signal |
D. | directly proportional to the peak amplitude of the modulating signal |
Answer» E. | |
9056. |
Good frequency stability can be available |
A. | crystal oscillators |
B. | Hartley oscillators |
C. | colpitts oscillators |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. Hartley oscillators | |
9057. |
A bit synchronizer regenerates at the receiver a clock waveform which is |
A. | synchronous with original clock waveform |
B. | out of phase by 180 with original clock waveform |
C. | out of phase by 90 with the original clock waveform |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. out of phase by 180 with original clock waveform | |
9058. |
Probability of error in DPSK is less than PSK |
A. | true |
B. | false |
C. | equal |
D. | depend upon noise |
Answer» B. false | |
9059. |
Zero mean Gaussian noise of variance N is applied to a half wave rectifier. The mean squared value of the rectified output will be |
A. | 0 |
B. | N/2 |
C. | N/ |
D. | <span class="root">2</span> |
E. | N |
Answer» C. N/ | |
9060. |
In radar display system PPI stands for |
A. | Pulse Position Indicator |
B. | Plan Position Indicator |
C. | Phase Position Indicator |
D. | Point Position Indicator |
Answer» C. Phase Position Indicator | |
9061. |
A plot of modulation index vs carrier amplitude yields a |
A. | horizontal line |
B. | vertical line |
C. | parabola |
D. | hyperbola |
Answer» E. | |
9062. |
Electronic tubes used for transmitter differ from their counterparts in the receivers in respect that |
A. | they are large in size |
B. | they are capable of handling large powers |
C. | they generate large amount of heat when in operation |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» E. | |
9063. |
Consider the following types of distortions in diode detectors
|
A. | 1, 2 and 3 |
B. | 1 and 2 |
C. | 1 and 3 |
D. | 2 and 3 |
Answer» C. 1 and 3 | |
9064. |
In a phase discriminator fc, is the IF to which primary circuit is tuned. Consider the following statements: The primary and secondary voltages are
|
A. | 1 only |
B. | 1 and 2 |
C. | 1, 2 and 3 |
D. | 2 and 3 |
Answer» B. 1 and 2 | |
9065. |
Satellites used for international communication are called |
A. | cossort |
B. | domsat |
C. | marisat |
D. | intelsat |
Answer» E. | |
9066. |
The modulation index of an AM wave is changed from 0 to 1. The transmitted power is |
A. | unchanged |
B. | halved |
C. | increased by 50% |
D. | quadrupled |
Answer» D. quadrupled | |
9067. |
In a radio receiver the input from local oscillator is fed to |
A. | RF amplifier |
B. | mixer |
C. | IF amplifier |
D. | detector |
Answer» C. IF amplifier | |
9068. |
Which one of the following is digital? |
A. | Pulse code modulation |
B. | Pulse width modulation |
C. | Pulse frequency modulation |
D. | Pulse position modulation |
Answer» B. Pulse width modulation | |
9069. |
A shadow zone does not receive any space wave |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
9070. |
In frequency modulation noise can be further reduced by |
A. | increasing deviation |
B. | reducing deviation |
C. | reducing carrier frequency |
D. | increasing signal amplitude |
Answer» B. reducing deviation | |
9071. |
Pick the odd one out |
A. | PPM |
B. | PDM |
C. | PWM |
D. | PLM |
Answer» B. PDM | |
9072. |
In a colour TV receiver SAW filter consists of |
A. | piezoelectric substrate on which are deposited two inter, digital transducers |
B. | photo conductive substrate which are deposited two inter digital transducers |
C. | photo voltaic substrate which are deposited two inter digital transducers |
D. | photo resistive substrate which are deposited two inter digital transducers |
Answer» B. photo conductive substrate which are deposited two inter digital transducers | |
9073. |
Automatic sensitivity control by target voltage control is easily possible in |
A. | Vidicon |
B. | Plumbicon |
C. | New vicon |
D. | both (b) and (c) |
Answer» B. Plumbicon | |
9074. |
The start of modern computer age was started by the event |
A. | development of disc drive |
B. | development of transistor |
C. | development of Hollerith code |
D. | design of EVIAC computer |
Answer» C. development of Hollerith code | |
9075. |
Which of the following is not correct? |
A. | In SSB amplitude modulated system, the transmitter circuit has to be more stable leading to better reception |
B. | In SSB amplitude modulated system more channel space is available as compared to double sideband amplitude modulated system |
C. | In SSB amplitude modulated system the signal is more noise resistant as compared to double sideband system |
D. | An SSB-AM system requires lesser power (for the same signal strength) as compared to DSB-AM system |
Answer» B. In SSB amplitude modulated system more channel space is available as compared to double sideband amplitude modulated system | |
9076. |
Assertion (A): Data communication using digital data must be very accurate. Reason (R): In analog signals redundancy is available but in digital signals redundancy is not available. |
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» B. Both A and R are correct but R is not correct explanation of A | |
9077. |
To couple a coaxial line to a parallel line wire it is best to use |
A. | slotted line |
B. | balun |
C. | directional coupler |
D. | <img src="/_files/images/electronics-and-communication-engineering/communication-systems/506-239-1.png"> |
E. | transformer |
Answer» C. directional coupler | |
9078. |
The total bandwidth needed for an AM signal at 55.25 MHz with 0.5 MHz video modulation is |
A. | 0.25 MHz |
B. | 0.5 MHz |
C. | 1 MHz |
D. | 10 MHz |
Answer» D. 10 MHz | |
9079. |
The bandwidth required for amplitude modulation is |
A. | half the frequency of modulating signal |
B. | equal to the frequency of modulating signal |
C. | twice the frequency of modulating signal |
D. | four times the frequency of modulating signal |
Answer» D. four times the frequency of modulating signal | |
9080. |
At night D layer of ionosphere is absent. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
9081. |
Diffraction of EM waves |
A. | arises only with spherical wave front |
B. | may occur around the edge of an obstacle |
C. | occurs when waves pass through a big slot |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» D. none of the above | |
9082. |
Colour picture tube needs higher anode voltage and needs larger beam and cathode currents than monochrome tube because |
A. | it is bigger in size |
B. | it has higher level of illumination |
C. | the tube has to illuminate three phosphors simultaneously |
D. | the tube has lower efficiency because of aperture mask |
Answer» E. | |
9083. |
In PM, without any modulation, all the transmitted pulses have the same |
A. | amplitude |
B. | width |
C. | amplitude and spacing |
D. | amplitude, spacing and width |
Answer» E. | |
9084. |
The unit of loudness is |
A. | phon |
B. | sone |
C. | decibel |
D. | mel |
Answer» D. mel | |
9085. |
In push button type telephone set, pressing a button generates |
A. | one frequency |
B. | two high frequencies |
C. | two low frequencies |
D. | one low frequency and one high frequency |
Answer» E. | |
9086. |
If sound wave has an intensity of 10 Pa. The dB level is about |
A. | 1.139 dB |
B. | 11.39 dB |
C. | 113.9 dB |
D. | 1139 dB |
Answer» D. 1139 dB | |
9087. |
The intermediate frequencies in VCR are |
A. | video 38.9 MHz and audio 33.4 MHz |
B. | 38.9 MHz for both video and audio |
C. | 33.4 MHz for both video and audio |
D. | 33.4 MHz for video and 38.9 MHz for audio |
Answer» B. 38.9 MHz for both video and audio | |
9088. |
Assertion (A): In TV scanning is done from left to right and top to bottom. Reason (R): Interlaced scanning is useful in eliminating flicker |
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 | |
9089. |
The seven segment display used in watches and clocks generally uses |
A. | LED |
B. | LCD |
C. | Photodiode |
D. | FET |
Answer» B. LCD | |
9090. |
When a signal is quantized such that the step size S is small in comparison with the peak to peak range of the signal, the mean square quantization error is equal to |
A. | S |
B. | <sup>2</sup> |
C. | <img src="/_files/images/electronics-and-communication-engineering/communication-systems/515-437-1.png"> |
D. | <img src="/_files/images/electronics-and-communication-engineering/communication-systems/515-437-2.png"> |
E. | <img src="/_files/images/electronics-and-communication-engineering/communication-systems/515-437-3.png"> |
Answer» E. <img src="/_files/images/electronics-and-communication-engineering/communication-systems/515-437-3.png"> | |
9091. |
If e = 10 sin(108 t + 3 sin 104 t) then modulating frequency is |
A. | 159 Hz |
B. | 1590 Hz |
C. | 1.59 MHz |
D. | 15.9 MHz |
Answer» C. 1.59 MHz | |
9092. |
Assertion (A): Many times a radar cannot detect 'grounding hopping' military aircraft. Reason (R): Ground interference limits the range of radar. |
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 | |
9093. |
Entropies associated with an extremely unlikely message and that with an extremely likely message are respectively |
A. | 0 and 0 |
B. | 1 and 1 |
C. | 1 and 0 |
D. | 0 and 1 |
Answer» B. 1 and 1 | |
9094. |
Frequency shifting keying is basically a method involving |
A. | amplitude modulation |
B. | frequency modulation |
C. | phase modulation |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. phase modulation | |
9095. |
Which of the following codes provides parity checks? |
A. | CCITT-2 |
B. | EBCDIC |
C. | ASCII |
D. | Baudot |
Answer» D. Baudot | |
9096. |
A signal having uniformly distributed amplitude in the interval (- V to + V) is to be encoded using PCM with uniform quantization. The signal to quantization noise ratio is determined by |
A. | dynamic range of signal |
B. | sampling rate |
C. | number of quantizing levels |
D. | power spectrum of signal |
Answer» C. number of quantizing levels | |
9097. |
Bipolar signalling uses the following bits |
A. | -1, +1 |
B. | -1, 0, +1 |
C. | 0, 1 |
D. | -1, 0 |
Answer» C. 0, 1 | |
9098. |
The first geostationary satellite was named |
A. | Intelsat I |
B. | Intelsat II |
C. | Intelsat III |
D. | Early bird |
Answer» E. | |
9099. |
In a colour TV receiver, which of the following incorporates colour saturation control? |
A. | Chroma detector |
B. | Colour killer circuit |
C. | SAW filter |
D. | Chroma amplifier |
Answer» E. | |
9100. |
Which of the following oscillator is not in FM? |
A. | Crystal oscillator |
B. | Hartley oscillator |
C. | Colpitts oscillator |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» C. Colpitts oscillator | |