June 2010

16. Which of the following

produces amplitude and phase
modulation both ?
(A) PSK
(B) QPSK
(C) FSK
(D) QAM
27. Assertion (A) : Radio and
television receivers are generally of
the superheterodyne type.
Reason (R) : Wireless
communication is possible by
receiving signals through super
heterodype receivers.
34. Following are the frequency
bands :
1. e
2. x
3. k
4. ku
Arrange them in increasing
frequency order :
(A) 2, 1, 3, 4
(B) 1, 3, 4,
2
(C) 1, 2, 3, 4
(D) 4, 2, 3,
1

Dec 2010
15. Which of the following
communication modes support two
way traffic but in only one direction
at a time?

(A) Simplex
(B) Half-duplex
(C) Three-quarter duplex
(D) Full-duplex
16. Intermediate frequency is used
in
(A) AM transmitter
(B) FM transmitter
(C) Super heterodyne receiver
(D) Frequency division multiplexing
34. Consider the following
communication systems :
1. Telephony
2. Radio communication
3. Microwave communication
4. Optical communication
The correct sequence of these
systems from the point of view of
increasing order of base band
channels each one of them can
accommodate is
(A) 2, 4, 3, 1
(B) 3, 4, 1,
2
(C) 1, 2, 3, 4
(D) 4, 2, 1,
3
43. List I
List II
(a) Frequency Modulation(i)
Envelop detection
(b) Double side suppressed carrier
(ii) Companding

(c) PCM
(iii) Balanced
modulator
(d) Amplitude modulation(iv) Pre
emphasis and de emphasis
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

34. Place the bandwidth required

to transmit data in digital
modulation technique in
descending order.
I. 64 QAM II. 16 QAM
III. QPSIC IV. BPSIC
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) IV, III, II, I
(C) II, I, III, IV
(D) I, IV, II, III

june 2011
8. If the modulation index of an AM
wave is changed from 0 to 1, the
transmitted power is
(A) Unchanged
(B) Halved
(C) Doubled
(D) Increased by 50 percent
19. In a TV transmission
1. Audio and Video are both
frequency modulate.
2. Audio is frequency modulated.
3. Video is transmitted by SSB
modulation.
4. Video is transmitted using USB
modulation.
The correct answer is
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 1 and 2
(D) 3 and 4

27. Assertion (A) : Frequency

modulation (FM) is preferable to
amplitude modulation (AM) for
transmitting high quality music.
Reason (R) : FM signal can be
demodulated using frequency
discriminator circuit.

43. List I
List II
(System)
(Order ofFrequency)
(a) Optical fiber communication
(i) 4 to 6GHz
(b) Mobilecommunication
(ii) 88-108MHz
(c) FMBroadcasting
(iii) 900-1800MHz
(d) Satellitecommunication
(iv) 1014 Hz
Codes are :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

(A) Shot noise

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

dec 2011

30. Assertion (A) : In PCM a

message
signal is represented by a
sequence of coded pulses, which
is accomplished by representing
the signal in discrete form in
both time and amplitude.
Reason (R) : The signal encoded
in
the form of quantized samples
which translates into a coded
number.

37. List I
List II
(a) Frequency modulation (i)
Envelope detection
(b) Double sideband suppressed
signal carrier (ii) Companding
(c) PCM (iii) Balanced modulator
(d) Amplitude modulation (iv) Preemphasis and de-emphasis
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

June 2012
15. Time-Division Multiplexing
(A) can be used with PAM only.
(B) combines five groups into a
super group.
(C) stacks 24 channels in adjacent
frequency slots.
(D) interleaves pulses belonging to
different transmissions.
16. One of the following types of
noise becomes of great importance
at high frequencies. It is the

34. Consider the following

communication
systems :
1. FM Broadcast
2. AM Broadcast
3. Microwave Communication
4. Optical Fiber Communication
The sequence of the
communication
systems in the order of their
increasing
carrier frequency is
(A) 4, 2, 1, 3 (B) 2, 1, 3, 4
(C) 1, 2, 3, 4 (D) 3, 4, 1, 2
35. The highest data rate can be
transmitted using following cables :
1. Co-axial cable
2. Twisted-wire cable
3. Optical fiber cable

The correct sequence in the

increasing
order is
(A) 1, 3, 2 (B) 3, 1, 2
(C) 2, 1, 3 (D) 3, 2, 1
40.
List I List II
(a) Frequency
modulation
(i) Envelope
detection
(b) Double
sideband
suppressed
signal carrier
(ii) Companding
(c) PCM (iii) Balance
modulator
(d) Amplitude
modulation
(iv) Pre-emphasis
and deemphasis
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
46. In a communication system,
noise is
most likely to affect the signal
(A) at a transmitter
(B) in a channel
(C) in the information source
(D) at the destination
47. Indicate the false statement.
(A) HF mixers are generally noiser
than HF amplifiers.
(B) Impulse noise voltage is
independent of bandwidth.
(C) Thermal noise is independent of
the frequency at which it is
measured.

(D) Industrial noise is usually of the

impulse type.
48. The value of a resistor creating
thermal
noise is doubled. The noise power
generated is therefore
(A) halved
(B) quadrupled
(C) doubled
(D) unchanged
49. One of the following is not a
useful
quantity for comparing the noise
performance of receivers :
(A) Input noise voltage
(B) Equivalent noise resistance
(C) Noise temperature
(D) Noise figure
50. Indicate the noise whose
source is in a
category different from that of the
other three.
(A) Solar noise
(B) Cosmic noise
(C) Atmospheric noise
(D) Galactic noise

22. In the spectrum of frequency

modulated wave
(A) The carrier frequency
disappears
when the modulation index is
large.
(B) The amplitude of any side band
depends on the modulation
index.
(C) The total number of side bands

depends on the modulation

index.
(D) The carrier frequency cannot
disappear.
23. Indicate which one of the
following is
not an advantage of FM over AM :
(A) Better noise immunity is
provided
(B) Lower bandwidth is required
(C) The transmitted power is more
useful
(D) Less modulating power is
Required
24. Indicate the noise source which
belongs to category a different
from
that of the other three.
(A) Solar noise
(B) Cosmic noise
(C) Atmospheric noise
(D) Galactic noise
38. Indicate the false statement in
the case
of Armstrong modulation system.
I. The system is basically phase
and frequency modulation.
II. The system is also amplitude
modulation.
III. Frequency multiplication must
be used.
IV. Equalization is unnecessary.
(A) I and II are correct.
(B) I, II and III are correct.
(C) I and III are correct.
(D) III and IV are correct.
48. Assertion (A) : Radio and
Television
receivers are generally of
superheterodyne type.
Reason (R) : Wireless
communication is possible by

receiving signals through

superheterodyne receivers.
57. The following frequency bands
are
used in microwaves :
I. Ku band
II. Ka band
III. L band
IV. C band
The correct sequence in decreasing
frequency is by :
(A) II, III, IV, I
(B) I, II, III, IV
(C) II, I, III, IV
(D) II, I, IV, III
58. Consider the following
communication
systems :
I. Microwave communication
system
II. Optical communication system
III. AM Broadcast system
IV. FM Broadcast system
The correct sequence of these
systems
from the point of view of increasing
order of bandwidth is
(A) II, I, IV, III
(B) I, II, III, IV
(C) III, IV, II, I
(D) IV, III, I, II
68. Match the following :
List-I List-II
(a) Digital
Filters
(i) More channels
are
accommodated
(b) Signal
Processing
(ii) Slow speed of
data transfer
(c) Time

Division
Mulplexing
(iii) Hardware
techniques
(d) Frequency
Division
Multiplexing
(iv) Software
techniques
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)

Dec 2012
15. A 20 kW carrier is sinusoidally
modulated by two carriers
corresponding to modulation index
of
30% and 40% respectively. The
total
radiated power is
(A) 25 kW (B) 22.5 kW
(C) 45.0 kW (D) 35.0 kW
16. ASCII code has 128 characters,
which are binary coded. If a
computer generates 106 characters
per second, then minimum band
width required to transmit this
signal
will be
(A) 1.4 mbps (B) 14 mbps
(C) 7 mbps (D) 0.7 mbps
43. List I List II
a. QPSK i. deviation
b. Hamming code ii. I.F.
c. Superhetrodyne iii. Error
correction

d. Frequency
modulation
iv. 90
Codes :
abcd
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iv iii ii i
22. The modulation index of an AM wave
in changed from 0 to 1. The
transmitted power is
(A) unchanged
(B) halved
(C) doubled
(D) increased by 50 percent
23. In a low level AM system, amplifiers
following the modulated stage must be
(A) Linear devices
(B) Harmonic devices
(C) Class C amplifier
(D) Non linear devices
24. Indicate the false statement. The square
of the thermal noise voltage generated
by a resistor is proportional to
(A) its temperature
(B) its resistance
(C) Boltzmann constant
(D) the bandwidth over which it is
Measured
38. Indicate the false statement.
(i) HF mixers are generally noiser
than HF amplifier.
(ii) Impulse noise voltage is
independent of bandwidth.
(iii) In thermal noise, the noise power
generated by a resistor, is
proportional to the bandwidth.
(iv) Industrial noise is not an impulse
type.
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct.

(D) (i) and (iii) are correct.

48. Assertion (A) : In the super

heterodyne receiver, the signal
voltage is combined with local
oscillator voltage and normally
converted into a signal of a lower
fixed frequency.
Reason (R) : The intermediate
frequency of receiving system may
be neither low or high, but in a
certain range between the two.

68. Match the following :

List A List B
a. Modem 1. Noise immunity better
b. FSK 2. error correction
c. Codes 3. frequency shift keying
d. PCM 4. signal translator
Codes :
abcd
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 3 2 1 4
(C) 2 1 3 4
(D) 1 4 2 3