1.

A cordless telephone using separate

frequencies for transmission in base and
portable units is known as
A. duplex arrangement
B. half duplex arrangement
C. either (a) or (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
2. For attenuation of high frequencies we
should use
A. shunt capacitance
B. series capacitance
C. inductance
D. resistance
3. A modem is classified as low speed if data
rate
handled is
A. upto 100 bps
B. upto 250 bps
C. upto 400 bps
D. upto 600 bps
4. VSB modulation is preferred in TV because
A. it reduces the bandwidth requirement to
half
B. it avoids phase distortion at low frequencies
C. it results in better reception
D. none of the above
5. A woofer should be fed from the input
through a
A. low pass filter
B. high pass filter
C. band pass filter
D. band stop filter
6. The colour subcarrier and sidebands
produced by its modulation with the
chrominance signals are accommodated in the
standard channel width by the process of
A. frequency adjustment
B. frequency interleaving
C. frequency changing
D. frequency amalgamation
7. In FM signal with a modulation index mf is
passed through a frequency tripler. The wave
in the output of the tripler will have a
modulation index of
A. mf
B. 3mf
C. mf/3
D. mf/9

8. In colour TV receiver, varactor diode is used

for
A. detection
B. rectification
C. tuning
D. both (a) and (b)
9. The number of noise sources in a BJT are
A. 3
B. 2
C. 1
D. 4
10. Energy content of atmospheric noise
A. does not depend on frequency
B. decreases as frequency is increased
C. increases as frequency is increased
D. either (a) or (c) depending on the
temperature
11. A 400 W carrier is amplitude modulated
with m = 0.75. The total power in AM is
A. 400 W
B. 512 W
C. 588 W
D. 650 W
12. c(t) and m(t) are used to generate an FM
signal. If the peak frequency deviation of the
generated FM signal is three times the
transmission bandwidth of the AM signal, then
the coefficient of the term cos [2p(1008 x
103t)] in the FM signal (in terms of the Bessel
Coefficients) is
A. 5 J4(3)
B. J8(3)
C. J8(4)
D. 5 J4(6)
13. Non-coherently detection is not possible
for
A. PSK
B. ASK
C. FSK
D. both (a) and (c)
14. Tracking of extra terrestrial objects
requires
A. high transmitting power
B. very sensitive receiver
C. fully steerable antenna
D. all of the above
15. Assertion (A): Free space does not
interfere with normal radiation and
propagation of radio waves

Reason (R): Free space has no magnetic or

gravitational fields.
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

16. In radar systems PRF stands for

A. Power Return Factor
B. Pulse Return Factor
C. Pulse Repetition Frequency
D. Pulse Response Factor
17. Which of the following cannot be the
Fourier series expansion of a periodic signal?
A. x(t) = 2 cos t + 3 cos 3t
B. x(t) = 2 cos pt + 7 cos t
C. x(t) = cos t + 0.5
D. x(t) = 2 cos 1.5pt + sin 3.5 pt
18. Which of the following is the indirect way
of FM generation?
A. Reactance bipolar transistor modulator
B. Armstrong modulator
C. Varactor diode modulator
D. Reactance FM modulator
19. A telephone exchange has 9000
subscribers. If the number of calls originating
at peak time is 10, 000 in one hour, the calling
rate is
A. 0.9
B. 10/9
C. 0.81
D. 0.1
20. If C is capacity of noisy channel, (bits/s), f
is bandwidth Hz and S/N is signal to noise
ratio, then
A.
B.
C.
D.

21. As the frequency increases, the absorption

of ground wave by earth's surface
A. decreases
B. increases
C. remains the same
D. either (a) or (c)
22. The velocity of sound waves in air
A. is constant at all temperatures
B. varies directly as temperature
C. varies inversely as absolute temperature
D. varies directly as square root of absolute
temperature
23. The range of a cordless telephone is about
A. 1000 m
B. 500 m
C. 100 m
D. 10 m
24. An earth mat for a communication tower
consists of
A. one or two radials extending from base of
tower at a depth of about 5 cm below ground
B. a large number of radials extending from
base of tower at a depth of about 3 m
C. a large number of radials extending from
base of tower at a depth of about 30 cm
D. none of the above
25. Degaussing in a picture tube means
A. Adding magnetism in mask and mounting
frame
B. Removing residual magnetism in mask,
shield etc...
C. Increasing resistance of coils to decrease
time constant
D. Decreasing resistance of coils to increase
time constant.
26. The rate at which information can be
carried through a communication channel
depends on
A. carrier frequency
B. bandwidth
C. transmission loss
D. transmitted power
27. Some types of traps used in video IF
amplifier of colour TV are
A. shunt traps
B. series traps
C. absorption traps
D. all of the above
28. Direct and reflected sound waves may
interfere with each other.
A. True
B. False

29. A carrier is simultaneously modulated by

two sine waves having modulation indices of
0.4 and 0.3. The total modulation index will be
A. 0.1
B. 0.7
C. 0.5
D. 0.35
30. A 1000 kHz carrier is simultaneously
modulated with 300 Hz, 800 Hz and 2 kHz
audio sine waves. Which of the following
frequency is least likely to be present in the
output?
A. 1002 kHz
B. 1000 kHz
C. 999.2 kHz
D. 998.0 kHz
31. In standing wave pattern on a
transmission line
A. voltage and current nodes coincide
B. voltage and current antinodes coincide
C. voltage nodes and current antinodes as
well as current nodes and voltage antinodes
coincide
D. both (a) and (b)
32. If the bandwidth is increased by 2, the
FM AM (where is the ratio of SNR of output
to SNR at input, FM is frequency modulation
and AM is amplitude modulation) is increased
by a factor of
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6
33. In the figure , the output y(t) will be
, the output y(t) will be

A.
B.
C.
D.
34. A carrier wave carries information.
A. True
B. False

35. Frequency shift keying is used mostly in

A. telegraphy
B. telephony
C. satellite communication
D. radio transmission
36. It is desired that transmission line and
load should match for a range of frequencies.
The best method is
A.to use a balun
B. to use a single stub of adjustable position
C. to use a double stub
D. to use a broad band amplifier
37. Which of the following has the highest
input impedance?
A. CE
B. CB
C. CC
D. Push pull
38. In a fascimile reproduction time to scan
one line is 2 ms. If it has 4% blanking, the
visible trace time is
A. 1.92 ms
B. 2.08 ms
C. 50 ms
D. 0.08 ms
39. Consider the following statements
The amplitude of an FM wave is
constant
FM is more immune to noise than AM
FM broadcasts operate in upper VHF
and UHF frequency ranges
FM transmitting and receiving
equipments are simpler as compared to
AM transmitting and receiving
equipments
Which of the above are correct?
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 1, 2, 3
C. 2, 3, 4
D. 1, 3, 4
40. Signal to noise ratio of microphone is
defined as the ratio of output when the sound
pressure is __________ to the output in the
absence of any sound signal.
A.0.5 Pa
B. 0.2 Pa
C. 0.1 Pa
D. 0.01 Pa
41. A generator is feeding power to a
transmission line of characteristic impedance

Z0. The line is terminated in impedance ZL.

Standing waves will be set up if
A. ZL = Z0
B. ZL < Z0
C. ZL > Z0
D. both (b) and (c)
42. In sound recording the degree of preemphasis is about 6 dB/ octave.
A. True
B. False
43. Space wave may be a direct wave or wave
reflected from earth.
A. True
B. False

A. 64 s
B. 6.4 s
C. 640 s
D. 0.64 s
50. Counterpoise is used in coils having
A. high resistivity
B. low resistivity
C. medium resistivity
D. both (b) and (c)
51. For an ideal 3000 Hz channel, S/N ratio is
A. 3
B. 1.5
C. 4
D. 2

44. Radio broadcasts are generally

A. amplitude modulation
B. frequency modulation
C. both amplitude and frequency modulation
D. neither amplitude nor frequency
modulation

52. Which of the following types of noise

assumes greater importance at high
frequencies?
A. Transit time noise
B. Shot noise
C. Impulse noise
D. Random noise

45. If the frequency of a wave 20 Hz, the time

period is
A. 20 secs
B. 2 secs
C. 0.2 secs
D. 0.05 secs

53. In transistor radio receivers the number of

IF amplifier stages are
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6

46. Which of the following is taken as

reference antenna for directive gain?
A.
Half wave dipole
B.
Elementary doublet
C.
Isotropic
D.
Infinitesimal dipole

54. To relay outdoor remotely located live

programs, TV transmitter use
A. microwave links
B. coaxial cable link
C. open wire link
D. either (b) or (c)

47. Push pull amplifier is

A. voltage amplifier
B. current amplifier
C. power amplifier
D. none of the above

55. If each short element of signal occupies 20

ms, the speed is
A. 20 bauds
B. 50 bauds
C. bauds
D. 0.05 bauds

48. 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. 0 and 1
49. In CCIR-B system, the time between start
of one H syn. pulse and next is

56. It is found that in a telephone system 60

subscribers initiate calls during a 30 minute
interval and the total duration of all the calls is
100 minutes. The load is
A. 2
B. 3 erlang
C. 3.333 erlang
D. 0.333 erlang

57. E and H fields are perpendicular to each

other.
A. True
B. False
58. Consider the following:
A TV receiver antenna should pick up
the TV signal and develop maximum
voltage from the available strength of
signal
It should reject unwanted signals
It should not suffer from co-channel
interference
It should have a very narrowband
The correct statements are
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1, 2 and 3 only
C. 1, 2, 3, 4
D. 2, 3 only
59. If transmission bandwidth is doubled in
FM, SNR is
A. doubled
B. raised four times
C. decreased four times
D. halved

60. Directivity means

A. maximum directive gain
B. zero directive gain
C. minimum directive gain
D. none of the above
61. If the oscillator output is modulated by
audio frequencies upto 10 kHz, the frequency
range occupied by the side bands will be
A. 711.9 kHz to 712.1 kHz
B. 702 kHz to 722 kHz
C. 692 kHz to 732 kHz
D. 71.2 kHz to 71.20 kHz
62. The power to the portable unit of a
cordless telephone is provided by
A. pencil cells
B. dry cells
C. rechargeable cells
D. AC mains
63. In a AM wave the carrier and one of the
side bands is suppressed. If m = 0.5, the
percentage saving in power is
A. 50%
B. 83.3%
C. 94.4%

D. 100%
64. Computer communication networks have
A. star configuration
B. tree configuration
C. loop/mesh configuration
D. All of the above
65. Assertion (A): A balun is an RF impedance
matching transformer.
Reason (R): Sometimes a booster amplifier is
used with a TV set.
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
66. In an FM system, when the AF is 500 Hz
and the AF voltage is 2.4 V, the deviation is
4.8 kHz. If the AF voltage is now increased to
7.2 V, the new deviation will be
A. 4.8 kHz
B. 9.6 kHz
C. 14.4 kHz
D. 28.8 kHz
67. Modulation is also called detection.
A. True
B. False
68. The maximum range of a transmitter
depends on
A. its frequency
B. its power
C. both its frequency and power
D. none of the above
69. Consider the following statements about
Yagi Uda antenna
It is unidirectional
Its gain is about 7 dB
It is used at VLF
The optimum separation is 0.11
Which of the above are correct?
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1, 2, 4 only
C. 1, 2, 3, 4
D. 1 and 4 only
70. In a two stage cascade amplifier, each
stage has a gain of 10 dB and noise figure of
10 dB. The overall noise factor is
A. 10

B. 1.09
C. 1
D. 10.9
71. Fields are said to be circularly polarised if
their magnitudes are
A. equal and they are in phase
B. equal but they differ in phase by 90
C. unequal and differ in phase by 90
D. unequal but are in phase
72. Three analog signals, having bandwidths
1200 Hz, 600 Hz, 600 Hz are sampled at their
Nyquist rates, encoded with 12 bit words, and
time division multiplexed. The bit rate for the
multiplexed signal is
A. 115.2 kbps
B. 28.8 kbps
C. 57.6 kbps
D. 38.4 kbps
73. In a CD player the speed of CD is
A. constant at 500 rpm
B. constant at 200 rpm
C. varies from 200 to 500 rpm
D. none of the above
74. In the output of a DM speech encoder, the
consecutive pulses are of opposite polarity
during time interval t1 < t < t2. This indicates
that during this interval
A. the input to the modulator is essentially
constant
B. the modulator is going through slope
overload
C. the accumulator is in saturation
D. the speech signal is being sampled at the
Nyquist rate
75. A fascimile reproduction has a
specification of 200 lines per frame,
progressive scanning and 5 frames per
second. The time to scan one line is
A. 5 ms
B. 2.5 ms
C. 1 ms
D. 0.1 ms
76. Consider the following features of
monochrome TV
Number of lines per picture 625
Interlace ratio 2 : 1
Aspect ratio 4 : 3
Channel bandwidth 8 MHz
As regards CCIR system B, which of the above
are correct?

A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 1, 2, 3
C. 1, 2, 4
D. 2, 3, 4
77. In the absence of noise, if C is channel
capacity in bits/s, f is channel bandwidth in
Hz and N is number of coding levels. Then
A. C = log2 N
B. C = (f) log2 N
C. C = 2 (f) log2 N
D. C = 0.5 (f) log2 N
78. The open loop gain of an amplifier is 50
but is likely to change by 20%. If negative
feedback with = 0.1 is used, the change in
gain will be about
A. 20%
B. 10%
C. 4%
D. 0.05%
79. Audio amplifiers need
A. Bass control
B. Treble control
C. Both Bass and Treble control
D. Either Bass or Treble control
80. The open loop gain of an amplifier is 200.
If negative feedback with = 0.2 is used, the
closed loop gain will be
A. 200
B. 40
C. 4.878
D. 1.212
81. In a TV, studio the function of vision
switcher is to
A. edit television programs
B. relay television programs
C. control zoom lens
D. mix audio and video signals
82. In the 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
83. The trapezoidal pattern of figure is
obtained when examining an AM wave by an
oscilloscope. Modulation factor of the wave is
A. 0.33
B. 0.5
C. 2
D. 1

84. Y signal has maximum percentage of

A. red colour
B. blue colour
C. green colour
D. red and blue colours
85. To ensure good transient response in audio
systems the natural frequencies should be
A. above 40 Hz and below 15 kHz
B. above 40 Hz
C. above 15 kHz
D. below 40 Hz and above 15 kHz
86. If k is dielectric constant of a medium, the
velocity factor in that medium is
A.
3
B.
C.

(k)1/3

D.
87. An AM signal and a narrowband FM signal
with identical carriers, modulating signals and
modulation index of 0.1 are added together.
The resultant signal can be closely
approximated by
A. Broadband FM
B. SSB with carrier
C. DSB-SC
D. SSB without carrier
88. The equation v(t) = A cos [ct + (t)]
where A and c are constant and (t) is a
function of base signal represents
Phase modulation
Amplitude modulation
Angle modulation
Frequency modulation
Which of the above are true?
A. 3 only
B. 1, 3 and 4
C. 1, 2, 3, 4
D. 3 and 4 only
89. An FM signal with deviation is passed
through mixer. Its frequency is reduced
fivefold. The deviation in output of mixer is
A. 0.28
B.
C. 5
D. very very high
90. The total number of channels allotted for
cellular telephone is

A. 666
B. 333
C. 221
D. 111
91. The F.T. of {e-1 (t)} is equal to

Therefore
is
A. ef (f)
B. e-f (f)
C. ef (-f)
D. e-f (-f)
92. Sound waves are electromagnetic waves.
A. True
B. False
93. In major diatonic musical scale, an octave
is divided into
A. 12 intervals
B. 10 intervals
C. 7 intervals
D. 5 intervals
94. The bandwidth of DSB suppressed carrier
modulation system when the modulating
frequency varies between 500 Hz and 5 kHz is
A. 555 kHz
B. 505 kHz
C. 500 kHz
D. 9 kHz
95. The filter circuit for feeding a wooffer has
A. an inductance in series and capacitance in
parallel
B. a capacitance in series and an inductance
in parallel
C. a resistance in series and an inductance in
parallel
D. an inductance in series and a resistance in
parallel
96. The Hilbert transform of cos 1t + sin 2t
is
A. sin 1t + cos 2t
B. sin 1t - cos 2t
C. cos 1t - cos 2t
D. - sin 1t + cos 2t
97. In ionosphere incidence angle is 60. The
maximum usable frequency fm is equal to
A. 2fc
B. fc
C. 0.5 fc
D. 3 fc

98. The generally used value of EHV supply in

TV receivers is
A. 1 kV per diagonal cm
B. 1 kV per diagonal inch
C. 0.5 kV per diagonal cm
D. 0, 5 kV per diagonal inch
99. The number of channels available in MF
band (300 kHz - 3 MHz) for AM modulating
signal of 20 kHz is
A. 70
B. 67
C. 100
D. 150
100. The function of blend control in stereo
system is
A. to dilute left channel
B. to dilute right channel
C. to dilute any of the channels
D.none of the above

101. The output resistance of a microphone is 20 ohms.

It is to feed a line of impedance 320 ohms. To ensure
maximum power transfer, the turn ratio of transformer is
A. 16
B. 256
C. 2
D. 4
102. In a reactance FET, gm = 9 x 10-3 Siemens, gate to
source resistance is one-ninth of reactance of gate to
drain capacitor and frequency is 4 MHz. The capacitivereactance is
A. 1000
B. 1/1000
C. 36 x 103
D. x 103
103. Audio cassettes used in household tape recorders
have a width of
A. 1"
B. 1/2"
C. 1/4"
D.1/8"
104. The receiver of a pulsed RADAR can detect signal
power in the order of
A. 1 W

B. 0.1 W
C. 10-5 W
D. 10-12 W
105. In a 100% amplitude modulated signal, the power
in the upper sideband when carrier power is to be 100 W
and modulation system SSBSC, is
A. 100 W
B. 66 W
C. 50 W
D. 25 W
106. Which camera tube has highest dark current?
A. Plumbicon
B. Vidicon
C. Saticon
D. GCD imager
107. If a sound wave has a frequency of 50 Hz, the
wavelength is
A. 66 m
B. 6.6 m
C. 0.66 m
D. 0.066 m
108. Skin depth at 1000 MHz in comparison with that at
500 MHz is
A. 2
B.

C.

1
2

D. 1/2
109. Consider the following

Generation of SSB signals

Design of minimum phase type filters

Representation of band pass signals

Which of the above applications is Hilbert transform
used?
A. 1 only
B. 1, 2 and 3
C. 1, 2 only
D. 1 and 3
110. 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
111. In telephone systems the relation between load r,
number of calls initiated during a specified interval and
average duration of a call (h) is
A. = h
B. = h2
C. = rh
D. h = r
112. In a Vidicon camera tube
A. grid G1 accelerates electrons
B. grid G2 accelerates electrons and grid G3, slows down
electrons
C. grid G3 accelerates electrons and grid G2 slows down
electrons
D. both grids G2 and G3 accelerate electrons
113. In a CD the sampling frequency is nearly
A. half the highest frequency in audio signal
B. equal to highest frequency in audio signal
C. double the highest frequency in audio signal
D. four times the highest frequency in audio signal

114. Consider the following statements about loop

antenna

It is suitable for direction finding application

It is a single turn or multiturn coil carrying RF

current

The loop is surrounded by a magnetic field

everywhere perpendicular to the loop
Which of the above statements are correct?
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 only
C. 1, 2, 3
D. 2 and 3 only
115. Which of the following is present in both TRF receiver and
superheterodyne receiver?
A. Detector
B. Mixer
C. IF amplifier
D. Local oscillator
116. The number of channels in a stereophonic system is
A. 8
B. 4
C. 2
D. 1
117. When the carrier is unmodulated, a certain
transmitter radiates 9 kW when the carrier is sinusoidally
modulated the transmitter radiates 10.125 kW. The
modulation index will be
A. 0.1
B. 10.15
C. 0.4
D. 0.5
118. A signal x(t) = 100 cos (24p x 103t) is ideally
sampled with a sampling period of 50 sec and then
passed through an ideal low pass filter with cut off
frequency of 15 kHz Which of the following frequencies
are present at the filter output?
A. 12 kHz only
B. 8 kHz only
C. 12 kHz and 9 kHz
D. 12 kHz and 8 kHz
119. A sinusoidal voltage of 2 kV peak value is amplitude
modulated to give 20% modulation. The peak value of
each side band term is
A. 400 V
B. 200 V
C. 100 V
D. 800 V
120. Consider the following reasons for using antenna
coupler

To prevent illegal radiation of spurious frequencies

To tune out reactive components of antenna impedance
To have correct value of load impedance for transmitter.

Which of the above are correct?

A. 1, 2, 3
B. 1, 2
C. 1 only
D. 2, 3
121. Which of the following is true in a tape recorder?
A. Vow is due to variation in motor speed but flutter is
due to some other reason
B. Both vow and flutter are due to variations in motor
speed
C. Flutter is due to variation in motor speed but vow is
due to some other reason

D. Neither vow nor flutter is due to variation in motor

speed
122. In a high speed modem the data rate handled is
about
A. 1000 bps
B. 5000 bps
C. 20000 bps
D. 50000 bps
123. Trinitron is a monochrome picture tube.
A. True
B. False
124. The first pulse in a TV remote control is
A. start pulse
B. preliminary pulse
C. either start pulse or preliminary pulse
D. erase pulse
125. If the ratio of ac to dc load impedance of a diode
detector is low, the result will be
A. poor AGC operation
B. poor AF response
C. negative peak clipping
D. diagonal clipping
126. The minimum step size required for a Delta
modulator operating at 36 samples/sec to track the
signal (here u(t) is the unit step function) x(t) = 125t
(u(t) - u(t - 1)) + (250 - 125t) (u(t - 1) - u(t - 2)) So that
slope overload is avoided, would be
A. 2-10
B. 2-8
C. 2-6
D. 2-4
127. An FM signal with a deviation is passed through a
mixer, and has its frequency reduced 5 fold. The
deviation in the output of the mixer is
A. 5/
B. Intermediate
C. /5
D.
128. In PCM, if the number of quantization levels is
increased from 4 to 64, then the bandwidth requirement
will approximately be increased __________ times.
A. 8
B. 16
C. 3
D. 32
129. A tweeter should be fed from the input through a
A. low pass filter
B. high pass filter
C. band pass filter
D. band stop filter
130. The modulation index is, if fm = 500 Hz, f = 2.25
kHz
A. 2.25
B. 4.5
C. 9
D.18
131. If D is mouth diameter of a paraboloid reflector, its
directivity is proportional to
A. D
B. D2
C. D
D. D3
132. A noiseless 3 kHz channel can't transmit binary bit
at the rate
A. 12000 bps
B. 1000 bps
C. 6000 bps
D. 3000 bps

133. In an AM wave the carrier and one of the side bands

is suppressed. If m = 1, the percentage saving in power
is
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 66.6%
D. 83.3%
134. Assertion (A): An electronic tuner uses varactor
diode
Reason (R): The capacitance of a varactor diode depends
on the magnitude of reverse bias.
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
135. A superheterodyne receiver is to operate in the
frequency range 550 kHz - 1650 kHz, with the
intermediate frequency of 450 kHz. Let
denote
the required capacitance ratio of the local oscillator and I
denote the image frequency (in kHz) of the incoming
signal. If the receiver is tuned to 700 kHz, then
A. R = 4.41 J =1600
B. R = 2.10 J =1150
C. R = 3.0 J =1600
D. R = 9.0 J =1150
136. In a tape recorder the output from RF oscillator is
given to
A. only erase head coil
B. only record head coil
C. coils of both erase head and record head
D. none of the above
137. A + 1.9 lens has a focal length of 25 mm. The
diameter of lens is about
A. 13 mm
B. 1.3 mm
C. 130 mm
D. none of the above
138. Which of the following terms are applicable to
troposcatter propagation?
A. Faradays rotation
B. SIOs
C. Fading
D. Atmospheric storms
139. If the amplitude of the voltage is kept constant, but
its frequency is raised to 6 kHz, the new deviation will be
for the modulation index is, if fm = 500 Hz, f = 2.25
A. 6 kHz
B. 12 kHz
C. 27 kHz
D. 54 kHz
140. In TV scanning sequence of lines is
A. left to right
B. right to left
C. left to right for odd fields and right to left for even
field
D. left to right for even fields and right to left for odd
field
141. Which of the following microphones works on the
principle of Faraday's law?
A. Carbon
B. Condenser
C. Moving coil
D. Electret

142. In a CE amplifier connection, the emitter is at

ground potential for
A. AC quantities
B. DC quantities
C. all quantities
D. none of the quantities
143. 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

144. Directive gain is

A. a power ratio
B. a voltage ratio
C. a current ratio
D. a distance ratio
145. Which of the following sampling frequencies is
considered adequate in voice telephony?
A. 4 kHz
B. 8 kHz
C. 16 kHz
D. 32 kHz

146. In equally tampered scale, frequency of each tone

equals the frequency of lower adjacent tone multiplied
by
A. 2

1
7

B. 2

1
12

C. 2

1
6

D. 2

1
5

147. A carrier is modulated by two modulating waves A

and B having modulation indices of 0.6 and 0.8
respectively. The overall modulation index is
A. 1
B. 0.7
C. 0.2
D. 1.4
148. A communication channel disturbed by additive
white, Gaussian noise has a bandwidth of 4 kHz and SNR
of 15. The highest transmission rate that this channel
can support (in k bits/sec) is
A. 16
B. 1.6
C. 3.2
D. 60

149. Which of the following microphones is used as a

standard for calibration?
A. Moving coil
B. Carbon
C. Condenser
D. Ribbon
150. The reactance of coupling capacitor for AC signals
in an amplifier, should be
A. as low as possible
B. as high as possible
C. neither low nor high
D. either low or high
151. 24 telephone channels, each band limited to 3.4
kHz are to be time division multiplexed using PCM. If
sampling frequency is 10 kHz and number of
quantization levels is 128, the required bandwidth of
PCM is
A. 1.68 MHz
B. 240 kHz
C. 81.6 kHz
D. 3.072 MHz
152. Resonant circuits are used in
A. audio amplifiers
B. RF amplifiers
C. both audio and RF amplifiers
D. none of the above
153. The bandwidth of DSB suppressed carrier
modulation system when the modulating frequency
varies between 500 Hz and 5 kHz is
A. 555 kHz
B. 505 kHz
C. 500 kHz
D. 9 kHz
154. Linear diode detector utilizes
A. linear portion of static characteristics of diode
B. linear portion of dynamic characteristic of diode
C. square law portion of dynamic characteristics of diode
D. rectification property of diode
155. In the equivalent circuit of a moving coil cone type
loudspeaker, the mass of the moving system is
represented by
A. a resistance
B. a capacitance
C. an inductance
D. a conductance
156. Assertion (A): In India we use CCIR-B standard
Reason (R): Video signals are frequency modulated.
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
157. CATV stands for
A. Common Antenna Television
B. Community Antenna Television
C. Cable Antenna Television
D. Channel Antenna Television
158. Household tape recorders use
A. separate motor for each operation
B. only one motor for all operations
C. one motor for capstan and another for take up reel
D. a total of 3 motors
159. A 400 W carrier is modulated to a depth of 75
percent. The total power in modulated wave will be
A. 38.5 W
B. 400 W
C. 512.5 W

D. 615.5 W
160. A geostationary satellite
A. is located at a height of 358, 00 km
B. appears stationary over earth's magnetic pole
C. is motionless in space but keeps spinning
D. orbits the earth within a 24 hour period
161. A line has L = 0.8 H/m and C = 32 pF/m. Z0 =
A. 6000
B. 600
C. 158
D. 15.8
162. A line has standing waves with a voltage maximum
of 35 mV and minimum of 17.5 mV VSWR is
A. 2
B. 4
C. 0.5
D. 0.25
163. For a bit rate of 8 kbps, the best possible values of
the transmitted frequencies in a coherent binary FSK
system are
A. 16 kHz and 20 kHz
B. 20 kHz and 32 kHz
C. 20 kHz and 40 kHz
D. 32 kHz and 40 kHz
164. If luminance signal Y = 0.3 R + 0.59 G + 0.11 B,
the hue of R - Y colour is
A. 0.7 R - 0.59 G - 0.11 B
B. - 0.7 R + 0.59 G + 0.11 B
C. 1.3 R - 0.59 G - 0.11 B
D. none of the above
165. Trap circuits used in video IF amplifier of colour TV
are
A. High Q, LC resonant circuit
B. Low Q, LC resonant circuit
C. High Q, RLC resonant circuit
D. Low Q, RLC resonant circuit
166. A 1000 kHz carrier is simultaneously modulated
with 300 Hz, 800 Hz and 2 kHz audio sine waves. Which
of the following frequency is least likely to be present in
the output?
A. 1002 kHz
B. 1000 kHz
C. 999.2 kHz
D. 998.0 kHz
167. A 300 Hz sound wave of intensity 20 dB is
transmitted by a 1500 kHz radio wave by frequency
modulation. It is seen that instantaneous frequency
varies between 1500.2 kHz and 1499.8 kHz, 300 times a
second. If the intensity of sound wave is 100 dB.
A. The instantaneous frequency variations will be
between 1500.2 and 1499.8 kHz, 1500 times a second
B. The instantaneous frequency variations will be
between 1501 and 1499 kHz, 1500 times a second
C. The instantaneous frequency variations will be
between 1501 and 1499 kHz, 300 times a second
D. The instantaneous frequency variations will be
between 1501 and 1499 kHz, 60 times a second
168. If the average power of radar transmitters 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

169. An analog signal is band limited to B Hz sampled at

Nyquist rate and samples are quantized into 4 levels
each with probability . The information rate is
A. 4 bits/s
B. B bits/s
C. 4 B bits/s
D. 0.25 B bits/s
170. The HV supply to a TV receiver is 25 kV and the
total beam current for the three electron guns is 2000
A. The power handled by IHVT is
A. 5W
B. 0.5 W
C. 50 W
D. 500 W
171. Some advantages of optical fibre cables are

small diameter

Immunity to cross talk and EM interference

Laser and LED modulation methods lend

themselves ideally to digital operation
Which of the above are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2
C. 1, 2, 3
D. 2, 3
172. The contrast control in colour TV receiver is done by
A. chroma amplifier
B. SAW filter
C. video detector
D. luminance amplifier
173. The requirements of carrier frequency are
A. precise frequency value
B. low frequency drift
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
174. If N bits are lumped together to get an N-bit
symbol, the possible number of symbols is
A. 2N
B. 2N - 1
C. 2N - 2
D. 2N - 4
175. The received signal frequency at any time of a
super-heterodyne receiver having IF = 456 kHz is 1 MHz.
The corresponding image signal is
A. within the medium band
B. outside the medium band
C. depend upon modulation index
D. depends on Modulating frequency
176. For an ideal 3000 Hz channel, Nyquist rate is
A. 3000 bps
B. 6000 bps
C. 9000 bps
D. 12000 bps
177. Assertion (A): Electromagnetic waves in free space
spread uniformly in all directions from a point source
Reason (R): Free space has no interference or obstacles.
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
178. In the FM wave described by equation v = 15 sin (4
x 108 t + 3 sin 1100 t), the maximum frequency
deviation is
A. 175 Hz
B. 525 Hz
C. 3 Hz
D. 58.33 Hz

179. The radar cross-section of a target depends an

A. frequency
B. polarization of incident wave
C. aspect of target
D. all of the above
180. The Nyquist sampling interval, for the signal sin c
(700t) + sin c (5000 t) is
A.
B.
C.
D.
181. A directional microphone gives an output of 0.5 mV
whereas an omnidirectional one gives an output of 0.5
V in the same position for the same sound pressure.
The directivity of the directional microphone is
A. 120 dB
B. 90 dB
C. 60 dB
D. 30 dB
182. If Eb, the energy per bit of a binary digital signal is
10-6 watt sec. and the one sided power spectral density
of the white noise N0 = 10-5 W/Hz, then the output SNR
of the matched filter is
A. 26 dB
B. 10 dB
C. 20 dB
D. 13 dB
183. Consider the following statements about Rhombic
antenna

It is non resonant

It is a broad band antenna

It is ideally suited for HF transmission

Which of the above are correct?
A. 1, 2, 3
B. 1, 3 only
C. 2, 3 only
D. 1 only
184. Assertion (A): A composite video signal has
synchronising pulses.
Reason (R): It is necessary to synchronise the scanning
process in the transmitter and receiver.
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
185. Noise with uniform power spectral density of
N0/Hz is passed through a filter H() = 2 exp (-J ty)
followed by an ideal low pass filter of bandwidth B Hz.
The output noise power in watts is
A. 2 N0B
B. 4 N0B
C. 8 N0B
D. 16 N0B
186. Assertion (A): In standing wave pattern, the nodes
and anti nodes are separated by half wave-length
Reason (R): When line is terminated in resistance RL, the
standing wave ratio is SWR = Z0/RL or RL/Z0
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

187. An amplifier has an input resistance of 10 k and

the noise voltage is 10 V. If two such resistances of 10
k each are connected in series at the input, the total
noise voltage is about
A. 20 V
B. 5V
C. 14.14 V
D. 10 V
188. A 400 W carrier is modulated to a depth of 75
percent. The total power in modulated wave will be
A. 38.5 W
B. 400 W
C. 512.5 W
D. 615.5 W
189. In a colour TV receiver the bandwidth of RF
amplifier is
A. exactly equal to channel width
B. a little less than channel width
C. a little more than channel width
D. either (a) or (b)
190. An FM signal with a deviation is passes through the
mixer, and has its frequency reduced five fold. The
deviation in the output of the mixer is
A.
B. 5
C. /5
D. indeterminant
191. FSK is a system involving
A. pulse modulation
B. frequency modulation
C. amplitude modulation
D. phase modulation
192. A 200 Hz sound wave is to be transmitted by a
1000 kHz radio wave using frequency modulation. The
instantaneous frequency variation will be
A. 100 times a second
B. 200 times a second
C. 400 times a second
D. 1000 times a second
193. In a TV studios, flying spot scanner is a device for
A. mixing video and audio signals
B. telecasting feature films
C. live telecast of outdoor programs
D. telecast of indoor music programs
194. A broadcast radio transmitter radiates 5 kW when
the modulation percentage is 60. How much of this is
carrier power?
A. 6.66 kW
B. 5 kW
C. 4.9 kW
D. 4.23 kW
195. A device has two resistances 300 and 200
respectively. The noise voltages due to these two
resistance calculated separately are 5.38 V and 4.38 V
respectively. When both of them are used together, the
noise voltage will be
A. 9.76 V
B. 1 V
C. 23.56 V
D. 6.94 V
196. The antenna diameter of a radar system is doubled.
The maximum range will
A. be doubled
B. become four times
C. be halved
D. decrease to one fourth
197. Which of the following microphones works on the
piezoelectric effect?
A. Carbon

B. Condenser
C. Moving coil
D. Crystal
198. In PAL system weighting of R - Y and B - Y signals is
done to
A. prevent over modulation on saturated colours
B. prevent under modulation of saturated colours
C. allow over modulation of saturated colours
D. allow under modulation on saturated colours
199. In case of probability of the message is 1 to 16 then
the information will be
A. 16 bits
B. 8 bits
C. 4 bits
D. 2 bits
200. The saving of power in DSB-SC modulated at 80% is
A. NIL
B. 80%
C. 75.76%
D. 50%
201. A total of 16 equally probable events exist. If it is
required to select one out of them, the number of
required bits is
A. 2
B. 4
C. 3
D. 5
202. When modulation index of an AM wave is increased
from 0.5 to 1, the transmitted power
A. remains the same
B. increases by 25%
C. increases by 33.3%
D. increases by 50%
203. Quantizing error occurs in
A. TDM
B. FDM
C. PCM
D. PWD
204. In audio cassettes the width of each recording track
is
A. 5 mm
B. 2.5 mm
C. 1.5 mm
D. 1 mm
205. The most commonly used transistor amplifier circuit
is
A. CB
B. CC
C. CE
D.CE or CC
206. When energy is fed into open wire transmission line
the energy may get dissipated due to
A. radiation
B. conductor heating
C. dielectric heating
D. all of the above
207. Fourier series expansion of a real periodic signal
with fundamental frequency is given by
It is given that c3 = 3 + j5. then c-3 is
A. 5 + j3
B. -3 - j5
C. -5 + j3
D. 3 - j5
208. Loudness control gives
A. high boost to bass and little boost to treble
B. equal boost to bass and treble
C. less boost to bass and more boost to treble

D. less boost to both bass and treble

209. A mobile telephone has a range of about
A. 50 km
B. 10 km
C. 1 km
D. 0.1 km
210. If transmitted power is 75 kW, the field strength at
30 km distance will be about
A. 10 V/m
B. 1 V/m
C. 50 mV/m
D. 2 mV/m
211. In the television system in India, each frame is
scanned
A. 100 times
B. 50 times
C. 20 times
D. 10 times
212.Each kilometer of travel in electromagnetic radiation
means a time delay of
A. 330 s
B. 33 s
C. 3.3 s
D. 0.33 s
213.A video monitor is exactly similar to TV receiver.
A. True
B. False
214. A RADAR can be used to
A. aim a gun at an aircraft
B. to direct guided missiles
C. to search submarines
D. all of the above
215. In single tone AM modulation, the transmission
efficiency for m = 1 is
A. 33.3%
B. 50%
C. 100%
D. 16.65%
216.AM amplifier having noise figure of 20 dB and
available power gain of 15 dB is followed by a mixer
circuit having noise figure of 9 dB. The overall noise
figure as referred to input in dB is
A. 10.44
B. 11.07
C. 21.52
D. 0.63
217. Which one of the following is non-resonant
antenna?
A. Folded dipole
B. Broad side array
C. End fire array
D. Rhombic antenna
218. If the oscillator output is modulated by audio
frequencies upto 10 kHz, the frequency range occupied
by the side bands will be
A. 711.9 kHz to 712.1 kHz
B. 702 kHz to 722 kHz
C. 692 kHz to 732 kHz
D. 71.2 kHz to 71.20 kHz
219.The efficiency of using a binary system for selection
of 1 out of 13 equally probable events is
A. 100%
B. about 92%
C. about 83%
D. about 71%
220. The most suitable method for detecting a
modulated signal g(t) = (3 to 6 cos 2pfmt) cos 2pfct is

A. envelope detector
B. synchronous detector
C. ratio detector
D. both a and b
221. The time required for horizontal blanking is 16% of
that for each horizontal line. If horizontal time is 63.5 s,
the horizontal blanking time for each line is about
A. 1 s
B. 10 s
C. 100 s
D. none of the above
222. When the number of quantising levels is 16 in PCM,
the number of pulses in a code group will be
A. 3
B. 4
C. 8
D. 16
223. A message signal with bandwidth 10 kHz is lower
sideband SSB modulated with carrier frequency fc1 =
106 Hz. The resulting signal is then passed though a
narrow band frequency modulator with carrier frequency
fc2 = 109 Hz. The bandwidth of the output would be
A. 4 x 104 Hz
B. 2 x 106 Hz
C. 2 x 109 Hz
D. 2 x 1010 Hz
224. In a PCM system, if the code word length is
increased from 6 to 8 bits, the signal to quantization
noise ratio improves by the factor.
A. 8/6
B. 12
C. 16
D. 8
225. For 10 bit PCM system, the signal to quantization
noise ratio is 62 dB. If the number of bits is increased by
2, then the signal to quantization noise ratio will
A. increased by 6 dB
B. increased by 12 dB
C. decreased by 6 dB
D. decreased by 12 dB
226. The video heads, in VCR, feed the other circuit
A. directly windings
B. through a transformer having two rotating windings
C. through a transformer having two stationary windings
D. through a transformer having one stationary and one
rotatory winding
227. A high pulse repetition frequency in a radar
A. increases the maximum range
B. decreases the maximum range
C. has no effect on the maximum range
D. either (a) or (b) depending on other factors

228. In PCM, the biggest disadvantage as compared to

AM is
A. larger bandwidth
B. larger noise
C. inability to handle analog signals
D. incompatibility with time division multiplex systems
229.Which of the following microphones is the cheapest?
A. Moving coil
B. Condenser
C. Ribbon
D. Carbon

230. When the carrier is unmodulated, a certain

transmitter radiates 9 kW when the carrier is sinusoidally
modulated the transmitter radiates 10.125 kW. The
modulation index will be
A. 0.1
B. 10.15
C. 0.4

D. 0.5
231. If a line is terminated in characteristic impedance
Z0, the input impedance measured at the input will be
A. Z0
B. Z0/2
C. Zero
D. infinite
232. In a TV, the output from RF tuner is about
A. 1 V
B. 1000 V
C. 100 V
D. 0.5 V
233. 24 telephone channels, each band limited to 3.4
kHz, are to be time division multiplexed by using PCM,
calculate the bandwidth of PCM system for 128
quantization levels and an 8 KHz sampling frequency
A. 192 kHz
B. 2 MHz
C. 1.299 MHz
D. 1.54 MHz
234. A signal is sampled at 8 kHz and is quantized using
8 bit uniform quantizer. Assuming SNRq for a sinusoidal
signal, the correct statement for PCM signal with a bit
rate of R is
A. R = 32 KbPs, SNRq = 25.8 dB
B. R = 64 KbPs, SNRq = 49.8 dB
C. R = 64 KbPs, SNRq = 58.8 dB
D. R = 32 KbPs, SNRq = 49.8 dB
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
236.A remote control of TV uses a 10 bit word. The
maximum number of total commands it can transmit is
A. 64
B. 256
C. 512
D. 1024
237. Telecine equipment in a TV studio consists of
A. projector telecine
B. flying spot telecine
C. digital CCD telecine
D. none of the above
238. TV signal strength when expressed in dB m has the
reference of
A. 10 V/m
B. 5 V/m
C. 2 V/m
D. 1 V/m
239.A sinusoidal voltage amplitude modulates a carrier
of peak value 5 kV. Each side band has an amplitude of
500 V. The modulation index is
A. 0.1
B. 0.2
C. 0.4
D. 0.8
240.Kell factor is about
A. 5
B. 3
C. 0.7
D. 0.2
241. An antenna has a resistance of 50 and an
equivalent noise resistance of 30 The noise figure in
decibels is
A. 1.6 dB
B. 2 dB
C. 3.6 dB
D. 6 dB

242. An MTI radar operating at 5 GHz has a PRF of 800

pps. The lowest blind speed is
A. 48 m/s
B. 96 m/s
C. 192 m/s
D. 24 m/s
243. For maximum output the width of air gap of audio head
should be
A. equal to wavelength
B. half the wavelength
C. one quarter the wavelength
D. very small as compared to wavelength

244.The simplest mixer circuit for public address system

uses
A. fixed resistances
B. variable resistances
C. inductances
D. capacitances
245. PAM stands for
A. Phase Angle Modulation
B. Phase Amplitude Modulation
C. Pulse Amplitude Modulation
D. Pulse Angle Modulation
246. In a perfect conductor the resistor noise is
A. maximum
B. zero
C. very high
D. almost infinite
247. An RF carrier of 12 kV at 1 MHz is amplitude
modulated by 1 kHz signal having peak value of 6 kV.
The modulation pattern is seen on CRO screen. The
voltage indicated will be
A. 18 kV
B. 1.001 kV
C. 6 kV
D. 36 kV
248. In push pull amplifier, each transistor conducts for
A. 180
B.360
C. 90
D. 45
249. In the television system in India, each channel is
allowed a bandwidth of
A. 20 MHz
B. 12 MHz
C. 7 MHz
D. 3 MHz
250.A diode detector load consists of 0.01 F capacitor
in parallel with a 5 k ohms resistor. The maximum depth
of modulation without diagonal clipping at modulating
frequency of 1000 Hz and 10 kHz is
A. 0.76, 0.24
B. 0.95, 0.3
C. 0.24, 076
D. 0.3, 0.95
251. A Discone antenna is
A. a combination of disk and cone in close approximity
B. a combination of disk and cone at /4 spacing
C. a combination of disk and cone far apart
D. a combination of disk and cone at /2 spacing
252. In a two tone AM system the two modulating
frequencies are 2000 p and 4000 p rad/sec. If carrier
frequency is 2p x 106 rad/sec the frequencies of upper
sidebands are
A. 1.002 MHz and 1.004 MHz
B. 1.001 MHz and 1.002 MHz
C. 1.001 MHz and 1.004 MHz
D. 1.002 MHz and 1.008 MHz
253. For a system to be designated as hi-fi, the signal to
noise ratio should be at least

A. 25 dB
B. 50 dB
C. 75 dB
D. 100 dB
254. Dolby system of noise reduction divides the total audio
spectrum into
A. 8 frequency bands
B. 4 frequency bands
C. 2 frequency bands
D. none of the above

255. In a system an input resistance of 20 k causes a

noise voltage of 15V. If two such input resistances each
of 20 k are used in parallel, the total noise voltage will
be about
A. 15 V
B. 30 V
C. 7.5 V
D. 10.6 V
256. In the television system in India, the odd and even
fields are scanned
A. 25 times each
B. 25 times each but alternately
C. 50 times each
D. 50 times each but alternately
257. Consider the following

A signal f(t) and its Hilbert transform fh(t) have

the same energy density spectrum

A signal f(t) and its Hilbert transform, fh(t) have

the same auto correlation function

A signal f(t) and its Hilbert transform are

mutually orthogonal
Which of the above are true?
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 1 only
D. 2 and 3 only
258. Vidicon and plumbicon operate on the principle of
A. photo conduction
B. photo emission
C. photo voltaic
D. none of the above
259. A TV receiver has a width of 60 cm. The aspect
ratio is 4/3. The required EHT supply is about
A. 29 kV
B. 2.9 kV
C. 45 kV
D. 4.5 kV
260. The typical squelch circuit
A. cuts off IF amplifier when AGC is minimum
B. cuts off IF amplifier when AGC is maximum
C. cuts off audio amplifier when carrier is absent
D. eliminates RF interference when signal is weak
261. A narrow band noise n(t) has symmetrical spectrum
and has power density spectrum 0.2 x 10-6. The power
density of quadrature component is
A. 0.2 x 10-6
B. 10-7
C. 4 x 10-7
D. 5 x 10-8
262. The radio receivers mostly used now a days are
A. TRF receivers
B. super heterodyne receivers
C. CW receivers
D. pulsed receivers
263. The reactance of coupling capacitors, for DC
quantities, is
A. zero
B. low
C. infinite

D. zero or low
264. An AM wave is given by s(t)AM = 20 (1 + 0.5 cos
103t + 0.3 cos 104 t cos 106 t) the modulation index of
the envelope is
A. 0.5
B. 0.58
C. 0.3
D. 0.8
265. The modulating frequency in frequency modulation
is increased from 10 kHz to 30 kHz. The bandwidth is
increased by
A. 6
B. 1/6 times
C. increase by 30 kHz
D. increase by 20 kHz
266. A sinusoidal signal with peak to peak amplitude of
1.536 volt is quantized into 128 levels using a mid-rise
uniform quantizer. The quantization noise power is
A. 0.768 V
B. 48 x 10-6 V
C. 12 x 10-6 V
D. 3.072 Volt
267. An FM wave is made to pass through a frequency
tripler. If original modulation index is mf, the output of
tripler has a modulation index equal to
A. mf
B. mf
C. 3 mf
D. mf
268. A balun provides an impedance transformation of
A. 16 : 1
B. 8 : 1
C. 4 : 1
D. 2 : 1
269. A signal m(t) with bandwidth 500 Hz is first
multiplied by a signal g(t) where
. The
resulting signal is then passes through an ideal low pass
filter with bandwidth 1 kHz the output of the low pass
filter would be
A. (t)
B. m(t)
C. 0
D. m(t) (t)
270. If = (S0/N0)/(Si/Nm) where S0 and S1 are signal
power output and signal power input and N0 and Nm are
noise power output and noise power input, the value of
for SSB-SC and DSB-SC amplitude modulated system
respectively are
A. 1 and 1
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 1
D. 0.5 and 0.5
271. Consider the draw backs

Slope overload

Serration noise

Granular noise
Which of these draw backs does Delta modulation have?
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2, 3
272. It is required to increase the maximum range of a
radar by a factor of two. The peak power transmitted in
the radar system has to be increased by a factor of
A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 16

273. Armstrong F.M. transmitter performs frequency

multiplication in stages
A. to increase the overall S/N
B. for convenience
C. to reduce the bandwidth
D. to find the desired value of carrier frequency with
frequency deviation
274. A source generates three symbols with probabilities
0.25, 0.25, 0.50 at a rate of 3000 symbols per second.
Assuming independent generation of symbols, the most
efficient source encoder would have average bit rate is
as
A. 6000 bits/sec
B. 4500 bits/sec
C. 3000 bits/sec
D. 1500 bits/sec
275. The filter circuit for feeding tweeter has
A. an inductance in series and a capacitance in parallel
B. a capacitance in series and an inductance in parallel
C. a resistance in series and a capacitance in parallel
D. a capacitance in series and a resistance in parallel
276. The name modem is a contraction of terms
modulator demodulator.
A. True
B. False
27. The use of SSB
A. halves the bandwidth required for transmission
B. does not affect the bandwidth for transmission
C. decreases the bandwidth required for transmission by
25%
D. decreases the bandwidth required for transmission by
66.6%
278. If a signal voltage Vs is accompanied by a noise
voltage Vn the signal to noise ratio is
A.
B.
C.
D.
279. Video signals are transmitted through
A. amplitude modulation
B. frequency modulation
C. either amplitude or frequency modulation
D. neither amplitude nor frequency modulation
280. A TV receiver has 20 kV EHT supply and total beam
current (for 3 electron guns) of 1500 A. The power
handled by IHVT is
A. 3 W
B. 30 W
C. 300 W
D. 0.3 W
281. Some possible disadvantages of high level
modulation in TV transmitters are

Video monitor has to supply high video voltages upto

several hundred volts into highly capacitive loads drawing
high current at video frequencies
The grid modulated stage presents a varying load to its
driver
The linearity and high video driving power present design
problems

Out of above which are true?

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 1, 2 and 3

D. 2 and 3 only
282. Beam width of an antenna is expressed in
A. metres
B. degrees
C. ratio of two powers
D. ratio of two angles
283. In broadcast television, the number of lines per
frame is chosen to be odd number to
A. reduce the required bandwidth
B. improve resolution
C. reduce peak power requirement
D. make interlacing easier
284. In a picture tube, the video signal is applied to
A. cathode
B. grid
C. any anode
D. either cathode or grid
285. If frames are repeated at 60 Hz and each frame has
525 lines, the time for scanning one horizontal line (for
progressive scanning and no interlacing) is about
A. 320 s
B. 32 s
C. 3.2 s
D. 0.32 s
286. Full duplex operation
A. requires modems at both ends of circuit
B. requires two pairs of cables
C. can transfer data in both directions simultaneously
D. all of the above
287. In a tape recorder the erase head is
A. engaged during playback but disengaged during
recording
B. engaged both during recording and playback
C. disengaged both during recording and playback
D. engaged during recording but disengaged during
playback
288. Consider the following statements as regards
advantages of CCD sensors as camera pick up tube

High sensitivity

Good spectral response

Image lag absent

Out of the above which are correct
A. 1, 2, 3
B. 1, and 2 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 2 and 3 only
289. Some desirable features of a computer
communication network are

It should accept an intended transmission without

excessive delay
The data arriving at a receiving point should be processed
rapidly
When a transmission calls for a response, the delay of
response should be minimum.

Which of the above are true?

A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 1, 2, 3
D. 2 and 3 only
280. Television transmission is by
A. ground waves
B. sky waves
C. space waves
D. all of the above
291. In the television system in India, the aspect ratio is
A. 4 : 3
B. 3 : 4
C. 5 : 4
D. 4 : 5

292. In high power radars, which of the following are

used for switching?
A. Power diode
B. Power BJT
C. Power MOSFET
D. Thyristor
293. A remote control for TV uses
A. LED in receiver and photodiode in transmitter
B. LED in transmitter and photodiode in receiver
C. LED in both transmitter and receiver
D. Photodiode in both transmitter and receiver
294. In the FM wave described by equation v = 15 sin (4
x 108 t + 3 sin 1100 t), the carrier frequency and signal
frequency respectively are
A. 63.66 MHz and 175 Hz
B. 4 x 108 Hz and 1100 Hz
C. 175 Hz and 63.66 MHz
D. 1100 Hz and 4 x 108 Hz
295. 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) = 2(n 3) where
The output at n = 4 is
A. - 6
B. zero
C. 2
D. - 4
296. Which of the following amplifiers is used for
impedance matching?
A. CE
B. CC
C. CB
D. Push pull
297. Which of the following amplifiers has highest output
impedance?
A. CE
B. CB
C. CC
D. Push pull
298. In a superheterodyne receiver, having no RF
amplifier, the IF is 455 kHz. The image frequency at
1000 kHz is
A. 1455 kHz
B. 545 kHz

C. 1910 kHz
D. 90 kHz
299. Audio tapes have two tracks each 2.5 mm wide.
A. True
B. False
300. Which of the following amplifiers has a voltage gain
of less than 1?
A. CE
B. CC
C. CB
D. CE or CB
301. Consider the following test signal patterns

Ramp

Grill

Grey shades

Sine pulse

Picture line up generating equipment

Which of the above are used in TV studios?
A. All
B. 1, 2 and 3 only
C. 1, 2 and 5 only
D. 2, 3, 4 and 5 only
302. If aspect ratio is and number of lines in each frame
is 625, the number of picture elements in one frame is
A. x 625
B. (625)2
C. 6252
D. (625)2
303. Indicate the false statement: If SWR on a
transmission line is infinite, the line is terminated in
A. open circuit
B. short circuit
C. pure reactance
D. complex impedance
304. In TV signals colour burst is used
A. to maintain colour sequence
B. to ensure I and Q phase correctly
C. to synchronise colours
D. for interlacing of horizontal lines
305. The resonant frequency of an RF amplifier is 1 MHz
and its bandwidth is 10 kHz. The Q factor will be
A. 10
B. 100
C. 0.01
D. 0.1