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  1. One of the advantages of base modulation over collector modulation of a transistor class C amplifier is

  2. A.
    improved efficiency
    B.
    better linearity
    C.
    high power output per transistor
    D.
    the lower modulating power requirement

  3. If carrier modulated by a digital bit stream had one of the possible phases of 0°, 90°, 180°, 270°, then the modulation is called.

  4. A.
    BPSK
    B.
    QPSK
    C.
    QAM
    D.
    MSK

  5. In FM, when the bandwidth is doubled, the signal to noise ratio improves by a factor of

  6. A.
    2 dB
    B.
    4 dB
    C.
    6 dB
    D.
    8 dB

  7. Pilot-carrier transmission is one in which

  8. A.
    only one sideband is transmitted
    B.
    one sideband and carrier are transmitted
    C.
    only two sidebands are transmitted
    D.
    two sidebands as well as a trace of carrier are transmitted

  9. AM-SC stands for

  10. A.
    Amplitude Modulated-Suppressed Carrier
    B.
    Amplitude Modulated-Single Carrier
    C.
    Amplitude Modulated-Synchronous Carrier
    D.
    Amplitude Modulated-Self Carrier

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


  12. Which stage generates RF carrier?

  13. A.
    Amplifier
    B.
    Oscillator
    C.
    Power supply
    D.
    All of the above

  14. In Modulation, "carrier" is

  15. 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

  16. Which one of the following blocks is not common in both AM and FM receivers?

  17. A.
    RF amplifier
    B.
    Mixer
    C.
    IF amplifier
    D.
    Slope detector

  18. If the variance σx2 of d(n) = x(n) - x(n - 1) is one-tenth the variance σx2 of a stationary zero mean discrete time signal x(n), then the normalized autocorrelation function Rxx(x)/σx2 at k = 1 is

  19. A.
    0.95
    B.
    0.90
    C.
    0.10
    D.
    0.05