COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
1. A telephonic communication service is working at carrier frequency of 10 GHz. Only 10% of it is
utilized for transmission. How many telephonic channels can be transmitted simultaneously if each
channel requires a bandwidth of 5 kHz ? (2018)
(a) 2 × 106
(b) 2 × 103
(c) 2 × 104
(d) 2 × 105
2. The number of amplitude modulated broadcast stations that can be accommodated in a 300 kHz
band width for the highest modulating frequency 15 kHz will be : (2018)
(a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 8
(d) 10
3. A carrier wave of peak voltage 14 V is used for transmitting a message signal. The peak voltage of
modulating signal given to achieve a modulation index of 80%will be : (2018)
(a) 22.4 V
(b) 7 V
(c) 11.2 V
(d) 28 V
4. A 20 m long antenna is mounted on a 100 m tall building. The building can be used as a
transmission tower for waves of wavelength around
(a) 200 m
(b) 220 m
(c) 80 m
(d) 10 m
5. An audio signal of 1 kHz is used to modulate a carrier signal of frequency 2 MHz, using amplitude
modulation. The frequencies of the side bands will be
(a) 2.2 MHz and 1.98 MHz
(b) 2001 kHz and 1997 kHz
(c) 2.002 MHz and 1.998 MHz
(d) 2 MHz and 0.998 MHz
6. A message signal of frequency ωm is superposed on a carrier wave of frequency ωc to get an
amplitude modulated wave (AM). The frequency of the AM wave will be
(a) m
(b) c
c + m
(c)
2
c − m
(d)
2
7. A male voice after modulating a carrier is transmitted. After demodulation, the voice heard is like
that of a female. The problem may be due to
(a) improper selection of carrier frequency
(b) low value of modulation index
(c) poor bandwidth selection by the required amplifier
(d) loss of energy during transmission.
8. The components of basic communication system are as follows.
(p) transmitter,
(q) information source,
(r) channel,
(s) user of information,
(t) receiver
The correct sequence in should be as shown in
(a) (p), (q), (r), (s), (t)
(b) (q), (s), (p), (r), (t)
(c) (q), (p), (r), (t), (s)
(d) (q), (p), (s), (t), (r)
9. An audio signal of 12 kHz frequency cannot be transmitted over long distances without
modulation because
(a) the size of the required antenna would be at least 6.25 km which is impracticable
(b) the audio signal cannot be propagated through ground waves
(c) the size of the required antenna would be at least 20 km, which is not impracticable
(d) an audio signal of frequency 12 kHz cannot modulate a carrier wave
10. In a LOS (Line of sight) communication system, the transmitting antenna at the top of a tower
has a height 32 m where as the height of the receiving antenna is 40.5 m. The maximum distance
between them for satisfactory communication is about (Given: Radius the earth = 6400 km):
(a) 23 km
(b) 33 km
(c) 20 km
(d) 43 km
11. In amplitude modulation, the modulation index m, is kept less than or equal to 1 because, if
m > 1, it will result in
(a) interference between carrier frequency and message frequency, resulting in distortion
(b) merging of both side bands into one band resulting in loss of information
(c) change in phase between carrier signal and message signal
(d) amplitude of 'message signal being greater than the amplitude of the carrier signal resulting in
distortion.
12. A carrier wave is modulated by 3 sine waves. The modulation indices are m1, m2, m3. The
effective modulation index of the modulated wave is
(a) m1 + m2 + m3
(b) m1m2 m3
(c) m12 + m22 + m32
(m1 + m2 + m3 )
(d)
3
13. A TV Tower has a height of 150 m. The area of the region covered by the TV broadcast is (radius
of earth = 6.4 × 106 m)
(a) 9.6 π × 108 m2
(b) 19.2 π × 107 m2
(c) 19.2 π × 1010 m2
(d) 1.92 π × 103 km2
14. A 100 m long antenna is mounted on a 500 m tall building. The complex can become a
transmission tower for waves with λ
(a) ∼ 400 m
(b) ∼ 25 m
(c) ∼ 150 m
(d) ∼ 2400 m
15. A TV transmission tower has a height of 240 m. Signals broadcasted from this tower cannot be
received by LOS communication at a distance of (assume the radius of earth to be 6.4 × 106 m)
(a) 100 km
(b) 24 km
(c) 55 km
(d) 50 km
16. For an amplitude modulated wave, the maximum amptitude is found to be 10 V while the
minimum amplitude is found to be 2 V. Determine the modulation index μ.
2
(a) ,1
3
2
(b) 1,
3
4
(c) ,1
5
4
(d) 1,
5
17. The modulation techniques used for transforming digital data into analog signals are
(a) amplitude shift keying (ASK) only
(b) frequency shift keying (PSK) only
(c) phase shift keying (PSK) only
(d) All of the above
18. The speech signal of 3 kHz is used to modulate a carrier signal of frequency 1 MHz, using
amplitude modulation. The frequencies of the side bands will be
(a) 1.003 MHz and 0.997 MHz
(b) 1.954 MHz and 2.0 MHz
(c) 40.5 MHz and 27.6 MHz
(d) 5 MHz and 0.997 MHz
19. Three waves A, B and C of frequencies 1600 kHz, 5 MHz and 60 MHz, respectively are to be
transmitted from one place to another. Which of the following is the most appropriate mode of
communication?
(a) A is transmitted via space wave while B and C are transmitted via sky wave
(b) A is transmitted via ground wave, B via sky wave and C via space wave
(c) B and C are transmitted via ground wave while A is transmitted via sky wave
(d) B is transmitted via ground wave while A and C are transmitted via space wave
20. Range of frequencies allotted for commercial UHF TV broadcast is
(a) 470-960 kHz
(b) 47-960 MHz
(c) 470-960 MHz
(d) 47-960 kHz
ANSWER KEYS
1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (d) 11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (a) 16. (a)
17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (b) 20. (c)
SOLUTIONS
1. (d)
2. (d)
3. (c)
4. (c)
5. (c)
6. (b)
7. (c)
8. (c)
9. (a)
10. (d)
11. (d)
When m > 1, there will be severe distortion in the modulated wave.
12. (c)
m = m12 + m22 + m32
13. (d)
14. (a)
I = / 4 = 4l = (4)(100) = 400 m
15. (a)
16. (a)
17. (d)
18. (a)
19. (b)
20. (c)
