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PRIME TEST-8: COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DATE: 01/09/16

MARKS 25 ROLL NO: DURATION: Hour: 1

SECTION - A
[Q-1] In an amplitude modulated system, if the total power is 600 W and the power in carrier is
400 W. then the modulation index is
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.75 (c) 0.9 (d) 1

[Q-2] If the radiated power of AM transmitter is 10 kW, the power in the carrier for modulation
of 0.6 is nearly.
(a) 8.24 kW (b) 8.47 kW (c) 9.26 kW (d) 9.6 kW

[Q-3] 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

[Q-4] For a signal amplitude modulated to a depth of 100% by a sinusoidal signal, the power is
....... As the power of unmodulated carrier ?
(a) same (b) 2 times (c) 1.5 times (d) twice

[Q-5] The antenna current of an AM transmitter increase by 15% over the un modulated value.
The modulation index is..
(a) 0.6 (b) 0.7 (c) 0.8 (d) 0.9

SECTION - B
[Q-6] A 10 kW carrier is sinusoidally modulated by two carriers corresponding to a modulation
index of 30% and 40% respectively. The total radiated power is..
(a) 11.25 kW (b) 12.5 kW (c) 15 kW (d) 17 kW

[Q-7] AN amplitude modulated signal is + 0.5 Where and are

respectively, modulating and carrier frequencies. The power efficiency is.
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[Q-8] For an AM wave, the maximum voltage was found to be10 V and the minimum voltage was
found to be 5 V. the modulation index of the wave would be..
(a) 0.33 (b) 0.52 (c) 0.40 (d) 0.1

[Q-9] A message signal given by ( ) = cos is amplitude-modulated with

carrier of frequency to generated ( ) = 1 + ( ) cos . What is the power
efficiency achieved by this modulation scheme ?
(a) 8.33 % (b) 11.11 % (c) 20 % (d) 25. %

Common data for question 10 and 11

An AM modulator has output ( ) = cos(2 2000 ) + cos(2 1800 ) +
cos (2 2000 ) . the carrier power is 200W, and the modulation efficiency is 20%

[Q-10] The modulation index is

(a) 0.1 b) 0.6 (C) 0.707 (d) 0.9

[Q-11] The values of M & N respectively are.

(a) 10,3.5 (b) 20,4 (c) 10,7 (d) 20,7

[Q-12] If the carrier is modulated by a single sine wave with a modulation index of 0.6. The
maximum and minimum amplitude of the carrier after modulation is.
(a) 1600V & 600V (b) 1600V & 1000V (c) 1600V & 400V (d) 1400V &
600V

[Q-13] An AM transmitter is modulated by a message signal ( ) = 0.2 + 0.6 sin , with AC

= 100; Ka = 1. The peak amplitude of the AM signal varies from.
(a) 60 V to 100 V (b) 20 V to 120 V (c) 20 V to 140 V (d) 40 V to 140 V

[Q-14] Consider the message ( ) = 2 cos 2 + cos 2 used to modulate the carrier
cos 2 , to generate the AM signal ( ) = + ( ) cos 2 . The value of AC which
ensures a modulation index = 0.5 is
(a) 20 (b) 200 (c) 20 (d) 400

[Q-15] Consider an amplitude modulated (AM) wave ( ) = ( + cos ) cos . If

denotes the power in any one of the side band frequencies and denotes the total
power of the AM signal, for AC =2 Am. which one of the following is TRUE ?
(a) =3 (b) =6 (c) =9 (d) = 18

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