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 SECTION – A

(Radio theory and practice)

1.The transformer work on the principle of

a) self inductance b) mutual inductance

c) both a& b d) none

2. The capaciter is a

a) passive device b) active device

c) both a&b d) none

3. The resistance value of an insulater is

a) zero b) very high

c) less than unity d) none

4. As per kirchoffs voltage law,in a closed circuit

a) all the branch voltages meeting at a node should be zero

b) all the branch currents meeting at a node should be zero

c) the sum of all the voltage drops is equal to applied voltage

d) none of the above

5. The law behind electromagnetism is

a) newton’s law b) faradays law c) kirchoffs law d) keplers law

6.The power can be expressed as

a) V=IR b)P=VI c) P=I2 R d)both b&c

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7. The conductance is proportional to

a) resistance b) inverse of resistance c) reactance d) inverse of reactance

8. The frequency of oscillation of a series RLC resonant circuit is

a) f = b) f = c) f = d) none

9.The frequency is a sinusoidal signal v(s)= 10sin 100 t volt is

a) 100/ c/s b) 50 c/s c) 100 c/s d) 100t c/s

10.The bridge rectifier is a

a) full-wave type b) half-wave type c) both a&b d) none of above

11. The impedance of a resonant circute is

a) zero b) equal to resistance c) unity d) equal to reactance

12. Diode can be used as

a) rectifier, b) detector , c) switch , d) all the above,

13. An oscillator is based on

a) Positive feedback, b) Negative feedback,

c) No feedback , d) Both a & b,

14. The out put signal of an CE amplifier will be

a) 45 deg out of phase, b) 90 deg out of phase,

c) 180 deg out of phase, d) 270 deg out of phase,

15. In the process of modulation in communication system

a) signal frequency is more than carrier frequency

b) signal frequency is less than carrier frequency

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 c) signal frequency will be directly transmitted

d) signal frequency eaquals than carrier frequency

16 .The typical value of if in a superhetrOdyne receiver is

a)450 khz, b)455 khz, c) 405 khz , d)500 khz

17.The ouput signal of a detector in a communication receiver is in

a)Audio frequency range, b)Radio frequency range,

c) Intermediate frequency range, d) None of the above

18.In a radio receiver the sensitivity will be governed by

a) RF b) Detector, c) AF , d) None of abov,

19. The noise in a radioreceiver can be expressed as

A) S/N Ratio, B) N/S Ratio, C)Level Of Reference Signal, D)

20. The following type of oscillator will be more stable

A) Rc Oscillator B) Hartley Oscillator, C) Colpitts Oscillator, D) Crystal Oscillator,

21. The length of a dipole for a signal frequency of 300mhz is

A) 10 Mtrs B) 1 Mtr C) 0.1 Mtr D) 1 Cm

22. The frequency 7100 khz can be transmitted by

A)Tropospheric Propagation B) Ionospherric Propagation

C)Ground Wave Propagation D) Surface Wave Propagation

23.The Most Suitable Antenna For Receiving VHF Range Is

A)Dipole B) Log Periodic C) Yaagi D) None Of The Above

24. The skip distance is the distance between

A) Transmitter And Receiver B) Transmitter And Ionospheric Layer

C) Receiever And Ionospheric Layer D) Between Two Ionospheric Layers

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25. In A1A Transmission

A)Amplitude Of The Carrier Is Modulated ,

B)Frequency Of The Carrier Is Modulated

C)Both A & B D) None Of Above

26.The colour bands of a 4.7 kΩ + 5% resister are

A) Yellow,Violet,Orange And Gold, B) Yellow,Violet,Red And Gold

B) Yellow,Violet,Orange And Silver, D) ) Yellow,Violet,Red And Silver

27.A signal (fm ) is amplitude modulated with a carrier (fc) the frequency value of lower side band
is

a) fm – fc b) fm+ fc c) fc – fm d) fc + fm

28.the wave length of a signal v(s)=5cos 610 t is

a)100m b)50m c) 100cm d) cm

30.The mutualinductance(M)between two coils of selfinductance L₁and L₂ respectively can be

. expressed as

a)M=√ L ₁ L ₂ b) M=1/√ L ₁ L ₂, c) M= k √ L ₁ L ₂ , d) M= k /√ L ₁ L ₂

31. The output of an amplifier with 10 db gain and input of an 1mW is ----

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 a) 10mw b) 100mw c)1mw d) 0mw

32.The transformers are rated in

a) watts b) volts c) amperes d) volt-amperes

33.Batteries are conected in parallel to get more

a) current capacity b) voltage capacity c)both a&b d) none of the above

34. A superhetrodyne receiver with local oscillator frequency range 3.455 to 30.455 mhz is capable of
. receiving the input signal range is

a) 88 -108 mhz, b) 3 – 30 mhz , c) 565 – 1600 khz , d) 2 – 17 mhz

35. The capability of a receiver to receive weakest possible signal is its

a) selectivity b) sensitivity c) fidelity d) all the above

36.The highest frequency that is reflected by an ionosphere layer is

a) maximum usable frequency b) critical frequency

c) carrier frequency d)all the above

37. the device that can be used as a Voltage Regulator is

a)Gun diode b)Zener Diode c) Pin Diode d) botha a & c

38. The Reactance of a Capacitor increases when the frequency is

a) Increased b) decreased c) zero d) remains constant

39. The elements in the tank circuit of a Colpitts Oscillator are

a) L and C b) R and C c) R and L d) R, L and C

40. The circuit that reduces ripples from the output of a Rectifier is

a) Limiter b) Discriminator c) Blanker d) Filter

41. Express the gain of an amplifier in dBm, when the output power of it is 100mW.

a) 10 dBm b) 20 dBm c) 40 dBm d) 0dBm

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42. The circuit that enables the ratio receiver output to remains cutoff when carrier is absent

a) AGC b)squelch c) delayed AGC d) noise limiter

43.The category of pulse modulation that comes under digital systems is

a)pulse code modulation b) pulse amplitude modulation

c) pulse time modulation d) all the above

44.For a step-down transformer the relation between the number or turns in primary (Np)

and the number of turns in secondary (Ns) is

a) Ns >Np b) Ns < Np c) Ns = Np d) None of the above

45. The layer that reflects higher end frequencies in HF range during the day time is

a) F1 layer b) F2 layer c) E layer d) D layer

46. The power conversion efficiency of a Full-wave rectifier is

a) 40.6% b) 81.2 % c) 100% d) Zero

47. The length of dipole, reflector and director of Yaagi Antenna in terms of wave length are

a) 0.55ƛ, 0.5ƛ and 0.45ƛ b) 0.45ƛ, 0.5ƛ, and 0.55ƛ

c) 0.5ƛ, 0.55ƛ, and 0.45ƛ d) 0.5ƛ, 0.45ƛ, and 0.55ƛ

48. The side-band system adopted for Telvesion transmission

a) Independent Sideband b) Vestigial Sideband

b) Suppressed Sideband c) All the above

49. One of the limitations of usage of BJT at Micro-Wave frequencies is

a) Size b) Transit-time c) Power d) all the above

50. The oscillator that makes a communication receiver capable of receiving morse code is

a) Voltage Controlled Oscillator b) Local Oscillator

b) Beat Frequency Oscillator d) Phase Locked Loop

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51. Which oscillator is used in Morse-code communication.

a) Crystal oscillator b) Collpitts Oscillator

c) Beat Frequency Oscillator

52. The value of current flowing through each diode in a Bridge rectifier ( ½ of load current, ¼ of

load current…etc)

53. A transformer has a voltage handling of 220V in no load, and 180V when load is connected.

Calculate the % of regulation

54. Doping values and cut-off voltages for semiconductors like Germanium/Silicon/LED

55.When di-electric concentration of a Capacitor is decreased, The Capacitance Value :

56.what is the wavelength of the photon required to knock an electron out of its orbit given its

energy is 1.24eV : 100nm ( if my calculation was right . I used the equation E=hv)

57.A question abt mutual inductance . mutual inductance and one inductance were given . the

other inductance had to be found ( using M/sqrt( L1*L2) = k )

58.a question to find resonant frequency given ,L,C and R

59.resistance length and area problem (change in capacitance when r increases 50% and

length decreases 25%)

60.Signal frequency given, IF frequency (455 Khz) given, Calculate the image frequency.

61.The value of current flowing through each diode in a Bridge rectifier ( ½ of load current, ¼ of

load current…etc)

62.A transformer has a voltage handling of 220V in no load, and 180V when load is connected.

Calculate the % of regulation.

63.Doping values and cut-off voltages for semiconductors like Germanium/Silicon/LED.

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64.Color code of Resistance and Tolerance values.

65.When di-electric concentration of a Capacitor is decreased, The Capacitance Value

66.reactance of capacitor problem ( using the equation Xc=1/(2*pi*f*C)

67.Velocity an charge of an electromagnetic wave

68.Maximun power transfer theorem

69.Calculation of oscillator frequency of superhetro.

70.Calculation of image frequency of superhetro.

71.Maximum resistance of bulb 100w or 40w

72.Voltage of 100w bulb is reduced to half then power will-----

73.Definition of mutual inductance

74.How to reduce frequency of a RLC circuit with generator

75.Constant frequency oscillator (crystal)

76.Impedance of a RLC series and parallel circuit (max or min)

77.Q factor of an inductor

78.Thevenins theorem

79.Maximum resistance of a metal rod with length 100cm and rectangular shape of .5x1cm

80.Secondary of a transformer 24v is connected to 12w bulb, calculate the peak value of current

81. AVC and squench

82.Examples of conductor, insulator and semi conductor

83.Propagation of different frequencies 1600kHz, 3MHz and 60MHz (sky wave/space wave etc...)

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 SECTION B

(Radio Regulations)

1.The first character in class of Emission signifies about

 Nature of signal(s) modulating the main carrier

 Type of modulation of the main carrier

 Type of information to be transmitted

 Details of multiplexing the signal(s)

2.In the Morse code, the Test signal contains the characters of

 CQ CQ CQ b) V V V c) RT RT RT d)NON

3.The range of VHF band is

 3 to 30 MHz b) 30 to 300 MHz c) 300 to 3000 MHz d) 0.3 to 3 MHz

4.The time difference between IST and UTC is

 05.30 Hrs b) 05.00 Hrs c) 05.15 Hrs d) 05.45 Hrs

5.The VHF Frequency range that is authorized to Amateurs is

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  140 – 146 MHz b) 144 – 146 MHz c) 140 – 144 MHz d) 146 – 148 MHz

6.The characters in the RST system stands for

 Readability, Signal and Test

 Readability, Signal strength and Test

 Readability, Signal strength and Tone

 Readability, Signal loss and Tone

7.The ‘Single Side Band with Suppressed Carrier’ is designated as

 H3E b) R3E c) J3E d) A3E

8.The space between two words in Morse code is

 A dot b) a dash c) a dot and a dash d) five dots

9.The Q code for ‘Are you busy?’ is

 QRM b) QRL c) QSA d) QRN

10.The distress frequency on Voice (Radio Telephony) is

 2128 KHz b) 2182 KHZ c) 1282 KHz d) 1228 KHz

11.The characters that a Safety Signal contains in Morse code are

 XXX b) MAY DAY c) PAN PAN d) TTT

12.The Phonetic used to represent digit ‘8’ is

 Octa Eight b) Okta Eight c) Okto Eight d) Octo Eight

13.The Answer or Advice for the Q-Code ‘QTH’ is

a)My exact locations is …. b) What is your exact location?

c)My correct time is ...Hrs d) None of the above.

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14.The writer confirmation of a contact, exchanged between Amateurs is

 QSA3 b) QSL NR53 c) QST? D) QRX 1100

15.The abbreviation used for ‘All Before’ is

 AA b) AB c) AR d) AS

16. The frequencies designated with ‘ HX ‘ can be used as

 a) 24 hours

17.The calling Amateur’s call sign in ‘VU2DX DE VU2DJ’ is

a) VU2DX b)VU2DJ c)DE d) VU

18.The maximum characters that an Amateur Call Sign contains is

a) Four b) Five c)Six d)Three

19.The frequency range in 21 MHz band that is authorized to Amateurs is

a) 21000 – 21350 KHz b) 21000 – 21450 KHz

c) 21100 – 21150 KHz d) 21000 – 21400 KHz

20.The emission that is used to sent Morse code by on/off keying the Unmodified carrier
. in CW Transmission is

a) A1A c) A2A c) A3A d)A5C

21.The Q-code for ‘The signal strength of your signals are Good’

a)QSA 5 b)QSA 4 c) QSA 1 d) QSA 3

22.The character that represents the Morse code ‘_ . _ _ ‘ is

 Y b) Z c) C d) Q

23.The amateur license will be issued in India by

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 a) Wireless Monitoring Organization

b) Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing

c) Telecomm Regulatory Authority in India

d) Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited

24.The Phonetic used to represent digit ‘ 4 ’ is

a) kartefour

25.The callsign blocks allotted to india are

a)ATA – AWZ b) VTA – VWZ c)8TA – 8WZ d) a,b, & c

26.The character that represents the Morse code ‘ . . _ _ . . ‘ is

a) full stop b) comma c) question mark d) hyphen

27. The equivalent time in hours of 1730(IST) in UTC is

a) 12:00 b) 12:30 c) 00:00 d) 05:30

28. The Q-code for “ I will call you again at 0400 hrs in the evening” is

a) QRX 0400 b) QRX 1600 c) QRX 4 d) QRX 0400z

29.The Emission stands for an AM Broadcast with 3khz bandwidth is

a) A3E 3000K b) A3E 3K00 c) A3E 0K300 d) A3E OH30

30. In a morse code transmission what will be the duration of dot,when the duration of

dash is 30 sec

a)90m sec b) 10m sec c) 1m sec d) 9m sec

31.The distress frequency 156.800 mhz falls in the range of

a) HF band b) VHF Band c) UHF Band d) Microwave Band

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 32.The Abbreviation for ‘ I have nothing for you ‘ is

a) QRU b) NIL c) NFU d) None of the above

33.The frequencies authorized to use during the 0800 to 2000 hrs of the day will

be indicated as

 H24 b) HN c) HJ d) HX

34.The UTC stands for

a) Universal Time For Coordination

b) Universal Coordinated Time

c) United States Telecomm Community

d) Universal Telecommunication Centre

35.The emission ‘ C3F ‘ stands for

a) double side band transmission

b) single side band transmission

c) vestigial side band transmission

d) suppressed side band transmission

36. The number of characters in a 8 wpm in 5 minutes passage should be

a) 240 b) 200 c) 160 d) 400

37. The standard shift between transmitting and receiving frequency for Amateur Radio

in VHF band is

a) 500 KHZ b) 600 KHz c) 1000 KHz d) 1200 KHz

38. The phonetic used for alphabet ‘N’ is

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 a) Norvey b) November c) Neighbor d) Night

39. The urgent messages in a Morse code are indicated by

a) PAN b) XXX c) TTT d) VVV

40. The emission that indicates a FM Broadcast station is

a) F1A b) F3A c) F3E d) F3C

41.The word used in Voice which is equivalent to the word ‘DE’ transmitted in a

Morse code transmission is

a) FROM b) THIS IS c) CALLING d) All of the above

42.The letters those are required to be sent in the time of Distress in voice transmission
are

a) SOS b) MAY DAY c) PAN PAN d) SECURTIE

43.The Q-code for Test Signal is

a) QRK b) QSU c) QSV d) QUM

44.The frequencies those are designated with ‘HX’ can be used

a) During the day time b) during the night time

c) intermittently d) 24 Hrs of a day

45. The suffix that is required to be sent along with the call sign for a Mobile

Amateur Station

a) MOBILE b) MO c) MX d) None of the above

46. What will be the speed in wpm, when a message being transmitter contains

60 characters Minute

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 a) 5 wpm b) 8 wpm c) 10 wpm d) 12 wpm

47. The ITU stands for

a) International Trade Union b) Indian Trade Unions

c) Indian Telecommunication Union d) International Telecommunication Union

48. In RST system for Morse code transmission

a) R and S need to be reported

b) R and T need to be reported.

c) T and S and need to be reported.

d) R, S and T are necessary

49. The type of infringement to be sent upon using incorrect emission is

a) Un Authorised Frequency b) Un Authorised Period

c) Un Authorised Emission d) Un AUthorised Call Sign

50. The value of bandwidth shown as 3K50 is

 3050 Hz b) 3500 Hz c) 3500 KHz d) 3050 KHz

51. The emission ‘ F3E ‘ stands for

52.The character that represents the Morse code ‘ _ _ . _ ‘ is

a) Q

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