Previous Eapcet Physics - QP 30. Communication System
Previous Eapcet Physics - QP 30. Communication System
COMMUNICATION
PREVIOUS EAPCET PHYSICS_QP SYSTEM
30. COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
9. The process of increasing the strength of a signal using an electronic circuit is called ___
(23/08/2021 AP EAPCET S-2)
1. Amplification 2. Modulation
3. Demodulation 4. Attenuation
10. An LC circuit contains 196 pF capacitor and a 441H inductor. The frequency of electromagnetic
radiation emitted by antenna coupled to the LC circuit is (23/08/2021 AP EAPCET S-1)
1. 7.96 105 Hz 2. 54.1 105 Hz
3. 79.6 105 Hz 4. 5.41 105 Hz
11. If the highest modulating frequency of the wave is 5kHz, the number of stations that can be
accommodated in a 150 kHz bandwidth is (23/08/2021 AP EAPCET S-1)
1. 20 2. 15
3. 10 4. 5
12. In an amplitude modulated signal the maximum amplitude is 15V and minimum amplitude is 5V.
The amplitude of modulating wave will be (19/08/2021 AP EAPCET S-2)
1. 5V 2. 10V
3. 20 V 4. 30 V
13. A message signal of frequency f m is used to modulate a carrier frequency fc . if the side bands are
fc
f1 and f 2 then the ratio of is (04/08/2021 TS EAMCET S-1)
fm
f1 f 2
2
f1 f 2
1. 2.
f 2 f1 f 2 f1
f1 f 2 f 2 f1
3. 4.
f1 f 2
2
f 2 f1
14. A signal of 20 kHz is being carried on a carrier wave of 3MHz. what are the side band frequencies?
(04/08/2021 TS EAMCET S-2)
1. 3050 kHz & 2950 kHz 2. 3020 kHz & 2970 kHz
3. 3050 kHz & 2980 kHz 4. 3020 kHz & 2980 kHz
15. The height of transmitting antenna if TV programs have to cover the population in area of radius 64
km is [Use Radius of earth R=6.4 10 6 m] (05/08/2021 TS EAMCET S-1)
1. 160 m 2. 200m
3. 240 m 4. 320m
16. A carrier wave of peak voltage 15V is used to transmit a message signal. What should be the peak
voltage of the modulating signal in order to have a modulation index of 80 %?
(05/08/2021 TS EAMCET S-2)
1. 8V 2. 10V
3. 11V 4. 12V
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17. For an amplitude modulated wave, the maximum amplitude is found to be 10V while the minimum
amplitude is found to be 4V. The modulation index is (06/08/2021 TS EAMCET S-1)
2 2
1. 2.
5 3
3 4
3. 4.
7 7
18. A TV transmission tower of height h covers a range of distance‘d’. By how much will be the range
change if the height is increased to 3/2 h (06/08/2021 TS EAMCET S-2)
3 3
1. d 2. 1 d
2 2
3
3. 1 d 4. d
2
19. In an amplitude modulation process, the modulation index is µ The modulation index
is changed to µ1 if the amplitude of modulation signal is increased by 1%. The
Modulation index is changed to µ2 , if the amplitude of carrier signal is increased by 1%. Which of
the following is true statement ? (09/08/2021 TS MEDICAL S-1)
1 2 1 2
1. 2.
2 2
3. 1 4. 2
20. In frequency modulated wave (09/08/2021 TS MEDICAL S-2)
1.Both frequency and amplitude vary with time 2.Both frequency and amplitude are constant
3.Frequency varies with time 4.amplitude varies with time
21. Which of the following frequencies will be suitable for beyond the horizon communication using
sky waves? (10/08/2021 TS MEDICAL S-1)
1. 10 MHz 2. 20 Hz
3. 20 GHz 4. 20KHz
2021– KEY
1) 1 2) 3 3) 4 4) 2 5) 1 6) 1 7) 2 8) 3 9) 1 10) 4
11) 2 12) 2 13) 1 14) 4 15) 4 16) 4 17) 3 18) 2 19) 1 20) 3
21) 1
1. If ‘R’ is the radius of the earth and ‘h’ is height of T.V. transmission tower, then the covering range
of transmitter will be __________ (09/10/2020 COVID-19 AP EAMCET)
1. h 2 R 2 2. R 3. h 2 R2 4. 2hR
2. A TV Tower has a height of 100 m. The average population density around the tower is 1000 km-2
and radius of the earth is 6.37 106 m. The population covered is ______
(07/10/2020 COVID-19 AP EAMCET)
1. 4 106 2. 6 104 3. 16 104 4. 8 106
3. T.V signals transmitted from the surface of the moon can be received on earth. But T.V signals
transmitted from Delhi cannot be received beyond 160 km distance. Reason being ______
(25/09/2020 AP EAMCET S-1)
1. There is no atmosphere on moon
2. Strong gravitational force effects T.V signals
3. T.V. signals travel along straight line, they do not follow the curvature of the earth
4. There is atmosphere around in earth
4. for television broadcasting, the frequency employed is normally in range______
(23/09/2020 AP EAMCET S-1)
1. 30–300 MHz 2. 30–300 GHz 3. 30–300 kHz 4. 30–300 Hz
5. A speech signal of 3 kHz is used to modulate a carrier signal of frequency 1MHz, using amplitude
modulation. The frequencies of the side bands will be ______ (22/09/2020 AP EAMCET S-2)
1. 1.003 MHz & 0.997 MHz 2. 3001 kHz & 2997 kHz
3. 1003 kHz & 1000 kHz 4. 1.0 MHz & 0.997 MHz
6. An AM wave has 1800W of total power content, for 100% modulation the carrier should have
power content equal to (18/09/2020 AP EAMCET S-1)
1. 1000W 2. 1200W 3. 1500W 4. 1600W
50
7.
A message signal of frequency kHz and peak voltage of 5 V is used to modulate a carrier of
frequency 1 MHz and peak voltage 20 V. The modulation index is (14/09/2020 TS EAMCET S-2)
1. 2. 0.4 3. 0.5 4. 0.25
10
8. The function of a detector is to demodulate the modulated carrier wave and the steps for this process
are (14/09/2020 TS EAMCET S-1)
1. Demodulation and filtering 2. Demodulation and rectification
3. Rectification and filtering 4. Regeneration and filtering
9. The electromagnetic waves of frequency 6 GHz are used in
1. FM broadcast 2. TV communication
3. Satellite communication 4. Cellular mobile radio
10. A message signal is super imposed with a carrier signal. The resulting modulating signal Cm(t) is
given by Cm(t) = A1 sin 1t A2 sin 2t A2 sin(3t ) where 2 1 3 . The modulation index
and the angular frequency of the message signal respectively are (11/09/2020 TS EAMCET S-1)
A2 3 2 2 A2 A1 3 2 2 A2 3 2
1. , 2. , 3 2 3. , 4. ,
A1 2 A1 2 A2 2 A1 2
11. Assertion (A): Television signals are received through sky-wave propagation
Reason (R): The iono sphere reflects electromagnetic waves of frequencies in the range (3-30)M Hz
The correct option among the following is (10/09/2020 TS EAMCET S-2)
1. (A) is true, (R) is true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A)
2.(A) is true, (R) is true but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false
4.(A) is false but (R) is true
12. A message signal of frequency 10 KHz and peak voltage of 15 volts is used to modulate a carrier
frequency of 1 MHz and peak voltage of 30 volts. Determine the modulation index.
(10/09/2020 TS EAMCET S-1)
1. 0.5 2. 0.6 3. 0.7 4. 0.8
13. The modulation index used in amplitude modulation of a message signal of peak voltage 10 volts is
0.5. By how much the peak voltage of the carrier signal be changed so as to obtain the modulation
index of 0.8, keeping the peak voltage of the message signal same as before.
(9/09/2020 TS EAMCET S-2)
1. Increase by 7.5 V 2. Reduce by 7.5 V 3. Increase by 12.5V 4. Reduce by 12.5 V
14. A carrier signal of frequency v1 and peak voltage of V1 is modulated by a message signal of
frequency v2 and peak voltage of V2. Let m be the modulation index and v , v be side bands
produced. The correct statement is (9/09/2020 TS EAMCET S-1)
V1 v v v v V2
1. m 2. v1 3. v2 4. m
V2 2 2 V1
15. A TV tower has a height of 150 m. If the population density around the TV tower is 103 km-2 then
the population covered by the tower is (Radius of the earth, R= 6.4 106 m)
(24/04/2017 AP EAMCET S-1)
1. 60.288 lakh 2. 40.192 lakh 3. 106.486 lakh 4. 26.428 lakh
16. If two linear antennas having lengths in the ratio 2:3 are emitting radiation of wavelengths in the
ratio 8:9, then the ratio of effective powers radiated by them are in the ratio
(24/04/2019 AP EAMCET S-2)
1. 32:27 2. 27:32 3. 16:27 4. 9:16
17. If the length of an antenna is 150 cm, the transmission frequency is ______MHZ. (Speed of light in
vacuum = 3 108 ms–1) (25/04/2017 AP EAMCET S-1)
1. 25 2. 150 3. 50 4. 100
18. TV transmission antenna at a particular station has a height of 100 m. By how much the height of
the antenna is to be increased to double its coverage range? (25/04/2017 AP EAMCET S-2)
1. 41.4 m 2. 121.4 m 3. 70.7 m 4. 300 m
19. The process of recovering the modulating signal from the modulated carrier wave is called.
(26/04/2017 AP EAMCET S-1)
1. Amplification 2. Rectification 3. Noise 4. Detection
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27. A signal of frequency 10kHz and peak voltage 10V is used to amplitude modulate a carrier of
frequency 1 MHz and peak voltage 20V. The side band frequencies in kHz are
(20/04/2019 AP EAMCET S-1)
1. 1010, 990 2. 910, 1090 3. 10, 11 4. 1.01, 0.99
1000
28. A TV tower has a height of 5m in a region of population density per square kilometer. Number
of people that can receive the transmission is nearly (in thousands)
(20/04/2019 AP EAMCET S-2)
1. 128 2. 64 3. 256 4. 32
29. A transmitting antenna of height 20 m and the receiving antenna of height ‘h’ are separated by a
distance of 40 km for satisfactory communication in line of sight mode. Then the value of ‘h’ is
(Given Radius of earth is 6400 km) (21/04/2019 AP EAMCET S-1)
1. 40 m 2. 45 m 3. 30 m 4. 25 m
30. The frequency suitable for beyond the horizon communication using sky waves is
(21/04/2019 AP EAMCET S-2)
12 9 7
1. 10 Hz 2. 10 Hz 3. 10 Hz 4. 104Hz
31. A TV tower has a height 160m. Its coverage range is nearly (Earth’s radius = 6400 km)
(22/04/2019 AP EAMCET S-1)
1. 45225 m 2. 55265 m 3. 452.55 kms 4. 552.65m
32. Coaxial cable, a widely used wire medium for transmission of signals offers a band width of
approximately (22/04/2019 AP EAMCET S-2)
1. 600 kHz 2. 750 MHz 3. 850 GHz 4. 500 Hz
33. If Ec and Em are peak values of carrier and modulating signals respectively then for 100%
modulation. (23/04/2019 AP EAMCET S-1)
Em E2
1. E c = 2. c =E 2m 3. E c =E m 4. E c =2E m
2 2
34. Assertion A: FM signal is less susceptible to noise than AM signal
Reason R: FM has small operation frequency range (23/04/2019 AP EAMCET S-2)
1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
2. Both A and R are correct and R in not the correct explanation of A
3. A is correct but R is not correct
4. A is not correct but R is correct
35. If the maximum and the minimum amplitudes of an amplitude modulated wave are 25 V and 5 V
respectively, then the modulation index is (24/04/2019 AP MEDICAL S-1)
1. 1/5 2. 1/3 3. 2/3 4. 2/5
th
36. The amplitude of the modulating wave is of the amplitude of the carrier wave. The percentage
2
5
of modulation is (24/04/2019 AP MEDICAL S-2)
1. 20% 2. 40% 3. 50% 4. 60%
37. A message signal is used to modulate a carrier frequency. If the peak voltages of message signa1
and carrier signa1 are increased by 0.1% and 0.3% respectively, then the percentage change in
modulation index is (03/05/2019 TS EAMCET S-1)
1. 0.4 2. 0.0 3. -0.4 4. -0.2
38. The transmitting antenna placed at the top of a tower has height of 45 m from the ground. The
distance between receiving and transmitting antenna is 40 km and radius of earth is 6400 km. The
minimum height (in m) at which the receiving antenna is to be placed for satisfactory communication in
LOS mode, is (03/05/2019 TS EMACET S-2)
1. 5 2. 15 3. 20 4. 25
39. A transmitting antenna has a height 20 m. What will be the height of receiving antenna, if the
maximum distance between them for satisfactory communication in line of sight (LOS) mode is 40
km? ( The earth radius is 6400 km) (04/05/2019 TS EAMCET S-1)
1. 25 m 2. 30 m 3. 60 m 4. 45 m
40. Carrier waves are used for communicating signals over a long distance because
(4/5/2019 TS EAMCET S-2)
1. Carrier waves can be generated very easily
2. Low frequencies can not be easily modulated by the carrier waves
3. Low frequencies can be transmitted over long distances
4. Carrier waves that are generated at higher frequencies can be transmitted over long distances
41. A message signal is used to modulate a carrier signal of frequency of 5MHz and peak voltage of
40V. in the process, two sidebands are produced separated by 40KHz. if the modulation index is
0.75, then the peak voltage and the frequency of the message signal is respectively
(06/05/2019 TS EAMCET S-1)
1. 60V; 10KHz 2. 60V; 20KHz 3. 30V; 10KHz 4. 30V; 20KHz
42. The heights of the transmitting and receiving antenna respectively are h1 and h2. The radio horizons
of transmitting and receiving antenna respectively are 16km and 8 6 km. Identify the correct
option. (Radius of the earth = 6400km) (8/05/2019 TS MEDICAL S-1)
h1 3 h1 2 h1 2 h1 3
1. h1 20m, 2. h2 30m, 3. h1 30m, 4. h2 20m,
h2 2 h2 3 h2 3 h2 2
43. Identify the correct statement among the following. (08/05/2019 TS MEDICAL)
1. AM detection is carried out using a rectifier and an envelope detector.
2. Amplitude modulated signal contains frequencies (cm) and (c+m) only.
(c and m are frequencies of carrier and modulating signal)
3. Amplitude modulated signal contains frequencies (cm) and (c+m) are frequencies of carrier
and modulating signal)
4. Long distance communication between two points on the Earth is achieved reflection of
electromagnetic waves by Troposphere and Stratosphere.
44. In an amplitude modulated signal, if the modulus of minimum voltage, | Amin | 40 and modulus of
maximum voltage, | Amax | 60, the percentage modulation is (9/5/2019 TS MEDICAL S-1)
1. 100 2. 25 3. 20 4. 0.2
45. The electromagnetic waves of frequency 2MHz to 30MHz are used ______
(24/09/2020 AP EAMCET S-2)
1. In ground wave propagation 2. In sky wave propagation
3. In microwave propagation 4. In satellite communication
KEY
1) 4 2) 1 3) 3 4) 1 5) 1 6) 2 7) 4 8) 3 9) 3 10) 4
11) 4 12) 1 13) 2 14) 2 15) 1 16) 2 17) 3 18) 4 19) 4 20) 3
21) 3 22) 2 23) 1 24) 3 25) 4 26) 3 27) 1 28) 2 29) 2 30) 3
31) 1 32) 2 33) 3 34) 3 35) 3 36) 2 37) 4 38) 3 39) 4 40) 4
41) 4 42) 2 43) 1 44) 3 45) 2
2021 – SOLUTIONS
1. Conceptual 1
7. I 0 cE02
2. Conceptual 2
3. 2I 2 8 1016
E0
0C 8.85 1012 3 108
0.818 106
V0 E0 d 0.818 106 4
3.1106 3.14V
total bandwidth
no of stations N =
8. bandwidth of each channel
4. N bandwidth for each channel total bandwidth
1 C
N 6 106 1% of frequency
100
1 3 108 1 1
N 10
7
5. 9. Conceptual
1 1
10. f 2 LC
2 3.14 196 441 106 106
f 5.41 105 Hz
11. In case of complex audio signals
6. ACA 1
Asideband sideband Bandwidth=2maximum frequency of modulation
2 AC 2 4
signal
AC 4
Bandwidth=2(5kHz)=10kHz
Asideband 1
This is bandwidth for one channel
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band width A
no of stations
19. A
m
bandwidth for each channel
c
150
N 15 when A c is constant
10
Am
12. Am AC 15....... i
A m 101
Am AC 5......... ii
A m 100
from i and ii
1 101
2 Am 20 Am 10V 1
100
13. f1 f c f m
when A m is constant
f 2 fc fm
1
f 2 f1 2 f m 1
Ac
f 2 f1 2 f c 2
A c 1
fc f f
2 1
fm f 2 f1 A
1 c
14. upper side band f m f c 20000 3000000 Ac
3020000 3020 kHz 101
lower sideband f c f m 3000000 20000 100
2980000 2980 kHz 2 101
2
15. d max 2 RhT 100
2
d max 64 64 106 from 1 and 2
hT 320m
2R 2 6.4 106 2 1 1
4
16. m 80% 2 1 2
5
1 2
A
m m m
4 A
Ac 5 15 2
Am 12V 20. Frequency varies with time
V Vmin 10 4 6 3 21. Sky wave frequency range
17. max
Vmax Vmin 10 4 14 7 3MHz–30MHz
Space wave frequency range
18. d 2 gh
d h 10MHz–1000GHz
d 2 d1 h 10MHz is Answer
2 1
d1 h1 SOLUTIONS
3 1. d 2 Rh
h 3
2
1 1 2. population covered=2πhR×Population density
h 2
3 1000
d 2 ds1 1 d1 =2π×100×6.37×106 ×
103
2
2
But d1 d =4×106
3 3. conceptual
d 2 d 1 d
2 4. 30 300MHz
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Em Em 1 27. LSB f c f m
21. 2
Ec Ec 2 1000kHz 10kHz
Em 1 7.2 990kHz
1 0.75
Ec 1 Ec 2 USB f c f m
Em 1 Ec 2
0.75 1010kHz
0.6
12 7.2 28. R 2dh d Radius of earth
Em 1 7.2
R 2 6.4 106 5 m
0.75 Areal range covered by T.V. tower = R2
12
% change 7.2 100 20% = 2 6.4 106 5
12
= 2 6.4 5 km2
22. Dm 2 Rhr 2 Rht
1000
ht 36 Given, population density km 2
, Dm 65km
hr 49
1000
36 i.e. 1km2
ht hr
49
2 6.4 5km x
2
36 x = 64000
65 103 2 6.4 106 hr 2 6.4 106 hr
49
29. Dm 2 Rht 2 Rhr
hr 95.7 m
ht 70.3m 40 103 2 6.4 106 20 hr
hr 45m
23. 50 10 2 6.4 10 h
3 6
30% c
2
Ac
25. Conceptual (Refer text book P.No 579) 5 100 40%
26. Conceptual (Refer text book P.No 578) Ac
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