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EC/IN Hinglish
PRACTICE SHEET-01
Subject : Communications
Topic : Analog Communication AM & FM
1. An AM modulator has output Common Data:
x(t) = A cos 400πt + B cos380πt + B cos 420πt Consider the system shown below. The modulating
The carrier power is 100 W and the efficiency of 40%. signal m(t) has zero mean and its maximum (absolute)
value is
The values of A and B are Am = max |m(t)|. It has bandwidth Wm. The nonlinear
(a) 14.14, 8.16 (b) 50, 10 device has an input-output characteristic y(t) = ax(t) +
(c) 22.36, 13.46 (d) None of the above bx2 (t)

2. For an AM signal, the bandwidth is 10 kHz and the

highest frequency component present is 705 kHz. The
carrier frequency used for this AM signal is ________
kHz.
6. The filter should be a
(a) LPF with bandwidth Wm
3. A message signal m(t) = sin ct + sinc2 (t) modulates the
(b) LPF with bandwidth Wm
carrier signal c(t) = A cos2 πf ct. The bandwidth of the
(c) a BPF with center frequency fc and bandwidth W
modulated signal is __________
W
such that f c  Wm  f c   2Wm .
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4. The signal m(t) = cos200πt + 2 cos400πt is multiplied (d) a BPF with center frequency fc and BW = W such
by the carrier c(t) = 100 cos2 πf ct where f c = 1 MHz to W
produce the DSB signal. The expression for the upper that f c  Wm  f c   Wm
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side band (USB) signal is 7. The modulation index is
(a) 100cos[2π(f c + 1000)t] + 200 cos[2π(f c + 200)t] 2 2a
(a) Am (b) Am
(b) 100cos[2π(f c – 1000)t] + 200 cos[2π(f c – 2000)t] a b
a b
(c) 50cos[2π(f c + 1000)t] + 100 cos[2π(f c + 2000)t] (c) Am (c) Am
b a
(d) 50cos[2π(f c – 1000)t] + 100 cos[2π(f c – 2000)t]
Common Data:
5. A DSB modulated signal x(t) = Am(t) cos 2πf ct is mixed Consider the system shown below. The average value
of m(t) is zero and maximum value of |m(t)| is M. The
(multiplied) with a local carrier xL(t) = cos(2πf ct + θ) square-law device is defined by y(t) = 4x(t) + 10x2 (t).
and output is passed through a LPF with a bandwidth
equal to the bandwidth of the message m(t). If the
power of the signal at the output of the low pass filter
is P out and the power of the modulated signal by Pμ, the
Pout
is
P
8. The value of M, required to produce modulation index
(a) 0.5 cosθ (b) cos2 θ of 0.8, is
1 (a) 0.32 (b) 0.26
(c) 0.5 cos2 θ (d) cos 2 
4 (c) 0.52 (d) 0.16
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9. Let W be the bandwidth of message signal m(t). AM 18. Consider the message signal m(t) shown in figure
signal would be recovered if below.
(a) f c > W (b) f c > 2W
(c) f c > 3W (d) f c > 4W

10. An AM broadcast station operates at its maximum

allowed total output of 50 kW with 80% modulation.
What is the power (in kW) in the intelligence part?

11. The aerial current of an AM transmitter is 18 A when This signal is periodic with period T and  is chosen
unmodulated but increases to 20 A when modulated. such that the DC value of m(t) is zero. If the modulation
The modulation index is ________. index of AM signal is a =1, then the efficiency of
modulation will be %

12. A modulating signal is amplified by a 80% efficiency

amplifier before being combined with a 20 kW carrier Common Data For 19 and 20.
to generate an AM signal. The required DC input The positive of the envelope of the output of an AM
power (in kW) to the amplifier, for the system to modulator is shown in figure below.
operate at 100% modulation, would be _______.

13. 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
_____ kW.

14. In amplitude modulation, the modulation envelope has 19. If the message signal is a waveform having zero de
value, what will be the modulation of the signal?
a peak value which is double the unmodulated carrier
value. What is the value of the modulation index?
20. What will be the power (in watt) in sideband of the
signal?
15. If the modulation index of an AM wave is changed Common Data for 21 and 22
The flourier transfer M(f) of a signal m(t) is shown in
from 0 to 1, then the transmitted power is increased
figure below. It is to be transmitted a source to
by_______%. destination. It is known that the signal is normalized,
meaning that–1 < m(t) < 1
Common Data: 16 and 17
An AM modulator operates with the message signal,
m(t) = 9 cos 2t + 7 cos 60t
16. What is the power (in watt) in normalized signal?

17. If the system operates with an index of ½, then the

efficiency of the modulator will be %
21. If upper sideband is employed, bandwidth of the
modulated signal is kHz.
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22. If DSB is employed, the bandwidth of the modulated 27. The modulation index is-
signal is . 201 201
(a) (b) −
400 400

23. In a DSB-SC system with 100% modulation, the 199 199

(c) (d) −
percentage power saving is . 400 400

𝜋 28. The ratio of the sidebands power to the power is-

24. The message signal m(t) = 4 sin t is transmitted by
2 43 26
DSB. What range of frequency, f c can be used for the (a) (b)
226 226
transmission? 46 43
(a) 5 < f c < 10 kHZ (c) (d)
246 224
(b) 5 < f c < 50 kHZ
(c) 50 < f c < 100 kHZ 29. Consider a periodic message signal with period T,
(d) None of these shown in figure below.

25. For a DSB transmission, the signal is given by m(t) =

cos 200t . If the carrier amplitude is A c = 10, what will
be the transmission bandwidth BT and total power P t of
the modulated signal?
B T (in Hz) Pt (in watt)
(a) 25 400
(b) 400 25
(c) 200 50 This message signal in applied to an AM modulator
having 25% modulation efficiency. What will be the
(d) 50 200
modulation index of the AM signal?

26. Consider the modulation circuit shown in figure below.

30. For an AM system with modulation index  a =0.6, the
Assume that both AM modulator has amplitude
sensitivity, ka =1. ratio of SSB signal power to the AM signal power
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Common Data for Q. 31 and 32

An SSB-AM transmitter is modulated with a sinusoid
m(t) = 5 cos  t. The amplitude of carrier signal is
Ac =1.

The output s(t) is

31. The expression for a lower SSB signal is
(a) DSB-SC signal
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(b) SSB-SC signal (a) cos (c  )t (b) 5cos(ωc – ω)t
2
(c) VSB modulated signal
5
(d) None of these (c) sin (c  )t (d) 5sin(ωc – ω)t
2

Common Data 27 and 28

32. What will be the normalized average power of the SSB
An AM signal has the from signal ?
x(t) =[20 + 2cos3000t + 10 cos 6000t] (a) 6.25 W (b) 25 W
cos2f ct f c = 05 Hz. (c) 12.5 W (d) 3.125 W
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Common Data For Q. 33 and 34 37. The expression for the modulated signal is
An SSB transmitter has a 24 volt DC power supply. On
voice peaks, the current achieves a maximum of 9.3 A.  t
(a) 100 cos 2 f c t  2400 sin c (400) d  
100 cos 2 f t  2200 sin c (400) d 
33. What is the peak envelope power of the transmitter? 
(b) c 0
(a) 157.8 (b) 111.6 W
100 cos 2 f t  21200 sin c (400) d 
t
(c) 223.2 W (d) 86.5 W (c) c 

100 cos 2 f t  21200  sin c (400) d 

t
34. The average power of the transmitter ranges between (d) c 0
(a) 55.8 to 74.4 W
(b) 74.4 to 111.6 W
38. The maximum frequency deviation of the modulated
(c) 55.8 to 111.6 W signal is
(d) None of these (a) 200 (b) 400
(c) 600 (d) 10000
35. A single side band signal is generated by modulating
signal of 900 kHz carrier by the signal m(t) = cos 2000
39. The bandwidth of the modulated signal is
 t + 2 sin 2000  t. The amplitude of the carrier is A C
(a) 1400 Hz (b) 2800 Hz
= 100. The lower sideband of the SSB AM signal is
(c) 400 Hz (d) 200 Hz
(a) –100 cos[2  (f c – 1000)t]
+ 200 sin[2  (f c –1000)t]
40. An FM modulator has output
(b) – 100 cos[2π (f c – 1000)t]
– 200 sin[2π(f c – 1000)t]  t
x(t )  200 cos c t  2k f 0 m(r )d  
(c) 50 cos [2π(f c – 1000)t] where k f = 30 Hz/V. The m (t) is the rectangular pulse
– 100 sin [2π(f c – 1000)t] 1 
m(t) = 8 rect  (t  2) The frequency deviation would
(d) 50 cos [2π (f c –1000)t] 4 
+ 100 sin[2π(f c – 1000)t] be
(a) 240u(t) – 720u(t – 4)
36. In DSB and SSB, the carrier that was suppressed at the (b) 240u(t) + 720u (t – 4)
DSB transmitter (c) 240u(t) – 80u(t – 4)
(a) must be reinserted at the receiver (d) 240[u(t) – u(t – 4)]
(b) must be transmitted after the signal was received
(c) must be replaced by a pilot carrier 41. Signal u(t) = 5[cos106 πt) – sin (103 πt)  sin (106 πt)]
(d) must be lower than 1500 kHz represents
(a) DSB suppressed carrier signal
Common Data For Q. 37 to 39: (b) AM signal
In an FM system message signal is m(t) = 10 sin (c) SSB upper sideband signal
c(400t) and carrier is c(t) = 100 cos 2πfct. The (d) Narrow band FM signal
modulation index is 6

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