.1-Modulation is done in …………..

1. Transmitter
2. Radio receiver
3. Between transmitter and radio receiver
4. None of the above
Answer : 1
Q2. In a transmitter ……………. oscillator is used
1. Hartley
2. RC phase-shift
3. Wien-bridge
4. Crystal
Answer : 4

Q3. In amplitude modulation, bandwidth is ……………. The

audio(message) signal frequency
1. Thrice
2. Four times
3. Twice
4. None of the above
Answer : 3
. Q4/In amplitude modulation, the ………… of carrier is varied according
to the strength of the signal.
1. Amplitude
2. Frequency
3. Phase
4. None of the above
Answer : 1
Q5/Overmodulation (amplitude) occurs when signal amplitude is ………….
carrier amplitude
1. Equal to
2. Greater than
3. Less than
4. None of the above
Answer : 2
Q6 In an AM wave, the majority of the power is in …………….
1. Lower sideband
2. Upper sideband
 3. Carrier
4. None of the above
Answer : 3
Q7/At 100% modulation, the power in each sideband is ………………… of
that of carrier
1. 50%
2. 40%
3. 60%
4. 25%
Answer : 4
 Q8/Overmodulation results in …………..
1. Weakening of the signal
2. Excessive carrier power
3. Distortion
4. None of the above
Answer : 3
Q9/If modulation is 100% then signal amplitude is ………….. carrier
amplitude
1. Equal to
2. Greater than
3. Less than
4. None of the above
Answer : 1
Q10/As the modulation level is increased, the carrier power …………..
1. Is increased
2. Remains the same
3. Is decreased
4. None of the above
Answer : 2
Q11/Demodulation is done in …………
1. Receiving antenna
2. Transmitter
3. Radio receiver
4. Transmitting antenna
Answer : 3
Q12/If level of modulation is increased ……………. power is increased
1. Carrier
2. Sideband
 3. Carrier as well as sideband
4. None of the above
Answer : 2
Q13/In TV transmission, picture signal is ……………… modulated
1. Frequency
2. Phase
3. Amplitude
4. None of the above
Answer : 3
Q14/The major advantage of FM over AM is …………..
1. Reception is less noisy
2. Higher carrier frequency
3. Smaller bandwidth
4. Small frequency deviation
Answer : 1
Q15/When the modulating signal controls the frequency of the carrier, we
get……….
1. Phase modulation
2. Amplitude modulation
3. Frequency modulation
4. May be any one of the above
Answer : 3
Q16/Modulation refers to a low-frequency signal controlling the …………
1. Amplitude of the carrier
2. Frequency of the carrier
3. Phase of the carrier
4. May be any of the above
Answer : 4

Q17/If Amin = 40 and Amax = 60, what is the percentage of modulation?

1. 20 %
2. 40 %
3. 50 %
4. 10 %
Answer : 1
Q18/ A 100 V carrier is made to vary between 160 V and 40 V by the signal.
What is the modulation factor?
1. 3
 2. 6
3. 5
4. None of the above
Answer : 2
Q19/ A 50 kW carrier is to be amplitude modulated to a level of 85%. What
is the carrier power after modulation?
1. 50 kW
2. 5 kW
3. 8 kW
4. 25 kW
Answer : 1
Q20/In the above question, what is the power in sidebands?
1. 8 kW
2. 6 kW
3. 06 kW
4. 9 kW
Answer : 3
Q21/In amplitude modulation, which among the following is constant?
a) Amplitude
b) Frequency
c) Wave length
d) Time period

Q22/4. Which of the following represents the correct set of modulation

classification?
a) Frequency, time period
b) Frequency, amplitude
c) Amplitude, wavelength
d) Wavelength, frequency
Q23/ Which of the following is constant in the case of frequency modulation?
a) Modulation
b) Wavelength
c) Amplitude
d) Frequency
Q24/ In Amplitude Modulation, the instantaneous values of the carrier amplitude
changes in accordance with the amplitude and frequency variations of the
modulating signal.
a) True
b) False

Q25/What is the line connecting the positive and negative peaks of the carrier
waveform called?
a) Peak line
b) Maximum amplitude ceiling
c) Modulation index
d) Envelope
Q26/3. What is the reference line for the modulating(message) signal?
a) Zero line
b) Carrier peak line
c) Modulated peak line
d) Un-modulated peak line

Q27/ What happens when the amplitude of the modulating signal is greater than
the amplitude of the carrier?
a) Decay
b) Distortion
c) Amplification
d) Attenuation
Q28/ What is the effect of distortion?
a) Total information loss
b) Error information
c) Attenuated information
d) Amplified information

Q29/ What is the circuit used for producing AM called?

a) Modulator
b) Transmitter
c) Receiver
d) Duplexer

Q30/ The ratio between the modulating signal voltage and the carrier voltage is
called?
a) Amplitude modulation
b) Modulation frequency
c) Modulation index
d) Ratio of modulation

Q31/ When does over-modulation occur?

a) Modulating signal voltage < Carrier voltage
b) Modulating signal voltage > Carrier voltage
c) Modulating signal voltage = Carrier voltage
d) Modulating signal voltage =0

Q32/. What is the percentage of modulation if the modulating signal is of 7.5V

and carrier is of 9V?
a) 100
b) 91
c) 83.33
d) 0

Q33/ What is the condition for greatest output power at the transmitter without
distortion?
a) Modulating signal voltage > Carrier voltage
b) Modulating signal voltage < Carrier voltage
c) Modulating signal voltage = Carrier voltage
d) Modulating signal voltage = 0

Q34/ What is the modulation index value if Vmax=5.9v and Vmin=1.2v?

a) 0.5
b) 0.662
c) 0.425
d) 0.14
Q35/ Which of the following modulating signal voltage would cause over-
modulation on a carrier voltage of 10v?
a) 9.5
b) 9.99
c) 10
d) 12

Q36/ Square Law modulators are?

a) used for frequency modulation

b) used for pulse width modulation

c) used for amplitude modulation

d) used for phase modulation

Q37/ What is the maximum transmission efficiency?

a) 67.88%

b) 33.33%

c) 73%

d) 54.03%

Q38/What is Amplitude Modulation?

a) Change in amplitude of carrier according to modulating signal amplitude
b) Change in frequency of carrier according to modulating signal amplitude
c) Change in amplitude of carrier according to modulating signal frequency
d) Change in amplitude of modulating signal according to carrier signal amplitude

Q39/. Frequency components of an AM wave are?

a) Carrier frequency (ωc) with amplitude A
b) Lower side band (ωc + ωm) having amplitude mA⁄2
c) Upper side band (ωc – ωm) having amplitude mA⁄2
d) Carrier frequency (ωc/2) with amplitude A
Q40/. In amplitude modulation frequency and phase of carrier ________
a) varies simultaneously
b) varies alternately
c) initially varies but become same after sometime
d) remains constant
Q41/ Envelope of AM wave has the same shape as the message of baseband
signal.
a) True
b) False

Q42/Which devices we used for AM Demodulation?

a) Envelope detector and Square law demodulator
b) PLL detector and Foster-Seeley discriminator
c) Ratio detector and Slope detector
d) Only quadrature detector

Q43/Singletone amplitude modulation ________

a) consists of only one frequency component
b) contains a large number of frequency components
c) contains no frequency components
d) contains infinite number of frequency components

Q44/The minimum channel Bandwidth is used by which modulation technique?

a) VSB
b) SSB-SC
c) DSB-SC
d) AM

Q45/Find lower frequency component in AM wave, given that highest frequency

component is 900KHz and bandwidth is 12KHz?
a) 832KHz
b) 600KHz
c) 868KHz
d) 888KHz
Q46/10. Envelope Detector is a/an ________
a) Coherent detector
b) Asynchronous Detector
c) Synchronous Detector
d) Product Demodulator

POWER Calculation

Q47/. Calculate power in each sideband, if power of carrier wave is 176W and
there is 60% modulation in amplitude modulated signal?
a) 13.36W
b) 52W
c) 67W
d) 15.84W
Q48/. For 100% modulation, power in each sideband is ________ of that of
carrier?
a) 50%
b) 70%
c) 60%
d) 25%

Q49/For 100% modulation, total power is?

a) same as the power of unmodulated signal
b) twice as the power of unmodulated signal
c) four times as the power of unmodulated signal
d) one and half times as the power of unmodulated signal

Q50/An AM signal is represented by x(t) = (30 + 2Sin(700πt)) Cos(2πt x 10²t)V.

8. The modulation index is
a) 0.7
b) 0.066
c) 0.341
d) 0.916
Q51/Carrier power of the wave is?
a) 555W
b) 675W
c) 450W
d) 310W

Q52/. Find the total power of amplitude modulated wave?

a) 453W
b) 675W
c) 789W
d) 451W

Q53./ IN a bove What is its sideband power?

a) 4W
b) 1W
c) 3W
d) 2W

Q54/ Power of carrier wave is 500W and modulation index is 0.25. Find its total
power?
a) 500W
b) 415W
c) 375W
d) 516W
Q55/ Which of the following cannot be the Fourier series of a periodic signal?
a) x(t) = 2Cost + 4Cos7t
b) x(t) = 2Cosπt + 4Cos7t
c) x(t) = Cost + 0.7
d) x(t) = 2Cost + 4Sin7t

Q56/. A wave is modulated by two sin waves having modulation indices of 0.3 and
0.5. Find the total modulation index?
a) 0.1
b) 0.7
c) 0.58
d) 0.35

Q56/. For 100% amplitude modulation, the power in upper sideband when carrier
power is to be 100W?
a) 100W
b) 75W
c) 25W
d) 50W
Q57/What is the total power if the carrier power is 30W and the percentage of
modulation is 85%?
a) 70W
b) 40.8W
c) 51.6W
d) 20W
View Answer

Q58/ What is the power in each sideband if the carrier power is 30W and
percentage of modulation is 85%?
a) 8.55W
b) 5.418W
c) 7.542W
d) 1.235W
View Answer

Q59/What is the percent of modulation if the power in the side band is 5W and
carrier power is 30W?
a) 0.81
b) 0.8
c) 0.4
d) 0.2
Q60/If peak voltage of a carrier wave is 10V, what is the peak voltage of
modulating signal if modulation index is 50%?
a) 10V
b) 20V
c) 8V
d) 5V

Q61/Maximum Amplitude of an amplitude modulated 10V and minimum

amplitude is 5V. Find its modulation index?

a) 0.65
b) 0.9
c) 0.33
d) 1

Q62/ Calculate power in each sideband, if power of carrier wave is 96W and there
is 40% modulation in amplitude modulated signal?
a) 11.84W
b) 6.84W
c) 3.84W
d) 15.84W

Q63/For 50% modulation, power in each sideband is ________ of that of carrier?

a) 10%
b) 4.32%
c) 5%
d) 6.25%

Q64/ For 100% modulation, total power is ________

a) 1.5Pc
b) 2Pc
c) 3.75Pc
d) 1.25Pc
View Answer
 Q65/ Power of carrier wave is 300W and modulation index is 0.75. Find its
total power?
a) 465W
b) 384W
c) 323W
d) 502W
View Answer
Q66/ If a wave is modulated by two waves. One of them has modulation
index equal to 0.75 and other has 0.2, the total modulation index will be
________
a) 0.67
b) 0.58
c) 0.77
d) 0.35

Q67. Find the power saving for DSB-SC wave with 100% modulation?
a) 66%
b) 86%
c) 50%
d) 33%
View Answer

Q68/If power transmitted is 45kW, field at a distance of 23km will be ________

a) 0.02
b) 0.75
c) 0.05
d) 0.03
Q69/Bandwidth (B) of an AM signal is given by

a. B = 2 ωm
b. B = (ωc + ωm) - (ωc - ωm)
c. ωm
d. None of the above
e. Both a and b are correct
Q70/ LSB (Lower Side Band) is the band of frequency
a. Below the carrier frequency
b. Includes the carrier frequency
c. That lies in AM spectrum
d. Both a and c are correct

Q71/ USB (Upper Side Band) is the band of frequency

a. Above the carrier frequency
b. Includes the carrier frequency
c. That lies in AM spectrum
d. Both a and c are correct

Q81/ AM wave may be represented as E(t) cos ωct where E(t) is

a. Envelope of the AM wave
b. Carrier signal
c. Amplitude of modulating signal
d. None of the above

Q82/  The minimum antenna height required for transmission in reference to

wavelength λ is

a. λ
b. λ/4
c. λ/2
d. 4 λ

Q83/Synchronous detection means

a. Extracting week signal from noise
b. Need a reference signal with predetermined frequency and phase
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above

Q84 /   What is the effect on the transmitted power of AM signal when the
modulation index changes from 0.8 to 1?
a. 0.1364
b. 0.3856
c. 1.088
d. 0.5
Q85/ Types of analog modulation are:

a. Phase modulation
b. Frequency modulation
c. Amplitude modulation
d. All of the above

Q86/Calculate the power in a DSB SC signal when the modulation is 60% with a
carrier power of 600W.

a. 600 W
b. 540 W
c. 108 W
d. 300 W

Q87/   An AM transmitter has an antenna current changing from 5 A un

modulated  to 5.8 A. What is the percentage of modulation?

a. 38.8%
b. 83.14%
c. 46.8%
d. 25.2%

Q88/Calculate the modulation index when the un modulated carrier power is

15KW, and after modulation, carrier power is 17KW.

a. 68%
b. 51.63%
c. 82.58%
d. 34.66%

Q89/ Disadvantage of using a DSB or SSB signal modulation is

a. Difficult to recover information at the receiver
b. Carrier has to be locally generated at receiver
c. Both a and b are correct
d. None of the above

Q90/   In Low level Amplitude Modulation

a. Modulation is done at lower power of carrier and modulating signal
b. Output power is low c. Power amplifiers are required to boost the signal
d. All of the above
Q91/In High level Amplitude Modulation
a. Modulation is done at high power of carrier and modulating signal
b. Collector modulation method is High level Amplitude Modulation
c. Power amplifiers are used to boost the carrier and modulating signals
before modulation
d. All of the above

Q92/Pilot carrier is
a. Used with DSB-SC signal
b. A small carrier transmitted with modulated signal
c. Used for synchronization with local carrier at the receiver
d. All of the above

Phase shift method is

Q93/ Phase shift method is
a. Includes two balanced modulators
b. Two phase shifting networks
c. Avoids the use of filters
d. All of the above