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Analog Modulation

GATE Electronics & Communication · 36 questions across 21 years (1992-2025) · 53% recurrence rate

Recurrence sparkline

19922025
199220092025

Difficulty mix

easy 44%
med 56%

Question types

MCQ26
NAT9
MSQ1

All 36 questions on Analog Modulation

2025 PYQ

Consider a message signal $m(t)$ which is bandlimited to $[-W, W]$, where $W$ is in Hz . Consider the following two modulation schemes for the message signal: Double sideband-suppressed carrier (DSB-SC): $$ f_{\mathrm{DS...

Med
2025 PYQ

Consider a frequency-modulated (FM) signal $$ f(t)=A_c \cos \left(2 \pi f_c t+3 \sin \left(2 \pi f_1 t\right)+4 \sin \left(6 \pi f_1 t\right)\right) $$ where $A_c$ and $f_c$ are, respectively, the amplitude and frequency...

Med
2024 PYQ

An amplitude modulator has output (in Volts) $$s(t) = A \cos(400 \pi t) + B \cos(360 \pi t) + B \cos(440 \pi t)$$. The carrier power normalized to $1\Omega$ resistance is 50 Watts. The ratio of the total sideband power t...

Easy
2023 PYQ

Let a frequency modulated (FM) signal $$x(t) = A\cos ({\omega _c}t + {k_f}\int_{ - \infty }^t {m(\lambda )d\lambda )} $$, where $$m(t)$$ is a message signal of bandwidth W. It is passed through a non-linear system with o...

Med
2021 PYQ

Consider a carrier signal which is amplitude modulated by a single - tone sinusoidal message signal with a modulation index of $50 \%$. If the carrier and one of the side bands are suppressed in the modulated signal, the...

Med
2021 PYQ

Consider a super heterodyne receiver tuned to 600 kHz . If the local oscillator feeds a 1000 kHz signal to the mixer. The image frequency (in integer) is $\_\_\_\_$ kHz .

Easy
2021 PYQ

A sinusoidal message signal having root mean square value of 4 V and frequency of 1 kHz is fed to a phase modulator with phase deviation constant $2 \mathrm{rad} /$ volt. If the carrier signal is $c(t)=2 \cos \left(2 \pi...

Med
2017 PYQ

The un-modulated carrier power in an AM transmitter is 5kW. This carrier is modulated by a sinusoidal modulating signal. The maximum percentage of modulation is 50%. If it is reduced to 40%, then the maximum un-modulated...

Med
2017 PYQ

A modulating signal given By $$x\left(t\right)=5\sin\left(4\mathrm\pi10^3\mathrm t\;-\;10\mathrm{πcos}2\mathrm\pi10^3\mathrm t\right)$$ V is fed to a phase modulator with phase deviation constant k p =0.5rad/V. If the ca...

Med
2016 PYQ

For a superheterodyne receiver, the intermediate frequency is 15 MHz and the local oscillator frequency is 3.5 GHz. If the frequency of the received signal is greater than the local oscillator frequency, then the image f...

Easy
2016 PYQ

A super heterodyne receiver operates in the frequency range of 58 MHz – 68 MHz. The intermediate frequency f 1F and local oscillator frequency f L0 are chosen such that f 1F $$\leq$$ f L0 .It is required that the image f...

Med
2015 PYQ

Consider the signal $$s\left(t\right)\;=\;m\left(t\right)\;\cos\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)\;+\widehat m\left(t\right)\;\sin\left(2\mathrm\pi\;{\mathrm f}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)$$ where $$\widehat m\...

Easy
2014 PYQ

Consider an FM signal $$f\left(t\right)\;=\;\cos\left[2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\;+\;{\mathrm\beta}_1\sin\;2{\mathrm{πf}}_1\mathrm t\;+\;{\mathrm\beta}_2\sin\;2{\mathrm{πf}}_2\mathrm t\right]$$ . The maximum devia...

Easy
2010 PYQ

Consider an angle modulated signal x(t) = 6cos[2$$\mathrm\pi$$x10 6 t+2sin(8000$$\mathrm\pi$$t) + 4cos(8000$$\mathrm\pi$$t)] V. The average power of x(t) is.

Easy
2008 PYQ

The signal $$\cos\;\omega_ct\;+\;0.5\;\cos\;\omega_mt\;s\mathrm{in}\;\omega_ct$$ is

Med
2008 PYQ

Consider the amplitude modulated (AM) signal $$A_c\cos\omega_ct\;+\;2\cos\omega_mt\;\cos\omega_ct$$. For demodulating the signal using envelope detector, the minimum value of A c should be

Easy
2006 PYQ

The diagonal clipping in Amplitude Demodulation (using envelope detector) can be avoided if RC time-constant of the envelope detector satisfies the following condition, (here W is message bandwidth and ω c is carrier fre...

Easy
2005 PYQ

Which of the following analog modulation scheme requires the minimum transmitted power and minimum channel bandwidth?

Easy
2005 PYQ

A device with input x(t) and output y(t) is characterized by: y(t) = x 2 (t). An FM signal with frequency deviation of 90 kHz and modulating signal bandwidth of 5 kHz is applied to this device. The bandwidth of the outpu...

Med
2005 PYQ

A carrier is phase modulated (PM) with frequency deviation of 10 kHz by a single tone frequency of 1 kHz. If the single tone frequency is increased to 2 kHz, assuming that phase deviation remains unchanged, the bandwidth...

Med
2004 PYQ

An AM signal is detected using an envelope detector. The carrier frequency and modulating signal frequency are 1 MHz and 2 KHz respectively. An appropriate value for the time constant of the envelope detector is

Easy
2004 PYQ

Two sinusoidal signals of same amplitude and frequencies 10 kHz and 10.1 kHz are added together. The combined signal is given to an ideal frequency detector. The output of the detector is

Med
2004 PYQ

An AM signal and a narrow-band FM signal with identical carriers, modulating signals and modulation indices of 0.1 are added together. The resultant signal can be closely approximated by

Med
2003 PYQ

A DSB-SC signal is to be generated with a carrier frequency f c = 1MHz using a nonlinear device with the input-output characteristic $$v_0=a_0v_i\;+\;a_1v_i^3$$.where a 0 and a 1 are constants. The output of the nonlinea...

Med
2003 PYQ

Let $$m\left(t\right)\;=\cos\left[\left(4\mathrm\pi\times10^3\right)t\right]$$ be the message signal and $$c\left(t\right)\;=5\cos\left[2\mathrm\pi\times10^6t\right]$$ be the carrier. c(t) and m(t) are used to generate a...

Med
2003 PYQ

Let $$m\left(t\right)\;=\cos\left[\left(4\mathrm\pi\times10^3\right)t\right]$$ be the message signal and $$c\left(t\right)\;=5\cos\left[2\mathrm\pi\times10^6t\right]$$ be the carrier. c(t) and m(t) are used to generate a...

Easy
2002 PYQ

A 1 MHz sinusoidal carrier is amplitude modulated by a symmetrical square wave of period 100 µsec. Which of the following frequencies will NOT be present in the modulated signal?

Med
2000 PYQ

In an FM system, a carrier of 100 MHz is modulated by a sinusoidal signal of 5 KHz. The bandwidth by Carson’s approximation is 1 MHz. If y(t) = (modulated waveform) 3 , then by using Carson’s approximation, the bandwidth...

Med
1999 PYQ

A modulated signal is given by s(t)= $${e^{ - at}}$$ cos $$\left[ {({\omega _c} + \Delta \omega )t} \right]$$ u (t), where a, $${\omega _c}$$ and $${\Delta \omega }$$ are positive constants, and $${\omega _c}$$ >>$${\Del...

Easy
1999 PYQ

A modulated signal is given by, $$s\left(t\right)=m_1\left(t\right)\cos\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)\;+m_2\left(t\right)\sin\left(2{\mathrm{πf}}_\mathrm c\mathrm t\right)$$, where the baseband signal m 1...

Easy
1998 PYQ

The image channel selectivity of super heterodyne receiver depends upon

Easy
1998 PYQ

A DSB-SC signal is generated using the carrier $$\cos\left(\omega_ct\;+\;\theta\right)$$ and modulating singal x(t). The envelope of the DSB-SC signal is

Easy
1994 PYQ

$$v\left(t\right)\;=5\left[\cos\left(10^6\mathrm{πt}\right)\;-\;\sin\left(10^3\mathrm{πt}\right)\times\sin\left(10^6\mathrm{πt}\right)\right]$$ represents

Med
1993 PYQ

Which of the following demodulator(s) can be used for demodulating the signal $$x(t)\;=\;5\left(1+2\;\cos200\mathrm{πt}\right)\cos\;20000\;\mathrm{πt}$$ .

Med
1993 PYQ

A superheterodyne radio receiver with an intermediate frequency of 455 KHz is tuned to a station operating at 1200 KHz. The associated image frequency is ______ KHz.

Easy
1992 PYQ

The maximum power efficiency of an AM modulator is

Med