Q.1 Let x(t ) = 5cos (50 t + sin 5 t ).

Its instantaneous frequency (in rad/s) at t = 0

has the value

[ESE - 2002]

(A) 5

(B) 50

(C) 55

(D) 250
Q.2 An FM wave uses a 2.5 V, 500 Hz modulating frequency and has a
modulation index of 50. The deviation is

[ESE - 2002]
(A) 500 Hz

(B) 100 Hz

(C) 1250 Hz

25000 Hz
(D)
Q.3 Which of the following is not a component of PLL?

[ESE - 2005]

(A) Frequency multiplier

(B) Phase detector

(C) VCO

(D) Loop filter

Q.4 Which one of the following sets correctly describes the Block - I and Block -
II in the diagram given below?

[ESE - 2006]
Block - I Block - II
m (t ) Ac cos[c t + kc m (t)]

Ac cos c t

Block-I Block-II

(A) Integrator Phase modulator

(B) Integrator Frequency modulator

(C) Differentiator Phase modulator

(D) Differentiator Frequency modulator

Q.5 An angle modulated signal is described by the equation

xc (t ) = 10cos [2fc t + 10sin (4000t ) + 5sin 2000t ] [ESE - 2009]

What is the bandwidth of this modulated signal?

(A) 6 kHz

(B) 45 kHz

(C) 54 kHz

(D) 63 kHz
Q.6 An F.M. signal which is modulated by a 4 kHz sine wave reaches a
maximum frequency of 100.01 MHz and minimum frequency of 99.97
MHz, then what is the one side frequency deviation of the signal?

[ESE - 2009]

(A) 6.67 kHz

(B) 5.00 kHz

(C) 10.0 kHz

(D) 20.0 kHz

Q.7 If an FM wave is represented by the equation e = 10sin (9 108 t + 4sin1500 t ),
then what is the carrier frequency?

[ESE - 2009]

(A) 127.32 MHz

(B) 150.00 MHz

(C) 143.31 MHz

(D) 208.00 MHz

Q.8 Assertion (A) : A frequency mixer is used in the Armstrong indirect FM
wave generator.

Reason (R) : It is required to increase the carrier frequency by a very

larger factor than that needed for the frequency deviation increase.

[ESE - 2010]

(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

(C) A is true but R is false

(D) A is false but R is true

Q.9 The maximum deviation allowed in a frequency modulation system is 100
kHz; the modulating signal frequency is 10 kHz. The bandwidth
requirement as per Carson’s rule will be

[ESE - 2012]

(A) 220 kHz

(B) 110 kHz

(C) 120 kHz

(D) 210 kHz

Q.10 In a frequency modulation system, maximum frequency deviation allowed
is 1000 and modulating frequency is 1 kHz. Determine modulation index .

[ESE - 2013]

(A) 2

(B) 2000

(C) 1

(D) 1000
Q.11 An FM signal is represented by v = 12sin (6 108 t + 5sin1250 t ) The carrier
frequency fc and frequency deviation respectively, are

[ESE - 2016]

(A) 191 MHz and 665 Hz

(B) 95.5 MHz and 995 Hz

(C) 191 MHz and 995 Hz

(D) 95.5 MHz and 665 Hz

Q.12 When the modulating frequency is doubled then modulating index is
halved and the modulation voltage remains constant. This happens
when the modulating system is

[ESE - 2016]

(A) AM

(B) PM

(C) FM

(D) Delta Modulation

Q.13 In a frequency modulated (FM) system, when the audio frequency is
500 Hz and audio frequency voltage is 2.4 V, the frequency deviation
 is 4.8 kHz. If the audio frequency voltage is now increased to 7.2 V
then what is the new value of deviation?

[ESE - 2016]

(A) 0.6 kHz

(B) 3.6 kHz

(C) 12.4 kHz

(D) 14.4 kHz

Q.14 An angle-modulated signal is given by s(t ) = cos2(2 106 t + 30sin150t + 40cos150t).
The maximum frequency and phase deviations of s(t) are respectively

(A) 10.5 kHz, 140  rad

(B) 6 kHz, 80  rad

(C) 10.5 kHz, 100  rad

(D) 7.5 kHz, 100  rad

Q.15 An FM signal with a modulation index 9 is applied to a frequency
tripler. The modulation index in the output signal will be

(A) 0

(B) 3

(C) 9

(D) 27
Q.16 An angle modulated signal is described by X A (t ) = 10 cos[2106 t + 0.1sin103 t ]

Considering X A (t ) as a PM signal with K p = 10 The modulating

signal m(t) is

(A) 0.1sin(103 )t

(B) 0.01sin(103 )t

(C) 0.1cos(103 )t

(D) 0.01cos(103 )πt

Q.17 What is the modulation index of an FM signal having a carrier swing of
100 kHz and modulating frequency of 8 kHz?

[ESE - 2016]

(A) 4.75

(B) 5.50

(C) 6.25

(D) 7.50
Q.18 A message m(t) as shown in the below figure is phase modulated a
carrier of 1 MHz with a phase sensitivity of . rad/volt

The maximum and minimum instantaneous frequencies of the modulated

signal are respectively

(A) 1100 KHz, 1050 KHz

(B) 1050 KHz, 1000 KHz

(C) 1050 KHz, 950 KHz

(D) 1110 KHz, 890 KHz

 Common Data for
Questions 19 to 21

Given message signal m(t ) = sin(2000t ) , frequency sensitivity constant

kf = 100 kHz/V, Phase sensitivity constant k p = 10 rad/V

Q.19 The bandwidth of FM and PM are respectively

(A) 204 kHz, 44 kHz

(B) 202 kHz, 22 kHz

(C) 402 kHz, 42 kHz

(D) None of the above

Q.20 If message signal amplitude is double then bandwidth will be
respectively

(A) 200 kHz, 20 kHz

(B) 402 kHz,42 kHz

(C) 404 kHz, 44 kHz

(D) 204 kHz, 24 kHz

Q.21 If the message signal frequency is doubled, then bandwidth will be
respectively

(A) 404 kHz, 22 kHz

(B) 404 kHz, 42 kHz

(C) 204 kHz, 44 kHz

(D) None of the above

 Common Data for
Questions 22 and 23

m(t ) = cos[(4103 )t ] be the message signal and c(t ) = 5cos[(210 )t ]

6
Let

be the carrier.
Q.22 c (t ) and m(t ) are used to generate an AM signal. The modulation index of
Total side band power
the generated AM signal is 0.5. Then the quantity Carrrier power
is

1
(A)
2

1
(B) 4

1
(C)
3

1
(D) 8
Q.23 c (t ) and m(t ) are used to generate an FM signal. If the peak frequency
deviation of the generated FM is three times the transmission bandwidth of
the AM signal, then the coefficient of the term cos[2π(1008 103 t )] in the FM
signal (in terms of the Bessel coefficients) is

(A) 5 J 4 (3)

5
(B) J 8 (3)
2

5
J 8 (4)
(C) 2

5 J 4 (6)
(D)
Q.24 An angle modulated signal with carrier frequency c = 2106 rad/s is

given by m (t ) = cos[c t + 5sin(1000t ) + 10sin(2000t )]

The maximum deviation of the frequency in the angle modulated signal

from that of the carrier is

(A) 12.5 kHz

(B) 1.25 kHz

(C) 6.25 kHz

(D) 25.0 kHz

Q.25 Consider an angle modulated signal X (t ) = 6cos[2106 t + 2sin(8000t ) + 4cos .
The average power of X(t) is

(A) 10 W

(B) 18 W

(C) 20 W

(D) 28 W
Q.26 The scheme shown in figure is used for the generation of wideband FM from
a narrow band FM. The multiplier box multiplies the input frequency by the
factor shown. The input x(t ) is a narrow band FM signal of carrier 100 kHz
and frequency deviation of 25 Hz. The local oscillator frequency in kHz and
the multiplication constant to achieve an output with a carrier of 2.0 MHz
and a frequency deviation of 1.0 kHz are respectively

(A) 750, 4

(B) 1000, 4

(C) 750, 8

(D) 1000, 8