Question Pool: General Grade

Sample question paper of the examination for award of
Amateur station operator's Licence -General grade

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SECTION: A: Radio Theory

Model question pool - 3

Q1: How much power is being applied in a circuit when the applied voltage is 13.8 volts DC and current is 10A





Q2: What is the resistance of a circuit that draws 4A from a 12-volt source?





Q3: Which of the following does not change in a transformer?





Q4: A transformer core is laminated to





Q5: A certain oscillator has a tap on the inductor in the tank circuit.This oscillator is probably





Q6: For a forward bias diode the barrier potential _____ as temperature increases





Q7: Reverse break down isa condition in which a diode





Q8: Signals with a frequency above 30Mhz use _________ propagation





Q9: A 50Ω trasmission line that has impedance load of 300Ω has a VSWR





Q10: The input impedance at the center ofa dipole antenna is approximately





Q11: The characeteristic impedance of free space is ___ ohms





Q12: A zener diode has





Q13: Negative feedback in an amplifier





Q14: A series of RL flter circuit with an output across the inductor will result in what type of filtering





Q15: The DC current through each diode in a bridge rectifier equals





Q16: The oscillator that makes a communication receiver capable of receiving Morse codeis





Q17: A receiver has poor IF selectivity. I will therefore also have poor





Q18: Higher Q of a series circuit





Q19: When a transistor is used as switch its ON/OFF terminals are





Q20: For a satellite communication the frequency should be





Q21: When modulation of AM wave is decreased





Q22: The beakdown mechanism in a lightly doped p-n junction under reversebiased contion is called





Q23: Ohm's law not applicable to





Q24: In a pure capacitor the phase relation between the current and voltage is





Q25: The right most band in a resisitor indicates





Q26: A resonant frequency total impedance of series RLC circuit depends on





Q27: Which class of amplifier to pickup and reproduce weak radio signal is





Q28: Which block of the super hetrodyne receiver is known as first detector





Q29: Which of the following block is not present in tuned radio frequency





Q30: The range of carrier frquencies identified for amplitude modulation transmission falls in ____ band





Q31: For a signal band limited to W Hz thebandwidth of its SSB modulated signal is





Q32: For a class B amplifier theQpoint is





Q33: In FM modulation frequency deviation is mainly depemdt on





Q34: The primary advantage of a crystal oscillator is that





Q35: The intrinsic semiconductor at the absolute zero of temparature





Q36: For sustaining oscilations in an oscillator





Q37: An inductor opposes





Q38: In a full wave rectifier the current in each of the diode flows for





Q39: In the process of modulation in communication system





Q40: The output signal of a detector in a communication receiver is in





Q41: In a radio receiver the selectivity will be governed by





Q42: The emf of a cell depends on





Q43: The mutual inductance (M) between two coils of self inductance L1 & L2 is expressed as





Q44: The SI unit of resistivity is





Q45: The capacitance of a capacitor is not influenced by





Q46: A signal (fm) is amplitude modulated with a carrier (fc) the frequency value of lower side band is





Q47: The highest frequency that is reflected by an inosphere layer is





Q48: Two resistors are in parallel. Resistor A carries twice the current of ResistorB implies





Q49: The SSB transmission





Q50: Selectivity in a super hetrodyne receiver is achived primarily in the





Q51: The polarizationof an electromagnatic waveis defined by the direction of





Q52: What is the name of a current that flows only in one direction?





Q53: What is the standard unit of frequency?





Q54: How much voltage does an automobile battery normally supply?





Q55: Which of the following describes a linear amplifier?





Q56: How is the efficiency of an RF power amplifier determined?





Q57: Which of the following is an advantage of a Class C amplifier?





Q58: For which of the following modes is a Class C power stage appropriate for amplifying a modulated signal?





Q59: Which of the following is a characteristic of a Class A amplifier?





Q60: What is the output waveform of an unfiltered full-wave rectifier connected to a resistive load?





Q61: What portion of the AC cycle is converted to DC by a full-wave rectifier?





Q62: What portion of the AC cycle is converted to DC by a half-wave rectifier?





Q63: What type of circuit is used in many FM receivers to convert signals coming from the IF amplifier to audio?





Q64: What type of receiver is suitable for CW and SSB reception but does not require a mixer stage or an IF amplifier?





Q65: What is an advantage of a crystal controlled transmitter?





Q66: A superhetrodyne receiver is tuned to 555 KHz and its local oscillator at 1010 KHz . The image frequency will be





Q67: 3 to 30 MHz band is known as





Q68: The wavelength of a broadcast station at 1000 KHz is





Q69: The core of power supply transformer is laminated to …





Q70: In a resonant circuit





Q71: When frequency of a carrier is varied according to modulation the result is





Q72: what is the phase relationship between the input and output of a common emitter circuit in degrees?





Q73: The quartz crystal oscillator is known for its





Q74: Which of the following is a characteristic of a liquid crystal display?





Q75: What is meant by the term MMIC?





Q76: What is a microprocessor?





Q77: What safety feature does a power-supply bleeder resistor provide?





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