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A geostationary satellite is one which
Options
A. hangs motionless in space about 36000 km about Earth
B. travels around the Earth in 24 hours
C. remains stationary above the Earth
D. appears stationary to everybody on Earth
Correct Answer
appears stationary to everybody on Earth
Satellite Communication problems
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1. Rotation of a geosynchronous satellite means its
Options
A. drift from stationary position
B. wobbling
C. three-axis stabilization
D. three-dimensional stabilization
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Correct Answer: wobbling
2. Of the four INSAT-I satellites planned by India so for, only __________ has proved to be successful.
Options
A. INSAT-IA
B. INSAT-IB
C. INSAT-IC
D. INSAT-ID
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Correct Answer: INSAT-IB
3. Which one of the following statements regarding compandor is FALSE?
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A. It compresses the higher-amplitude parts of a signal before modulation and expands them back to normal again after demodulation.
B. It gives preferential treatment to the weaker parts of the signal
C. For weaker signals it gives a poor ratio of signal strength to quantizing error
D. Weaker signals, traverse more quantum steps than they would do otherwise and so quantizing error is reduced.
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Correct Answer: For weaker signals it gives a poor ratio of signal strength to quantizing error
4. The first geostationary satellite launched in 1965 was called
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A. ANIK
B. EARLY BIRD (Intelsat-I)
C. WESTAR
D. MOLNIYA
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Correct Answer: EARLY BIRD (Intelsat-I)
5. The Sun blots out the transmission of a geosynchronous satellite twice a year when satellite passes directly in front of it. This outage lasts for about
Options
A. 10 minutes on 5 consecutive days
B. 5 minutes on 10 consecutive days
C. 30 minutes for 5 consecutive days
D. one hour for 5 consecutive days
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Correct Answer: 10 minutes on 5 consecutive days
6. India's first domestic geostationary satellite 1NSAT-IA was launched on 10th April 1982 from
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A. USSR
B. USA
C. UK
D. UP
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Correct Answer: USA
7. Radio broadcasting is a familiar example of
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A. space multiplexing
B. time multiplexing
C. frequency multiplexing
D. none of the above
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Correct Answer: frequency multiplexing
8. The present total cost per watt of power generation in geosynchronous orbit is nearly Rs.
Options
A. 20
B. 50
C. 100
D. 5
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Correct Answer: 20
9. A function having frequency
f
is to be sampled. The sampling time T should be
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Sampling frequency must be more than 2
f
. Therefore
.
10. Two function
g
1
(
t
) and
g
2
(
t
) with correlation of 6 has average power of 4 and 5 respectively. The power of
g
1
(
t
) +
g
2
(
t
) is
Options
A. 9
B. 21
C. 3
D. 15
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Correct Answer: 21
Explanation:
Power of two correlated signal is P = P
1
+ P
2
+2R
1
,
2
(t).
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