AP Inter 2nd Year Physics Important Questions Chapter 16 Communication Systems

Students get through AP Inter 2nd Year Physics Important Questions 16th Lesson Communication Systems which are most likely to be asked in the exam.

AP Inter 2nd Year Physics Important Questions 16th Lesson Communication Systems

Question 1.
What are the basic blocks of a communication system?
Basic blocks in a communication system are

1. Transmitter
3. Channel

Question 2.
What is the ‘World Wide Web” (WWW)?
Tern Berners -Lee invented the World Wide Web.
It is an encyclopedia of knowledge accessible to everyone round the clock throughout the year.

Question 3.
Mention the frequency range of speech signals.
Speech signals frequency range is 300 Hz to 3100 Hz.

Question 4.
What is sky wave propagation ?
In the frequency range from a MHz upto about 30 MHz, long distance communication can be achieved by ionospheric reflection of radio waves back towards the earth. This mode of propagation is called sky wave propagation.

Question 5.
Mention the various parts of the ionosphere ?
Parts of ionosphere are

1. D Part of stratosphere (65-70 km day only),
2. E Part of stratosphere (100 km day only),
3. F1 Part of mesosphere (170 km – 190 km),
4. F2 Part of thermosphere [300 km at night 250 – 400 km during day time].

Question 6.
Define modulation. Why is it necessary ? [A.P. 17; A.P., T.S. Mar. 16, T.S. Mar. 15, Mar. 14]
Modulation : The process of combining low frequency audio signal with high frequency carrier wave is called modulation.
Necessary: Low frequency signals cannot transmit directly. To reduce size of the antenna and to avoid mixing up of signal from different transmitters modulation is necessary.

Question 7.
Mention the basic methods of modulation. [T.S. Mar. 15, 17, A.P. Mar. 16]
The basic methods of modulation are :

1. Amplitude modulation (AM)
2. Frequency modulation (FM)
3. Phase modulation (PM)

Question 8.
Which type of communication is employed in Mobile Phones ? [A.P. Mar. 15]
Space wave mode of propagation is employed in mobile phones.

Textual Examples

Question 1.
A transmitting antenna at the top of a tower has a height 32 m and the height of the receiving antenna Is 50 m. What is the maximum distance between them for satisfactory communication in LOS mode? Given radius of earth 6.4 × 106 m.
Solution:
dm = $$\sqrt{2 \mathrm{Rh}_{\mathrm{T}}}+\sqrt{2 \mathrm{Rh}_{\mathrm{R}}}$$
dm = $$\sqrt{2 \times 64 \times 10^5 \times 32}+\sqrt{2 \times 64 \times 10^5 \times 50 \mathrm{~m}}$$
=64 × 102 × $$\sqrt{10}$$ +8 × 103 × $$\sqrt{10}$$m = 144 × 102 × $$\sqrt{10}$$m
= 45.5 km.

Question 2.
A message signal of frequency 10 kHz and peak voltage of 10 volts Is used to modulate a carrier of frequency 1 MHz and peak voltage of 20 volts. Determine
(a) modulation index
(b) the side bands produced.
Solution:
a) Modulation index = $$\frac{10}{2}$$ = 0.5
b) The side bands are at (1000 + 10 kHz) = 1010 kHz and (1000 – 10 kHz) = 990 kHz.