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Official PYQ1999ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
Assuming perfect conductors of a transmission line, pure TEM\text{TEM} propagation is NOT\text{NOT} possible in
Official PYQ1999ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
In air, a lossless transmission line of length 50 cm50 \mathrm{~cm} with L=10  μH/m,C=40  pF/m\mathrm{L}=10 \; \mu \mathrm{H} / \mathrm{m}, \mathrm{C}=40 \; \mathrm{pF} / \mathrm{m} is operated at 25  MHz25 \; \mathrm{MHz}. Its electrical path length is
Official PYQ1999ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
A trasmitting antenna radiates 251 W251 \mathrm{~W} isotropically. A receiving antenna, located 100 m100 \mathrm{~m} away from the transmitting antenna, has an effective aperture of 500 cm2500 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}. The total received by the antenna is
Official PYQ1999ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
In a twin-wire transmission line in air, the adjacent voltage maxima are at 12.5 cm12.5 \mathrm{~cm} and 27.5 cm27.5 \mathrm{~cm}. The operating frequency is
Official PYQ1998ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
A high-Q quartz crystal exhibits series resonance at the frequency ωs\omega_{s} and parallel resonance at the frequency ωp\omega_{p}. Then
Official PYQ1998ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
The far field of an antenna varies with distance r\mathrm{r} as
Official PYQ1998ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
An antenna in free space receives 2  μW2 \; \mu \mathrm{W} of power when the incident electric field is 20 m  V/m  rms20 \mathrm{~m} \; \mathrm{V} / \mathrm{m} \; \mathrm{rms}. The effective aperture of the antenna is
Official PYQ1998ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
The radiation resistance of a circular loop of one turn is 0.01  Ω0.01 \; \Omega. The radiation resistance of five turns of such a loop will be
Official PYQ1998ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
The vector H\mathrm{H} in the far field of an antenna satisfies
Official PYQ1998ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
All transmission line sections shown in the figure is have a characteristic impedance R0+j0\text{R}_{0}+\text{j}_{0}. The input impedance Zin\text{Z}_{\text{in}} equals
Official PYQ1997ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
A rectangular air-filled waveguide has cross section of 4 cm×10 cm4 \mathrm{~cm} \times 10 \mathrm{~cm}. The minimum frequency which can propagate in the waveguide is
Official PYQ1997ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
A transmission line of 50  Ω50 \; \Omega characteristic impedance is terminated with a 100  Ω100 \; \Omega resistance. The minimum impedance measured on the line is equal to
Official PYQ1997ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
A very lossy, λ/4\lambda / 4 long, 50  Ω50 \; \Omega transmission line is open circuited at the load end. The input impedance measured at the other end of the line is approximately
Official PYQ1996ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
The capacitance per unit length and the characteristic impedance of a lossless transmission line are C\mathrm{C} and Zo\mathrm{Zo} respectively. The velocity of a travelling wave on the transmission line
Official PYQ1996ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
A lossless transmission line having 50  Ω50 \; \Omega charateristic impedance and lengh λ/4\lambda / 4 is short circuited at one end and connected to an ideal voltage source of 1 V1 \mathrm{~V} at the other end. The current drawn from the voltage source is
Official PYQ1995ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
An antenna, when radiating, has a highly directional radiation pattern. When the antenna is receiving, its radiation pattern
Official PYQ1994ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
For a dipole antenna
Official PYQ1993ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
Consider a transmission line of characteristic impedance of 50  ohm50 \; \mathrm{ohm}. Let it be terminated at one end by +j  50  ohm+j \; 50 \; \mathrm{ohm}. The VSWR\text{VSWR} produced by it in the transmission line will be
Official PYQ1992ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMSQ · 1 mark
In a multicavity magnetron, strapping is employed primarily
Official PYQ1992ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
The beamwidth-between-first null of uniform linear array of N\mathrm{N} equally-spaced (element spacing =d=d ), equally-excited antennas is determined by