PPI scan type radar display can
A. indicate only the target bearing
B. indicate only the target range
C. indicate both the target range as well as direction
D. be used to produce target image
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A radar system that can determine both target range as well as target velocity is
A. Pulsed radar
B. Doppler radar
C. CW radar
D. MTI
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The orbital satellites are
A. symmetrical
B. asymmetrical
C. synchronous
D. non synchronous
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The orbital period of a satellite in a circular orbit of 500 km above the Earth's surface, taking mean radius of the Earth as 6400 km and Kepler's constant µ as 4 × 105 km3 /s2 nearly
A. 1.6 hours
B. 2.4 hours
C. 3.2 hours
D. 6.4 hours
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An automotive radar operates at a frequency of 8 GHz. The Doppler shift due to an automobile directly approaching the radar at a speed of 160 km per hour is
A. 2.37 kHz
B. 23.7 kHz
C. 8 kHz
D. 8 GHz
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The output stage of a transponder on board a satellite has a maximum power output of 10 watts. However, it is not operated at the maximum power output in order to
A. Conserve the available limited battery power
B. Reduce noise due to device
C. Avoid intermodulation distortion
D. Avoid heating gap of the satellite beyond a per set value
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The maximum unambiguous range of pulsed radar depends upon
A. Peak power of the transmitted pulses
B. Transmitted pulse widths
C. Signal to noise ratio of the radar receiver
D. Pulse repetition rate of the transmitted signal
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Linear velocity of a satellite in a circular orbit is
A. Independent of its mass
B. Directly proportional to its mass
C. Directly proportional to square of its mass
D. Directly proportional to square root of its mass
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The mean sun does at a uniform speed but otherwise requires the same time as the real sun to complete one orbit of the earth, this time being
A. the tropical year
B. the leap year
C. the Julian calendar year
D. the Grgorian calendar year
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In a pulsed radar, the peak radar transmitter power is increased by a factor of 81 keeping all other radar parameters unchanged. The maximum range capability of the radar increases by a factor of
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The transmission path loss for a geostationary satellite signal for uplink frequency of 6 GHz is
A. 60 dB
B. 92 dB
C. 184 dB
D. 200 dB
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In radar systems, the term 'rat-race' is used in connection with
A. Modulator
B. Pulse characteristics
C. Receiver bandwidth
D. Duplexer
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The propagation time from one earth station to another earth station via Geo-stationary satellite is approximately:
A. 125 msec
B. 150 msec
C. 300 msec
D. 25 msec
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What is the reason for using frequencies of the order of a few GHz in satellite communication?
A. Antenna sizes are small and ionosphere does not reflect frequencies
B. Helical antenna can be used at these frequencies
C. Frequencies can pass through ionosphere without attenuation
D. Easy availability of components at these frequencies
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The code division multiple access technique is not used in satellite communication because of
A. wastage of base band spectrum
B. wastage in power
C. increase in delay
D. complexity and unreliability of operation
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Which factor determines the range resolution of a radar?
A. Size of the antenna
B. Bandwidth of the transmitted pulse
C. Power radiated from the antenna
D. Centre frequency of the radar
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Antenna elevation angle at the ground station for satellite communication is always kept above 5° to
A. minimize the sky noise temperature
B. reduce the effect of oxygen and water vapour absorption on the antenna noise temperature
C. minimize the slant range
D. increase the visibility of the satellite
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The height of Geostationary satellite (above earth) used for satellite communication is nearly
A. 300 km
B. 3,500 km
C. 10,000 km
D. 36,000 km
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In satellite communication, highly directional antennas are used to
A. Direct the spot beam to a particular region of space on Earth
B. Strengthen the beam to a overcome the cosmic noise
C. Make corrections in change of polarization of the beam
D. Select a particular channel in transmission and reception
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Long distance communication system via satellite uses frequency range.
A. 10 to 100 GHz
B. 1 to 2.5 MHz
C. 50 to 100 GHz
D. 3 to 6 GHz
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