Department of Electronics & Communications,

Faculty of Technology,
Dharmsinh Desai University
MCQ for the subject Microwave and Antennas

Note: The correct answers for the respective questions are the options given in bold fonts.

(11) The apparent capacitance at a high angular frequency () of an air-cored capacitor having
capacitance (C) and an inductance (L) is given by
(a) Capp=C/1+ 2LC

(b) Capp=C/1- 2LC

(c) Capp=L/1- 2LC

(d) Capp=L/1+ 2LC

(12) High frequency inductors and capacitors are commonly plated with silver. The main
purpose of this is to
(a) reduce their dc resistances
(b) reduce their ac resistances
(c) increase their ac resistances
(d) increase their dc resistances
(13)

If the load impedance terminating a transmission line is complex, then the reflection
coefficient is complex. This would mean that the reflected
(a) voltage and reflected current at the load are out of phase with the incident
voltage and incident current respectively.
(b) voltage and reflected current at the load are inphase with the incident voltage and
incident current respectively.
(c) voltage at the load is out of phase with the incident voltage and the reflected voltage
at the load is inphase with the incident voltage.
(d) voltage is out of phase with the incident voltage and the reflected current is in phase
with the incident current respectively.

(14) The type of time variant (/ t) implied with reference to the field quantities in Maxwells
equations is

(a) sinusoidal
(b) non-sinusoidal
(c) both sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal
(d) exponential
(15)

Lorentzs force law for a point charge q is given by

(a) F q( E v B)
(b)

(c) F q( B v E )
(d)

q ( E v B)

q( B v E )

(16) The equation E= B/ t is the generalization of

(a) Amperes law

(b) Gausss law

(c) Faradays law

(d) Biot-Savarts law

(17) The skin depth() due to RF current is equal to (=angular frequency,=permeability and
= conductivity)
(a) 2/

(b) 2/ ( )1/2

(c) (2/ )1/2

(d) (2)1/2/

(18) The value of series inductance(L) in henries per km for minimum attenuation in the
loading of the transmission line is given by (G=shunt conductance per km, C=shunt
capacitance per km and R=series resistance per km)

(19)

(a) L=CR/G

(b) L=G/CR

(c) L=(CR)1/2/G

(d) L=(1/GCR)1/2

Distortion in the transmission of carrier frequencies in an underground cable can be

eliminated by using
(a) inductive loading
(c) capacitive loading

(b) resistive loading

(d) shielding

(20) For a two open-wire transmission excited by a harmonically oscillating source with
exp(-jt) as the time factor, the voltage on the transmission line will satisfy which one of
the following relations?(L and C are the inductances and capacitances per unit length of
the line respectively).
(a) dV(x)/dx= -jLI(x)

(b) dV(x)/dx= jLI(x)

(c) dV(x)/dx= -jCI(x)

(d) dV(x)/dx= -jCI(x)