Right answer is (a) carrier amplifiers
The best explanation: Carrier amplifiers are used with transducers which require an external source of excitation. They are characterized by high gain, negligible drift, extremely low noise and the ability to operate with resistive, inductive or capacitive type transducers. They essentially contain a carrier oscillator, a bridge balance and calibration circuit, a high gain ac amplifier, a phase-sensitive detector and a dc output amplifier.