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WAVES
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

A source moves away from stationary observer with a certain speed v and the ratio of actual to the
apparent frequency as heard by the observer is n. If the two approach each other with the same speed v
then the ratio would be
1
1
n
2
2
1
1
2

n
2
n
1)
2)
3)
*4)
Two wires of radii 'r' and 2r are welded together end to end. The combination is stretched and is kept
under a tension T. The welded point is midway between the bridges. The ratio of the number of loops
formed in the wires, such that the joint is a node when stationary vibrations are set up in the wires is
1
1
1
2
4
3
2
3
1)
2)
*3)
4)
An air column is a tube 32 cm long closed at one end in 1 st harmonic is in resonance with a tuning fork.
The air column in another tube open at both ends of length 66cm is in resonance with another tuning fork
under fundamental mode. If these two forks are sounded together. They produce 16 beats in 2
seconds.Then the frequencies of forks are
1) 250Hz, 258Hz
2) 240Hz, 248Hz
3) 280 Hz, 272Hz
*4) 264Hz, 256Hz
A uniform rope of mass 100gm and length 4.9m hangs from a rigid support. The time taken by the
transverse wave formed in the rope to travel through the full length of the rope is
1) 1.5 sec
*2) 1.41 sec
3) 1sec
4) 14.1 sec
A pipe of length closed at one end is kept in a chamber of gas of density

. A second pipe open at both

ends is placed in a second chamber of gas of density

. The compressibility of both the gases is equal if
frequency of 1st overtone in both the cases is equal then length of the second pipe is :

3
4

1
1
1
4
2
l 2 l1 1
l

l
l

l
l 2 l1
2
1
2
1

4
2
3
2
2
2
3
1
1)
2)
*3)
4)
6.

510 C

A column of air at
and a tunning fork produce 4 beats per sec when sound together. As the
temperature of the air columns is decreased, the number of beats per sec tends to decrease and when the
temperature is

50 H z

7.

160 C

the two produce 1beat per sec. Then the frequency of the tuning fork ?

55 H z

40 H z

60 H z

*1)
2)
3)
4)
What speed should a galaxy move with respect to us so that the sodium line at wave length 589.0 nm is
observed as 589.66 nm.
1) 208 km/sec

*2) 306 km/sec

3) 316 km/sec

x
cos 100t
5

4)

3 105 km / sec

y 6sin
8.

The equation of a stationary wave is

. The wave is formed using a string of
rd
length 20cm. The second and 3 antinodes are located at positions in (cm).

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9.

1) 2.5 , 7.5
*2) 7.5 , 12.5
3) 5 , 10
4) 12.5 , 17.5
A rod PQ of length L is hung from two identical wires A and B. A block of mass M is hung at point R of
the rod as shown in figure. The value of x so that the 1 st overtone in wire A is in resonance with 3 rd
harmonic of B is .

*1)

4L
13

4L

2)

13 L

3)

3L

17

4)

240Hz

10. a person is standing between two tuning forks each vibrating at

if both the forks move towards
right at a speed of 5.5 m/s find the number of beats heard by the person (V=330 m/s)
1) 3
2) 6
*3) 8
4) 9
11. Two tuning forks A and B give '4' beats/s. A resonates with a column of air 16cm long closed at one end,
and B with a column 32.5cm long open at both ends. Neglecting end correction, the frequencies of A and
B are respectively.
*1) 260Hz , 256Hz
*2) 256Hz , 252Hz
3) 256Hz , 260Hz
4) 252Hz , 256Hz
12. Two identical flutes produces fundamental nodes of frequency 300 Hz at 27 0C. If the temperature of air
in one flute is increases to 310C the number of the beats per second will be
1) 1
*2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
13. A tuning fork of certain frequency produces 4 beats per second with a wire of length 25cm vibrating in its
fundamental mode. The beat frequency decreases when the length is slightly shortened. If the length of
the wire is shortened by 0.4cm, it produces no beats with the tuning fork. What is the frequency of tuning
fork
1) 200 Hz
2) 254 Hz
*3) 250 Hz
4) 246 Hz
14. The fundamental frequencies of a closed pipe and an open pipe of different lengths are 300 Hz and 400 Hz
respectively. If they are joined to form a longer pipe, the fundamental frequency of the long pipe so
formed is
1) 350 Hz
2) 50 Hz
*3) 120 Hz
4) 100 Hz
28. A closed organ pipe and an open organ pipe of same length produce 2 beats per sec when they are set into
vibrations simultaneously in the fundamental mode. The length of open pipe is now halved and of closed
pipe is doubled, the number of beats produced will be
1) 8
*2) 7
3) 4
4) 2
29. The frequency of a stretched uniform wire under tension is in resonance with the fundamental frequency
of a closed tube. If the tension in the wire is increased by 8 N, It is in resonance with the first overtone of
the closed tube. The initial tension in the wire is
*1) 1 N
2) 4 N
3) 8 N
4) 16 N
30. Wavelengths of two notes in air are 80/175 m and 80/173 m. Each note produces 4 beats/s. with a third
note of a fixed frequency. The speed of sound in air is
1) 400 m/s
2) 300 m/s
3) 280 m/s
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31. In order to double the frequency of the fundamental note emitted by a stretched string, the length is
reduced 3/4th of the original length and the tension is changed. The factor by which the tension is to be
changed is
1) 3/8
2) 2/3
3) 8/9
*4) 9/4
2px
2px

y1 =a1 sin
y 2 =a 2 cos
+f
wt
wt
l
l

32. The path difference between the waves

and
is
l
l
2p
2p
f
f +p
f-p
( f)
2
2
2p
2p
l
l
1)
*2)
3)
4)
33. An organ pipe P1, closed at one end and vibrating in its first overtone, and another pipe P 2 open at both
ends and vibrating in its third overtone, are in resonance with a given tuning fork. The ratio of the length
of P1 to that of P2 is
8
3
1
1
3
8
2
3
1)
*2)
3)
4)
pt
pt
34. Two progressive waves y1=4 sin 400
and y2=3 sin 404
moving in the same direction superpose on
each other producing beats. Then the number of beats per second and the ratio of maxium to minimum
intensity of the resultant waves are respectively
5
49
16
49
1
1
9
1
1) 2 and
2) 4 and
3)
*4) 2 and
35. A tuning fork produces 7 beats/s with a tuning fork of frequency 251 Hz. Unknown fork is now loaded
and 7 beats/s are still heard. The frequency of unkown fork was
1) 241 Hz
2) 244 Hz
*3) 258 Hz
4) 266 Hz
36. A glass tube of 1.0 m length is filled with water. The water can be drained out slowly at the bottom of the
tube. If a vibrating tuning fork of frequency 500 c/s is brought at the upper end of the tube and the
velocity of sound is 330 m/s, then the total number of resonances obtained will be
1) 4
*2) 3
3) 2
4) 1
37. The string of a sonometer is divided into two parts with the help of a wedge. The total length of the string
is 1m and the two parts differ by 2mm. When sounded together they produced two beats per second. The
frequencies of the notes emitted by the two parts are
1) 4999 & 497 Hz *2) 501 & 499 Hz
3) 501 & 503 Hz
4) None

38.

39.

40.

When a train is approaching the stationary observer, the apparent frequency of the whistle observed as
100 Hz, while when it has passed away from the observer with same speed, it is 50 Hz. Calculate the
frequency of the whistle when the observer moves with the train (V=330m/s)
1) 33.3 Hz
2) 50 Hz
*3) 66.6 Hz
4) 75 Hz
A car travelling at a speed of 54 km/hr towards a large wall horns a sound of frequency 400 Hz if the
person stands behind the car such that the car receding from him approaches the wall the difference in
frequencies of the two sounds one recieved directly from the car and the other reflected from the wall
(speed of sound is 335 m/s)
*1) 35.9 Hz
2) 20 Hz
3) 70 Hz
4) 30 Hz
An open organ pipe of length L vibrates in its fundamental mode. The pressure variation is maximum
1) At the two ends
*2) at the middle of the pipe

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41.

42.

43.

44.

45.

46.
47.

3) At distances L/4 inside the ends

4) At distances L/8 inside the ends
End correction in the closed pipe of resonating air column apparatus is 1 cm. If the first resonating length
16 cm then the second resonating length is obtained at
1) 48 cm
*2) 50 cm
3) 51 cm 4) 52 cm
f1 ,
When two waves of nearly equal frequencies super impose then the frequency of combined wave is
f2 ,
' f3 '.
that of amplitude is
and the beat frequency is
Arrange them in an order
f1 < f 2 < f 3
f 2 < f3 < f1
f 3 < f 2 < f1
f1 < f 3 < f 2
1)
*2)
3)
4)
An open pipe 20 cm long resonates, when filled with oxygen, with a given tuning fork. what is the length
of an open pipe filled with hydrogen which will be in resonance with the same tuning fork?
Given:velocity of sound in oxygen = 320 ms-1 and velocity of sound in hydrogen = 1280 ms-1.
*1) 80 cm
2) 40 cm
3) 20 cm 4) 60 cm
An open organ pipe of length l is sounded together with another open organ pipe of length l+x in the
fundamental tones. Speed of sound in air is v. The beat frequency heard will be (x<<l)
vx
vx
vl 2
vx 2
4l 2
2x
2l 2
2l
1)
2)
*3)
4)
A string oscillating at fundamental frequency under a tension of 225N produces 6 beats per second with a
sonometer. If the tension is 256N, again oscillating at fundamental note it produces 6 beats per second
with the same sonometer. What is the frequency of the sonometer?
1) 256
2) 255
3) 280
*4) 186
The amplitude of a damped oscillator decreases to 0.25 times its original magnitude in 4 sec. In another
4 sec it will decrease to x times it original magnitude. Where x equals
1) 0.05
*2) 0.0625
3) 0.625
4) 0.00625
A travelling wave in a string has speed 5 cm/s in ve x direction its amplitude is 10 mm and wavelength
5 3
1m. At a particular time a point P has displacement
mm. Find the velocity vector of point P
Y
X
P

p
j cm / s
20

p
j cm / s
20

p
j cm / s
25

2p
j cm / s
35

*1)
2)
3)
4)
48. An open pipe resonates to a frequency 'f 1' and a closed pipe resonates to a frequency 'f 2'. If they are
joined together to form a longer tube, then it will resonate to a frequency of (Neglect end corrections)
2 f1 f 2
f1 f 2
2 f1 f 2
f1 f 2
2 f 2 f1
f 2 2 f1
f1 f 2
f1 2 f 2
1)
2)
3)
*4)
49. The driver of a car moving towards a vertical wall notices that the frequency of his cars horn changes
from 440 Hz to 480Hz. The speed of the car if that of the sound is 345m/s
*1) 15 m/s
2) 30 m/s
3) 45 m/s
4) 60 m/s

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50. (A) : According to Laplace the propagation of sound in air is an adiabatic process.
(B) : Pressure has no effect on velocity of sound in a gas as long as temperature remains constant.
(C) : The velocity of sound in air changes by 0.61 m/s when temperature changes by 10C.
*1) All are true
2) A , B are only true
3) B are true
4) A , C are only true
51. The length of the tube of a microscope is 10 cm. The focal lengths of the objective and eye lenses are 0.5
cm and 1.0 cm. The magnifying power of the microscope is about
1) 5
2) 23
3) 166
*4) 500
52. A vehicle sounding a whistle of frequency 256Hz is moving on a straight road, towards a hill with a
velocity of 10 m/s. The number of beats produced per second is (Velocity of sound 330 m/s)
1) zero
2) 10
3) 14
*4) 16
53. A source of sound and an observer are approaching each other with the same speed, which is equal to

1
10

times the speed of sound. The apparent relative change in frequency of source is
*1) 22.2 % increases 2) 22.2 % decreases 3) 18.2 % decreases
4) 18.2 increases
54. A source producing sound of frequency 170 Hz is approaching a stationary observer with a velocity 17
m/s. The apparent change in the wavelength of sound heard by the observer (speed of sound in air = 340
m/s)
*1) 0.1 m
2) 0.2 m
3) 0.4 m
4) 0.5 m

9 x 109
55. A radar sends a radio signal of frequency

Hz towards an aircraft approaching the radar. If the

3 x 103
reflected wave shows a frequency shift of

Hz the speed with which the aircraft is approaching the

8

3 x 10

radar in m/s (velocity of radar signal is

m/s)
1) 150
2) 100
*3) 50
4) 25
56. A Whistle of frequency 540 Hz rotates in a horizontal circle of radius 2m at an angular speed of 15
rad/sec. The highest frequency heard by a listener at rest with respect to centre of circle (velocity of sound
in air is 330 m/s)
1) 509 Hz
*2) 594 Hz
3) 598 Hz
4) 602 Hz
57. An observer is standing 500 m away from a vertical hill, starting between the observer and the hill, a
police van sounding a siren of frequency 1000 Hz moves towards the hill with a uniform speed. If the
frequency of the sound heard directly from the siren is 970 Hy, the frequency of the sound heard after
reflection from the hill (in Hz) is about (velocity of sound = 330 m/s)
1) 1042
*2) 1032
3) 1022
4) 1012
1 / 5th

58. A source of sound producing wavelength 50 cm is moving away from a stationary observer with
of
speed of sound. Then what is the wavelength of the sound heard by the observer.
*1) 60 cm
2) 70 cm
3) 55 cm
4) 40 cm
59. A car with a horn of frequency 620 Hz travels towards a large wall at a speed of 20 m/s. The frequency of
echo of sound as heard by the driver is (velocity of sound = 330 m/s)
*1) 700 Hz
2) 660 Hz
3) 620 Hz
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60. A person going away from a factory on his scooter at a speed of 36 kmph listens to the siren of the factory.
If the frequency of the siren is 660 Hz and a wind is blowing opposite to the direction of motion of scooter
at 36 kmph. The frequency heard by the person is (velocity of sound is 340 m/s)
*1) 640 Hz
2) 600 Hz
3) 510 Hz
4) 650 Hz
61. An observer is moving with a velocity of 50 m/s from a source of sound of frequency 100 Hz. If speed of
sound in air is 333 m/s the observed frequency is
*1) 85 Hz
2) 91 Hz
3) 100 Hz
4) 149
Hz
62. When both source and listener move in the same direction with a velocity equal to half the velocity of
sound, the change in frequency of the sound as dected by the listener is (frequency of sound n )

*1) zero

63.

64.

65.
66.

67.

68.

69.

2) n

3)

n
2

4)
1
th
5

n
3

An observer moves towards a stationary source of sound with a speed

of the speed of sound. The
l
wavelength and frequency of the source emitted are
and f respectively. The apparent frequency and
wavelength recorded by the observer are
l
1.2l
0.8l
1.2l
*1) 1.2f and
2) f and
3) 0.8f and
4) 1.2f and
A whistle emitting a sound of frequency 440Hz is tied to a string of 1.5m length and rotated with an
angular velocity of 20rad/s in the horizontal plane. Then the range of frequencies heard by an observer
stationed at a large distance from the whistle will be (v=330m/s)
1) 400.0Hz to 500.0Hz2) 403.3Hz to 580.0Hz 3) 420.0Hz to 480.0Hz *4) 403.3Hz to 484.0Hz
The apparent frequency of the whistle of an engine becomes in the ratio of 6:5 as the engine passes a
stationary observer. If the velocity of sound is 330m/s, then the velocity of the engine is
1) 3m/s
*2) 30m/s
3) 0.33m/s
4) 660m/s
Two cars are moving on two perpendicular roads towards a crossing with uniform speeds of 72km/hr and
36km/hr. If first car blows horn of freqency 280Hz, then the frequency of horn heardby the driver of
second car when the line joining the cars makes angle of 450 with the roads, will be
1) 321Hz
*2) 298Hz
3) 389 Hz
4) 200Hz
A source emitting a sound of freqency f is placed at large distance from an observer. The source starts
moving towards the observer with a uniform acceleration 'a'. The frequency heard by the observer
corresponding to the wave emitted just after the source starts is.., (The speed of sound in medium is v.)
2vf 2
vf 2
2vf 2
2vf 2
2vf + a
2vf - a
3vf - a
2vf - a
1)
2)
3)
*4)
A source of sound of frequency 256Hz is moving rapidly towards a wall with a velocity of 5m/s. If sound
travels at a speed of 30m/s, then number of beats per second heard by an observer between the wall and
the source is
1) 7.7Hz
2) 9Hz
3) 4Hz
*4) none of these
The driver of a car approaching a vertical wall notices that the frequency of the horn of his car changes
from 400Hz to 450Hz after being reflected from the wall. Assuming speed of sound to be 340m/s, the
speed of approach of car towards the wall is
1) 10m/s
*2) 20m/s
3) 30m/s
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70. If the source is moving towards right, wavefront of sound waves get modified to

1)
71.

*2)

3)

4) None of these

A wave y = a sin (wt-kx) on a string meets with another wave producing a node at x=0. The equation of
the unknown wave is
1) y = a sin (wt+kx) 2) y=a cos (kx-wt)
3) y=-a cos (kx-wt) *4) y=- a sin (kx+wt)
72. A wave represented by the given equation y=a cos (wt+kx) super impose on anther wave giving a
stationary wave having node at x=0 what is the other wave.
1) y=a cos (wr+kx) 2) y=a cos (wt-kx)
*3) y=-a cos (wt-kx)
4) y=-a sin (wt + kx)
73. The ratio of densities of nitrogen and oxygen is 14:16. The temperature at which the speed of sound in
nitrogen will be same as that in oxygen at 550C is
350 C
480 C
650 C
140 C
1)
2)
3)
*4)
74. A sample of oxygen at NTP has volume V and a sample of hydrogen at NTP has the volume 4V. Both the
gases are mixed. If the speed of sound in hydrogen at NTP is 1270 m/s. that in mixture is
1) 317 m/s
*2) 635 m/s
3) 830 m/s
4) 950 m/s
Comprehension (20 21)
y1 =A cos (ax +bt )
The displacement of the medium in a sound wave is given by
where
A, a and b are positive constants. The wave is reflected by an obstacle situated
at x = 0. The intensity of the reflected wave is 0.64 times that of the incident wave.
75. The wavelength and frequency of the incident wave respectively are
a 2p
2 b
1
2p b
,
,
a,
,
2p b
a 2
b
a 2p
1)
2)
3)
*4)
76. The equation for the reflected wave is
y 2 =0.8 A cos( - ax +bt )
y 2 =- A cos (- ax +bt )
*1)
2)
y 2 =- 0.64 cos (- ax +bt )
y 2 =0.8 A cos (- ax +bt )
3)
4)
77. Assertion (A) : With increase in humidity velocity of sound in air increases.
Reason (R) : With increase in humidity, density of air decreases
*1) Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A
2) Both A and R are correct, but R is not correct explanation of A.
3) A is True but R is false
4) A is false but R is true
78. Laplaces correction in the formula for the speed of sound given by Newton was needed because sound
waves
1) are longitudinal
2) propagate isothermally
*3) propagate adiabatically
4) have long wavelengths
79. A sound tone is produced under water. When is enters air
1) its frequency and wavelength increase 2) its frequency and wavelength decrease
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4) wave length increases and frequency does not change
80 . A sound wave travelling along an air column of a pipe gets reflected at the open end of the pipe. What is
the phase difference between the incident and reflected waves at the open end ?
3p
2p
p/2
p
2)
*3)
4)
1)
81. Two waves of same frequency and intensity superimpose with each other in opposite phases, then after
superimposition the
1) intensity increases by 4 times
2) intensity increases by two times
3) frequency increases by 4 times
*4) none of these
82. Which two of the given transverse waves will give stationary waves when get superimposed
Z1 =a cos(kx - wt )
Z 2 =a cos( kx +wt )
(A)
Z 3 =a cos (ky - wt )

(B)

(C)

*1) A and B
2) A and C
3) B and C
4) any two
83. Assertion (A) : The change in air pressure effect the speed of sound
Reason (R) : The speed of sound in a gas is proportional to square root of pressure
1) Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A
2) Both A and R are correct, but R is not correct explanation of A.
3) A is True but R is false
*4) A is false but R is true

l = 600

84. What must be the velocity of star, if the spectral line

nm of a star shifts by 0.1
towards longer
wavelength from the position of the same line in terrestrial laboratory? (Assume the shift to be due to
Doppler effect)
1) 6 x 103 m/s
*2) 5 x 103 m/s
3) 0.5 x 103 m/s
4) 6.25 x 103 m/s
85. Two particles of medium disturbed by the wave propagation are at x 1 = 0 and x2 = 1 cm. The respective
displacements (in cm) of the particles can be given by the equations y 1 = 2 Sin 3t, y2 = Sin (3t - /8).
The wave velocity is
1) 16 cm/s
*2) 24 cm/s
3) 12 cm/s
4) 8 cm/s
86. Consider a wave represented by y = a Cos2 (t kx) where symbols have their usual meanings. This
wave has
1) an amplitude a, frequency , and wavelength
2) an amplitude a, frequency 2, and wavelength 2
*3) an amplitude a/2, frequency 2, and wavelength /2
4) an amplitude a/2, frequency 2, and wavelength
87. A man is watching two trains, one leaving and the other coming in with equal speed of 4 m/s. If they
sound their whistles, each of frequency 240 Hz, the number of beats heard by the man (velocity of sound
in air is 320 m/s) will be equal to
*1) 6
2) 3
3) 0
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x
Sin 200 t
20

y 0.8Cos

88. The equation of a stationary wave is

where x is in cm and t is in s. The
separation between consecutive nodes will be
*1) 20 cm
2) 10 cm
3) 40 cm
4) 30 cm
89. Two tuning forks A and B give 4 beats/s when sounded together. The frequency of A is 320 Hz. When
some wax is added to B and it is sounded with A, 4 beats/s per second are again heard. The frequency of
the tuning fork A will be
1) 312 Hz
2) 316 Hz
*3) 324 Hz
4) 328 Hz

90. Two organ pipes, both closed at one end, have lengths and
velocity of sound in air is V, then the number of beats /s is

V
4l

V
2l

V
l
4l 2

l l

. Neglect end correction. If the

V
l
2l 2

1)
2)
*3)
4)
91. An organ pipe A closed at one end vibrating in its fundamental frequency and another pipe B open at both
ends is vibrating in its second overtone are in resonance with a given tuning fork. The ratio of length of
pipe A to that of B is
1) 1 : 2
2) 3 : 8
3) 2 : 3
*4) 1 : 6
92. A stretched wire of some length under a tension is vibrating with its fundamental frequency. Its length is
decreased by 45% and tension is increased by 21%. Now fundamental frequency
1) increases by 50% *2) increases by 100% 3) decreases by 50% 4) decreases by 25%
93. There is a set of four tuning forks, one with the lowest frequency vibrating at 550 Hz. By using any two
tuning forks at a time, the following beat frequencies are heard : 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8. The possible frequencies
of the other three forks are
1) 552, 553, 560
2) 557, 558, 560
3) 552, 553, 558
*4) 551, 553, 558
94. A wave represented by the equation y = a Cos (kx t) is superposed with another wave to form a
stationary wave such that the point x = 0 is a node. The equation for the other wave is
1) a Sin (kx + t)
2) a Cos (kx t)
*3) a Cos (kx + t)
4) a Sin (kx t)
95. The displacement vibration of string of length 60 cm fixed at both ends are represented by
x
y 4sin cos96 t
20
nodes are located at distances. Cm excluding the ends of string
*1) 20, 40
2) 15, 45
3) 15, 40
4) 20, 45
y 2a sin kx cos t
96. The stationary wave
in closed organ pipe is the result of the superposition of
y a sin t kx
and
y a cos t kx
y a cos t kx
1)
2)
y a sin t kx
y a sin t kx
3)
*4)
x0
97. Two waves of equal amplitude
and equal frequency travel in the same direction in a medium. The
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x0
98.

99.
100.

101.

102.

103.

104.

105.

2x0

2x0

1) 0
2)
*3)
4) between 0 and
The speed of transverse waves in a stretched string is 700 cm/sec. If the string is 2m long, the frequency
with which it resonates in fundamental mode is
7
7
2
Hz
Hz
Hz
14
Hz
12
4


7
1)
*2)
3)
4)
In an experiment, the string vibrates in 4 loops when 50 gm wt is placed in pan of weight 15gm. To make
the string vibrate in 6 loops the weight that has to be removed from the pan is approximately
1) 72 gm
*2) 36 gm
3) 21 gm
4) 29 gm
The tension of a stretched string is increased by 69% in order to keep its frequency of vibration constant,
is length must be increased by
69%
*1) 30%
2) 20%
3) 69%
4)
n1
A wire under a load has a frequency . When the load is completely immersed in water, its frequency is
n2
the relative density of the material of the load is
n12
n22
n1
n2
2
2
2
2
n1 n2
n1 n2
n1 n2
n1 n2
*1)
2)
3)
4)
x0
The equation of a stationary wave in a string under tension T along x-direction from
to 1, will be
n x
n x
2a cos
sin wt
2a sin
cos wt
l
l
*1)
2)
1 x
1 x

2a sin n
cos wt
2a cos n
sin wt
2 l
2 l

3)
4)
y cos 2 t sin 2 x
A string is rigidly tied at two ends and its equation of vibration is given by
then
minimum length of string is
1
m
2 m
2
1) 1m
*2)
3) 5m
4)
The difference between frequencies of successive overtones of a sonometer wire is 150 Hz. The
frequency of its first overtone is
1) 150 Hz
2) 200 Hz
3) 250 Hz
*4) 300 Hz
T1
A sonometer wire vibrates with a frequency of 500 Hz when the tension is
and with a frequency of
T2
T1 T2
400 Hz when the tension is . Its frequency of vibration for a tension
is (in Hz)
1) 450
*2) 300
3) 100
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'l '

106. A sonometer wire of length

carries as block of mass M and density d at the other end. If the block is

immersed in a liquid of density , the fundamental frequency decreases to a factor of

1)

d
107.

108.

109.
110.

111.

112.

113.

114.

d 2
1

1
3

2
1
d

*2)

3)
4)
The equation of the standing wave in string clamped at both ends, vibrating in its third harmonic is given
y 0.4 sin 0.314 x cos 600 t
by
, where, x and y are in cm and t in sec.
a) The frequency of vibration is 300 Hz
b) The length of the string is 30 cm
x 0,10cm,30cm
c) The nodes are located at
1) a, b
2) a, c
3) b, c
*4) a, b, c
8000 kg m 3
2 1011 N / m 2
If Youngs modules of the material of a rod is
and density is
the time taken by
a sound wave to travel through 2m of the rod is
1.11104 sec
3 104 sec
4 104 sec
1 104 sec
1)
2)
*3)
4)
The tones that are separated by three octaves have a frequency ratio
1) 6
2) 3
3) 16 *4) 8
If the temperature is raised by 1K from 300K then the percentage charge in the speed of sound in the
R 8.31 s / mol k
gaseous mixture is
*1) 0.167%
2) 2%
3) 1%
4) 0.334%
A string of length l between two bridges of a sonometer vibrates in first overtone. The amplitude of
vibration is maximum at
l 3l
l
l 3l 5l
&
, &
4 4
2
6 6
6
*1)
2)
3)
4) cannot say
A sonometer is set on the floor of a lift. When the lift is at rest, the sonometer wire vibrates with
9g
a
16
fundamental frequency 256 Hz. When the lift goes up with acceleration
, the frequency of
vibration of the same wire changes to
1) 512 Hz
*2) 320 Hz
3) 256 Hz
4) 204 Hz
1.21A0
A standing wave having 3 nodes and 2 antinodes is formed between two atoms having a distance
between then the wavelength of the standing wave is
1.21A0
2.42A0
6.05A0
3.63A0
*1)
2)
3)
4)
In a stationary wave along a string the strain is

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1) Zero at the antinodes
2) Maximum at the antinodes
3) Zero at the nodes *4) Maximum at the nodes
y a sin wt cos kx
115. In a stationary wave represented by
, amplitude of the component progressive wave is
a
2a
3a
a
2
*1)
2)
3)
4)
0
60
116. The elevation of a cloud is
above the horizon. A thunder is heard 8 s after the observation of lighting.
1
330 ms
The speed of sound is
. The vertical height of cloud form ground is
Cloud

600
Horizon

1) 2826 m
2) 2682 m
*3) 2286 m
4) 2068 m
117. The ratio of speed of sound in neon to that in water vapours at any temperature (when molecular weight
2.02 102 kg mol 1
1.8 102 kg mol 1
of neon is
and for water vapours is
)
*1) 1.06
2) 1.60
3) 6.10
4) 15.2
118. The bulk modulus and the density of water are greater than those of air. With this much of information
we can say that velocity of sound in air
1) Is larger than its value in water
2) Is smaller than its value in water
3) Is equal to its value in water
*4) Cannot be compared with its value in water
v 1 cm / s
119. A wave pulse on a string has the dimension shown in figure. The wave speed is
. If point O is
t 3s
a free end. The shape of wave at time
is
v 1cm / s
1cm
O
2cm

1cm 1cm

O
1cm
O

1)

2)

1cm

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O

1cm

2cm

1cm
O

3)

1cm

*4)

y1 a sin kx cos t

120. Equations of a stationary and a travelling waves are as follows

and

3
x1
x2
y2 a sin t kx
1
2
3k
2k
The phase difference between two points
and
are
and
1
2
respectively for the two waves. The ratio
is
5
3
6
6
4
7
1) 1
2)
3)
*4)
l
121. The time taken by sound waves to travel the distance if the air temperature between them varies
T1 T2
v T
linearly from to
(velocity of sound in air is given by
2l
2l
l
l

T2 T1

*1)

2)

T2 T1

3)

T2 T1

T2 T1

4)

122. A standing wave is maintained in a homogeneous string of cross-sectional area s and density . It is
formed by the superposition of two waves travelling in opposite directions given by the equation
y1 a sin t kx
y2 2 a sin t kx
and
The total mechanical energy confined between the sections corresponding to the adjacent antinodes is
3 s 2 a 2
s 2 a 2
5 s 2 a 2
2 s 2 a 2
2k
2k
2k
2k
1)
2)
*3)
4)
123. Two waves are represented by
y1 5sin 2 75t 0.25 x
y2 10sin 2 150t 0.50 x
I1
I2

The intensity ratio

1: 2
1)

of the two waves is

1: 4
1: 8
2)
3)

*4)

1:16

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y 4sin 2 cos
124. The vibration of a stretched string fixed at both ends are described by
.The
minimum length of the wire will be
2 m
1) 1m
*2) 0.5 m
3) 5 m
4)
125. The equation for the vibration of a string fixed at both ends vibrating in its third harmonic is given by

y 2cm sin 0.6cm 1 x cos

500 s 1 t

127.
128.
129.

The length of the string is

3) 20.6 cm
*4) 15.7 cm
1
n
A string is under tension so that its length is increased by
times its original length. The ratio of
fundamental frequency of longitudinal vibrations and transverse vibrations will be:
n :1
1: n
n :1
n 2 :1
1)
2)
*3)
4)
00 C
250 C
A tuning fork produces a wave of wavelength 110 cm in air at
. The wavelength at
would be
1) 110 cm
*2) 115 cm
3) 120 cm
4) 130 cm
The speed of sound in a mixture of 1 mol. Of Helium and 2 mol. Of oxygen at 300K is
1) 300 m/s
*2) 400 m/s
3) 500 m/s
4) None of these
A standing wave is produced on a string clamped at one end and free at the other. The length of the string
/4
/2
*1) Must be an integral multiple of
2) Must be an integral multiple of

/2
3) Must be an integral multiple of
4) May be an integral multiple of
1) 24.6 cm

126.

2) 12.5 cm

130. 25 tuning forks are arranged in series in the order of decreasing frequency. Any two successive
forks produces 3 beats/s. If the frequency of the first tuning fork is the octave of the last fork, then
the frequency of the 21st fork is
1) 72 Hz
2) 288 Hz
*3) 84 Hz
4) 87 Hz
131. A police car moving at 22m/s chases a motorcyclist. The policeman sounds his horn at 176Hz, while both
of them move towards a stationary siren of frequency 165Hz.Calculate the speed of the motorcycle, If it
is given that the motorcyclist does not observe any beats (Velocity of sound=330m/s)
1) 33 m/s
*2) 22 m/s
3) Zero
4) 11 m/s
132. An open pipe of length 'l' vibrates in fundamental mode. The pressure variation is maximum at
l
4
1) from ends
*2) the middle of the pipe
l
8
3) the ends of pipe
4) at from ends of pipe
133. Two vibrating strings of the same material but length L and 2L have radii 2r and r respectively. They are
stretched under the same tension. Both the strings vibrate in their fundamental modes, the one of length
L with frequency
1) 2

f1

f2

and the other with frequency . The ratio

2) 4
3) 8

f1 / f 2

is given by
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50 t cos 10 x
2

y, t 0.02 cos

134. A wave disturbance in a medium is described by

where x and y
are in meter and t is in second, Then wrong statement is
x 0.15 m
x 0.3 m
1) A node occurs at
2) an antinode occurs at
1
5 ms
3) The speed of wave is
*4) The wavelength of wave is 0.3 m
x
135. The extension in a string, obeying Hookes law, is . The speed of transverse wave in the stretched string
is v. if the extension in the string is increased to 1.5x, the speed of wave will be
1.50 v
0.75v
0.61v
*1) 1.22 v
2)
3)
4)
2
y a cos 2 nt 2 x /
136. The equation
represents a wave with:
1) amplitude a, frequency n and wavelength

2) amplitude a, frequency 2n and wavelength 2

3) amplitude a/2, frequency 2n and wavelength

*4) amplitude a/2, frequency 2 n and wavelength

/2

137. The figure shows four progressive waves A, B, C & D. It can be concluded from the figure that with
respect to wave A:

/ 2&

/2

1) The wave C is ahead by a phase angle of

the wave B lags behind by a phase angle

/ 2&
*2) The wave C is lags behind by a phase angle of
the wave B is ahead by a phase angle
/2

&

the wave B lags behind by a phase angle .

&

4) The wave C is lags behind by a phase angle of

the wave B lags behind by a phase angle .
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138. What is the percentage change in the tension necessary in a sonometer of fixed length to produce a note
one octave lower (half of original frequency) than before
1) 25%
2) 50 %
3) 67%
*4) 75%
139. A chord attached about an end to a vibrating fork divides it into 6 loops, when its tension is 36 N. The
tension at which it will vibrate in 4 loops is:
24 N
36 N
64 N
1)
2)
3)
*4) 81 N
140. Two vibrating strings of same length, same cross section area and stretched to same tension are made of
v1
& 2
materials with densities
. Each string is fixed at both ends. If
represents the frequency of
v1 / v2
v2

fundamental mode of vibration of the one made with density and for another, then
is
1
1
2
2
2
1)
2) 2
*3)
4)
141. A string of length L is clamped at each end and vibrates in a standing wave pattern. The wavelengths of
constituent traveling waves can not be
*1) 3L
2) 2L
3) 2L/3
4) L/2
142. A mass less rod of length L is suspended by two identical strings AB and CD of equal length. A block of
mass m is suspended from point O such that BO is equal to x. Further it is observed that the frequency
of 1st harmonic in AB is equal to 2nd harmonic frequency in CD. x is

*1)

L
5

2)

4L
5

3)

3L
4

4)

L
4

143. An object of specific gravity is hung from a thin steel wire. The fundamental frequency for transverse
standing waves in the wire is 300 Hz. The object is immersed in water so that one half of its volume is
submerged. The new fundamental frequency in Hz is.

*1)

2 1
300

1/ 2

2
300

2 1

2)

1/ 2

2 1

300
3)

2 1

300
4)

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xL
144. The ends of stretched wire of length L are fixed at x = 0 and
In one experiment, the displacement
y1 A sin x / L sin t
E1
of the wire is
and energy is
and in another experiment its displacement is
y2 A sin 2 x / L sin 2t
E2 .
and energy is
then

E2 E1

E2 2 E1

E2 4 E1

E2 16 E1

1)
2)
*3)
4)
145. A stretched wire resonates with a given tuning fork forming standing waves with five antinodes between
the two bridges when a mass of 9 kg is suspended from the wire. When this mass is replaced by a mass
M, the wire resonates with the same tuning fork forming three antinodes for the same positions of the
bridges. The value of M is
*1 ) 25 kg
2) 5 kg
3) 12.5 kg
4) 1/25 kg
146.

Equation of a stationary and a traveling waves are as a follows

y1 a sin(t kx)

3k

3
2k

y1 a sin kx cos t

and

The phase difference between two points X1

and x2
is
in the standing wave (y1) and is
in
1
2
travelling wave (y2) then ratio
is
1) 1
2)5/6
3)3/4
*4)6/7
147. A uniform rope having mass m hangs vertically from a rigid support. A transverse wave pulse is
produced at the lower end. The speed u of wave pulse varies with height h from the lower end as:
1)

*3)

2)

4)

148. The mass of 1 mole of air is 29 x 10-3 kg, then speed of sound in air at standard temperature and pressure
is
*1) 331.3 m/s
2) 280 m/s
3) 310 m/s
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149. Two sitar strings A and B playing the note Dha are slightly out of tune and produce beats of frequency 6
Hz. The tension of the string B is slightly increased and the beat frequency is found to decrease to 3 Hz.
If frequency of A is 428 Hz, then original frequency of B is
1) 434 Hz
*2) 422 Hz
3) 425 Hz
4) 431 Hz
150. The wrong statement in the following pertaining to stationary wave
1) All the particles except at nodes vibrate with different amplitude but same frequency as that of
component wave
p
2) The phase difference between the particles in the successive loops is .
3) The phase difference between any two particles in same loop is zero
*4) At nodes the strain is zero
151. A Transverse wave equation by y =y0 sin 2(t/T - x/ ). if maximum particle velocity is equal to 4 times
the wave velocity them wave length is
1) y/3
2) y/4
3 y/5
*4) y/2
d
A
abc
152. The amplitude of a wave is represented by
. Then resonance will occur when
1) a = 0, b = c
2) b = 0, a = c
3) b + a = c
*4) all the above
153. A : A person hears maximum sound at displacement anti node (or) pressure node
B : Quality of sound from one open organ pipe is different than from a closed pipe of same frequency
C : Two organ pipes of same length open at both ends produce sound of different pitch if their radii are
different
D: If oil of density higher than water is filled in place of water, in a resonance tube, its frequency remain
unchanged
*1) All are true
2) A, B are only true 3) B,C,D are true
4) A, C are only true
px
20

p
154. The equation of a stationary wave is y = 0.9 Cos
Sin(200 t) where x is in cm and t is in seconds.
The separation between consecutive nodes is
1) 10 cm
*2) 20 cm
3) 30 cm
4) 40 cm
155. The length of a sonometer wire AB is 100 cm. Where should the two bridges be placed from A to divide
the wire in 3 segments whose fundamental frequencies are in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 6
1) 30 cm, 90 cm
*2) 60 cm, 90 cm
3) 40 cm, 80 cm
4) 20 cm, 30 cm
-3
156. A wire whose linear density is 5 x 10 kg/m is stretched between two points with a tension 450 N. The
wire resonates at a frequency of 420 Hz. The next higher frequency at which the same wire resonates is
490 Hz. What is the length of the wire?
1) 1.2 m
2) 1.8 m
*3) 2.1 m
4) 8.1 m
157. The ratio of the speed of the sound in nitrogen gas to that in helium gas, at 300 K is
2
7

1
7

3
5

6
5

1)
2)
*3)
4)
158. A cylindrical tube, open at both ends, has a fundamental frequency f o in air. The tube is dipped vertically
into water such that half of its length is inside water. The fundamental frequency of the air column now
is

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3fo
4

fo
2

fo

fo

1)
*2)
3)
4) 2
159. An open organ pipe and closed pipe have same length. The ratio of frequencies of their nth over tone is

1)

n 1
2n 1

*2)

2 n 1
2n 1
p

3)

n
2n 1
p

4)

n 1
2n

160. Two progressive waves y1 = 4 sin 400 t and y2 = 3 sin 404 t moving in the same direction superpose on
each other producing beats. Then the number of beats per second and the ratio of maximum to minimum
intensity of the resultant waves are respectively
1) 2 and 5/1
2) 4 and 49/1
3) 4 and 16/9
*4) 2 and 49/1
161. 64 tuning forks are arranged such that each fork produces 4 beats per second with next one. If the
frequency of the last fork is octave of the first, the frequency of 16th fork is
1) 316 Hz
2) 322 Hz
*3) 312 Hz
4) 308 Hz
162. Two tuning forks A and B vibrating simultaneously produce 5 beats/s. Frequency of B is 512 Hz. If one
arm of A is filed, the number of beats per second increases. Frequency of A is
1) 502 Hz
2) 507 Hz
*3) 517 Hz
4) 522 Hz
163. The equation for the vibration of a string fixed at both ends vibrating in its third harmonic is given by y =
p
2sin (0.6x) Cos(500 t), y and x in cm. Then length of the string is
1) 12.5 cm
2) 24.6 cm
*3) 15.7 cm
4) 20.6 cm
164. A string is under tension so that its length is increased by 1/x times it original length. The ratio of
fundamental frequency of longitudinal vibrations and transverse vibrations will be
x
x
x2 :1
1) x : 1

*2)

:1

3)

4) 1 :

165. A standing wave is maintained in a homogenous string of cross sectional area A and density
formed by the superposition of two waves travelling in opposite direction given by the equations
y1 2a sin wt kx

r
. Its

y 2 a sin wt kx
Total mechanical energy confined between the sections corresponding to the adjacent anti node is
5pAr w2a 2
5pAr w2a 2
pAr w2a 2
2pAr w2a 2
2k
2k
2k
2k 2
*1)
2)
3)
4)
166. First overtone frequency of a closed pipe is equal to the first overtone frequency of an open organ pipe.
Further nth harmonic of closed organ pipe is also equal to the mth harmonic of open pipe, where n and
m are
1) 5, 4
*2) 9, 6
3) 7, 5
4) 7, 3
167. For certain organ pipe three successive resonance frequencies are observed at 425 Hz, 595 Hz and 765
Hz respectively. If the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, then the length of the pipe is
1) 0.2 m
2) 0.4 m
3) 2 m
*4) 1 m

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