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1. The Test Booklet CONTAINS 30 Questions temperature in two monoatomic gases of densities 1 and
2. There is only one correct answer.
1
3. You will be awarded 4 Marks if you have darkened only the bubble 2 respectively. If 1 / 2 then the ratio of velocities
corresponding to the correct answer and zero mark if no bubble is
4
darkened. In all other cases, minus one ( 1) mark will be awarded. v1 and v 2 will be
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 4 : 1
Best of Luck for Your Competitive Exams (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 4

1. A tuning fork makes 256 vibrations per second in air. When 10. A source of sound of frequency 600 Hz is placed inside
the velocity of sound is 330 m/s, then wavelength of the water. The speed of sound in water is 1500 m/s and in air is
tone emitted is 300 m/s. The frequency of sound recorded by an observer
(a) 0.56 m (b) 0.89 m who is standing in air is
(c) 1.11 m (d) 1.29 m (a) 200 Hz (b) 3000 Hz
(c) 120 Hz (d) 600 Hz
2. When a sound wave of frequency 300 Hz passes through a
medium the maximum displacement of a particle of the 11. The following phenomenon cannot be observed for sound
medium is 0.1 cm. The maximum velocity of the particle is waves
equal to (a) Refraction (b) Interference
(a) 60 cm/sec (b) 30 cm/sec (c) Diffraction (d) Polarisation
(c) 30 cm/sec (d) 60 cm/sec
12. A transverse wave is described by the equation
3. The relation between phase difference () and path x
Y Y0 sin 2 ft . The maximum particle velocity is
difference (x) is
2 four times the wave velocity if
(a) x (b) 2 x
Y Y
(a) 0 (b) 0
2 2x 4 2
(c) (d)
x (c) Y0 (d) 2Y0
4. A hospital uses an ultrasonic scanner to locate tumours in a
tissue. The operating frequency of the scanner is 4.2 MHz. 13. With the propagation of a longitudinal wave through a
The speed of sound in a tissue is 1.7 km-s1. The wavelength material medium, the quantities transmitted in the
of sound in the tissue is close to propagation direction are
(a) 4 10 4 m (b) 8 10 3 m (a) Energy, momentum and mass
(b) Energy
(c) 4 10 3 m (d) 8 10 4 m
(c) Energy and mass
5. The minimum audible wavelength at room temperature is (d) Energy and linear momentum
about
(a) 0.2 (b) 5 14. The equation of a sound wave is
(c) 5 cm to 2 metre (d) 20 mm y 0.0015 sin(62.4 x 316 t)
6. The ratio of the speed of sound in nitrogen gas to that in
The wavelength of this wave is
helium gas, at 300 K is
(a) 0.2 unit (b) 0.1 unit
(a) 2/7 (b) 1/7 (c) 0.3 unit (d) Cannot be calculated
(c) 3 /5 (d) 6 /5
7. The number of waves contained in unit length of the 15. A wave travelling in positive X-direction with A 0.2m has
medium is called a velocity of 360 m/sec. if 60m, then correct expression
(a) Elastic wave (b) Wave number for the wave is
(c) Wave pulse (d) Electromagnetic wave
x x
(a) y 0.2 sin 2 6t (b) y 0.2 sin 6t
8. A stone is dropped into a lake from a tower 500 metre high. 60 60
The sound of the splash will be heard by the man
x x
approximately after (c) y 0.2 sin 2 6t (d) y 0.2 sin 6t
60 60
(a) 11.5 seconds (b) 21 seconds
(c) 10 seconds (d) 14 seconds

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16. The phase difference between two waves represented n n
(a) (b) 2 n (c) n (d)
by y1 106 sin[100 t (x / 50) 0.5]m 4 2
6
y2 10 cos [100 t ( x / 50)]m 24. A closed pipe and an open pipe have their first overtones
where x is expressed in metres and t is expressed in seconds, identical in frequency. Their lengths are in the ratio
is approximately
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 3
(a) 1.5 rad (b) 1.07 rad
(c) 3 : 4 (d) 4 : 5
(c) 2.07 rad (d) 0.5 rad
25. A resonance air column of length 20 cm resonates with a tuning
fork of frequency 250 Hz. The speed of sound in air is
17. Two adjacent piano keys are struck simultaneously. The
(a) 300 m/s (b) 200 m/s
notes emitted by them have frequencies n1 and n2 . The
(c) 150 m/s (d) 75 m/s
number of beats heard per second is
26. Tube A has both ends open while tube B has one end
1 1 closed, otherwise they are identical. The ratio of
(a) (n1 n2 ) (b) (n1 n2 )
2 2 fundamental frequency of tube A and B is
(c) n1 ~ n2 (d) 2 (n1 n2 ) (a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 4
(c) 2 : 1 (d) 4 : 1
18. Beats are produced by two waves given by 27. A train moves towards a stationary observer with speed 34
y1 a sin 2000 t and y2 a sin 2008 t . The number of m/s. The train sounds a whistle and its frequency registered
beats heard per second is by the observer is f1 . If the trains speed is reduced to 17
(a) Zero (b) One m/s, the frequency registered is f2 . If the speed of sound is
(c) Four (d) Eight 340 m/s then the ratio f1 / f2 is

19. A wave represented by the given equation (a) 18/19 (b) 1/2
y a cos(kx t) is superposed with another wave to form (c) 2 (d) 19/18
a stationary wave such that the point x = 0 is a node. The 28. An observer moves towards a stationary source of sound,
equation for the other wave is with a velocity one-fifth of the velocity of sound. What is the
(a) y a sin(kx t) (b) y a cos(kx t) percentage increase in the apparent frequency
(c) y a cos(kx t) (d) y a sin(kx t) (a) 5% (b) 20%
(c) Zero (d) 0.5%
20. Consider the three waves z1 , z 2 and z 3 as 29. Each of the properties of sound listed in column A primarily
z1 A sin(kx t) , z2 A sin(kx t) depends on one of the quantities in column B. Choose the
matching pairs from two columns
and z3 A sin(ky t) . Which of the following represents a
Column A Column B
standing wave
Pitch Waveform
(a) z1 z 2 (b) z 2 z 3
Quality Frequency
(c) z 3 z1 (d) z1 z 2 z 3 Loudness Intensity
(a) Pitch-waveform, Quality-frequency; Loudness-intensity
21. Three similar wires of frequency n1, n2 and n3 are joined to
(b) Pitch-frequency, Quality-waveform; Loudness-intensity
make one wire. Its frequency will be
(c) Pitch-intensity, Quality-waveform; Loudness- frequency
1 1 1 1
(a) n n1 n2 n3 (b) (d) Pitch-waveform, Quality- intensity; Loudness-frequency
n n1 n2 n3
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 30. A police car moving at 22 m/s, chases a motorcyclist. The
(c) (d) 1
police man sounds his horn at 176 Hz, while both of them
n n1 n2 n3 n n12 n 22 n32
move towards a stationary siren of frequency 165 Hz.
Calculate the speed of the motorcycle, if it is given that he
22. A tuning fork sounded together with a tuning fork of does not observes any beats
frequency 256 emits two beats. On loading the tuning fork
Police Car Motorcycle
of frequency 256, the number of beats heard are 1 per
second. The frequency of tuning fork is
(a) 257 (b)258 (c) 256 (d)254 Stationary siren
22 m/s v (165 Hz)
(176 Hz)
23. If the tension and diameter of a sonometer wire of
fundamental frequency n are doubled and density is halved (a) 33 m/s (b) 22 m/s
then its fundamental frequency will become (c) Zero (d) 11 m/s

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