PHYSICS

WAVE MOTION
CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION WAVE MOTION Er. Ravinder Avasthi

WAVE MOTION 12. The velocity of sound in air is 330 ms-1 and the velocity of
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1. The equation of wave is represented by light in air is 3×10 ms . What frequency, in Hz does a
 x BBC station which transmits at 1500 m broadcast?
Y  10 4 sin 100t   m, then the velocity wave will be a. 2×105 Hz b 595×103 Hz
 10  c. 0.22 Hz d. 5×10-6 Hz
a. 100 ms-1 b. 4 ms-1 13. Walls of auditorium should be
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c. 1000 ms d. zero a. good absorber b. reflector
2. Velocity of sound waves in air is 330 ms-1. For a c. amplifier d. Modifier
particular sound in air, a path difference of 40 cm is 14. The velocity of sound in air is 330 ms-1. The rms velocity
equivalent to a phase difference of 1.6 . The frequency of air molecules ( = 1.4) is approximately equal to
of the wave is a. 400 ms-1 b. 471.4 ms-1
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a. 165 Hz b. 150 Hz c. 231 ms d. 462 ms
c. 660 Hz d. 330 Hz 15. The ratio of intensities between two coherent sound
3. A 1000 Hz sound wave in air strikes the surface of a lake sources is 4:1. The difference of loudness in decibels
and penetrates into water. If speed of sound in water is (dB) between maximum and minimum intensities, on their
1500 ms-1, the frequency and wavelength of waves in interference in space is
water are a. 20 log 2 b. 10 log 2
a. 1500 Hz, 1m b. 1000 Hz, 1.5 m c. 20 log 3 d. 10 log 3
c. 1000 Hz, 1m d. 1500 Hz, 1.5 m 16. A sine wave has an amplitude A and a wavelength . Let
4. A wave travelling in stretched string is described by the v be the wave velocity, and v be maximum velocity of a
equation y = A sin (kw - t). The maximum particle particle in the medium.
velocity is a. V cannot be equal to v b. V – v, if A =  /2
a. A b. /k c. V-v, if A = 2 d. V-v, if = A/
c. d/dk d. x/t 17. Two identical sounds A and B reach a point in the same
5. The displacement x (in metre) of a particle performing phase. The resultant sound is C. The loudness of C is n
simple harmonic motion is related t (in second) as dB higher than the loudness of A.
  a. 2 b. 3
x  0.05 cos  4t   . The frequency of the motion c. 4 d. 6
 4 18. The velocity of sound hydrogen is 1224 ms-1 .its velocity
will be in mixture of hydrogen and oxygen containing 4 parts by
a. 0.5 Hz b. 1.0 Hz volume of hydrogen and 1 part oxygen is
c. 1.5 Hz d. 2.0 Hz -1 -1
a. 1224 ms b. 612 ms
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6. The equation of a cylindrical progressive wave is c. 2448 ms d. 306 ms-1
a. y =a sin t b. y = a sin( t – kr) 19. Four simple harmonic vibrations
a a y1  8 cos t
c. y sin(t  kr) d. y sin(t  kr)
r r  
y 2  4 cos t  
7. A wave of frequency 500 Hz has a velocity 360 ms-1. The  2
y 3  2 cost   
phase difference between two displacements at a certain
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point at time 10 s apart will be
a.  rad b. /2 rad  3 
c. /4 rad d. 2  rad
y 4  cos t  
 2 
8. The phase difference between two points separated by
are superimposed on one another. The resulting
0.8 m in a wave of frequency 120 Hz is 0.5 .the wave amplitude and phase are respectively
velocity is
a. 144 ms-1 b. 384 ms-1 1 1
a. 45 and tan 1   b. 45 and tan 1  
2 3
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c. 256 ms d. 720 ms

75 and tan 1 2 1

9. The velocity of sound in air is 330 ms-1 and the velocity of c. d. 75 and tan 1  
light in air is 3×108 ms-1. What frequency, in Hz does a 3
BBC station which transmits ate 1500 m broadcast? STATIONARY WAVES IN STRING AND IN ORGAN PIPES
a. 2×105 Hz b. 595×103 Hz 20. A sting of linear density 0.2 kgm -1 is stretched with a force
c. 0.22 Hz d. 5×10-6 Hz of 500 N. A transverse wave of length 4.0 m and
amplitude (1/) metre is travelling along. Then the sped of
10. A transverse wave is described by the equation the wave is
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 x a. 50 ms b. 62.5 ms
y  y 0 sin 2  ft   c. 2500 ms
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d. 12.5 ms
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   21. A 5.5 m length of string has mass of 0.035 kg. If the
The maximum particle velocity is equal to four times the tension in the string is 77 N, the speed of a wave on the
wave velocity if string is
a. = y0/4 b. = 2y0 a. 110 ms-1 b. 165 ms-1
c. = /y0 d. = y0/2 c 77 ms -1
d. 102 ms-1
22. The fundamental frequency of a string stretched with a
11. A sound absorber attenuates the sound level by 20 dB. weight of 4 kg is 256 Hz. The weight required to produce
The intensity decreases by a factor of its octave is
a. 100 b. 1000 a. 16 kg. Wt b. 12 kg –wt
c. 10000 d. 10 c. 24 kg wt d. 4 kg –wt

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23. Two wires made up of same material are of equal lengths 33. An open pipe is suddenly closed at one end with the
but their radii are in the ratio 1:2. On the stretching each result that the frequency of third harmonic of the closed
of these tow strings by the same tension, the ratio pipe is found to be higher at 100 Hz. The fundamental
between the fundamental frequencies is frequency of the open pipe is
a. 2:1 b. 2:3 a. 200 Hz b. 480 Hz
c. 1:4 d. 4:1 c. 240 Hz d. 300 Hz
24. n waves are produced on a string in one second. When 34. The vibrating of four air columns are represented in the
the radius of the string is doubled and the tension is figure. The ratio of frequencies np: nq :nr : ns is
maintained the same, the number of waves produced in
one second for the same harmonic will be
a. n/2 b. n/3
c. 2n d. n
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25. A tuning fork of frequency 512 Hz is used to produce
vibrations in a sonometer wire of natural frequency 256 a. 12:6:3:5 b. 1:2:4:3
Hz. The wire vibrate in c. 4:2:3:1 d. 6:2:3:4
a. one segment b. Two segments 35. In a resonance column cist and second resonance are
c. four segment d. Three segments obtained at depths 22.7 cm and 70.2 cm. The third
26. The following equations represents progressive resonance will be obtained at a depth
transverse waves a. 117.7 cm b. 92.9 cm
Z1 = A cos (t – kX), Z2 = A cos( t+ kX) c. 115.5 cm d. 113.5 cm
Z3 = A cos ( t – kY), Z4 = A cos (2t – 2kY) 36. A long glass tube is held vertically in water. A tuning fork
A stationary wave will be formed by superposing is struck and held over the tube. Strong resonances are
a. Z1 and Z2 b. Z1 and Z4 observed at two successive lengths 0.50 m and 0.84 m
c. Z2 and Z3 d. Z3 and Z4 above the surface of water. If velocity of sound is
27. A transverse harmonic wave on a string is described by 340 ms-1, then the frequency of the turning fork is
  a. 128 Hz b. 256 Hz
y ( x, t )  3sin  36t  0.018 x   where x and y are in cm
 4 c. 384 Hz d. 500 Hz
and t in s. 37. If 1, 2, 3 are the wavelengths of the waves giving
Which of the following statements is incorrect? resonance with the fundamentals, first and second
a. the wave is travelling in negative x- direction overtones respectively of a closed organ pipe, then the
b. the amplitude of the wave is 3 cm. ratio of 1, 2, 3 is
c. the speed of the wave is 20 ms-1 a. 1 : 3 : 5 b. 1: 2 : 3
d. the frequency of the wave is 9/ Hz. c. 5:3:1 d. 1 1
1: :
28. The length of sonometer wire AB is 110 cm. Where 3 5
should the two bridges be placed from A to divide the 38. A closed organ pipe has fundamental frequency 100 Hz.
wire in three segments whose fundamental frequencies What frequencies will he produced, if its other end is also
are in the ratio of 1:2:3 opened?
a. 30 cm, 90 cm b. 60 cm, 90 cm a. 200,400,600,800... b. 200,300,400,500...
c. 40 cm, 70 cm d. None of these c. 100,300,500,700... d. 100,200,300,400...
29. If n1, n2 and n3 are the fundamental frequencies of three 39. A column of air of length 50 cm resonates with a
segments into which a string is divided, then the original stretched string of length 40 cm. The length of the same
fundamental frequency n of the string is given by air column which will resonate with 60 cm of the same
1 1 1 1 string at the same tension is
a.    a. 100 cm b. 75 cm
n n1 n 2 n3
c. 50 cm d. 25 cm
1 1 1 1 40. In a resonance tube, using a tuning fork of frequency 325
b.   
n n1 n2 n3 Hz, two successive resonance length are observed as
25.4 cm and 77.4 cm respectively. The velocity of sound
c. n  n1  n 2  n 3 in air is
d. n = n1 + n2 + n3 a. 338 ms-1 b. 328 ms-1
30. An organ pipe open at one end its vibrating in first c. 330 ms-1 d. 320 ms-1
overtone and is in resonance with another pipe open at 41. An organ pipe P1 closed at one end vibrating in its first
both ends and vibrating in third harmonic. The ratio of the harmonic and another pipe P2 open at both ends vibrating
length of two pipes is in its third harmonic are in resonance with a given tuning
a. 3:8 b. 8:3 c. 1:2 d. 4:1 fork. The ratio of the length of P1 to that of p2 is
31. Three waves of equal frequency having amplitudes 10 a. 1/3 b. 1/6 c. 3/8 d. 8/3
mm, 4 mm and 7 mm arrive at a given point with
successive phase difference of /2, the amplitude of the 42. The tones that are separated by three octave have a
resulting wave in mm is given by frequency ratio of
a. 7 b. 6 c. 5 d. 4 a. 3 b. 4
32. A wave of frequency 100 Hz is sent along a string c. 8 d. 16
towards a fixed ed. When this wave travel back, after 43. Air is blown at the mouth of a tube of length 25 cm and
reflection, a node is formed at a distance of 10 cm from diameter equal to 2 cm open at both ends. If velocity of
the fixed end of the string. The speeds of incident (an sound in air is 330 ms-1, the sound emitted will have all
reflected) waves are the frequencies in the group
a. 5 ms-1 b. 10 ms-1 a. 330,990,1690 Hz b. 302,664,1320 Hz
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44. A pipe closed at one end open at the other end, resonate 53. A source of frequency n given 5 beats s-1, when sounded
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with sound waves of frequency 135 Hz and also 165 Hz, with a source of frequency 200 s . The second harmonic
but not with any wave of frequency intermediate between (2n) gives 10 beats s-1, when sounded with a source of
these two. Then the frequency of the fundamental note is frequency 420 s-1, n is equal to
a. 30 Hz b. 15 Hz a. 200 s-1 b. 205 s-1
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c. 60 Hz d. 7.5 Hz c. 195 s d. 210 s
45. The extension in a string obeying Hooke;s law is x. The
speed of transverse waves in the stretched is v. If the 54. Two forks A and B when sounded together produce four
extension in the string is increased to 1.5 x, the speed of beats s-1. The fork A is in unison with 30 cm length of a
transverse waves in it will be sonometer wire and B is in unison with 25 cm length of
a. 1.22 v b. 0.61 v the same wire at the same tension. The frequencies of
c. 1.5 v d. 0.75 v forks are
46. A closed organ pipe and an open organ pipe of same a. 24 Hz, 28 Hz b. 20 Hz, 24 Hz
length produce 2 beats s-1 when they are set into c. 16 Hz, 20 Hz d. 26 Hz, 30 Hz
vibrations together in fundamental mode. The length of
open pipe is now halve and that of closed pipe is 55. Beats are produced by two travelling wave each of
doubled. The number of beat produce will be loudness I and nearly equal frequencies n1 and b2. The
a. 7 b. 4 beat frequency will be.... and maximum loudness hard
c. 8 d. 2 will be
47. An earthquake generates both transverse (S) and a. (n1- n2), 2 I b. (n1 – n2), 4 I
longitudinal (P) sound waves in the earth. The speed of S c. (n1+ n2), 3 I d. (n1 – n2), I
waves is about 4 km s-1 and that of P waves is about 8
km s-1. A seismograph records P and S waves from an 56. A tuning fork of frequency 200 Hz is in unison with a
earthquake. The first P wave arrives 4 min before the first sonometer wire. The number of beats heard per second
S wave. The epicentre of the earthquake is located at a when the tension is increased by 1% is
distance of about a. 1 b. 2
a. 192 km b. 384 km c. 4 d. ½
c. 1920 km d. 3840 km
57. Two organ pipes both closed on the end have length l
48. A string of length 0.4 m and mass 10 -2 kg is tightly and (l + l). Neglect end correction. If velocity of sound in
clamped at the ends. The tension of the string is 1.6 N. air is v, the number of beats s-1 is
Identical wave pulses are produced at one end at equal a. v / 4l b. v / 2l
intervals of time intervals of time t. The minimum value v v
oft. Which allows constructive interference between c. (l ) d. (l )
successive pulses is
4l 2 2l 2
a. 0.05 s b. 0.10 s -1
58. A fork of unknown frequency gives four beats s when
c. 0.20 s d. 0.40 s
sounded with another of frequency 256. The fork is now
loaded with a piece of wax and again four beats s-1 are
BEATS
heard. Then the frequency of the unknown fork is
49. When two waves of almost equal frequencies 1 and 2
a. 256 Hz b. 252 Hz
each at a point simultaneously, the time interval between
c. 264 Hz d. 260 Hz
successive maxima is
59. When two waves of almost equal frequencies n 1 and n2
a. 1+ 2 b. 1- 2 are produced simultaneously, then the time interval
1 1 between successive maxima is
c. d.
1  2 1   2 1 1 1
a. b. 
n1  n2 n1 n 2
50. When 2 tuning forks(fork 1 and fork 2) are sounded
simultaneously, 4 heats s-1 are heard. Now, some tape is 1 1 1
c.  d.
attached on the prong of fork 2. When the tuning forks n1 n 2 n1  n 2
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are sounded again, 6 beats s are heard if the frequency 60. A tuning fork of frequency 480 Hz produces 10 beats s -1
of fork 1 is 200 Hz, then what was the original frequency when sounded with a vibrating sonometer string. What
of fork 2? must have been the frequency of string if slight increase
a. 196 Hz b. 200 Hz in tension produces fewer beats s-1 than before
c. 202 Hz d. 204 Hz a. 490 Hz b. 470 Hz
c. 460 Hz d. 480 Hz
51. Beats are produced when two progressive wave of
frequency 256 Hz and 260 Hz superpose. Then the 61. Two organ pipes, each closed at one end, give 5 beats s-
resultant amplitude changes periodically with frequency 1
when emitting their fundamental notes. If their lengths
of are in the ratio 50:51, their fundamental frequencies are
a. 256 Hz b. 260 Hz a. 250,255 b. 255,260
c. 256  260 d. 4 Hz c. 260,265 d. 265,270
Hz
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52. Ten tuning forks are arranged in increasing order 62. A source of sound gives 5 beats s-1 when sounded with
frequency in such a way that any two nearest tuning forks another source of frequency 100 Hz. The second
produce 4 beats s-1. The highest and lowest frequencies harmonic of the source together with a source of
are frequency 205 Hz gives 5 beats s-1. What is the
a. 80 and 40 b. 100 and 50 frequency of the source?
c. 44 and 32 d. 72 and 36 a. 105 Hz b. 205 Hz
c. 95 Hz d. 100 Hz
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63. Two uniform wires are vibrating simultaneously in their 67. A rocket is receding away from earth with velocity = 0.2c.
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fundamental notes. The tension , lengths diameters and The rocket emits signal or frequency 4×10 Hz. The
the densities of two wires are in the ratio 8:1, 36:35, 4:1 apparent frequency of the signal produced by the rocket
and 1:2 respectively . if the note of the higher pitch has a observed by observer on earth will be
frequency 360 Hz, the number of beats produced per a. 3×106 Hz b. 4×106 Hz
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second is c. 2.4×10 Hz d. 5×10 Hz
a. 5 b. 15
c. 10 d. 20 68. A source of sound of frequency 256 Hz is moving
towards a wall with a velocity of 5 ms-1. Velocity of sound
DOPPLER’S EFFECT is 330 ms-1. The number of beats s-1 heard by an
observer standing between the source and the wall is
64. Two sound sources emitting sound each of wavelength  nearly
are fixed at a given distance apart. A listener moves with 256  330 256  330
a velocity u along the line joining the two sources. The
a. 
325 325
number of beats heard by him per second is
256  330
a. 2u /  b. u /  b. 256 
c. u d. 2 325
256  330 256  330
3 u c. 
325 335
65. a bus is moving with a velocity of 5 ms-1 towards a huge 256  330
wall. The driver sounds a horn of frequency 165 Hz. If the
d.  256
325
speed of sound in air is 335 ms-1, the number seats heard
per second by the passengers in the bus will be 69. The apparent wavelength of the light from a star moving
a. 3 b. 4 away from the earth is 0.2 % more than its actual
c. 5 d. 6 wavelength. Then the velocity of the star is
a. 6×107 ms-1 b. 6×106 ms-1
66. A sound source is falling under gravity. At some time t = c. 5
6×10 ms -1
d. 6×104 ms-1
0, the detector lies vertically hallow Source
source at a depth H as shown in figure. 70. A source of sound emitting a tone of frequency 200 Hz
If v is the velocity sound and f0 is moves towards an observer with a velocity v equal to the
frequency recorded after t = 2 is velocity of sound. If the observer also moves away from
a. f0 the source with the same velocity v, the apparent

b.
f 0 (v  2 g ) frequency heard by the observer is
Detector
a. 50 Hz b. 100 Hz
v c. 150 Hz d. 200 Hz
f 0 (v  2 g )  v 
c. d. f 0   71. A vehicle, with a horn of frequency n is moving with a
v  v  2g  velocity of 30 ms-1 in a direction perpendicular to the
straight line joining the observer and the vehicle. The
observer and the vehicle. The observe perceives the
sound to have a frequency ( n + n1). If the sound velocity
in air is 300 ms-1 , then
a. n1 = 10 n b. n1 = 0
c. n1 = 0.1 n d. n1 = -0.1 n

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ANSWERS (WAVE MOTION)

WAVE MOTION
1. A. 2. C. 3. B. 4. a. 5. D. 6. C.
7. A. 8. B. 9. A. 10. D. 11. A. 12. A.
13. A. 14. B. 15. C. 16. B. 17. D. 18. B.
19. A.
STATIONARY WAVES IN STRING AND IN ORGAN PIPES
20. A. 21. A. 22. A. 23. B. 24. A. 25. B.
26. A. 27. D. 28. B. 29. A. 30. C. 31. C.
32. C. 33. A. 34. B. 35. A. 36. D. 37. D.
38. A. 39. B. 40. A. 41. B. 42. C. 43. C.
44. B. 45. A. 46. A. 47. C. 48. B.
BEATS
49. D. 50. A. 51. D. 52. D. 53. B. 54. B.
55. b. 56. A. 57. C. 58. D. 59. A. 60. B.
61. A. 62. A. 63. C.
DOPPLER’S EFFECT
64. A. 65. C. 66. D. 67. C. 68. A. 69. C.
70. D. 71. B.

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