Question

2
𝑦= , is this a equation of wave? If yes find wave velocity & direction ?
(3𝑡−2𝑥)2 +4

Solution:

Ans: Yes, 1.5 m/s , + x direction

Question

The sketch in the figure shows displacement time curve of a sinusoidal wave at
x = 8 m. Taking velocity of wave v = 6 m/s along positive x – axis, write the
equation of the wave.

Solution:
Question
A travelling wave on a string is given by 𝑦 = Asin[α𝑥 + β𝑡 + 6π]. If α = 0.56/cm,
β = 12/sec, A = 7.5 cm, then position and velocity of particle at 𝑥 = 1 cm and
𝑡 = 1 𝑠 is

Solution:

Ans : y = 0 , Vmax = 90 cm/s

Question
A wave is expressed by equation y = 0.5 sin(3t–0.1x). If here t and x are in sec and
m, then find wave speed.

Solution:

Ans: 30 m/s
Question
Find velocity of wave (SHM wave) y = 8e3x – 4t .

Solution:

Ans: 4/3
Question
A wave pulse is generated in a string that lies along x-axis. At the points A and B, as
shown in figure, if R A and R B are ratio of wave speed to the particle speed
respectively then

a. RA > RB

b. RB > RA

c. RA = RB

d. Information is not sufficient to decide

Solution:

Ans: (b)
Question
A progressive wave travelling along the positive x-direction is represented by y(x, t)
= Asin(kx − ωt + ϕ). Its snapshot at t = 0 is given in the figure. For this wave, the
phase 𝜙 is [2019 Main]

π
a. −
2

b. π

c. 0

Solution: π
d.
2

Ans: (b)
Question
𝑥
A transverse wave is described by the equation 𝑦 = 𝑦0 sin 2𝜋 𝑓𝑡 − . The maximum
𝜆
particle velocity is equal to four times the wave velocity if [1984]

a. 𝜆 = 𝜋𝑦0 /4

b. 𝜆 = 𝜋𝑦0 /2

c. 𝜆 = 𝜋𝑦0

d. 𝜆 = 2𝜋𝑦0

Ans: (b)
Question

A uniform string of length 20 m is suspended from a rigid support. A short wave

pulse is introduced at its lowest end. It starts moving up the string. The time taken
to reach the support is (Take, g = 10 ms-2) [2016]

a. 2𝜋 2 s

b. 2s

c. 2 2s
Solution:
d. 2s

Ans: (c)
Question
A transverse sinusoidal wave moves along a string in the positive x – direction at a
speed of 10 cm/s. The wavelength of the wave is 0.5 m and its amplitude is 10 cm. At
a particular time t the snap – shot of the wave is shown in figure. The velocity of
point P when its displacement is 5 cm is [2008]

3π
a. ƶjm/s
50

3π
b. − ƶjm/s
50

3π
c. ƶim/s
50
Solution:
3π
d. − ƶim/s
50

Ans: (a)
Question
A travelling wave in a stretched string is described by the equation : y = A sin(kx – ωt) .
The maximum particle velocity is [1997]

a. Aω
b. ω/k
c. dω/dk
Solution:
d. x/ω

Ans: (a)
Question
A transverse sinusoidal wave of amplitude 𝑎, wavelength 𝜆 and frequency 𝑓 is
travelling on a stretched string. The maximum speed of any point on the string
is 𝑣/10, where 𝑣 is the speed of propagation of the wave. If 𝑎 = 10−3 m and
𝑣 = 10 m/s, then 𝜆 and 𝑓 are given by [1998]

a. λ = 2π × 10−2 m
b. λ = 10−3 m
103
c. f = Hz
2π
Solution:
d. f = 104 Hz

Ans: (a), (c)

Question

A wave is represented by the equation ;

𝑦 = 𝐴sin(10𝜋𝑥 + 15𝜋𝑡 + 𝜋/3)
where, 𝑥 is in metre and 𝑡 is in second. The expression represents [1990]

a. a wave travelling in the positive 𝑥-direction with a velocity 1.5 m/s

b. a wave travelling in the negative 𝑥-direction with a velocity 1.5 m/s
c. a wave travelling in the negative 𝑥-direction with a wavelength 0.2 m
Solution:
d. a wave travelling in the positive 𝑥-direction with a wavelength 0.2 m

Ans: (b), (c)

Question

A wave equation which gives the displacement along the y – direction is given by ;
y = 10-4 sin(60t + 2x), where, x and y are in metre and t is time in second. This
represents wave [1981]

a. travelling with a velocity of 30 m/s in the negative x – direction

b. of wavelength (𝜋) m
30
c. of frequency 𝜋
Hz

d. of amplitude 10–4 m
Solution:

Ans: (a), (b), (c), (d)

Question

A travelling harmonic wave is represented by the equation y(x, t) = 10–3 sin(50t + 2x),
where x and y are in meter and t is in second. Which of the following is a correct
statement about the wave ? [2019 Main]

a. The wave is propagating along the negative 𝑋-axis with speed 25 ms−1
b. The wave is propagating along the positive 𝑋-axis with speed 25 ms −1

c. The wave is propagating along the positive 𝑋-axis with speed 100 ms−1

d. The
Solution: wave is propagating along the negative 𝑋-axis with speed 100 ms −1

Ans: (a)
Question

Two factories are sounding their sirens at 800 Hz. A man goes from one factory to
other at a speed of 2 m/s. The velocity of sound is 320 m/s. The number of beats
heard by the person in one second will be

a. 8

b. 2

c. 10

d. 4

Ans : (c)
Question

A tube of diameter d and of length ℓ unit is open at both the ends. Its fundamental
frequency of resonance is found to be 𝑣1 . The velocity of sound in air is 330 m/sec.
One end of tube is now closed. The lowest frequency of resonance of tube is now
𝑣2 . Taking into consideration the end correction, 𝑣2 /𝑣1 is

v1 ( + 0.6 d )
Ans: =
v2 ( 2 + 0.6 d )
Question

A tuning fork of 512 Hz is used to produce resonance in a resonance tube

experiment. The level of water at first resonance is 30.7 cm and at second
resonance is 63.2 cm. The error in calculating velocity of sound is [2005]

a. 204.1 cm/s

b. 110 cm/s

c. 58 cm/s

d. 280 cm/s
Solution:

Ans: (d)
Question

In the experiment for the determination of the speed of sound in air using the
resonance column method, the length of the air column that resonates in the
fundamental mode, with a tuning fork is 0.1 m. When this length is changed to
0.35 m, the same tuning fork resonates with the first overtone. Calculate the end
correction. [2003]

a. 0.012 m

b. 0.025 m

c. 0.05 m

d. 0.024 m
Solution:

Ans: (b)
Question

A tuning fork of frequency 480 Hz is used in an experiment for measuring speed

of sound (𝑣) in air by resonance tube method. Resonance is observed to occur at
two successive lengths of the air column 𝑙1 = 30 cm and 𝑙2 = 70 cm.
Then, 𝑣 is equal to [Main 2019, 12 April II]

a. 332 ms–1

b. 384 ms–1

c. 338 ms–1

379 ms–1
Solution:
d.

Ans: (b)
Question

A tuning fork of known frequency 256 Hz makes 5 beats per second with the
vibrating string of a piano. The beat frequency decreases to 2 beats per second
when the tension in the piano string is slightly increased. The frequency of the piano
string before increasing the tension was [2003]

a. (256 + 2) Hz

b. (256 – 2) Hz

c. (256 – 5) Hz

d. (256 + 5) Hz

Ans : (c)
Question
With the propagation of a longitudinal wave through a material medium, the
quantities transmitted in the propagation direction are (1992)

a. Energy, momentum and mass

b. energy

c. Energy and mass

d. Energy and linear momentum

Ans: (d)
Question
The wave described by y = 0.25 sin (10πx – 2πt), where x and y are in meters and t
in seconds, is a wave travelling along the (2008)

a. +ve x direction with frequency 1 Hz and wavelength λ = 0.2 m.

b. –ve x direction with amplitude 0.25 m and wavelength λ = 0.2 m

c. –ve x direction with frequency 1 Hz.

d. +ve x direction with frequency π Hz and wavelength λ = 0.2 m

Ans: (d)
Question
In a sinusoidal wave, the time required for a particular point to move from
maximum displacement to zero displacement is 0.170 s. The frequency of wave is
(1998)

a. 0.73 Hz

b. 0.36 Hz

c. 1.47 Hz

d. 2.94 Hz

Ans: (c)
Question
The equation of a sound wave is y = 0.0015 sin (62.4 x + 316t). The wavelength of
this wave is (1996)

a. 0.3 unit

b. 0.2 unit

c. 0.1 unit

d. Cannot be calculated

Ans: (c)
Question
Which one of the following represents a wave? (1994)

a. y = A sin (ωt – kx)

b. y = A cos (at – bx + c)

c. y = A sin kx

d. y = A sin ωt

Ans: (a), (b)

Question

a. v = 5 cm

b. λ = 18 cm

c. a = 0.04 cm

d. f = 50 Hz

Ans: (b)
Question
A transverse wave propagating along x-axis is represented by
y(x, t) = 8.0 sin (0.5πx –π4t –π/4)
where x is in metres and t is in seconds. The speed of the wave is (2006)

a. 8 m/s

b. 4π m/s

c. 0.5π m/s

d. π/4 m/s

Ans: (a)
Question

a. 100 m/s

b. 4 m/s

c. 1000 m/s

d. 10 m/s

Ans: (c)
Question
Two sound waves having a phase difference of 60° have path difference of (1996)

a. λ/6

b. λ/3

c. 2λ

d. λ/2

Ans: (a)
Question
Velocity of sound wave in air is 330 m/s. For a particular sound wave in air, a path
difference of 40 cm is equivalent to phase difference of 1.6 π. The frequency of this
wave is (1990)

a. 165 Hz

b. 150 Hz

c. 660 Hz

d. 330 Hz

Ans: (c)
Question
Calculate the velocity of the transverse wave in a string which is stretched by a load
of 15 kg. The mass of the string is 3 × 10–2 kg and its length is 2 m.

Ans: 100 m/s

Question
Two strings of same material are stretched to the same tension. If their radii are in
the ratio 1 : 2, then respective wave velocities in them will be in ratio

a. 4:1

b. 2:1

c. 1:2

d. 1:4

Ans: (b)
Question
A rope of length L and mass M hangs freely from the ceiling. If the time taken by a
transverse wave to travel from the bottom to the top of the rope is T, then time to
cover first half length is

T
a. b.

c. d.

Ans: (c)
Question
Calculate the speed of longitudinal wave in steel. Young's modulus for steel is
3 × 1010 N/m2 and its density is 1.2 × 103 kg/m3.

Solution:

Ans: 5000 m/s

Question

Ans: a
Question
Two waves represented by y1 = 3 sin (200x – 150t) and y2 = 3 cos (200x – 150t) are
superposed where x and y are in metre and t is in second. Calculate the amplitude of
resultant wave.

Ans:
Question
Two superimposing waves are represented by equation y1 = 2 sin 2π (10t –0.04x)
and y2 = 4 sin π(20t – 0.8x). The ratio of Imax to Imin is

a. 36 : 4

b. 25 : 9

c. 1:4

d. 4:1

Ans: (a)
Question
A string is stretched between fixed points separated by 75.0 cm. It is observed to
have resonant frequencies of 420 Hz and 315 Hz. There are no other resonant
frequencies between these two. The lowest resonant frequency for this string is

a. 10.5 Hz

b. 105 Hz

c. 155 Hz

d. 205 Hz

Ans: (b)
Question
An air column, closed at one end and open at the other, resonates with a tuning fork
when the smallest length of the column is 50 cm. The next larger length of the
column resonating with the same tuning fork is [NEET 2016]

a. 200 cm

b. 66.7 cm

c. 100 cm

d. 150 cm

Ans: (d)
Question
For a certain organ pipe, three successive resonance frequencies are observed at
425, 595 and 765 Hz respectively. Taking the speed of sound in air to be 340 m/s the
fundamental frequency of the pipe (in Hz) is

a. 425

b. 170

c. 85

d. 245

Ans: (c)
Question
The vibrations of four air columns under identical conditions are represented in the
figure below. The ratio of frequencies np : nq : nr : ns will be

a. 12 : 6 : 3 : 4

b. 1:2:4:3

c. 4:2:3:1

d. 6:2:3:4

Ans: (b)
Question
For a particular resonance tube, following are four of the six harmonics below 1000
Hz; 300, 600, 750 and 900 Hz. The two missing harmonics are

a. 75, 150

b. 150, 450

c. 400, 800

d. 250, 400

Ans: (b)
Question

a. a parabola

b. a circle

c. an ellipse

d. a straight line

Ans: (b)
Question
Standing waves are produced in 10 m long stretched string. If the string vibrates in 5
segments and wave velocity is 20 m/s, the frequency is (1997)

a. 5 Hz

b. 10 Hz

c. 2 Hz

d. 4 Hz

Ans: (a)
Question
The two nearest harmonies of a tube closed at one end and open at other end are
220 Hz and 260 Hz. What is the fundamental frequency of the system?
(NEET 2017)
a. 20 Hz

b. 30 Hz

c. 40 Hz

d. 10 Hz

Ans: (a)
Question

Two vibrating tuning forks produce progressive waves given by y1 = 4sin 500 t and
y2 = 2 sin 506 t. Number of beats produced per minute is

a. 360

b. 180

c. 3

d. 60

Ans: (b)
Question

Two tuning fork A and B are sounded together gives 5 beats per second. If frequency
of B is 260 Hz and after loading B with wax the beats frequency increases the
frequency of A is

a. 265 Hz

b. 255 Hz

c. 260 Hz

d. 250 Hz

Ans: (a)
Question

A tuning fork of unknown frequency produces 4 beats per second when sounded
with another tuning fork of frequency 254 Hz. It gives the same number of beats per
second when unknown tuning fork loaded with wax. The unknown frequency before
loading with wax is

a. 258

b. 254

c. 250

d. Can’t be determined

Ans: (a)
Question
A source of unknown frequency gives 4 beats /s when sounded with a source of
known frequency 250 Hz. The second harmonic of the source of unknown
frequency gives five beats per second, when sounded with a source of frequency
513 Hz. The unknown frequency is [NEET 2013]

a. 240 Hz

b. 260 Hz

c. 254 Hz

d. 246 Hz

Ans: (c)