PHYSICS

CPP WAVES & SOUND

(ADVANCED)
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SINGLE CORRECT

1. Three similar wires of frequency n1, n2 and n3 are joined to make one wire. Its frequency will be
1 1 1 1
(A) n  n1  n2  n3 (B)   
n n1 n 2 n 3
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(C)    (D) 1
  
n n1 n2 n3 n n12 n 22 n 32

2. The source producing sound and an observer both are moving along the direction of propagation of sound
waves. If the respective velocities of sound, source and an observer are v, v s and v o , then the apparent
frequency heard by the observer will be (n = frequency of sound)
n(v  vo ) n(v  v o )
(A) (B)
v  vo v  vs
n(v  v o ) n(v  vo )
(C) (D)
v  vs v  vs

3. A vehicle with a horn of frequency n is moving with a velocity of 30 m/s in a direction perpendicular to the
straight line joining the observer and the vehicle. The observer perceives the sound to have a frequency
n  n1 . Then (if the sound velocity in air is 300 m/s)
(A) n1  10 n (B) n1  0 (C) n1  0 . 1 n (D) n1  0 .1 n

4. The driver of a car travelling with speed 30 metres per second towards a hill sounds a horn of frequency
600 Hz. If the velocity of sound in air is 330 metres per second, the frequency of the reflected sound as
heard by the driver is
(A) 720 Hz (B) 555.5 Hz (C) 550 Hz (D) 500 Hz

MORE THAN ONE CORRECT

5. A travelling wave is produced on a long horizontal string by vibrating an end up and down sinusoidally. The
amplitude of vibration is 1.0 cm and the displacement becomes zero 200 times per second. The linear mass
density of the string is 0.10 kg/m and it kept under a tension of 90 N.
(A) the speed is 30 m/s
(B) the wavelength of the wave is 30 cm
(C) if we assume that the wave moves in the positive x -direction and at t  0 , the end x  0 is at its
 x t 
positive extreme position, the wave equation will be y   1.0cm  cos 2    
 30cm 0.01s 
(D) the velocity of the particle at x  50 cm at time t  10ms is 5.4m/s

6. When a train of plane wave traverses a medium, individual particle execute periodic motion given by the
 x
equation y  4 sin  2t   , where the lengths are expressed in cm and time in second.
2 8
(A) the amplitude is 4 cm
(B) wavelength is 32 cm
(C) the phase difference for two positions of the same particle which are occupied at time intervals 0.4
second apart is 72
3
(D) the phase difference at any given instant of two particles 12 cm apart is
4
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7. When 0.98 m long metallic wire is stressed, an extension of 0.02 m is produced. An organ pipe 0.5 m long
and open at both ends, when sounded with this stressed metallic wire, produces 8 beats in its fundamental
mode. By decreasing the stress in the wire, the number of beats are found to decrease. The density of
metallic wire is 10 4 kg/m 3 and sound velocity in air is 292 m/s.
(A) the frequency of the wire is 284 Hz (B) the frequency of the wire is 300 Hz
(C) Young modulus is 17.64  1010 N/m 2 (D) Young modulus is 17.64  1011 N/m 2

8. Mark out the correct options.

(A) The energy of any small part of a string remains constant in travelling wave
(B) The energy of any small part of a string remains constant in a stranding wave
(C) The energies of all the small parts of equal length are equal in a travelling wave
(D) The energies of all the small parts of equal length are equal in a standing wave

9. Two notes A and B sounded together, produce 2 beats/sec. Notes B and C sounded together produce 3
beats per second. The notes A and C separately produce the same number of beats with a standard tuning
fork of 456 Hz. The possible frequency of the note B is
(A) 228 Hz (B) 456 Hz (C) 456.5 Hz (D) 458.5 Hz

10. S1 and S2 are two sources of sound emitting sine waves.

The two sources are in phase, the wave wavelength is
(A) 1 m results in constructive interference 2m 4m
(B) 0.67 m will result in constructive interference   
S1 S2 F
(C) 2 m will result in constructive interference
(D) 4 m will result in constructive interference

PARAGRAPH TYPE
PASSAGE-1

The displacement of the medium in sound waves is given by equation y  A cos  ax  bt 

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.

11. In the resultant wave formed after reflection, the maximum and minimum values of the particle speed
in the medium are
(A) 1.8bA , 0 (B) 1.8ba , 0.8 ba (C) 0.8bA , 0 (D) 0.8ba , 0

12. The resultant waves can be expressed as a superposition of a standing wave and travelling wave. The
amplitude of the travelling wave equation is
(A) 1.6A (B) 0.8A (C) 0.2A (D) 0.6A

PASSAGE-2

The fundamental frequency of a 1.5 m long, stretched steel wire is 175 Hz. The density of steel is
7.8  10 3 kg/m 3 .

13. The speed of the transverse waves in the wire is

(A) 175 m/s (B) 350 m/s (C) 525 m/s (D) 200 m/s

14. The longitudinal stress of the wire is

(A) 2.15  109 N/m 2 (B) 2.15  107 N/m 2 (C) 2.15  108 N/m 2 (D) 2.15  1010 N/m 2

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15. Two wires are fixed on a sonometer wire. Their tensions are in the ratio 8 : 1, the lengths in the ratio 36 : 35,
the diameters in the ratio 4 : 1 and the densities in the ratio 1 : 2. The frequency of the beats produced if
the note of the higher pitch has frequency of 360 Hz is calculated as 2.5 . The value of  is ________

16. A progressive wave travels in medium M 1 enters into other medium M 2 in which sped decreases to 75%.
1
Then amplitude of reflected wave is times amplitude of incident wave. The value of ' n ' is
n

17. A string of mass ' m ' is fixed at both ends. The fundamental mode oscillations are excited with angular
frequency  and maximum displacement amplitude A. The mean kinetic energy of string averaged over
1
one oscillation period is .m2 A2 . The value of  is


18. A massless rod BD is suspended by two identical massless strings AB and CD of equal lengths. A block of
mass m is suspended from point P such that BP is x , if fundamental frequency of left wire is twice the
l
fundamental frequency of right wire, the value of x is . The value of r is ______
r

19. Two identical wires are stretched by the same tension of 100N, and each emits a note of frequency
200 cycles/sec. The tension in one wire is increased by 1N. Calculate the number of beats heard per
second when the wires are plucked.

20. A person standing at distance ' r ' from a point source listen the sound emitted by the source when person
r
moves to another point having distance from the point source, then increase in sound intensity level is
10
n  101 decibles. Value of n is

KEY

1. B 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. ABCD
6. ABCD 7. BC 8. B 9. ACD 10. ABD
11. A 12. C 13. C 14. A 15. 4
16. 7 17. 8 18. 5 19. 1 20. 2

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