NEET CHAPTER TEST

PHYSICS
Subject : Physics Topic : Waves M.M. : 180

Marking Scheme: when one prong of B is loaded with a little wax,

(i) Each question is allotted 4 (four) marks for the number of beats per second decreases the
each correct response. frequency of fork B is :
(ii) ¼ (one fourth) marks will be deducted for (1) n + x (2) n – x
indicating incorrect response of each question. No (3) n – x2 (4) n – 2x
deduction from the total score will be made if no Q.7 A simple harmonic wave having amplitude A
response is indicated for an item in the answer and time period T is represented by the equation
sheet. y = 5 sin(t + 4) metre. The values of A (in
--------------------------------------------------------------- meter) and T(in sec.) are
(1) A=5, T=2 (2) A=10, T=1
Q.1 A tube closed at one end and containing air (2) A=5, T=1 (4) A=10, T=2
produces, when excited the fundamental note of Q.8 If at a place the speed of a sound wave of
frequency 512 Hz. If the tube is open at both frequency 300 Hz is V, speed of another wave of
ends, the fundamental frequency that can be frequency 150 Hz at the same place will be:
excited is (1) V (2) V/2
(in Hz) (3) 2V (4) 4V
(1) 1024 (2) 512 Q.9 The power of sound from the speaker of a radio
(3) 256 (4) 128 is 20milli watt by turning the knob of the volume
Q.2 An air column in pipe, which is closed at one control the power of the sound is increased to
end will be in resonance with a vibrating tuning 400 milli watt. The power increase in decibels as
fork of frequency 264 Hz if the length of the compared to the original power is :
column in cm is (1) 13 db (2) 10 db
(1) 31.25 (2) 62.50 (3) 20 db (4) 800 db
(3) 110 (4) 125 Q.10 A man standing between two cliffs hears the first
Q.3 Velocity of sound in air is 320 m/s. A pipe echo of a sound after 2 sec. and the second echo
closed at one end has a length of 1 m neglecting 3 sec. after the initial sound. If the speed of
end corrections, the air column in the pipe can sound be 330m/s. The distance between the
resonance for sound of frequency. two cliffs should be:
(a) 80 Hz (b) 240 Hz (1) 1650 m (2) 990 m
(c) 500 Hz (d) 400 Hz (3) 825 m (4) 660 m
(1) a (2) a,b Q.11 Stationary waves are produced in 10m long
(3) a,b,d (4) a,d stretched string. If the string vibrates in 5
Q.4 The velocity of sound in air is 330 m/s the segments and wave velocity 20m/sec, the
fundamental frequency of an organ pipe open at frequency is-
both ends and length 0.3 metre will be: (1) 10 Hz (2) 5 Hz
(1) 200 Hz (2) 550 Hz (3) 4 Hz (4) 2Hz
(3) 300 Hz (4) 275 Hz Q.12 A source x of unknown frequency produces 8
Q.5 A hollow metallic tube of length L and closed at beats with a source of 250 Hz and 12 beats with
one end produce resonance with a tuning fork of a source of 270 Hz. The frequency of source x is
frequency n. The entire tube is then heated (1) 258 Hz (2) 242 Hz (3) 262 Hz (4) 282 Hz
carefully so that at equilibrium temperature its Q.13 Two waves of wave length 2 m and 2.02 m
length changes by . If the change in velocity V respectively moving with the same velocity
of sound is v, the resonance will now be superimpose to produce 2 beats per sec. The
produced by tuning fork of frequency. velocity of the wave is:
(1) (V +v) / [4(L +)] (2) (V +v) / [4(L -)] (1) 400.0 m/s (2) 402 m/s
(3) (V -v) / [4(L +)] (4) (V -v) / [4(L -)] (3) 404 m/s (4) 406 m/s
Q.6 When two tuning forks are sounded together x Q.14 Sound source of frequency 170 Hz is placed near
beats/sec are heard frequency of A is n. Now a wall. A man walking from the source towards

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 the wall finds, that there is periodic rise and fall Q.21 If the velocity of sound in air is 320 m/s the
of sound intensity. If the speed of sound in air is frequency of the fundamental note emitted by a
340 m/s the distance separating the two adjacent tube of length 1m closed at one end is :
portions of minimum intensity is: (1) 80 Hz (2) 240 Hz
(1) (1/2) m (2) (3/2) m (3) 320 Hz (4) 400 Hz
(3) 1 m (4) 2 m Q.22 An open pipe is suddenly closed with the result
Q.15 A wave of frequency 100 Hz travels along a that the second overtone of the closed pipe is
string towards its fixed end when this wave found to be higher in frequency by 100 Hz, than
travels back, after reflection a node is formed at the first overtone of the original pipe. The
a distance of 10 cm from the fixed end. The fundamental frequency of open pipe will be :
speed of the wave (incident and reflected) is : (1) 100 Hz (2) 300 Hz
(1) 5 m/s (2) 10 m/s (3)150 Hz (4) 200 Hz
(3) 20 m/s (4) 40 m/s Q.23 Frequency of tuning fork A is 256 Hz. It
Q.16 The disturbance of wave propagating in positive produces four beats/sec. with tuning fork B.
1 When wax is applied at tuning fork B then 6
x-direction at t = 0 is y = and at t = 2s it beats/sec. are heard. Frequency of B is :
(1  x 2 )
(1) 252 (2) 260 Hz
1 (3) (1) & (2) both (4) 264
becomes y = then the phase velocity
1  (x  1)2 Q.24 As shown in fig AB is one metre long cylinder.
of the wave will be At the ends A&B and middle point C these are
(1) 1/2 m/s (2) 1/4 m/s thin flexible diapharm there is H2 in AC and O2
(3) 1/6 m/s (4) 1/8 m/s filled in part BC. diapharm A & B are oscillated
Q.17 A uniform string of length L and mass M is with some frequency when there is antinode at C
fixed at both ends under tension T, Then it can then ratio of their minimum frequency na / nb
vibrate with frequency given by the formula. will be :
C B
1 T 1 T A
(1) f  (2) f 
2 ML 2L M H2 O2

1 T 1 M
(3) f  (4) f  0.5 0.5
2 M 2 LT ( VH = 1100 m /sec), VO2 = 300 m/sec
Q.18 It the tension in a sonometer wire is increased by
a factor of four. The fundamental frequency of (1) 11/3 (2) 11/7
vibration changes by a factor of : (3) 9/7 (4) 9/11
(1) 4 (2) (1/4) Q.25 A wave y = a sin (t – kx) on a string meets with
(3) 2 (4) (1/2) another wave producing a node at x = 0. Then
Q.19 A stretched wire of length 114 cm is divided into the equation of the unknown wave is –
three segment whose frequencies are in the ratio (1) y = a sin (t + kx) (2) y = – a sin (t + kx)
1 : 3 : 4, the length of the segments must be in (3) y = a sin (t – kx) (4) y = – a sin (t – kx)
the ratio : Q.26 A somometer wire, with a suspended mass of
(1) 18 : 24 : 72 (2) 24 : 72 : 18 M = 1 kg., is in resonance with a given tuning
(3) 24 : 18 : 72 (4) 72 : 24 : 18 fork. The apparatus is taken to moon where the
Q.20 The speed of transverse waves in a stretched acceleration due to gravity is 1/6 that of earth.
string is 700 cm/s. It the string is 2 m long, the To obtain resonance on the moon, the value of M
frequency with which it resonates in should be
fundamental mode is : (1) 1 kg. (2) kg
(1) (7/2) Hz (2) (7/4) Hz (3) 6 kg (4) 36 kg
(3) (14) Hz (4) (2/7) Hz Q.27 Figure shows the shape of a part of a long wave
produced by attaching one end of string to a

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 tuning fork of frequency 250 Hz. What is the apart are two point, which have difference of
velocity of the waves ? 120° phase
(1) 0.12 m (2) 0.24 m
dispalcement

5 cm
0.3 cm
0 0.1 cm 0.5 cm
(3) 0.18 m (4) 0.26 m
5 cm

(1) 1 ms-1 (2) 1.5 ms-1

(3) 2.0-1 (4) 2.5 ms-1
Q.28 An observer moves towards a stationary source Q.34 A steel wire of length 1m, mass 0.1 kg and
of sound with a velocity one tenth the velocity of uniform cross sectional area 10–6 m2 is rigidly
sound. The apparent increases in frequency is - fixed at both ends. The temperature difference of
(1) zero (2) 5% wire is 20°C. If the transverse waves are set up
(3) 10% (4) 0.1% by plucking the string in the middle calculate
Q.29 A plane progressive wave is represented by the frequency of fundamental mode of vibration.
equation y = 0.25 cos (2t - x). The equation (Y = 2 × 1011 N/m2 ,  = 1.21 × 10-5 /°c)
of a wave with double the amplitude and half (1) 11 Hz (2) 20 Hz
frequency but travelling in the opposite direction (3) 22 Hz (4) 15Hz
will be. Q.35 A string under a tension of 129.6 N produces
(1) y = 0.5 cos (t - x) 10 beats /sec when it is vibrated along with a
(2) y = 0.5 cos (t + x) tuning fork. When the tension is the string is
increased to 160N. it sounds in unison with same
(3) y = 0.25 cos (t + 2x)
tuning fork. calculate fundamental frequency of
(4) y = 0.5 cos (t + x)
tuning fork.
Q.30 A, B and C are three tuning forks the frequency
(1) 100 Hz (2) 50 Hz
of A is 350 Hz. A and B produce 5 beats/sec.
(3) 150 Hz (4) 200 Hz
While B and C produce 4 beats/sec. When A is
Q.36 For a certain organ pipe three successive
loaded with wax it produces 2 beats/s with B,
resonable frequencies are observed at 425, 595
and 6 beats/s with C. The frequency of B & C is
and 765 Hz respectively taking the speed of
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sound in air to be 340m/sec (i) whether the pipe
(1) 341 Hz, 359 Hz (2) 345 Hz, 341 Hz
is closed end or open end (ii) determine the
(3) 359 Hz, 345 Hz (4) 355 Hz, 341 Hz
length of pipe.
Q.31 A closed organ pipe of length 1.5 m with some
(1) closed end, 1 m (2) open end, 1 m
gas vibrate in its fundamental mode. Another
(3) closed end, 2m (4) open end, 1 m
open organ pipe of same length but filled with
Q.37 An under water swimmer sends a sound signal to
air, resonates with the same fork in its
the surface. It is produces 5 beats/sec when
fundamental mode if the temperature of the room
compared with fundamental tone of a pipe of
be 30°C and the speed of sound in air at 30°C be
20 cm length closed at one end what is
360 m/s the speed of sound in the gas at 0°C is:
wavelength of sound in water.
(1) 637 m/s (2) 683 m/s
(take Vwater = 1500 m/sec Vair = 360m/sec)
(3) 341.5 m/s (4) 318 m/s
Q.32 A wave y = 10 sin (ax + bt) is reflected from a (1) 3.3 m or 3.37 m (2) 4.4 m or 4.47 m
dense medium at an origin. If 81% of energy is (3) 2.5 m or 2.7 m (4) 1m or 1.7 m
reflected then the equation of reflected wave is: Q.38 A person observes a change of 2.5% in
(1) y = –8.1 sin (ax – bt) frequency of sound of horn of a car. If the car is
(2) y = 8.1 sin (ax + bt) approaching forward the person & sound
(3) y = –9 sin (bt – ax) velocity is 320 m/sec., then velocity of car in
(4) y = 10 sin (ax – bt) m/sec will be approximately.
Q.33 A progressive wave of frequency 500 Hz is (1) 8 (2) 800 (3) 7 (4) 6
travelling with a velocity of 360 m/sec. How far Q.39 A source of sound of frequency 1000 Hz is
moving with a uniform velocity 20 m/s. The

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 ratio of apparent frequency heard by the observer Q.43 A sound source in moving with speed 5 m/s
before and after the source crosses him would towards a wall. If the velocity of sound in 330
be: [Speed of sound = 340 m/s] m/s the stationary observer would hear beats is
(1) 9 : 8 (2) 8 : 9 equal to (frequency of source = 240 Hz)
(3) 1 : 1 (4) 9 : 10 (1) 0 (2) 0 or 8
Q.40 Two sound sources (of same frequency) are (3) 8 (4) 0 or 4
placed at distance of 100 meter. An observer Q.44 Doppler effect for sound depends upon the
when moving between both sources hears 4 beats relative motion of source and listener and it also
per second. The distance between sound source depends upon that which one of these is in
is now changed to 400meter then the motion. whereas in Doppler effect for light it
beats/second heard by observer will be: only depends upon the relative motion of the
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 8 source of sound and observer. The reason for It
(4) 16 is :
Q.41 A sound source is moving towards a stationary (1) Einstein's mass energy relation
listener with (1/10)th of the speed of sound. The (2) Einstein's theory of relativity
ratio of apparent to real frequency is : (3) Photo electric effect
2 (4) none of above
11  11
(1) (2)   Q.45 A source of sound of frequency 90 vibrations/sec
10  10  is approaching a stationary observer with a speed
2 equal to 1/10 the speed of sound. What will be
 9 10
(3)   (4) the frequency heard by the observer ?
 10  9
(1) 80 vibrations/sec (2) 90 vibrations/sec
Q.42 A railway engine moving with a speed of (3) 100 vibrations/sec (4) 120 vibrations/sec
60m/sec passes in front of a stationary listener.
The real frequency of whistle is 400 Hz.
Calculate the apparent frequency heared by
listener (a) when the engine is approaching the
listener. (b) when the engine moving away from
the listener
(V = 340 m/s)
(1) 485.7 Hz, 340 Hz (2) 220 Hz, 180 Hz
(3) 320 Hz,155 Hz (4) 400 Hz, 330 Hz