Topic : 11 [Sound Wave]

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1. A sound absorber attenuates the sound level by 20 dB. The intensity decreases by a factor of :
(A) 1000 (B) 10000 (C) 10 (D) 100
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2. The speed of sound in oxygen (O2) at a certain temperature is 460 ms–1. The speed of sound in
helium (He) at the same temperature will be (assume both gases to be ideal) :
(A) 500 ms–1 (B) 650 ms–1 (C) 1420 ms–1 (D) 460 ms–1
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3. While measuring the speed of sound by performing a resonance column experiment, a student
gets the first resonance condition at a column length of 18 cm during winter. Repeating the same
experiment during summer, she measures the column length to be x cm for the second resonance.
Then
(A) x > 54 (B) 54 > x > 36 (C) 36 > x > 18 (D) 18 > x
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4. A pipe of length 85 cm is closed from one end. Find the number of possible natural oscillations
of air column in the pipe whose frequencies lie below 1250 Hz. The velocity of sound in air is
340 m/s.
(A) 12 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 4
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5. A pipe open at both ends has fundamental frequency f in air. The pipe is dipped vertically in water
so that half of it is in water. The fundamental frequency of the air column is now:
(A) 3f/4 (B) 2f (C) f (D) f/2
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6. A tuning fork vibrates with frequency 256 Hz and gives one beat per second with the third normal
mode of vibration of an open pipe. What is the length of the pipe ? (Speed of sound in air is 340
m s–1)
(A) 190 cm (B) 180 cm (C) 200 cm (D) 220 cm
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7. 5 beats/second are heard when a tuning fork is sounded with a sonometer wire under tension,
when the length of the sonometer wire is either 0.95 m or 1 m. The frequency of the fork will be
(A) 251 Hz (B) 300 Hz (C) 195 Hz (D) 150 Hz
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8. A granite rod of 60 cm length is clamped at its middle point and is set into longitudinal vibrations.
The density of granite is 2.7 × 103 kg/m3 and its Young's modulus is 9.27 × 1010 Pa. What will be
the fundamental frequency of the longitudinal vibrations ?
(A) 5 kHz (B) 2.5 kHz (C) 10 kHz (D) 7.5 kHz
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9. A musician using an open flute of length 50 cm produces second harmonic sound waves. A person
runs towards the musician from another end of a hall at a speed of 10 km/h. If the wave speed is
330 m/s, the frequency heard by the running person shall be close to:
(A) 753 Hz (B) 500 Hz (C) 333 Hz (D) 666 Hz
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10. A closed organ pipe has a fundamental frequency of 1.5 kHz. The number of overtones that can
be distinctly heard by a person with this organ pipe will be: (Assume that the highest frequency a
person can hear is 20,000Hz)
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 4
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11. A person standing on an open ground hears the sound of a jet aeroplane, coming from north at an
angle 60° with ground level. But he finds the aeroplane right vertically above his position. If u is
the speed of sound, speed of the plane is:
(A) Ö3/2 u (B) 2u/Ö3 (C) u (D) u/2
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12. A resonance tube is old and has jagged end. It is still used in the laboratory to determine velocity
of sound in air. A tuning fork of frequency 512 Hz produces first resonance when the tube is filled
with water to a mark 11 cm below a reference mark, near the open end of the tube. The experiment
is repeated with another fork of frequency 256 Hz which produces first resonance when water
reaches a mark 27 cm below the reference mark. The velocity of sound in air, obtained in the
experiment, is close to:
(A) 322 ms–1 (B) 341 ms–1 (C) 335 ms–1 (D) 328 ms–1
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13. The pressure wave, P = 0.01sin [1000t – 3x] Nm–2, corresponds to the sound produced by a
vibrating blade on a day when atmospheric temperature is 0ºC. On some other day when
temperature is T, the speed of sound produced by the same blade and at the same frequency is
found to be 336ms–1. Approximate value of T is:
(A) 12ºC (B) 11ºC (C) 15ºC (D) 4ºC
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14. The correct figure that shows, schematically, the wave pattern produced by superposition of two
waves of frequencies 9 Hz and 11Hz is

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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15. Three harmonic waves having equal frequency v and same intensity I0 , have phase angles 0,
4
π
and − respectively. When they are superimposed the intensity of the resultant wave is close to:
4
(A) 5.8I0 (B) 3I0 (C) I0 (D) 0.2I0
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16. The ratio of speed of sound in hydrogen gas to the speed of sound in oxygen gas at the same
temperature is:
(A) 4: 1 (B) 1: 2 (C) 1: 4 (D) 1: 1
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17. The velocity of sound in a gas. in which two wavelengths 4.08 m and 4.16 m produce 40 beats
in 12 s, will be :
(A) 282.8 ms −1 (B) 175.5 ms −1 (C) 353.6 ms −1 (D) 707.2 ms −1
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18. A longitudinal wave is represented by x = 10sin⁡ 2π (nt − ) cm . The maximum particle
λ
velocity will be four times the wave velocity if the determined value of wavelength is equal to
5π
(A) 2π (B) 5π (C) π (D)
2
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19. Sound travels in a mixture of two moles of helium and n moles of hydrogen. If rms speed of gas
molecules in the mixture is √2 times the speed of sound, then the value of n will be
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
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20. A person observes two moving trains, 'A' reaching the station and 'B' leaving the station with
equal speed of 30 m/s. If both trains emit sounds with frequency 300 Hz, (Speed of sound :
330 m/s ) approximate difference of frequencies heard by the person will be :
(A) 33 Hz (B) 55 Hz (C) 80 Hz (D) 10 Hz
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21. For a solid rod, the Young's modulus of elasticity is 3.2 × 1011 Nm−2 and density is
8 × 103 kg m−3 . The velocity of longitudinal wave in the rod will be.
(A) 145.75 × 103 ms −1 (B) 3.65 × 103 ms −1
(C) 18.96 × 103 ms −1 (D) 6.32 × 103 ms −1
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22. The first overtone frequency of an open organ pipe is equal to the fundamental frequency of a
closed organ pipe. If the length of the closed organ pipe is 20 cm. The length of the open organ
pipe is _____ cm.
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23. A set of 20 tuning forks is arranged in a series of increasing frequencies. If each fork gives 4 beats
with respect to the preceding fork and the frequency of the last fork is twice the frequency of the
first, then the frequency of last fork is _____ Hz.
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24. A tuning fork of frequency 340 Hz resonates in the fundamental mode with an air column of
length 125 cm in a cylindrical tube closed at one end. When water is slowly poured in it, the
minimum height of water required for observing resonance once again is _____ cm.(Velocity of
sound in air is 340 ms −1 )
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25. In an experiment to determine the velocity of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance
is observed when the air column has a length of 20.0 cm for a tuning fork of frequency 400 Hz
is used. The velocity of the sound at room temperature is 336 ms −1 . The third resonance is
observed when the air column has a length of _____ cm.
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26. For a certain organ pipe, the first three resonance frequencies are in the ratio of 1:3:5 respectively.
If the frequency of fifth harmonic is 405 Hz and the speed of sound in air is 324 ms −1 the length
of the organ pipe is _____ m.
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27. An organ pipe 40 cm long is open at both ends. The speed of sound in air is 360 ms −1 . The
frequency of the second harmonic is _____ Hz.
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28. A person driving car at a constant speed of 15 m/s is approaching a vertical wall. The person
notices a change of 40 Hz in the frequency of his car's horn upon reflection from the wall. The
frequency of horn is _____ Hz.
(Given : Speed of sound : 330 m/s )
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29. A car 𝑃 travelling at 20 ms −1 sounds its horn at a frequency of 400 Hz. Another car Q is
travelling behind the first car in the same direction with a velocity 40 ms −1 . The frequency heard
by the passenger of the car Q is approximately
[Take, velocity of sound = 360 ms −1 ]
(A) 514 Hz (B) 421 Hz (C) 485 Hz (D) 471 Hz
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30. An observer is riding on a bicycle and moving towards a hill at 18kmh−1 . He hears a sound from
a source at some distance behind him directly as well as after its reflection from the hill. If the
original frequency of the sound as emitted by source is 640 Hz and velocity of the sound in air is
320 m/s, the beat frequency between the two sounds heard by observer will be _____ Hz.
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ANSWER KEY
Ques. Ans Ques. Ans Ques. Ans Ques. Ans Ques. Ans Ques. Ans Ques. Ans
1 D 2 C 3 A 4 C 5 C 6 C 7 C
8 A 9 D 10 C 11 D 12 D 13 D 14 B
15 A 16 A 17 D 18 B 19 B 20 B 21 D
22 80 23 152 24 50 25 140 26 1 27 900 28 420
29 B 30 20

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