SRI CHAITANYA IIT ACADEMY

AKHSHARA BHAVAN – KAKATAYA HILLS

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SECTION:JR WSP11-D12
PREPARED BY: Mr .SAGARDAS
WAVE MECHANICS
SINGLE ANSWER CORRECT
1. Which of the following readings are preferred in the resonance column experiment?
A) Fundamental mode and first overtone B) first overtone and second harmonic
C) Second overtone and third overtone D) third overtone and fourth overtone
2. When temperature increases, the frequency of a tuning fork
a) Increases b) decreases c) remains same
d) Increases of decreases depending on the material
3. A sufficiently long vertical organ pipe has a small hole at its closed base.
Initially the pipe is empty. Water is poured into the pipe at a constant rate. The
fundamental frequency of the air column in the pipe
1) Continuously increasing 2) first increases and then becomes constant
3) Continuously decreases 4) first decreases and then become constant
4. A tuning fork sends sound waves in air. If the temperature of the air increases, which
of the following parameters will change?
(A) Displacement amplitude (B) Frequency
(C) Wavelength (D) time period
5. A closed pipe resonates at its fundamental frequency of 300 Hz. Which one of the
following statements is wrong?
(A) If the temperature rises, the fundamental frequency increases.
(B) If the pressure rises, the fundamental frequency increases.
(C) The first overtone is of frequency 900 Hz.
(D) An open pipe with the same fundamental frequency has twice the length.
6. A sufficiently long close organ pipe has a small hole at its bottom. Initially the pipe is
empty. Water is poured into the pipe at a constant rate. The fundamental frequency of
the air column in the pipe
(A) Continuously increasing (B) first increases and them becomes constant
(C) Continuously decreases (D) first decreases and them become constant
7. In an experiment of resonance tube to measure the velocity of sound, first resonance
occurs at l =10cm from the open end of the tube. End correction of the tube is 1.0cm
and the frequency of tuning fork is 700Hz.
(I) Velocity of sound is 308m/s
(II) Next resonance will occur at l = 32cm from the open end of the tube
(III) Radius of resonance tube is 1.67cm
The correct statement is/are
1) I, II 2) I, III 3) II, III 4) I, II, III
8. A vibrating tuning fork of frequency n is placed near the open end of a long
cylindrical tube. The tube has a side opening and is also fitted with a movable
 reflecting position. As the position is moved through 8.75 cm, the intensity of sound
detected by the ear changes from a maximum to minimum value. If the speed of sound
is 350 metre per second, then n is:

1) 500 Hz 2) 1000 Hz 3) 2000 Hz 4) 4000 Hz

9. For a certain organ pipe three successive resonance frequencies are observed at 425
Hz, 595 Hz and 765 Hz respectively. If the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, then the
length of the pipe is:
(A) 2.0 m (B) 0.4 m (C) 1.0 m (D) 0.2 m
3x
10. In an organ pipe whose one end is at x = 0, the pressure is expressed by p = p 0 cos
2
sin 300 t where x is in meter and t in sec. The organ pipe can be
(A) Closed at one end, open at another with length = 0.5m
(B) Open at both ends, length = 1m
(C) Closed at both ends, length = 2m
2
(D) Closed at one end, open at another with length = m
3
11. An open pipe of sufficient length is dipping in water with a speed u vertically. If at
any instant, L is the length of tube above water, then the rate at which fundamental
frequency of pipe changes, is(Take, speed of sound is v)

vu vu vu 3vu
A) B) C) D)
2L2 L2 4L2 4L2
12. First overtone frequency of a closed organ pipe is equal to the first overtone frequency
of an open organ pipe. Further nth harmonic of closed organ pipe is also equal to the
mth harmonic of open pipe, where n and m are
A) 7, 3 B) 9, 6 C) 7, 5 D) 5, 4
13. If L1 and L2 are the lengths of air column for the first and second resonance, when a
tuning fork of frequency f is sounded on a resonance tube, taking into account the end
correction, the distance of the antinode from the top end of the resonance tube is

L2  L1 2L1  L2 L  3L1
A) B) C) 2 D) 2  L2  L1 
2 2 2
14. A pipe of length 1.5m, closed at one end, is filled with a gas and it resonates in its
fundamental with a tuning fork. Another pipe of same length put open at both ends, if
filled with air, resonates in its fundamental with the same tuning fork. Calculate the
 speed of sound at 0 C in the gas, given that speed of sound in air is 360ms 1 at 30 C ,
where the experiment is performed.
A) 683ms1 B) 583ms1 C) 783ms1 D) 576ms1
15. To determine the sound propagation velocity in air by acoustic resonance technique
one can use a pipe with a piston and a sonic membrance closing one of its ends. Find
the velocity of sound, if the distance between the adjacent positions of the piston at
which resonance is observed at a frequency f=2000 Hz is equal to l  8.5 cm
A) 330 ms1 B) 340 ms1 C) 350 ms1 D) 360 ms1
16. A U-tube having uniform cross-section, but unequal arm lengths L1 and L2   L1  has
a liquid of density 1 filled in it upto a height h as shown in the figure. Another liquid
  
of density 2   1  is poured in arm A. Both liquids are immiscible. What length of
 2
the second liquid should be poured in A, so that first overtone of A is in unison with
fundamental tone of B.

L1  3L2  2h 2  L1  3L2  2h 
A) B)
3 3
L  3L2  2h 3  L1  3L2  2h 
C) 1 D)
2 4
17. Find the temperature  T0  at which the fundamental frequency of an organ pipe is
independent of small variation in temperature in terms of the coefficient of linear
expansion    of the material of the tube.
3 3 2 1
A) T0  B) T0  C) T0  D) T0 
2  3 2
18. In the resonance tube experiment, the first resonance is heard, when length of air
column is L1 and second resonance is heard when length of air column is L 2 . What
should be the minimum length of the tube so that third resonance can also be heard?
A) 2L 2  L1 B) 2L1 C) 7L1 D) 6L1
19. Four open organ pipes of different lengths and different gases at same temperature are
shown in figure. Let f1,f 2 ,f3 and f 4 be their fundamental frequencies, then
 Take, CO 2
7/5 
 A) f 4 / f1  76 / 11 B) f 2 / f3  72 / 38
C) f3 / f 4  11 / 28 D) f1 / f 2  2
20. A closed organ pipe is sounded near a guitar causing one of the strings to vibrate with
large amplitude. We vary the tension in the string until we find the maximum
amplitude. The string is 80% as long as the closed pipe. If both the pipe and the string
vibrate at their fundamental frequency, the ratio of the wave speed on the string to the
speed of sound in air is
A) 0.4 B) 0.8 C) 2 D) 0.5
21. In a resonance tube experiment to determine the speed of sound in air, a pipe or
diameter 5 cm is used. The column in pipe resonates with a tuning fork of frequency
480 Hz, when the minimum length of the air column is 16 cm. The speed of sound in
air is
A) 330ms 1 B) 307 ms 1 C) 336ms 1 D) 346ms 1
22. A closed organ pipe of length L0 is resonating in 5th harmonic mode with a rod
clamped at two points a and 3a from one end. If the length of the rod is 4a and it is
vibrating in first over tone, then the length of the rod in terms of L0 ,Vs ,Y and  is
(where, Vs =speed of sound in air, Y is Young’s modulus and  density of the rod)

12 L0 Y 7 L0 Y 17 L0 Y 14 L0 Y
A) B) C) D)
5 Vs  5 Vs  5 Vs  5 Vs 
23. Six antinodes are observed in the air column, when a standing wave forms in a closed
(at both ends) tube. A steel bar (in its fundamental mode) of length 1m and clamped at
the middle is in unison with the air column. The speed of sound in steel is 5250ms1
and in air, it is 343ms1 . Length of the air column is
A) 79cm B) 49cm C) 39cm D) 29cm

ONE OR MORE THAN ONE ANSWER CORRECT

24. A cylindrical tube, open at one end and closed at the other, is in acoustic
unison with an external source of frequency held at the open end of the tube,
in its fundamental note. Then:
(A) The displacement wave from the source gets reflected with a phase
change of at the closed end
(B) The pressure wave from the source get reflected without a phase change
at the closed end
(C) The wave reflected from the closed end again gets reflected at the open
end
(D) The wave reflected from the closed end does not suffer reflection at the
open end
25. A 3m long organ pipe opened at both ends is driven to third harmonic standing wave.
If the maximum amplitude of pressure oscillations is 1% of mean atmospheric
  
pressure p0  105 Nm 2 , then maximum amplitude of particle displacement is A and
that of density oscillations is  max .

Speed of sound is v  332ms1 and density of air   1.03kgm3 . Choose the correct
options.
A) A  0.28cm B)   max  9  103 kgm3

C) A  0.56cm D)   max  1.8  104 kgm3

26. The air column is a pipe closed at one end is made to vibrate in its second overtone by
tuning fork of frequency 440 Hz. The speed of sound in air is 330ms1 . End
corrections may be neglected. Let  0 is the mean pressure at any point in the pipe and
 max is the maximum amplitude of pressure variation. If length of the air column
is L and the amplitude of pressure variation at the middle of the column is  , then
16   max 15   max
A) L  m B)   C) L  m D)  
15 3 16 2
27. For a certain organ pipe, three successive resonance frequencies are observed at 425
Hz, 595 Hz and 765 Hz, respectively. The speed of sound in air is 340ms1 . Choose
the correct options.
A) The pipe is open at both the ends B) The pipe is closed at one end
C) Fundamental frequency of pipe is 85 cm D) Length of the pipe is 1m
28. In a resonance tube experiment, a closed organ pipe of length 120 cm resonates, when
tuned with a tuning fork of frequency 340 Hz. If water is poured into the pipe, then
(Speed of sound in air= 340ms1 )
A) Minimum length of water column to have resonance is 50 cm
B) The distance between two successive nodes is 50 cm
C) The maximum length of water column to create resonance is 100 cm
D) None of the above
Passage I
A 60 cm long flute can be considered as a pipe open at both the ends. The speed of
sound in air is 340ms1 .
29. The fundamental frequency, when all the holes are covered is
A) 283 Hz B) 293 Hz C) 303 Hz D) 273 Hz
30. How far from the mouth piece should a hole be uncovered for the fundamental
frequency to be 330 Hz?
A) 34.5 cm B) 41.5 cm C) 44.5 cm D) 51.5 cm
Passage II
A tube closed at one end has a vibrating diaphragm at the other end, which may be
‘assumed’ to be a displacement node. It is found that, when the frequency of the
diaphragm is 2000 Hz, a stationary wave pattern is set up in which the distance
between adjacent nodes is 8 cm. When the frequency is gradually reduced, the
stationary wave pattern disappears, but another stationary wave pattern reappears at a
frequency of 1600 Hz.
31. The speed of sound in air is
A) 320ms1 B) 330ms1 C) 340ms1 D) 350ms1
32. The distance between adjacent nodes at the frequency of 1600 Hz is
A) 14 cm B) 12 cm C) 10 cm D) 11 cm
33. The distance between diaphragm and the closed end is
A) 30 cm B) 40 cm C) 50 cm D) 60 cm
INTEGER
34. PQ is a cylinder of length 1m filled with a thin flexible diaphragm R at the middle and
two other thin flexible diaphragms P and Q at the ends. The portions PR and QR
contain hydrogen and oxygen gases respectively. The diaphragms P and Q are set into
vibrations of same frequency. The minimum frequency of these vibrations for which
the diaphragm R is a node is 550 p Hz. Find out the value of p. (Under the conditions
of the experiment, the velocity of sound in hydrogen is 1100ms1 and in oxygen is
300ms1 )

35. A 3.6 m long pipe resonates with a source of freqency 212.5 Hz, when water level is at
certain heights in the pipe. Find the heights of water level (from the bottom of the
pipe) at which resonances occur. Neglect end correction. Now, the pipe is filled to a
height H   3.6m  . A small hole is drilled very close to its bottom and water is allowed
to leak. Obtain an expression for the rate of fall of water level in the pipe as a function
of H. If the radii of the pipe and the hole are 2  102 m and 1  103 m respectively,
calculate the time interval between the occurrence of first two resonances. (Given that,
the speed of sound in air is 340ms1 and g  10ms2 )
36. Two narrow cylindrical pipes P and Q have same length. Pipe P is open at both ends
and is filled with a monatomic gas of molar mass M1 . Pipe Q is open at one end and
closed at the other end and is filled with a diatomic gas of molar mass M 2 . Both gases
are at the same temperature.
I. If the frequency of second harmonic of the fundamental mode in pipe P is equal to
the frequency of third harmonic of the fundamental mode in pipe Q, determine the
M
value of 1 .
M2
II. Now, the open end of pipe Q is also closed (so that, the pipe is closed at both ends).
Find the ratio of fundamental frequency in pipe P so that in pipe Q.
MATCHING
37. Equation of longitudinal stationary wave in second overtone mode in a closed organ
pipe is y   4mm  sin x cos t , where x is in metre and t in second. Match the Column
I with Column II and mark the correct option from the codes given below.
Column-I Column-II
i. Length of pipe p. 1m
 ii. Wavelength q. 1.5m
iii. Distance of displacement r. 2 m
node from closed end
iv. Distance of pressure node s. None
from closed end
Codes
i ii iii iv i ii iii iv
A) r p q s B) s p, r q r
C) s q p, r q D) p q r s

KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A B 2 C B B 4 2 C C
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
C B C A B B D A C A
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
C A C ABC AB CD BCD ABC A D
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
A C B 3 t=43s 400 3 C
i) ii)
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