PHYSICS XI 19. Beats is a phenomenon which arises from .........

of waves
SHM, WAVES AND SOUND NAME: ______ (a)reflection(b)diffraction (c)superposition(d)interference
20. Two waves are said to be coherent, if they have (a)same phase
1. For which of the following conditions will there be an effect on but different amplitude (b)same frequency but different
the periodic-time of the swing, if a girl is sitting on the swing ? amplitude (c)same frequency, phase & amplitude (d)different
(a)Another girl sits by her side (b)The girl sitting on the swing frequency, phase and amplitude
stands up (c)Both (a) and (b) (d)None of these 21. The notes of frequencies which are integral multiple of the
2. A periodic to-and-fro motion is called (a)Periodic motion fundamental frequencies are called
(b)orbital motion (c)oscillatory motion(d)rectilinear motion (a)beats(b)harmonics (c)antinodes(d)tones
3. The total energy of a particle executing S.H.M. is 22. Frequencies of sound produced from an organ pipe open at both
proportional to (a) Displacement from equilibrium position (b) ends are (a)only fundamental note (b)only even harmonics
Frequency of oscillation (c) Velocity in equilibrium position (c)only odd harmonics (d)even and odd harmonics
(d) Square of amplitude of motion 23. The reason for introducing Laplace correction in the expression
4. A body executes simple harmonic motion. The potential energy for the velocity of sound in a gaseous medium is
(P.E.), the kinetic energy (K.E.) and total energy (T.E.) are (a)no change in the temperature of the medium during the
measured as a function of displacement x. Which of the propagation of the sound through it (b)no change in the heat of
following statement is true? (a)P.E. is maximum when x = 0. the medium during the propagation of the sound through it
(b)K.E. is maximum when x = 0. (c)T.E. is zero when x = 0. (c)change in the pressure of the gas due to the compression and
(d)K.E. is maximum when x is maximum. rarefaction (d)change in the volume of the gas
5. Acceleration of a particle executing SHM, at it’s mean position 24. For which of the following cases, there will be no Doppler
is (a)infinity(b)variable (c)maximum(d)zero effect? (a)If source and listener, both move in the same
6. A particle executing simple harmonic motion covers a distance direction with same speed. (b)If one of the source/listener is at
equal to half of its amplitude in one second from mean. Then the the centre of a circle, while the other is moving on it. (c)When
time period of the simple harmonic motion is both the source and listener are at rest. (d)All of these
(a)4 s (b)6 s (c)8 s (d)12 s 25. A closed organ pipe (closed at one end) is excited to support the
7. The necessary condition for the bob of a pendulum to execute third overtone. It is found that air in the pipe has (a)three nodes
SHM is (a) the length of pendulum should be small (b) the and three antinodes (b)three nodes and four antinodes (c)four
mass of bob should be small (c) amplitude of oscillation nodes and three antinodes (d)four nodes and four antinodes
should be small (d) the velocity of bob should be small 26. Doppler shift in frequency does not depend upon (a)frequency
8. The ratio of energies of oscillations of two exactly identical of the wave produced (b)velocity of the source (c)velocity of the
pendulums oscillating with amplitudes 5 cm and 10 cm is : observer (d)distance from the source to the listener
(a) 1 : 2 (c) 1 : 4 (b) 2 : 1 (d) 4 : 1 27. A train moving at a speed of 220 ms–1 towards a stationary
9. For an oscillating simple pendulum, the tension in the string is object, emits a sound of frequency 1000 Hz. Some of the
(a) maximum at extreme position (b) maximum at mean position sound reaching the object gets reflected back to the train as
(c) constant throughout the motion (d) Cannot be predicted echo. The frequency of the echo as detected by the driver of
10. A spring-mass system oscillates with a frequency . If it is the train is (speed of sound in air is 330 ms–1) (a) 3500 Hz (b)
taken in an elevator slowly accelerating upward, the frequency 4000 Hz (c) 5000 Hz (d) 3000 Hz
will (a) increase (c) remain same (b) decrease (d) become zero 28. A source of unknown frequency gives 4 beats/s, when
11. The length of a simple pendulum executing simple harmonic sounded with a source of known frequency 250 Hz. The
motion is increased by 21%. The percentage increase in the time second harmonic of the source of unknown frequency gives
period of the pendulum of increased length is five beats per second, when sounded with a source of
(a)11% (b)21% (c)42% (d)10% frequency 513 Hz. The unknown frequency is (a) 246 Hz (c)
12. Two waves are said to be coherent, if they have (a)same phase 260 Hz (b) 240 Hz (d) 254 Hz
but different amplitude (b)same frequency but different 29. The fundamental frequency of a closed organ pipe of length 20
amplitude (c)same frequency, phase & amplitude (d)different cm is equal to the second overtone of an organ pipe open at both
frequency, phase and amplitude the ends. The length of organ pipe open at both the ends is
13. The intensity of harmonic wave (a)depends upon its frequency (a)100 cm(b)120 cm (c)140 cm(d)80 cm
and not on its amplitude (b)depends upon its amplitude and not 30. The angle between particle velocity and wave velocity in a
on its frequency (c)depends upon both, its frequency and not on transverse wave is (a) zero (b) pi/4 (c) pi/2 (d) pi
amplitude (d)depends neither on frequency nor on its amplitude 31. Of the following properties of a wave, the one that is
14. Standing waves in a string are due to (a)beats(b)reflection of independent of the other is its (a) amplitude (b) velocity (c)
waves (c)interference of waves(d)Doppler's effect wavelength (d) frequency
15. Phon is unit of 32. Which of the following statements is correct? (a) Both sound
(a)wavelength(b)loudness (c)frequency(d)intensity and light waves in air are longitudinal. (b) Both sound and light
16. The rate of transfer of energy in a wave depends (a)directly on waves in air are transverse. (c) Sound waves in air are
the square of the wave amplitude and square of the wave transverse while light longitudinal. (d) Sound waves in air are
frequency (b)directly on the square of the wave amplitude and longitudinal while light waves transverse.
root of the wave frequency (c)directly on the wave amplitude 33. To make the frequency double of an oscillator, we have to
and square of the wave frequency (d)None of these (a) double the mass (b) half the mass (c) quadruple the mass
17. The essential condition for the formation of beats is (d) reduce the mass to one-fourth
(a)difference in frequencies of two sources should be 10 34. If the maximum velocity and acceleration of a particle
(b)difference in frequencies of two sources should be < 10 executing SHM are equal in magnitude, the time period will be
(c)difference in frequencies of two sources should be > 10 (a) 1.57 seconds (b) 3.14 seconds (c) 6.28 seconds (d) 12.56
(d)difference in frequencies of two sources should be 10 seconds
18. Shock waves are produced by objects 35. An organ pipe open at both the ends and another organ pipe
(a)carrying electric charge and vibrating closed at one end will resonate with each other, if their lengths
(b)vibrating with frequency greater than 20000 Hz are in the ratio of (a) 1: 1 (b) 1: 4 (c) 2: 1 (d) 1: 2
(c)vibrating with very large amplitude
(d)moving with a speed greater than that of sound in the medium SAHIR HEMNANI