A wave is given by $y=5 \times 10^{-3} \sin \left(12.5 \pi x-\frac{\pi}{2} t\right)$. Then its wavelength and time period are respectively ( $y$ and $x$ are in metres and $t$ is in seconds)
$0.04 \mathrm{~m}, 4 \mathrm{~s}$
$0.16 \mathrm{~m}, 1 \mathrm{~s}$
$0.04 \mathrm{~m}, 2 \mathrm{~s}$
$0.16 \mathrm{~m}, 4 \mathrm{~s}$
A tuning fork $A$ of frequency 250 Hz and another tuning fork $B$ of frequency $x$ produced 5 beats per second when vibrated together. If the fork $B$ is waxed and vibrated together with $A$, then 3 beats per second are produced. Then, $x=$
255 Hz
245 Hz
247 Hz
253 Hz
If the seventh harmonic of a closed pipe is in unison with fourth harmonic of an open organ pipe, then the ratio of length of closed pipe to that of open pipe is
$4: 7$
$7: 4$
$8: 7$
$7: 8$
An observer moves towards a stationary source of sound, with a speed of one fifth of the speed of sound. The apparent increase in the frequency heard by the observer is
$16.67 \%$
$2 \%$
$25 \%$
$20 \%$
A rod of length $L$ and negligible mass is suspended by two identical strings $A B$ and $C D$ as shown in the figure A mass $M$ is suspended from point $O$ which is at a distance $x$ from $B$. If the frequency of the first harmonic of $A B$ is equal to the frequency of the second harmonic of $C D$, then the value of $x$ is
An observer moves towards a stationary source of sound with a speed $\frac{1}{5}$ th that of sound. The frequency of ${ }^{\text {th }}$ sound emitted by the source of $f$. The apparent frequency recorded by the observer is
The frequency of echo will be __________ Hz if the train blowing a whistle of frequency 320 Hz is moving with a velocity of 36 km/h towards a hill from which an echo is heard by the train driver. Velocity of sound in air is 330 m/s.
Explanation:
${v_s} = 36 \times {5 \over {18}} = 10$ m/sec
$f = {{v + {v_s}} \over {v - {v_s}}}{f_0}$
$ = {{340} \over {320}} \times 320$
$ = 340$ Hz
A wire of length 30 cm, stretched between rigid supports, has it's nth and (n + 1)th harmonics at 400 Hz and 450 Hz, respectively. If tension in the string is 2700 N, it's linear mass density is ____________ kg/m.
Explanation:
${v \over {2l}} = 50$ Hz
$ \Rightarrow T = {\left[ {100 \times \left( {{{30} \over {100}}} \right)} \right]^2} \times \mu $
$ \Rightarrow \mu = {{2700} \over {900}} = 3$
When a car is approaching the observer, the frequency of horn is $100 \mathrm{~Hz}$. After passing the observer, it is $50 \mathrm{~Hz}$. If the observer moves with the car, the frequency will be $\frac{x}{3} \mathrm{~Hz}$ where $x=$ ________________.
Explanation:
$100 = {v_0}{v \over {v - {v_c}}}$
$50 = {v_0}{v \over {v + {v_c}}}$
$2 = {{v + {v_c}} \over {v - {v_c}}}$
$2v - 2{v_c} = v + {v_c}$
${v_c} = {v \over 3}$
$100 = {v_0}{{v \times 3} \over {2v}} \Rightarrow {v_0} = {{200} \over 3} = {x \over 3}$
$ \Rightarrow x = 200$
Two waves executing simple harmonic motions travelling in the same direction with same amplitude and frequency are superimposed. The resultant amplitude is equal to the $\sqrt3$ times of amplitude of individual motions. The phase difference between the two motions is ___________ (degree).
Explanation:
${A_{net}} = \sqrt {A_1^2 + A_2^2 + 2{A_1}{A_2}\cos \phi } $
$\sqrt 3 A = \sqrt {{A^2} + {A^2} + 2{A^2}\cos \phi } $
$3{A^2} = 2{A^2} + 2{A^2}\cos \phi $
$\cos \phi = {1 \over 2}$
$\phi = 60^\circ $
An observer is riding on a bicycle and moving towards a hill at $18 \,\mathrm{kmh}^{-1}$. 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 $640 \mathrm{~Hz}$ and velocity of the sound in air is $320 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$, the beat frequency between the two sounds heard by observer will be _____________ $\mathrm{Hz}$.
Explanation:

${f_1} = {f_0}\left( {{{320 - 5} \over {320}}} \right) = 640\left( {{{315} \over {320}}} \right)$
$ = 630$ Hz
${f_3} = {f_0}$ [No relative motion]
${f_2} = {f_0}\left[ {{{320 + 5} \over {320}}} \right] = 640\left( {{{325} \over {320}}} \right)$
$ = 650$
Beat frequency $ = {f_2} - {f_1}$
$ = 650 - 630 = 20$ Hz
An employee of a factory moving away from his workplace by a car listens to the siren of the factory. He drives the car at the speed of 72 kmh$-$1 in the direction of wind which is blowing at 72 kmh$-$1 speed. Frequency of siren is 720 Hz. The employee hears an apparent frequency of ____________ Hz.
(Assume speed of sound to be 340 ms$-$1)
Explanation:
$ \begin{aligned} &f^{\prime}=f\left(\frac{V-V_{0}}{V+V_{s}}\right)=720\left(\frac{(340+20)-20}{(340+20)-0}\right) \\\\ &=\frac{720 \times 340}{360}=680 \mathrm{~Hz} \end{aligned} $
In an experiment to determine the velocity of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube, the first 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.
Explanation:
$400 = {v \over {4({L_1} + e)}}$ ..... (i)
$400 = {{5v} \over {4({L_2} + e)}}$ ..... (ii)
$ \Rightarrow {L_1} + e = {\lambda \over 4} = 21$ cm
${L_2} + e = {{5\lambda } \over 4} = 105$ cm
$\Rightarrow$ e = 1 cm & L2 = 104 cm
A tunning 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)
Explanation:
Given $340 = {n \over {4 \times 125}}v$
$ \Rightarrow n = 5$
So $\lambda = 100$ cm
So minimum height is ${\lambda \over 2} = 50$ cm
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.
Explanation:
Given ${v_{20}} = 2{v_1}$
Also ${v_{20}} = 4 \times 19 + {v_1}$
So ${v_{20}} = 152\,Hz$
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.
Explanation:
$2 \times \left( {{V \over {2{L_0}}}} \right) = \left( {{V \over {4{L_c}}}} \right)$
$ \Rightarrow {L_0} = 4{L_c}$
$ = 4 \times 20$
$ = 80$ cm
Two travelling waves of equal amplitudes and equal frequencies move in opposite directions along a string. They interfere to produce a stationary wave whose equation is given by $y = (10\cos \pi x\sin {{2\pi t} \over T})$ cm
The amplitude of the particle at $x = {4 \over 3}$ cm will be ___________ cm.
Explanation:
$A = \left| {10\cos (\pi x)} \right|$
At $x = {4 \over 3}$
$A = \left| {10\cos \left( {\pi \times {4 \over 3}} \right)} \right|$
$ = $ | $-$ 5 cm |
$\therefore$ Amp = 5 cm
In the wave equation
$ y=0.5 \sin \frac{2 \pi}{\lambda}(400 \mathrm{t}-x) \,\mathrm{m} $
the velocity of the wave will be:
A transverse wave is represented by $y=2 \sin (\omega t-k x)\, \mathrm{cm}$. The value of wavelength (in $\mathrm{cm}$) for which the wave velocity becomes equal to the maximum particle velocity, will be :
Which of the following equations correctly represents a travelling wave having wavelength $\lambda$ = 4.0 cm, frequency v = 100 Hz and travelling in positive x-axis direction?
A longitudinal wave is represented by $x = 10\sin 2\pi \left( {nt - {x \over \lambda }} \right)$ cm. The maximum particle velocity will be four times the wave velocity if the determined value of wavelength is equal to :
The velocity of sound in a gas, in which two wavelengths 4.08 m and 4.16 m produce 40 beats in 12s, will be :
If a wave gets refracted into a denser medium, then which of the following is true?
An observer moves towards a stationary source of sound with a velocity equal to one-fifth of the velocity of sound. The percentage change in the frequency will be :
The equations of two waves are given by :
y1 = 5 sin 2$\pi$(x - vt) cm
y2 = 3 sin 2$\pi$(x $-$ vt + 1.5) cm
These waves are simultaneously passing through a string. The amplitude of the resulting wave is :
A cylindrical tube open at both ends has a fundamental frequency $f$ in air. The tube is dipped vertically in water, so that half of it is in water. The new fundamental frequency is
$f$
$\frac{f}{2}$
$2 f$
$4 f$
Which of the following wave has the largest wave speed?
$y(x, t)=2 \sin (2 x-2 t)$
$y(x, t)=3 \sin (2 x-3 t)$
$y(x, t)=2 \sin (3 x-2 t)$
$y(x, t)=3 \sin (5 x-2 t)$
A wire of length 0.4 m stretched at both ends vibrates 250 times per second. If the length of the wire is increased by 0.1 m and the stretching force is reduced to $1 / 4$ th of its original value, then the new frequency is
50 Hz
75 Hz
100 Hz
150 Hz
Two strings $A$ and $B$ produce beat of frequency $\Delta f_1>0$. The tension in string $A$ is slightly increased and the beat frequency is found to be $\Delta f_2>0$. If the original frequency of $A$ is $f_0$ and $\Delta f_2<\Delta f_1$, then the frequency of $B$ is
$f_0+\Delta f_1$
$f_0+\Delta f_1-\Delta f_2$
$f_0-\Delta f_1$
$f_0+\frac{\left(\Delta f_1+\Delta f_2\right)}{2}$
The distance between two successive minima of a transverse wave is 2.7 m . Five crests of the wave pass a given point along the direction of travel every 15.0 s . The speed of the wave is
$0.9 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
$1.2 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
$0.5 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
$2.4 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
Two waves of amplitudes $A_1$ and $A_2$ respectively, are superimposed. The ratio between the maximum and minimum intensities of the resultant waves is $9: 4$.
The value of $\frac{A_2}{A_1}$ is (assume $A_1>A_2$ )
0.66
0.20
0.75
0.44
Two cars are moving towards each other at the speed of $50 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}$. If one of the cars blows a horn at a frequency of 250 Hz , the wave length of the sound perceived by the driver of the other car is
(Speed of sound in air $=350 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}$)
Speed of sound in air near room temperature is approximately
A body is suspended from a string of length 1 m and mass 2 g. The mass of the body to produce a fundamental mode of 100 Hz frequency in the string is (Acceleration due to gravity $=10 \mathrm{~ms}^{-2}$)
Explanation:
T = 900 N
$V = \sqrt {{T \over \mu }} = \sqrt {{{900} \over {9 \times {{10}^{ - 4}}}}} = 1000$ m/s
f1 = 500 Hz
f = 550
${{nV} \over {2l}} = 500$ .... (i)
${{(n + 1)V} \over {2l}} = 500$ .... (ii)
(ii) (i) ${V \over {2l}} = 50$
$l = {{1000} \over {2 \times 50}} = 10$
Explanation:

${\lambda \over 4}$ = l $\Rightarrow$ $\lambda$ = 4l
f = ${V \over \lambda } = {V \over {4l}}$
$\Rightarrow$ 250 = ${{340} \over {4l}}$
$\Rightarrow$ l = ${{34} \over {4 \times 25}}$ = 0.34 m
l = 34 cm
Explanation:
Vx = 36 km/hr = 10 m/s
Vy = 72 km/hr = 20 m/s
by doppler's effect
$F' = {F_0}\left( {{{V \pm {V_0}} \over {V \pm {V_s}}}} \right)$
$1320 = {F_0}\left( {{{340 + 20} \over {340 - 10}}} \right) \Rightarrow {F_0} = 1210$ Hz
y1 = A1 sin k(x $-$ vt), y2 = A2 sin k(x $-$ vt + x0). Given amplitudes A1 = 12 mm and A2 = 5 mm, x0 = 3.5 cm and wave number k = 6.28 cm$-$1. The amplitude of resulting wave will be ................ mm.
Explanation:
y1 = 12 sin 6.28 (x $-$ vt)
y2 = 5 sin 6.28 (x $-$ vt + 3.5)
$\Delta \phi = {{2\pi } \over \lambda }(\Delta x)$
$ = K(\Delta x)$
$ = 6.28 \times 3.5 = {7 \over 2} \times 2\pi = 7\pi $
${A_{net}} = \sqrt {A_1^2 + A_2^2 + 2{A_1}{A_2}\cos \phi } $
${A_{net}} = \sqrt {{{(12)}^2} + {{(5)}^2} + 2(12)(5)\cos (7\pi )} $
$ = \sqrt {144 + 25 - 120} $
Explanation:
$f' = f\left( {{{C - {V_0}} \over {C + {V_s}}}} \right)$
$ \Rightarrow $ $1800 = f\left( {{{340 - 20} \over {340 + 20}}} \right)$
f = 2025 Hz
y = 1.0 mm cos(1.57 cm$-$1) x sin(78.5 s$-$1)t.
The node closest to the origin in the region x > 0 will be at x = .............. cm.
Explanation:
cos(1.57 cm$-$1)x = 0
(1.57 cm$-$1)x = ${\pi \over 2}$
x = ${\pi \over {2(1.57)}}$ cm = 1 cm
Explanation:
$f' = \left( {{{{v_s}} \over {{v_s} - v}}} \right){f_o}$ .... (i)
where, vs = velocity of sound in air, v = velocity of car and fo = observed frequency of sound.
Reflected frequency received by man is
$f'' = \left( {{{{v_s} + v} \over {{v_s}}}} \right)f'$ ..... (ii)
From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
$f'' = \left( {{{{v_s} + v} \over {{v_s}}}} \right)\left( {{{{v_s}} \over {{v_s} - v}}} \right){f_o} \Rightarrow f'' = \left( {{{{v_s} + v} \over {{v_s} - v}}} \right){f_o}$
$ \Rightarrow 500 = \left( {{{330 + v} \over {330 - v}}} \right) \times 400 \Rightarrow {{500} \over {400}} = {{(330 + v)} \over {(330 - v)}}$
$ \Rightarrow 5(330 - v) = 4(330 + v) \Rightarrow 1650 - 5v = 1320 + 4v$
$ \Rightarrow 9v = 330 \Rightarrow v = {{330} \over 9}$ m/s
or $v = {{330} \over 9} \times {{18} \over 5} = 132$ km/h
Explanation:
at t = 0, y = ${1 \over {{{(1 + x)}^2}}}$
and at t = 1 s, y = ${1 \over {1 + {{(x - 2)}^2}}}$ .... (i)
As we know,
At t = t s, y = ${1 \over {1 + {{(x - vt)}^2}}}$
So, at t = 1 s, y = ${1 \over {1 + {{(x - v)}^2}}}$ .... (ii)
On comparing Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
v = 2 ms$-$1
Hence, the velocity of the wave will be 2 m/s.
Explanation:
First overtone of open pipe $ = {{{v_2}} \over {{L_2}}}$
First overtone of closed pipe at one end $ = {{3v} \over {4L}}$
As per question,
${{3V} \over {4L}} = {{{V_2}} \over L}$
$ \Rightarrow \sqrt {{B \over {{\rho _1}}}} \,.\,{3 \over {4L}} = \sqrt {{B \over {{\rho _2}}}} \,.\,{1 \over {{L_2}}}$ ($\because$ $V = \sqrt {{B \over \rho }} $)
$ \Rightarrow {L_2} = {{4L} \over 3}\sqrt {{{{\rho _1}} \over {{\rho _2}}}} $ ..... (i)
According to question, the length of the open pipe is
${x \over 3}L\sqrt {{{{\rho _1}} \over {{\rho _2}}}} $ ..... (ii)
Comparing Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
$x = 4$
Explanation:
$\mu = 0.135 \times {{{{10}^{ - 3}}} \over {{{10}^{ - 2}}}}{{kg} \over m}$
y = $-$0.21 sin (x + 30t)
$v = {\omega \over K} = {{30} \over 1}$ = 30 m/s
v = $\sqrt {{T \over \mu }} $
T = v2 $\times$ $\mu$
T = (30)2 $\times$ 0.135 $\times$ 10$-$1
T = 900 $\times$ 0.135 $\times$ 10$-$1
T = 12.15 N
T = 1215 $\times$ 10$-$2 N
x = 1215
Explanation:
$V = \sqrt {{T \over \mu }} $
$\ln V = {1 \over 2}\ln T - {1 \over 2}\ln \mu $
${{\Delta V} \over V} = {1 \over 2}{{\Delta T} \over T}$
$ = {1 \over 2} \times 4$
$ \Rightarrow $ ${{\Delta V} \over V} = 2\% $
Explanation:

Given, vA = vB = 7.2 kmh$-$1
$ = {{72} \over {10}} \times {5 \over {18}}$ = 2 ms$-$1
Frequency of source, fs = 676 Hz
Speed of sound in air, v = 340 ms$-$1
Let f0 be the frequency heard by each driver.
By using Doppler effect for A,
$(v - {v_A}){f_s} = (v + {v_B}){f_0}$
$ \Rightarrow {f_0} = \left( {{{v + {v_A}} \over {v - {v_B}}}} \right){f_s} = \left( {{{340 + 2} \over {340 - 2}}} \right)676 = {{342} \over {338}} \times 676 = 684$ Hz
Now, beat frequency $ = {f_0} - {f_s} = 684 - 676 = 8$ Hz

The equation of motion is given by
x(t) = A sin$\omega$t + B cos$\omega$t with $\omega$ = $\sqrt {{K \over m}} $
Suppose that at time t = 0, the position of mass is x(0) and velocity v(0), then its displacement can also be represented as x(t) = C cos($\omega$t $-$ $\phi$), where C and $\phi$ are :
Mass of the rope $=m$