Waves
A transverse sinusoidal wave moves along a string in the positive x-direction at a speed of 10 cm/s. The wavelength of the waves is 0.5 m and its amplitude is 10 cm. At a particular time t, the snap-shot of the wave is shown in figure. The velocity of point P when its displacement is 5 cm is :

A vibrating string of certain length 1 under a tension T resonates with a mode corresponding to the first overtone (third harmonic) of an air column of length 75 cm inside a tube closed at one end. The string also generates 4 beats per second when excited along with a tuning fork of frequency n. Now when the tension of the string is slightly increased the number of beats reduces to 2 per second. Assuming the velocity of sound in air to be 340 m/s, the frequency n of the tuning fork in Hz is:
In the experiment to determine the speed of sound using a resonance column,
The speed of sound of the whistle is
The distribution of the sound intensity of the whistle as observed by the passengers in train $\mathrm{A}$ is best represented by
The spread of frequency as observed by the passengers in train B is
Column I describe some situations in which a small object moves. Column II describes some characteristics of these motions. Match the situation in Column I with the characteristics in Column II and indicate your answer by darkening appropriate bubbles in the $4 \times 4$ matrix given in the ORS.
| Column I | Column II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | The object moves on the x-axis under a conservative force in such a way that its "speed" and "position" satisfy $v = {c_1}\sqrt {{c_2} - {x^2}} $, where $c_1$ and $c_2$ are positive constants. | (P) | The object executes a simple harmonic motion. |
| (B) | The object moves on the x-axis in such a way that its velocity and its displacement from the origin satisfy $v=-kx$, where $k$ is a positive constant. | (Q) | The object does not change its direction. |
| (C) | The object is attached to one end of a massless spring of a given spring constant. The other end of the spring is attached to the ceiling of an elevator. Initially everything is at rest. The elevator starts going upwards with a constant acceleration a. The motion of the object is observed from the elevator during the period it maintains this acceleration. | (R) | The kinetic energy of the object keeps on decreasing |
| (D) | The object is projected from the earth's surface vertically upwards with a speed $2\sqrt {GMe/{\mathop{\rm Re}\nolimits} } $, where, M$_e$ is the mass of the earth and R$_e$ is the radius of the earth. Neglect forces from objects other than the earth. | (S) | The object can change its direction only once. |
A massless rod is suspended by two identical strings AB and CD of equal length. A block of mass $m$ is suspended from point $O$ such that BO is equal to $x$. Further, it is observed that the frequency of 1st harmonic (fundamental frequency) in AB is equal to 2 nd harmonic frequency in CD. Then, length of BO is
$\frac{\mathrm{L}}{5}$
$\frac{4 \mathrm{~L}}{5}$
$\frac{3 \mathrm{~L}}{4}$
$\frac{\mathrm{L}}{4}$
Find the number of times the intensity is maximum in the time interval of 1 sec.
4
6
8
10
Find the wave velocity of louder sound.
$100 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
$192 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
$200 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
$96 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
Find the number of times $y_1+y_2=0$ at $x=0$ in $1 s$.
100
46
192
96
A whistling train approaches a junction. An observer standing at the junction observes the frequency to be 2.2 kHz and 1.8 kHz of the approaching and the receding train. Find the speed of the train (speed of sound = 300 m/s).
A transverse harmonic disturbance is produced in a string. The maximum transverse velocity is 3 m/s and the maximum transverse acceleration is 90 m/s$^2$ . If the wave velocity is 20 m/s, then find the waveform.
where $x$ is expressed in metres and $t$ in seconds. The speed of the wave - motion, in $m{s^{ - 1}}$, is





$ \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{2 l} \sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{~T}_{\mathrm{AB}}}{m}} & =\frac{1}{l} \sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{~T}_{\mathrm{CD}}}{m}} \\ \frac{\mathrm{~T}_{\mathrm{AB}}}{m} \times \frac{1}{4 l^2} & =\frac{1}{l^2} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{~T}_{\mathrm{CD}}}{m} \quad(\text { On squaring }) \\ \frac{\mathrm{T}_{\mathrm{AB}}}{4} & =\mathrm{T}_{\mathrm{CD}} \\ \mathrm{~T}_{\mathrm{AB}} & =4 \mathrm{~T}_{\mathrm{CD}} \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,...(i)\end{aligned} $