Waves

60 Questions
2025 NEET MCQ
NEET 2025
 

A pipe open at both ends has a fundamental frequency $f$ in air. The pipe is now dipped vertically in a water drum to half of its length. The fundamental frequency of the air column is now equal to:

A.
$\frac{3 f}{2}$
B.
$2 f$
C.
$\frac{f}{2}$
D.
$f$
2024 NEET MCQ
NEET 2024 (Re-Examination)

The displacement of a travelling wave $y=C \sin \frac{2 \pi}{\lambda}$ (at $-x$) where $t$ is time, $x$ is distance and $\lambda$ is the wavelength, all in S.I. units. Then the frequency of the wave is

A.
$\frac{2 \pi \lambda}{a}$
B.
$\frac{2 \pi a}{\lambda}$
C.
$\frac{\lambda}{a}$
D.
$\frac{a}{\lambda}$
2023 NEET MCQ
NEET 2023 Manipur

The $4^{\text {th }}$ overtone of a closed organ pipe is same as that of $3^{\text {rd }}$ overtone of an open pipe. The ratio of the length of the closed pipe to the length of the open pipe is :

A.
8 : 9
B.
9 : 7
C.
9 : 8
D.
7 : 9
2023 NEET MCQ
NEET 2023

The ratio of frequencies of fundamental harmonic produced by an open pipe to that of closed pipe having the same length is

A.
$2: 1$
B.
$1: 3$
C.
$3: 1$
D.
$1: 2$
2022 NEET MCQ
NEET 2022 Phase 2

An organ pipe filled with a gas at 27$^\circ$C resonates at 400 Hz in its fundamental mode. If it is filled with the same gas at 90$^\circ$C, the resonance frequency at the same mode will be

A.
512 Hz
B.
420 Hz
C.
440 Hz
D.
484 Hz
2022 NEET MCQ
NEET 2022 Phase 1

If the initial tension on a stretched string is doubled, then the ratio of the initial and final speeds of a transverse wave along the string is

A.
1 : 1
B.
$\sqrt2$ : 1
C.
1 : $\sqrt2$
D.
1 : 2
2020 NEET MCQ
NEET 2020 Phase 1
In a guitar, two strings A and B made of same material are slightly out of tune and produce beats of frequency 6 Hz. When tension in B is slightly decreased, the beat frequency of A is 530 Hz, the original freqnency of B will be :
A.
524 Hz
B.
536 Hz
C.
537 Hz
D.
523 Hz
2018 NEET MCQ
NEET 2018
The fundamental frequency in an open organ pipe is equal to the third harmonic of a closed organ pipe. If the length of the closed organ pipe is 20 cm, the length of the open organ pipe is
A.
13.2 cm
B.
8 cm
C.
12.5 cm
D.
16 cm
2018 NEET MCQ
NEET 2018
A tuning fork is used to produce resonance in a glass tube. The length of the air column in this tube can be adjusted by a variable piston. At room temperature of 27°C two successive resonances are produced at 20 cm and 73 cm of column length. If the frequency of the tuning fork is 320 Hz, the velocity of sound in air at 27°C is
A.
330 m s–1
B.
339 m s–1
C.
350 m s–1
D.
300 m s–1
2017 NEET MCQ
NEET 2017
The two nearest harmonics of a tube closed at one end and open at other end are 220 Hz and 260 Hz. What is the fundamental frequency of the system ?
A.
20 Hz
B.
30 Hz
C.
40 Hz
D.
10 Hz
2017 NEET MCQ
NEET 2017
Two cars moving in opposite directions approach each other with speed of 22 m s$-$1 and 16.5 m s$-$1 respectively. The driver of the first car blows a horn having a frequency 400 Hz. The frequency heard by the driver of the second car is (velocity of sound is 340 m s$-$1)
A.
361 Hz
B.
411 Hz
C.
448 Hz
D.
350 Hz
2016 NEET MCQ
NEET 2016 Phase 2
The second overtone of an open organ pipe has the same frquency as the first overtone of a closed pipe L metre long. The length of the open pipe will be
A.
L
B.
2L
C.
${L \over 2}$
D.
4L
2016 NEET MCQ
NEET 2016 Phase 2
Three sound waves of equal amplitudes have frequencies (n $-$ 1), n, (n + 1). They superimpose to give beats. The number of beats produced per second will be
A.
1
B.
4
C.
3
D.
2
2016 NEET MCQ
NEET 2016 Phase 1
A siren emitting a sound of frequency 800 Hz moves away from an observer towards a cliff at a speed of 15 m s$-$1. Then, the frequency of sound that the observer hears in the echo reflected from the cliff is

(Take velocity of sound in air = 330 m s$-$1)
A.
838 Hz
B.
885 Hz
C.
765 Hz
D.
800 Hz
2016 NEET MCQ
NEET 2016 Phase 1
An air column, closed at one end open at the other, resonates with a tuning fork when the smallest length of the column is 50 cm. The next larger length of the column resonating with the same tuning fork is
A.
150 cm
B.
200 cm
C.
66.7 cm
D.
100 cm
2016 NEET MCQ
NEET 2016 Phase 1
A uniform rope of length L and mass m1 hangs vertically from a rigid support. A block of mass m2 is attached to the free end of the rope. A transverse pulse of wavelength $\lambda $1 is produced at the lower end of the rope. The wavelength of the pulse when it reaches the top of the rope is $\lambda $2. The ratio $\lambda $2/$\lambda $1 is
A.
$\sqrt {{{{m_2}} \over {{m_1}}}} $
B.
$\sqrt {{{{m_1} + {m_2}} \over {{m_1}}}} $
C.
$\sqrt {{{{m_1}} \over {{m_2}}}} $
D.
$\sqrt {{{{m_1} + {m_2}} \over {{m_2}}}} $
2015 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2015
The fundamental frequency of a closed organ pipe of length 20 cm is equal to the second overtone of an organ pipe open at both the ends. The length of organ pipe open at both the ends is
A.
120 cm
B.
140 cm
C.
80 cm
D.
100 cm
2015 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2015
4.0 g of a gas occupies 22.4 litres at NTP. The specific heat capacity of the gas at constant volume is 5.0 J K$-$1 mol$-$1. If the speed of sound in this gas at NTP is 952 m s$-$1, then the heat capacity at constant pressure is
(Take gas constant R $=$ 8.3 J K$-$1 mol$-$1)
A.
7.0 J K$-$1 mol$-$1
B.
8.5 J K$-$1 mol$-$1
C.
8.0 J K$-$1 mol$-$1
D.
7.5 J K$-$1 mol$-$1
2015 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2015
A string is stretched between fixed points separated by 75.0 cm. It is observed to have resonant frequencies of 420 Hz and 315 Hz. There are no other resonant frequencies between these two. The lowest resonant frequency for this string is
A.
10.5 Hz
B.
105 Hz
C.
155 Hz
D.
205 Hz
2015 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2015
A source of sound S emitting waves of frequency 100 Hz and an observer O are located at some distance from each other. The source is moving with a speed of 19.4 m s$-$1 at an angle of 60o with the source observer line as shown in the figure. The observer is at rest. The apparent frequency observed by the observer (velocity of sound in air 330 m s$-$1), is
AIPMT 2015 Physics - Waves Question 51 English
A.
106 Hz
B.
97 Hz
C.
100 Hz
D.
103 Hz
2014 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2014
If n1, n2 and n3 are the fundamental frequencies of three segments into which a string is divided, then the original fundamental frequency n of the string is given by
A.
${1 \over n} = {1 \over {{n_1}}} + {1 \over {{n_2}}} + {1 \over {{n_3}}}$
B.
${1 \over {\sqrt n }} = {1 \over {\sqrt {{n_1}} }} + {1 \over {\sqrt {{n_2}} }} + {1 \over {\sqrt {{n_3}} }}$
C.
$\sqrt n = \sqrt {{n_1}} + \sqrt {{n_2}} + \sqrt {{n_3}} $
D.
n $=$ n1 + n2 + n3
2014 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2014
The number of possible natural oscillations of air column in a pipe closed at one end length 85 cm whose frequencies lie below 1250 Hz are (Velocity of sound = 340 m s$-$1)
A.
4
B.
5
C.
7
D.
6
2014 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2014
A speeding motorcyclist sees traffic jam ahead him. He slows down to 36 km hour$-$1. He finds that traffic has eased and a car moving ahead of him at 18 km hour$-$1 is honking at a frequency of 1392 Hz. If the speed of sound is 343 m s$-$1, the frequency of the honk as heard by him will be
A.
1332 Hz
B.
1372 Hz
C.
1412 Hz
D.
1454 Hz
2013 NEET MCQ
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
The length of the wire between two ends of a sonometer is 100 cm. What should be the positions of two bridges below the wire so that the three segments of the wire have their fundamental frequencies in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5.
A.
${{1500} \over {23}}cm,{{500} \over {23}}cm$
B.
${{1500} \over {23}}cm,$ ${{300} \over {23}}cm$
C.
${{300} \over {23}}cm,{{1500} \over {23}}cm$
D.
${{1500} \over {23}}cm,{{2000} \over {23}}cm$
2013 NEET MCQ
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
Two sources P and Q produce notes of frequency 660 Hz. each. A listener moves from P to Q with a speed of 1 ms$-$1. If the speed of sound is 330 m/s, then the number of beats heard by the listener per second will be
A.
4
B.
8
C.
2
D.
zero
2013 NEET MCQ
NEET 2013
If we study the vibration of a pipe open at both ends. then the following statement is not true.
A.
All harmonics of the fundamental frequency will be generated.
B.
Pressure change will be maximum at both ends.
C.
Open end will be antinode.
D.
Odd harmonics of the fundamental frequency will be generated.
2013 NEET MCQ
NEET 2013
A wave travelling in the + ve x-direction having displacement along y-direction as 1 m, wavelength 2$\pi $ m and frequency of ${1 \over \pi }$ Hz is represented by
A.
y = sin(10$\pi $x $-$ 20$\pi $t)
B.
y = sin(2$\pi $x + 2$\pi $t)
C.
y = sin(x $-$ 2t)
D.
y $=$ sin(2$\pi $x $-$ 2$\pi $t)
2013 NEET MCQ
NEET 2013
A source of unknown frequency gives 4 beats/s when sounded with a source of known frquency 250 Hz. The second harmonic of the source of unknown frequency gives five beats per second, when sounded with a source of frequency 513 Hz. The unknown frequency is
A.
240 Hz
B.
260 Hz
C.
254 Hz
D.
246 Hz
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Mains
A train moving at a speed of 220 m s$-$1 towards a stationary object, emits a sound of frequency 1000 Hz. Some of the sound reaching the object gets reflected back to the train as echo. The frequency of the echo as detected by the driver of the train is
(Speed of sound in air is 330 m s$-$1)
A.
3500 Hz
B.
4000 Hz
C.
5000 Hz
D.
3000 Hz
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Mains
The equation of a simple harmonic wave is given by

y = 3 sin${\pi \over 2}$(50t $-$ x),

where x and y are in metres and t is in seconds. The ratio of maximum particle velocity to the wave velocity is
A.
2$\pi $
B.
${3 \over 2}\pi $
C.
$3\pi $
D.
${2 \over 3}\pi $
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
When a string is divided into three segments of length $l$1, $l$2 and $l$3 the fundamental frequencies of these three segments are ${\upsilon _1},{\upsilon _2}$ and ${\upsilon _3}$ respectively. The original fundamental frequency ($v$) of the string is
A.
$\sqrt v = \sqrt {{v_1}} + \sqrt {{v_2}} + \sqrt {{v_3}} $
B.
$v = {v_1} + {v_2} + {v_3}$
C.
${1 \over v} = {1 \over {{v_1}}} + {1 \over {{v_2}}} + {1 \over {{v_3}}}$
D.
${1 \over {\sqrt v }} = {1 \over {\sqrt {{v_1}} }} + {1 \over {\sqrt {{v_2}} }} + {1 \over {\sqrt {{v_3}} }}$
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
Two sources of sound placed close to each other, are emitting progressive waves given by
y1 = 4sin600$\pi $t and y2 = 5sin608$\pi $t
An observer located near these two sources of sound will hear
A.
4 beats per second with intensity ratio 25 : 16 between waxing and waning.
B.
8 beats per second with intensity ratio 25 : 16 between waxing and waning.
C.
8 beats per second with intensity ratio 81 : 1 between waxing and warning.
D.
4 beats per second with intensity ratio 81 : 1 between waxing and waning.
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Mains
Two identical piano wires, kept under the same tension T have a fundamental frequency of 600 Hz. The fractional increase in the tension of one of the wires which will lead to occurrence of 6 beats/s when both the wires oscillate together would be
A.
0.01
B.
0.02
C.
0.03
D.
0.04
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
Two waves are represented by the equations
y1 = $a$sin($\omega $t + kx + 0.57) m and
y2 = acos($\omega $t + kx) m, where x is in meter and t $in$ sec. The phase difference between them is
A.
1.0 radian
B.
1.25 radian
C.
1.57 radian
D.
0.57 radian
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
Sound waves travel at 350 m/s through a warm air and at 3500 m/s through brass. The wavelength of a 700 Hz acoustic wave as it enters brass from warm air
A.
decrease by a factor 10
B.
increase by a factor 20
C.
increase by a factor 10
D.
decrease by a factor 20
2010 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
A tuning fork of frequency 512 Hz makes 4 beats per second with the vibrating string of a piano. The beat frequency decreases to 2 beats per sec when the tension in the piano string is slightly increased. The frequency of the piano string before increasing the tension was
A.
510 Hz
B.
514 Hz
C.
516 Hz
D.
508 Hz
2010 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
A transverse wave is represented by
y = Asin($\omega $t $-$ kx). For what value of the wavelength is the wave velocity equal to the maximum particle velocity ?
A.
$\pi A/2$
B.
$\pi A$
C.
2$\pi A$
D.
$A$
2009 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2009
Each of the two strings of length 51.6 cm and 49.1 cm are tensioned separately by 20 N force. Mass per unit length of both the strings is same and equal to 1 g/m. When both the strings vibrate simultaneously the number of beats is
A.
7
B.
8
C.
3
D.
5
2009 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2009
A wave in a string has an amplitude of 2 cm. The wave travels in the +ve direction of x axis with a speed of 128 m/s. and it is noted that 5 complete waves fit in 4m length of the string. The equation describing the wave is
A.
y = (0.02) m sin (15.7 x $-$ 2010t)
B.
y = (0.02) m sin (15.7 x + 2010t)
C.
y = (0.02) m sin (7.85 x $-$ 1005t)
D.
y = (0.02) m sin (7.85 x + 1005t)
2009 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2009
The driver of a car travelling with speed 30 m/s towards a hill sounds a horn of frequency 600 Hz. If the velocity of sound in air is 330 m/s, the frequency of reflected sound as heard by driver is
A.
555.5 Hz
B.
720 Hz
C.
500 Hz
D.
550 Hz
2008 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2008
Two periodic waves of intensities $I$1 and $I$2 pass through a region at the same time in the same direction. The sum of the maximum and minimum intensities is
A.
${\left( {\sqrt {{I_1}} - \sqrt {{I_2}} } \right)^2}$
B.
$2\left( {{I_1} + {I_2}} \right)$
C.
${{I_1} + {I_2}}$
D.
${\left( {\sqrt {{I_1}} + \sqrt {{I_2}} } \right)^2}$
2008 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2008
A point performs simple harmonic oscillation of period T and the equation of motion is given by x = a sin($\omega $t + $\pi $/6). After the elapse of what fraction of the time period the velocity of the point will be equal to half of its maximum velocity?
A.
T/3
B.
T/12
C.
T/8
D.
T/6
2008 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2008
The wave described by y = 0.25 sin(10$\pi $x $-$ 2$\pi $t), where x and y are in metres and t in seconds, is a wave travelling along the
A.
+ve x direction with frequency 1 Hz and wavelength $\lambda $ = 0.2 m.
B.
$-$ve x direction with amplitude 0.25 m and wavelength $\lambda $ = 0.2 m.
C.
$-$ve x direction with frequency 1 Hz.
D.
+ve x direction with frequency $\pi $ Hz and wavelength $\lambda $ = 0.2 m.
2006 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2006
Which one of the following statements is true ?
A.
both light and sound waves can travel in vaccum
B.
both light and sound waves in air are transverse
C.
The second waves in air are longitudinal while the light waves are transverse
D.
both light and sound waves in air are
2006 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2006
A transverse wave propagating along x-axis is represented by y(x, t) = 8.0 sin (0.5 $\pi $x $-$ 4$\pi $t $-$ $\pi $/4) where x is in metres and t is in seconds. The speed of the wave is
A.
8 m/s
B.
4$\pi $ m/s
C.
0.5$\pi $ m/s
D.
$\pi $/4 m/s.
2006 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2006
The time of reverberation of a room A is one second. What will be the time (in seconds of reverberation of a room, having all the dimensions double of those of room A ?
A.
1
B.
2
C.
4
D.
1/2
2006 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2006
Two sound waves with wavelengths 5.0 m and 5.5. m respectively, each propagate in a gas with velocity 330 m/s. We expect the following number of beats per second.
A.
6
B.
12
C.
0
D.
1
2006 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2006
Two vibrating tuning forks produce waves given by y1 = 4 sin 500$\pi $t and y2 = 2 sin506 $\pi $t. Number of beats produced per minute is
A.
360
B.
180
C.
60
D.
3
2005 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2005
A point source emits sound equally in all directions in a non-absorbing medium. Two points P and Q are at distances of 2 m and 3 m respectively from the source. The ratio of the intensities of the waves at P and Q is
A.
3 : 2
B.
2 : 3
C.
9 : 4
D.
4 : 9
2004 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2004
A car is moving towards a high cliff. The driver sounds a horn of frequency $f$. The reflected sound heard by the driver has frequency $2f$. If v is the velocity of sound, then the velocity of the car, in the same velocity units, will be
A.
v/$\sqrt 2 $
B.
v/3
C.
v/4
D.
v/2