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151 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
An observer is standing 500  m500\,\,m away from a vertically hill. Starting between the observer and the hill a police van having a siren of frequency 1000  Hz1000\,\,Hz moves towards the hill with a uniform speed. If the frequency of the sound heard directly from the siren is 970  Hz970\,\,Hz, the frequency of the sound heard after reflection from the hill (in Hz) is about, (velocity of sound =330  ms−1330\,\,m{s^{ - 1}}
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Correct option: B
10321032
Option B (10321032) is correct because it accounts for the Doppler effect twice: once as the van approaches the hill and again as the reflection approaches the observer.
152 Medium
152 of 524
Application +4 | -1
For an interference pattern, the maximum and minimum intensity ratio is 64:164: 1, then what will be the ratio of amplitudes?
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Correct option: B
9:79: 7
Option B (9:79: 7) is correct because the ratio of amplitudes is derived from the ratio of maximum and minimum intensities in an interference pattern.
153 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Phase difference between a particle at a compression and a particle at the next rare fraction is
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Correct option: C
π\pi
The correct answer is C (π\pi) because the phase difference between a compression and the next rarefaction in a longitudinal wave is half a wavelength, which corresponds to a phase difference of π\pi radians.
154 Medium
154 of 524
Analyzing +4 | -1
Two waves travelling in a medium in the x-direction are represented by , y1=Asin⁡(αt−βx){y_1} = A\sin \left( {\alpha t - \beta x} \right) and y2=Acos⁡(βx+αt−π/4){y_2} = A\cos \left( {\beta x + \alpha t - \pi /4} \right) where y1    and  y2{y_1}\;\,\,and\,\,\mathrm{ }{y_2} are the displacements of the particles of the medium, t is time, and  α and β\alpha \,and\,\beta are constants. The two waves have different
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Correct option: B
Directions of propagation
Option B (Directions of propagation) is correct. The waves have different signs in front of the x and t terms, indicating opposite directions of propagation.
155 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
a segment of wire vibrates with a fundamental frequency of 450  Hz450\,\,Hz under a tension of 9kg−wt9\mathrm{ }kg - wt. then tension at which the fundamental frequency of the same wire becomes 900  Hz900\,\,Hz is
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Correct option: A
36kg−wt36\mathrm{ }kg - wt
Option A (36kg−wt36\mathrm{ }kg - wt) is correct because the frequency is proportional to the square root of the tension, so doubling the frequency requires quadrupling the tension.
156 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
The path difference between two interfering waves at a point on screen is 171.5 times the wavelength. If the path difference is 0.01372 cm. Find the wavelength?
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Correct option: D
8000 Ao8000\,\mathop \mathrm{A}\limits^\mathrm{o}
Option D (8000 Ao8000\,\mathop \mathrm{A}\limits^\mathrm{o}) is correct because the wavelength is calculated by dividing the path difference by 171.5.
157 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Statement I: Sonometer is used to determine frequency of unknown T.F.

Statement II: In sonometer riders used as indicator.
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Correct option: B
If both Statement - I and Statement - II are true but Statement - II is not the correct explanation of Statement - I.
Option B is correct because both statements are true, but Statement II doesn't explain Statement I. A sonometer determines frequency, and riders indicate resonance, but the riders' function isn't the reason the sonometer works.
158 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Assertion: Transverse waves are not produced in liquids and gases.
Reason: Light waves are transverse-like waves.
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Correct option: B
If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not correct explanation of the assertion
Option B (If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not correct explanation of the assertion) is correct because transverse waves require elasticity of shape, which liquids and gases lack, and light waves are indeed transverse, but this doesn't explain the assertion.
159 Medium
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Analyzing +4 | -1
Assertion: In reflection of waves, frequency of waves remains same but their phase changes continuously.
Reason: When same sound note is heard after reflection from an obstacle, then it is known as echo.
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Correct option: B
If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
Option B (If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion) is correct because both statements are true independently, but the phenomenon of echo doesn't explain the phase change during reflection.
160 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
The energy per unit area associated with a progressive sound wave will be doubled if
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Correct option: C
The amplitude of the wave is increased by 41.4%
Option C (The amplitude of the wave is increased by 41.4%) is correct because the energy per unit area is proportional to the square of the amplitude, so to double the energy, the amplitude must increase by a factor of 2\sqrt{2}.
161 Medium
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Analyzing +4 | -1
A fork of unknown frequency when sounded with one of frequency 288 Hz288 \mathrm{~Hz} gives 4 beats per second and when loaded with a piece of wax again gives 4 beats per second. How do you account for this and what was the unknown frequency?
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Correct option: C
292 Hz292 \mathrm{~Hz}
Option C is correct because the frequency increases after loading with wax, indicating the original frequency was higher than 288 Hz.
162 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
Transverse waves are generated in two uniform steel wires AA and BB by attaching their free ends to a fork of frequency 500 Hz500 \mathrm{~Hz}. The diameter of wire AA is half that of BB and tension in wire AA is half the tension in wire BB. What is the ratio of velocities of waves in AA and BB ?
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Correct option: B
2:1\sqrt{2}: 1
Option B (2:1\sqrt{2}: 1) is correct because the ratio of velocities is proportional to the square root of the ratio of tensions and inversely proportional to the square root of the ratio of mass per unit length.
163 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
A man stands in a narrow, steep-sided valley. When he shouts, he hears two echoes, one after 1 s1 \mathrm{~s} and other after 2 s2 \mathrm{~s}. If the velocity of sound in air is 330 m/s330 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}, the width of the valley is
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Correct option: B
495 m495 \mathrm{~m}
Option B (495 m) is correct because the width of the valley is half the product of the speed of sound and the sum of the echo times.
164 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
At a certain instant a stationary transverse wave is found to have maximum kinetic energy. The appearance of string at that instant is
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Correct option: D
Straight line
Option D (Straight line) is correct because at the instant of maximum kinetic energy, all particles are passing through their equilibrium positions.
165 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
A transverse wave described by
y=(0.02 m)sin⁡[(1.0 m−1)x+(30 s−1)t]y=(0.02 \mathrm{~m}) \sin \left[\left(1.0 \mathrm{~m}^{-1}\right) x+\left(30 \mathrm{~s}^{-1}\right) t\right] propagates on a stretched string having a linear mass density of 1.2×10−4 kg m−11.2 \times 10^{-4} \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-1}. Find the tension in the string.
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Correct option: A
0.108 N
Option A (0.108 N) is correct because it is calculated using the wave equation and the linear mass density to find the tension in the string.
166 Medium
166 of 524
Remembering +4 | -1
The waves associated with the motion of microscopic particles such as electrons, protons, neutrons are called
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Correct option: A
Matter waves
Option A (Matter waves) is correct because the waves associated with microscopic particles are known as matter waves or de Broglie waves.
167 Medium
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Analyzing +4 | -1
The equation of the standing wave in a string clamped at both ends, vibrating in its third harmonic is given by

y=0.4sin⁡(0.314x)cos⁡(600πt){y}=0.4 \sin (0.314 {x}) \cos (600 \pi {t}) where x{x} and y{y} are in cm and t{t} is in sec-
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Correct option: D
All of the above
Option D (All of the above) is correct because the frequency is 300 Hz, the length is 30 cm, and the nodes are located at the specified positions, all derived from the given standing wave equation.
168 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
The rms speed of hydrogen at 27∘C27^{\circ} \mathrm{C} is vv. The rms speed of oxygen at 1200 K1200 \mathrm{~K} is
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Correct option: C
v2\frac{v}{2}
Option C (v2\frac{v}{2}) is correct because the rms speed is inversely proportional to the square root of the molar mass and directly proportional to the square root of the temperature.
169 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
The equation of a transverse wave on a stretched string is given by y=0.05sin⁡2π(t0.002−x0.1)y=0.05 \sin 2 \pi\left(\frac{t}{0.002}-\frac{x}{0.1}\right), where xx and yy are expressed in metre and tt in second. The speed of the wave is
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Correct option: B
50 ms−150 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}
Option B (50 ms−150 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}) is correct because the speed of the wave is the ratio of the coefficient of t to the coefficient of x in the wave equation.
170 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
If speed of sound in air at 27∘C27^{\circ} \mathrm{C} is vv then at what temperature speed of sound becomes 2v2 v ?
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Correct option: D
927∘C927^{\circ} \mathrm{C}
Option D (927∘C927^{\circ} \mathrm{C}) is correct because the speed of sound is proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature.
171 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
A stone is dropped into a lake from a tower 500  metre500\,\,metre high. The sound of the splash will be heard by the man approximately after
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Correct option: A
11.5  seconds\begin{array}{llllllllllllllllllll} {11.5\,\,seconds} \end{array}
Option A (11.5 seconds) is correct because it accounts for both the time the stone takes to fall and the time the sound takes to travel back up.
172 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
A sound carried by air from a guitar to a listener is a wave of following type
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Correct option: D
Longitudinal progressive
Option D (Longitudinal progressive) is correct because sound waves are longitudinal, and they propagate through the air from the guitar to the listener.
173 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
It takes 2.0s2.0\mathrm{ }s for a sound wave to travel between two fixed points when the day temperature is 10∘C10^\circ C. if the temperature rises to 30∘C30^\circ C the sound wave travels between the same fixed parts in
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Correct option: A
1.9 s1.9\,s
Option A (1.9 s1.9\,s) is correct because the speed of sound is proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature, so as temperature increases, time decreases.
174 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
Amplitude of a mass -spring system, which is executing simple harmonic motion decreases with time. If mass =500 g= 500\,g decay constant =20 g/s,= 20\,g/s, then how much time is required for the amplitude of the system to drop to half of its initial value? (In 2=0.693)(\mathrm{In}\,2 = 0.693)
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Correct option: A
34.65 s
Option A (34.65 s) is correct because it calculates the time required for the amplitude to drop to half its initial value using the damped oscillation formula.
175 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Change in temperature of the medium changes
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Correct option: C
Wavelength of sound waves
Option C (Wavelength of sound waves) is correct because the speed of sound changes with temperature, and since frequency is constant, the wavelength must also change.
176 Medium
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Remembering +4 | -1
Two sources of sound are in resonance when
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Correct option: C
They produce the sound of same frequency
Option C (They produce the sound of same frequency) is correct because resonance occurs when two sources have the same natural frequency, allowing one to efficiently transfer energy to the other.
177 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Assertion: Resonance is a special case of forced vibration in which the natural frequency of vibration of the body is the same as the impressed frequency and the amplitude of forced vibration, is maximum.
Reason: The amplitude of forced vibration of a body increases with an increase in the frequency of the externally impressed periodic force.
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Correct option: C
If assertion is true, but reason is false
Option C is correct because the assertion about resonance is true, but the reason stating that amplitude increases with frequency is false.
178 Medium
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Analyzing +4 | -1
Assertion :- A tuning fork is in resonance with a closed pipe in fundamental mode but the same tuning fork cannot be in resonance in fundamental mode with an open pipe of same lengths

Reason :- The same tuning fork will not be in Resonance with open pipe of same length is due to end correction of pipe
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Correct option: C
Assertion is True but the Reason is False.
Option C is correct because the assertion is true, but the reason is false. The end correction is not the primary reason why the tuning fork won't resonate with an open pipe of the same length.
179 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
A string is producing transverse vibration whose equation is y=0.021sin⁡(x+30t)y = 0.021\sin \left( {x + 30t} \right), Where xx and yy are in meters and tt is in seconds. If the linear density of the string is 1.3  ×  10−4  kg/m1.3\,\, \times \,\,{10^{ - 4}}\,\,kg/m, then the tension in the string is NN will be
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Correct option: D
0.117
Option D (0.117) is correct because the tension in the string is calculated using the wave speed formula and the linear density.
180 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
The ratio of frequencies of fundamental harmonic produced by an open pipe to that of closed pipe having the
same length is
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Correct option: D
2:12:1
Option D (2:12:1) is correct because the fundamental frequency of an open pipe is twice that of a closed pipe of the same length.
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