The isothermal elasticity of a medium is and the adiabatic elasticity in . The velocity of sound in the medium is proportional to
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A source of sound moves away with the velocity of sound from a stationary observer. The frequency of the sound heard by the observer:
1. remains the same
2. is doubled
3. is halved
4. becomes infinity
The equation of a wave pulse travelling along x-axis is given by , x and y are in meters and t is in seconds. The amplitude of the wave pulse is
1. 5 m
2. 20 m
3. 15 m
4. 30 m
The equation of a standing wave in a string is where x is in meters and t is in seconds. At the position of antinode, how many times does the distance of a string particle become 200 m from its mean position in one second?
1. | 100 times | 2. | 50 times |
3. | 200 times | 4. | 400 times |
Eleven tuning forks are arranged in increasing order of frequency in such a way that any two consecutive tuning forks produce 4 beats per second. The highest frequency is twice that of the lowest. The highest and the lowest frequencies (in Hz) are, respectively:
1. | 100 and 50 | 2. | 44 and 22 |
3. | 80 and 40 | 4. | 72 and 30 |
The sound intensity level at a point 10 m away from a point source is 20dB, then the sound level at a distance 1m from the same source would be
(1) 40 dB
(2) 30 dB
(3) 200 dB
(4) 100 dB
In the phenomenon of interference of sound by two coherent sources if difference of intensity at maxima to intensity at minima is 20dB, then the ratio of intensities of the two sources is
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The two nearest harmonics of a tube close at one end and open at the other end are 220Hz and 260Hz. What is the fundamental frequency of the system?
1. | 10Hz | 2. | 20Hz |
3. | 30Hz | 4. | 40Hz |
Two cars moving in opposite directions approach each other with speed of 22m/s and 16.5 m/s 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 340m/s]
1. 350Hz
2. 361Hz
3. 411Hz
4. 448Hz
The second overtone of an open organ pipe has the same frequency as the first overtone of a closed pipe L metre long. The length of the open pipe will be
(1) L
(2) 2L
(3) L/2
(4) 4L
A siren emitting a sound of frequency 800 Hz moves away from an observer towards a cliff at a speed of . The frequency of sound that the observer hears in the echo reflected from the cliff will be:
(Take, velocity of sound in air= )
1. 800 Hz
2. 838 Hz
3. 885 HZ
4. 765 Hz
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 ropes. A transverse pulse of wavelength λ1 is produced at the lower end of the rope. The wavelength of the pulse when it reaches the top of the rope is λ2. The ratio λ2/λ1 is-
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The number of possible natural oscillations of the air column in a pipe closed at one end of a length of 85 cm whose frequencies lie below 1250 Hz is: (velocity of sound 340ms-1)
1. | 4 | 2. | 5 |
3. | 7 | 4. | 6 |
When a string is divided into three segments of lengths the fundamental frequencies of these three segments are respectively. The original fundamental frequency (v) of the string is
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Two waves are represented by the equations and , where x is in metre and t in second. The phase difference between them is?
(1) 1.25 rad
(2) 1.57 rad
(3) 0.57 rad
(4) 1.0 rad