Waves questions
1337 published questions with worked solutions.
- The equation of a progressive wave is y = 8 [ ( t 10 - x 4 ) + 3 ] The wavelength of the wave is [MHTCET 2002, MHTCET 2002]
- If the equation of transverse wave is y = 5 2 ( t 0.04 - x 40 ) where, distance is in cm and time in second, then the wavelength...
- An observer moves towards a stationary source of sound, with a velocity one-fifth of the velocity of sound. What is the...
- An observer moves towards a stationary source of sound with a velocity one fifth of the velocity of sound. The percentage...
- The equation of wave motion is y = 6 [12 t - 0.02 x + 2 ], where x is in m and t in second. The velocity of the wave is [MHT-CET...
- The frequency of a tuning fork is 220 Hz and the velocity of sound in air is 330 m/s. When the tuning fork completes 80...
- If a star appearing yellow starts accelerating towards the earth, its color appears to be turned [MHT-CET 2023]
- A source of sound is moving towards a stationary observer with velocity 'V_s' and then moves away with velocity 'V_s'. Assume...
- A progressive wave of frequency 50 Hz is travelling with velocity 350 m/s through a medium. The change in phase at a given time...
- A source of sound is moving with constant velocity of 30 m/s emitting a note of frequency 256 Hz. The ratio of frequencies...
- An observer is approaching a stationary source with a velocity ( 1 4 )th of the velocity of sound. Then, the ratio of the...
- A bus is moving with a velocity of 5 m/s towards a wall. The driver blows the horn of frequency 165 Hz. If the speed of sound in...
- A string of mass 0.1 kg is under a tension 1.6 N. The length of the string is 1 m. A transverse wave starts from one-end of the...
- A train blowing the whistle moves with a constant velocity 'V' away from an observer standing on the platform. The ratio of the...
- With what velocity an observer should move relative to a stationary source so that a sound of double the frequency of source is...
- A transverse wave is travelling on a string with velocity 'V'. The extension in the string is 'x'. If the string is extended by...
- Sound waves take 3 minutes to travel between two stations, when the temperature of air is 27^ . If the temperature of air...
- A source of sound emitting a note frequency 'n' is approaching a stationary listener. If the frequency of the note heard by the...
- A sound wave of frequency 160 Hz has a velocity of 320 m/s. When it travels through air, the particles having a phase difference...
- The frequencies of three tuning fork A, B and C are related as n_A > n_B > n_C. When the forks A and B are sounded together, the...
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