Waves questions
1337 published questions with worked solutions.
- Two train A & B approach a stationary observer from opposite sides with speeds 15 m/s and 30 m/s respectively, observer hears no...
- The velocity of sound in air at 4 atmosphere & that at 1 atmosphere pressure would be in the ratio:
- Two sound waves having phase difference of 60^ have path difference of :
- A sound wave of frequency 500 Hz covers a distance of 1000 m in 5 seconds between points x and y. The number of waves between...
- Two trains move towards each other with the same speed. The speed of sound is 340 m/s. If the height of the tone of the whistle...
- Two whistles A and B produce notes of frequencies 660 Hz and 596 Hz respectively. There is a listener at the midpoint of the line...
- A source and an observer move away from each other, with a velocity of 10 m/s with respect to ground. If the observer finds the...
- S_1 and S_2 are two stationary sources of sound, of frequencies 320 Hz and 324 Hz respectively, placed at a good distance from...
- A plane wave with wavelength 1.8 cm travels from deep water into a shallow water. Velocity of waves on the surface of deep water...
- When a wave travels in a medium, the particle displacements are given by, y(x,t) = 0.03 (2t - 0.01x) where y and x are in meters...
- The waves y_1 = 5 516t and y_2 = 5 524t are travelling in same direction. The number of beats produced per second will be
- The particles of the medium vibrate in a direction parallel to the direction of propagation of the wave. Such a wave is called
- Distinguishing property of transverse and longitudinal waves is that
- Progressive wave with doubly periodic means
- The equation y = a 2 (vt - x) is the equation of
- Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of the progressive wave?
- When a wave is reflected at a rarer surface, the change in phase is
- A wave is reflected by a rigid support, the change in phase due to reflection will be
- A pulse on the string is inverted, when it is reflected from
- Longitudinal waves cannot travel through
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