Waves questions
1337 published questions with worked solutions.
- A tuning fork gives 5 beats per second with 40 cm length of sonometer wire. If the length of the wire is shortened by 1 cm, the...
- A sound source is moving towards a stationary observer with ( 1 10 )^ th the speed of sound, The ratio of apparent to real...
- The fundamental frequency of a closed pipe is 400 Hz. If ( 1 3 )^ rd length of the pipe is filled with water, the frequency of...
- Two tuning forks of frequencies 256 Hz and 258 Hz are sounded together. The time interval between two consecutive maxima is
- If the two sources of light emit waves of different amplitudes and interfere then
- The fundamental frequency of an air column in a pipe closed at one end is 150 Hz. If the same pipe is open at both the end, the...
- The closed and open organ pipes have same length. When they are vibrating simultaneously in first overtone, they produce four...
- An air column is of length 17 cm. The ratio of frequencies of 5^ th overtone if the air column is closed at one end to that open...
- In Sonometer experiment, the frequency of a tuning fork used is 288 Hz. Harmonics will 'NOT' be produced at the frequency
- Fundamental frequency of sonometer wire is 'n'. If the tension and length are increased 3 times and diameter is increased twice,...
- A person observe two moving trains. First reaching the station and another leaves the station with equal speed of 30 m/s. If both...
- An open organ pipe and closed organ pipe of same length produce 2 beats per second, when they are set into vibrations together,...
- An organ pipe closed at one end has fundamental frequency of 1500 Hz. The maximum number of overtones generated by this pipe...
- The distance between two consecutive points with phase difference of 45^0 in a wave of frequency 300 Hz is 4.0. The velocity of...
- Following are expressions for four plane simple harmonic waves (i) y_1 = A 2 (n_1t + x _1 ) (ii) y_2 = A 2 (n_1t + x _1 + ) (iii)...
- This question has Statement 1and Statement 2. Of the four choices given after the Statements, choose the one that best describes...
- This question has Statement 1 and Statement 2 . Of the four choices given after the Statements, choose the one that best...
- A wave represented by the equation y_1 = a (kx - t) is superimposed with another wave to form a stationary wave such that the...
- A uniform tube of length 60.5 cm is held vertically with its lower end dipped in water. A sound source of frequency 500 Hz sends...
- An air column in a pipe, which is closed at one end, will be in resonance wtih a vibrating tuning fork of frequency 264 Hz if the...
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