Waves questions
1337 published questions with worked solutions.
- 'Beats' is a phenomenon that occurs when frequencies of two harmonic waves are
- Reverberation is a phenomenon associated with a
- Which among the following is true for propagation of sound waves ?
- A sound wave has a frequency of 1 kHz and wavelength 50 cm. How long will it take to travel 1 km?
- When the pitch of sound increases, which one of the following increases?
- The amplitude of sound waves is measured in the units of
- SONAR is a device that is used to measure the distance of underwater objects by a ship. Which of the following types of waves...
- Which one of the following statements about the speed of sound waves is not correct?
- A microphone converts
- Which one among the following is true for the speed of sound in a given medium ?
- Which one of the following statements is true for sound waves propagating in air ?
- Which one of the following does not apply to sound waves in fluids ?
- The frequency (f), wavelength ( ) and speed (v) of a sound wave are related as
- We hear an echo due to
- A very large container consists of an ideal gas. The speed of sound in the gas is x. When the pressure of the gas is doubled...
- Consider the following statements in respect of sound waves : I. The speed of sound waves decreases with an increase in...
- A stationary tuning fork is in resonance with an air column in a pipe. If the tuning fork is moved with a speed of 2 ms ^ -1 in...
- A source, approaching with speed u towards the open end of a stationary pipe of length L, is emitting a sound of frequency f_s....
- A string of length 1 m and mass 2 10^ -5 kg is under tension T. When the string vibrates, two successive harmonics are found to...
- A wire of length 30 cm, stretched between rigid supports, has it's n^ th and (n + 1)^ th harmonics at 400 Hz and 450 Hz,...
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