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Chapter Test (Waves)

This document is a chapter test for a physics topic on waves, consisting of multiple-choice questions with a total mark of 100. Each question is worth 4 marks for correct answers, with penalties for incorrect responses. The test covers various concepts related to sound waves, frequency, and resonance.

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Chapter Test (Waves)

This document is a chapter test for a physics topic on waves, consisting of multiple-choice questions with a total mark of 100. Each question is worth 4 marks for correct answers, with penalties for incorrect responses. The test covers various concepts related to sound waves, frequency, and resonance.

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CHAPTER TEST

Subject : Physics Topic : Waves M.M. : 100

Marking Scheme: takes place the observer hears the beat frequency
of 2 Hz. Find the speed of each tuning fork, if their
(i) Each question is allotted 4 (four) marks for each
oscillation frequency is 680 Hz and the velocity of
correct response.
sound in air is 340 m/s –
(ii) ¼ (one fourth) marks will be deducted for
(A) 1 m/s (B) 2 m/s
indicating incorrect response of each question.
No deduction from the total score will be made if (C) 0.5 m/s (D) 1.5 m/s
no response is indicated for an item in the answer
Q.4 A note has a frequency of 128 Hz. The frequency
sheet.
of a note which is two octave higher than this is
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(A) 256 Hz (B) 320 Hz
Q.1 A 100 m long rod of density 10.0 × 104 kg/m3
and
(C) 400 Hz (D) none of these
having young’s modulus Y = 1011 Pa, is clamped
at one end. It is hammered at the other free end. Q.5 Two coherent sources of different intensities send
The longitudinal pulse goes to right end, gets waves which interfere. The ratio of the maximum
reflected and again returns to the left end. How intensity to the minimum intensity is 25. The
much time, the pulse take to go back to initial intensities are in the ratio –
point.
(A) 25 : 1 (B) 5 : 1
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(C) 9 : 4 (D) 625 : 1

Q.6 The frequency of a man’s voice is 300 Hz and its


wavelength is 1 meter. If the wavelength of a
(A) 2 sec (B) 1 sec child’s voice is 1.5m, then the frequency of the
child’s voice is –
(C) 5 sec. (D) 0.2 sec
(A) 200 Hz (B) 150 Hz
Q.2 In the figure shown a source of sound of
frequency 510Hz moves with constant velocity vs (C) 400 Hz (D) 350 Hz
= 20 m/s in the direction shown. The wind is Q.7 A sound wave of frequency 440 Hz is passing
blowing at a constant velocity vw = 20 m/s towards through air. An O2 molecule (mass = 5.3 × 10–26
an observer who is at rest at point B. kg) is set in oscillation with an amplitude of 10–6
Corresponding to the sound emitted by the source m. Its speed at the centre of its oscillation is –
at initial position A, find the frequency detected by
the observer. (Speed of sound relative to air = 330 (A) 1.70 × 10–5 m/s (B) 17.0 × 10–5 m/s
m/s)
(C) 2.76 × 10–3 m/s (D) 2.77 × 10–5 m/s
y
Vs Q.8 A string fixed at both ends has consecutive
standing wave modes for which the distances
30° between adjacent nodes are 18cm. and 16cm
Vw
x respectively. The minimum possible length of the
A B string is –

(A) 144 cm. (B) 152 cm.


(A) 525 Hz (B) 600 Hz
(C) 176 cm. (D) 200 cm.
(C) 415 Hz (D) 250 Hz
Q.9 The extension in a string, obeying Hooke’s law, is
Q.3 A stationary observer receives sonic oscillations x. The speed of sound in the stretched string is v.
from two tuning forks, one of which approaches If the extension in the string is increased to 1.5x,
and the other recedes with same speed. As this the speed of sound will be

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(A) 1.22 v (B) 0.61 v closed at one end, the two forks give resonance
when the two air columns are 24 cm and 25 cm
(C) 1.50 v (D) 0.75 v
respectively. Calculate the frequencies of forks.
Q.10 If the source is moving towards right, wave front of
sound waves get modified to –
(A) 120 Hz, 124 Hz (B) 110 Hz, 114 Hz

(C) 150 Hz, 144 Hz (D) 170 Hz, 118 Hz

Q.14 A metre-long tube open at one end, with a


movable piston at the other end, shows
resonance with a fixed frequency source (a tuning
(A) (B) fork of frequency 340 Hz) when the tube length is
25.5 cm or 79.3 cm. Estimate the speed of sound
in air at the temperature of the experiment. The
edge effects may be neglected.

(A) 165.84 ms–1 (B) 305.84 ms–1

(C) 365.84 ms–1 (D) 325.84 ms–1


(C) (D) None of these Q.15 S1 and S2 are two coherent sources of sound
having no initial phase difference. The velocity of
sound is 330 m/s. No minima will be formed on
Q.11 There are cases when an explosion at a point A the line passing through S2 and perpendicular to
will be heard at point B that is far away from A the line joining S1 and S2, if the frequency of both
while in a certain region located much closer to A
the sources is
than to B, the explosion is not heard due to
obstruction. This will be possible if

3m

A zone of B
silence (A) 50 Hz (B) 60 Hz

(A) If air temperature increases with altitude (C) 70 Hz (D) 80 Hz

(B) If air temperature decreases with altitude

(C) If air is blowing from B to A

(D) If air is blowing from A to B

Q.12 A uniform rope of length 12m and mass 6 kg hangs


from a rigid support. A block of mass 2 kg is
attached to the free end of the rope. A transverse
pulse of wavelength 0.06 m is produced at the
lower end of the rope. What is the wavelength of
the pulse when it reaches the top of the rope ?

(A) 5.12 m (B) 0.12 m

(C) 4.32 m (D) 1.23m

Q.13 Two tuning forks A and B sounded together give 6


beats per second. With an air resonance tube

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