CLASS : XITH SUBJECT : PHYSICS

DATE : DPP NO. :4

Topic :- WAVES

1. Two strings with mass per unit length of 9 gcm−1 and 25 gcm−1 are joined together in series.
The reflection coefficient for the vibration waves are
9 3 1 9
a) b) c) d)
25 5 16 16

2. Light from two coherent sources of the same amplitude 𝐴 and wavelength 𝜆 illuminates the
screen. The intensity of the central maximum is 𝐼0 . If the sources were incoherent, the intensity
at the same point will be
a) 4𝐼0 b) 2𝐼0 c) 𝐼0 d) 𝐼0 /2

3. A table is revolving on its axis at 5 revolutions per second. A sound source of frequency 1000
Hz is fixed on the table at 70 cm from the axis. The minimum frequency heard by a listener
standing at a distance from the table will be (speed of sound 352ms −1 )
a) 1000 Hz b) 1066 Hz c) 941 Hz d) 352 Hz

4. A train is approaching with velocity 25𝑚𝑠 −1towards a pedestrian standing on the track,
frequency of horn of train is 1 kHz. Frequency heard by the pedestrian is (𝑣 = 30𝑚𝑠 −1 )
a) 1077 Hz b) 1167 Hz c) 985 Hz d) 954 Hz

5. An engine moving towards a wall with a velocity 50 𝑚𝑠 −1 emits a note of 1.2 kHz. Speed of
sound in air is 350 𝑚𝑠 −1. The frequency of the note after reflection from the wall as heard by
the driver of the engine is
a) 2. 4kHz b) 0.24 kHz c) 1.6 kHz d) 1.2 kHz

6. A tuning fork of frequency 340 Hz is vibrated just above the tube of 120 cm height. Water is
poured slowly in the tube, what is the minimum height of water necessary for the resonance?
a) 45 cm b) 30 cm c) 35 cm d) 25 cm

7. When a tuning fork produces sound waves in air, which one of the following is same in the
material of tuning fork as well as in air
a) Wavelength b) Frequency c) Velocity d) Amplitude

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 8. The frequency of a sonometer wire is 100 Hz. When the weights producing the tension are
completely immersed in water, the frequency becomes 80 Hz and on immersing the weights in
a certain liquid, the frequency becomes 60 Hz. The specific gravity of the liquid is
a) 1.42 b) 1.77 c) 1.21 d) 1.82

9. A stone is dropped into a lake from a tower 500 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑒 high. The sound of the splash will be
heard by the man approximately after
a) 11.5 seconds b) 21 seconds c) 10 seconds d) 14 seconds

10. A racing car moving towards a cliff sounds its horn. The drivers observe that the sound
reflected from the cliff has a pitch one octave higher than the actual sound of the horn. If v=the
velocity of sound, the velocity of the car is
a) 𝑣/√2 b) 𝑣/2 c) 𝑣/3 d) 𝑣/4

11. A hollow pipe of length 0.8m is closed a one end. At its open end a 0.5 m long uniform string is
vibrating in its second harmonic and it resonates with the fundamental frequency of the pipe. If
the tension in the wire is 50N and the speed of sound 320 𝑚𝑠 −1, the mass of the string is
a) 5 g b) 10 g c) 20 g d) 40 g

12. The waves in which the particles of the medium vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the
direction of wave motion is known as
a) Transverse wave b) Longitudinal waves c) Propagated waves d) None of these

13. Two points on a travelling wave having frequency 500 Hz and velocity 300 ms−1 are 60° out of
phase, then the minimum distance between two points is
a) 0.2 b) 0.1 c) 0.5 d) 0.4

14. Beats are produced by two travelling waves each of loudness I and nearly equal frequencies
𝑛1 and 𝑛2 . The beat frequency will be …. and maximum loudness hard will be
a) (𝑛1 − 𝑛2 ),2𝐼 b) (𝑛1 − 𝑛2 ),4𝐼 c) (𝑛1 − 𝑛2 ),3𝐼 d) (𝑛1 − 𝑛2 ), 𝐼

𝑡 𝑥
15. The equation 𝑦 = 𝑎 sin 2𝜋 ( − ), where the symbols carry the usual meaning and a, T and λ
𝑇 𝜆
ate positive, represents a wave of
a) Amplitude 2a b) Period T/λ
c) Speed xλ d) Speed (λ/T)

16. The length of an elastic string is a metre when the longitudinal tension is 4 N and b metre when
the longitudinal tension is 5 N. the length of the string in metre when longitudinal tension is 9N,
is
1
a) a-b b) 5b-4a c) 2b − a d) 4a-3b
4

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 17. A uniform rope having mass 𝑚 hangs vertically from a rigid support. A transverse wave pulse is
produced at the lower end. The speed (𝑣) of wave pulse varies with height ℎ from the lower
end as shown in figure.

a) b) c) d)

18. Two wires made up of the same material are of equal length but their radii are in the ratio of
1:2. On stretching each of these two strings by the same tension, the ratio between the
fundamental frequencies is
a) 1:4 b) 4:1 c) 2:1 d) 1:2

19. The speed of sound in a gas of density 𝜌 at a pressure 𝑃 is proportional to

𝑝 2 𝑃 3/2 𝜌 𝑃
a) ( ) b) ( ) c) √ d) √
𝜌 𝜌 𝑃 𝜌

20. Two waves of wavelength 1.00m and 1.01m produces 10 beats in 3s. What is the velocity of the
wave?
a) 150 ms −1 b) 115.2 ms−1 c) 336.6 ms−1 d) 200 ms−1

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