Waves - NEET Physics Questions
Question 11: moderate

The fundamental frequency of a closed pipe is 220 Hz. If 1/4 of the pipe is filled with water, the frequency of the first overtone of the pipe now is

1. 220 Hz
2. 440 Hz
3. 880 Hz
4. 1760 Hz
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Question 12: moderate

An organ pipe P1 closed at one vibrating in its first overtone and another pipe P2 open at both ends vibrating in third overtone are in resonance with a given tuning fork. The ratio of the length of P1 to that of P2 is

1. 3/8
2. 8/3
3. 1/2
4. 1/3
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Question 13: moderate

A second harmonic has to be generated in a string of length l stretched between two rigid supports. The point where the string has to be plucked and touched are

1. Plucked at l/4 and touch at l/2
2. Plucked at l/4 and touch at 3l/4
3. Plucked at l/2 and touched at l/4
4. Plucked at l/2 and touched at 3l/4
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Question 14: moderate

A source of sound gives five beats per second when sounded with another source of frequency 100 s–1. The second harmonic of the source together with a source of frequency 205 s–1 gives five beats per second. What is the frequency of the source ?

1. 105 Hz
2. 205 Hz
3. 95 Hz
4. None of these
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Question 15: moderate

Ten tuning forks are arranged in increasing orderof frequency in such a way that any two nearest tuning forks produce 4 beats/sec. The highest frequency is twice of the lowest. Possible highest and the lowest frequencies are

1. 80 and 20
2. 100 and 50
3. 44 and 22
4. 72 and 36
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Question 16: moderate

Two coherent sources of different intensities send waves which interfere. The ratio of the maximum intensity to the minimum intensity is 25. The intensities are in the ratio

1. 25 : 1
2. 5:1
3. 9:4
4. 625:1
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Question 17: moderate

In the given progressive wave equation y = 0.5 sin (10πt – 5x); where x, y in cm and t in second. The maximum velocity of the particle is

1. 5 cm /sec
2. 5π cm /sec
3. 10 cm /sec
4. 10.5 cm /sec
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Question 18: difficult

A transverse wave is represented by the equation

\[ y= y_{0} sin\frac{2\Pi}{\lambda}(vt-x)\] 

For what value of λ , the maximum particle velocity equal to two times the wave velocity

 

1. λ = 2Πy0
2. λ = Πy0/3
3. λ = Πy0/2
4. λ = Πyº
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Question 19: moderate

The path difference between the two waves

\[ y_{1}= a_{1} sin \left( \omega t -\frac{2\Pi x}{\lambda} \right) \]

and

\[ y_{2}= a_{2} cos \left( \omega t -\frac{2\Pi x}{\lambda} + \varphi \right) \]

is

1. \[ \frac{\lambda}{2\Pi}\phi \]
2. \[ \frac{\lambda}{2\Pi}(\phi +\frac{\Pi}{2}) \]
3. \[ \frac{\lambda}{2\Pi}(\phi - \frac{\Pi}{2}) \]
4. \[ \frac{2\Pi}{\lambda}\phi  \]
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Question 20: easy

Instantaneous profile of a rope carrying a progressive wave moving from left to right is shown. Find the correct option

1. Both P and Q are moving upward
2. Both P and Q are moving downwards
3. P is moving upwards and Q is moving downwards
4. P is moving downwards and Q is moving upwards
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