38.

Two trains, one coming towards and another going away from an observer both at 4 m/s
produce a whistle simultaneously of frequency 300 Hz. The number of beats heard by
observer will be (velocity of sound = 340 m/s)
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 12

(c)
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39.

Sol.:

Speed of sound wave is v. If a reflector moves towards a stationary source emitting waves
of frequency f with speed u, the frequency of reflected wave will be
vu
vu
vu
vu
f
f
f
f
vu
v
vu
v
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
vu
f1
f
v
Apparent frequency for reflector would be
After being reflected the apparent frequency will further change and the reflector will
now behave as a source. The apparent frequency will now become :
v
f2
f1
vu
vu
f
v u

f2

40.

Finally we get

(c)
The intensity of sound after passing through a slab decreases by 20%. On passing through
two such slabs, the intensity will decrease by
(a) 50 %
(b) 40 %
(c) 36 %
(d) 30%

Sol.:

45.

Sol.:

I 0 0 .8 I 0
Intensity after passing through first slab = 80% of
Intensity after passing through second slab = 80% of 0.8 I0 = 0.64 I0
I 0 0.64 I 0 0.36 I 0
Decrease in intensity

(c)

y ( x, t ) 0.02 cos 50t cos(10x )

2

A wave disturbance in a medium is described by

where x and y are in meter and t is in second. Then
(a) First node occurs at x = 0.15m
(b) First antinode occurs at x = 0.3 m
(c) The speed of interfering waves is 5.0 m/s (d) The wavelength is 0.5 m

y ( x, t ) 0.02 cos 50t cos(10x)

2

kx

Node occurs when

10x

A cos t cos kx
2

x = 0.05 m

Antinode occurs when kx = 10x = x = 0.1 m

Speed of wave (v) =

Wavelength () =

46.

Sol.:

2
k

50
10

= 5 m/s

= 0.2 m

(c)

A train is moving with a constant speed along a circular track. The engine of the train
emits a sound of frequency f. The frequency heard by the guard at rear end of the train
(a) is less than f
(b) is greater than f
(c) is equal to f
(d) may be greater than, less than or equal to f depending on the factors like speed of
train, length of train and radius of circular track.
Let v = speed of sound and u = speed of train
v s v0 u
Then
v v0 cos

f f
v v s cos
and
f

(c)

47.

A massless rod AB of length L is hung from two

identical wires of equal length. A block of mass m is
attached at point O on the rod as shown in figure the
value of AO so that a tuning fork excites the wire on
the left in its fundamental tone and the wire on the
right in its second harmonic is

(a)

4L
5

Sol.:
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48.

(b)

(b) 1.77

(c) 1.82

(d) 1.21

f g

In water
w
0.36
m
or

g
(0.8) 2 0.64
g

(i)

g
(0.6) 2 0.36
g

In liquid ,

From equations (i) and (ii)

(b)

L 0.64

w 0.36

or

L
0.64
m

SL = L/w = 1.77

A siren creates a sound level of 60 dB at a location of 500 m from the speaker. The siren is
powered by a battery that delivers a total energy of 1 kJ. The efficiency of siren is 30%.
The total time for which the siren sound is
(a) 95 s
(b) 95.5 s
(c) 96 s
(d) 96.5 s
I

I0

L 10 log 10
Sol.:

(d)

L
5

The frequency of a sonometer wire is 100 Hz. When the weights producing the tensions 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

f w 0.8 f air

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49.

(c)

3L
4

(d)

(a) 1.42

Sol.:

L
4

I 10 6 I 0 10 6

w/m2
I 4(r ) 10 4 (500) P
P=
,
W = 3.14 W.
2

52.

Sol.:

30
100 95.5
3.14

10 3

(b)

y 2 2a cos t .
6

y1 2a sin( t / 6
Two waves are represented as
) and
difference between the two waves is
4

3
3
3
3
(a)
(b)
(c)

y1 2a sin t 2a cos t 1 t
6
6
2
6

(d)

The phase

5
6

y2 2a cos t 2 t
6
6

t t 5
2
6
6
2 3 6

1 2
phase diff.
(d)
55.
Four sources of sound each of sound level 10 dB are sounded together, the resultant
intensity level will be (log 2 = 0.3)
(a) 40 dB
(b) 26 dB
(c) 16 dB
(d) 13 dB
I
10 log
I0
Sol.: Sound level
I
10 10 log
I I 0 101 10 I 0
I0

when four sources are sounds together, intensity

40 I 0
SL 10 log
10 log 40 16 dB
I0
56.

Sol.:

4 I 40 I 0

(c)
The air in a open pipe of length 36 cm long is vibrating with 2 nodes and 2 antinodes.
The temperature of the air inside the pipe is 510C. What is the wavelength of waves
produced in air outside the tube where the temperature of air is 160C?
(a) 32.1 cm
(b) 68 cm
(c) 34 cm
(d) 10.2 cm
In this mode of vibrations,
Wavelength = length of the pipe = 36 cm

Frequency of wave will be same inside and outside the pipe

v v'

'

' 36
or

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65.

'

289

324

v'
T'

v
T

34 cm

(c)

The frequency and wavelength of the wave shown

in figure are (wave speed = 320 m/s)
(a) 8 cm, 400 Hz
(b) 80 cm, 40 Hz
(c) 8 cm, 4000 Hz
(d) 40 cm, 8000 Hz
5
20
2

20 2
8
5

Sol.:

According to figure,
or
v 320 100
n
4000

Hz

(c)

69.

A transverse wave is travelling along a string from left to

right. The figure below represents the shape of the string
at a given instant. At this instant, among the following,
choose the wrong statement
(a) points D, E, F have upwards positive velocity
(b) points A, B and H have downwards negative velocity
(c) point C and G have zero velocity
(d) points A and E have minimum velocity

Sol.:

dy
dy
v

dt
dx

cm

Particle velocity
dy

dt
or
wave velocity slope of the wave
v Pa ve
(a) For upward velocity,
, so slope must be negative

which is at the points D, E and F.

v Pa ve
(b) For downward velocity,
, so slope must be
negative which is at the points A, B and H.
(c) For zero velocity slope must be zero which is at C and G.
(d) For maximum magnitude of velocity, | slope | = maximum,
which is at A and E. Hence, alternative is wrong.

(d)