Waves PYQs - Last 5 Years

A simple harmonic progressive wave is given by $y=A \sin 2 \pi\left(n t-\frac{x}{\lambda}\right)$. If the wave velocity is equal to $=\frac{1}{3}$ (maximum particle velocity) then the wavelength $\lambda$ is given by

Two points on a travelling wave having frequency 500 Hz and velocity $300 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ are $30^{\circ}$ out of phase, then the minimum distance between the two points is

A passenger is sitting in a train which is moving fast. The engine blows a whistle of frequency ' n '. If the apparent frequency of sound heard by the passenger is $n^1$ then

A wave is travelling in the negative x direction having displacement 3 cm along Y direction, wavelength $2 \pi \mathrm{~m}$ and frequency $\left(\frac{1}{2 \pi}\right) \mathrm{Hz}$ is represented as ( $t=$ time)

An open organ pipe and a closed organ pipe have the frequency of their second overtone identical. The ratio of length of closed pipe to that of open pipe is (Neglect end correction)

A transverse wave is moving along a string. The linear density of a vibrating string is $2 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{m}$. The wave equation is $y=0.02 \sin (2 x+10 t) m$. The tension in the string is

A uniform metal wire has length ' $L$ ', mass ' $M$ ' and area of cross-section ' A '. It is under tension ' $T$ ' and ' $V$ ' is the speed of transverse wave along the wire. The density of the wire is

The loudness and pitch of sound note respectively depend upon

The equation of simple harmonic progressive wave is given by $y=A \sin (100 \pi t-4 x)$. The distance between two particles having a phase difference of $\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right)^c$ is

Two uniform strings ' $A$ ' and ' $B$ ' made of steel are made to vibrate under same tension. If the first overtone of ' $A$ ' is equal to second overtone of ' B ' and radius of ' A ' is twice that of ' B '. Then the ratio of length of stri...

The pitch of whistle of an engine appears to drop by $30 \%$ of the original value when it passes a stationary observer. If speed of sound in air is $350 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$, then the speed of engine in $\mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}$ is

A pipe closed at one end vibrating in fifth overtone is in unison with open pipe vibrating in its fifth overtone. The ratio of $l_{\mathrm{c}}: l_{\mathrm{o}}$ is $\left[l_{\mathrm{c}}=\right.$ vibrating length of closed pipe, $l_0=$ vibrat...

A simple harmonic progressive wave is given by equation $y=\operatorname{asin} 2 \pi\left(n t-\frac{x}{\lambda}\right)$. If the wave velocity is equal to $\frac{1}{4} \times$ (maximum particle velocity), then the wavelength ' $\lambda$ ' is...

Two sounding sources send waves at certain temperature in air of wavelength 60 cm and 60.6 cm respectively. The frequency of sources differ by 5 Hz . The velocity of sound in air at same temperature is

Three tuning forks $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}$ and C have respective frequencies $\mathrm{n}_1, \mathrm{n}_2$ and $\mathrm{n}_3$ related as $\mathrm{n}_1=1.03 \mathrm{n}_2$ and $n_3=0.99 n_2$. When $A$ and $C$ are sounded together 4 beats are ...

The third overtone of a closed pipe of length ' $\mathrm{L}_{\mathrm{c}}$ ' has the same frequency as the third overtone of an open pipe of length ' $L_0$ '. The ratio ' $\mathrm{L}_{\mathrm{c}}$ ': ' $\mathrm{L}_0$ ' is equal to (Neglectin...