JEE Advanced (Single Correct MCQs): Waves - JEE MCQ

A wave disturbance in a medium is described by   where x and y are in metre and t is in second

The extension in a string, obeying Hooke’s law, is x. The speed of sound in the stretched string is v. If the extension in the string is increased to 1.5x, the speed of sound will be

An open pipe is suddenly closed at one end with the result that the frequency of third harmonic of the closed pipe is found to be higher by 100Hz than the fundamental frequency of the open pipe. The fundamental frequency of the open pipe is

A travelling wave in a stretched string is described by the equation y = A sin (kx –ωt) The maximum particle velocity is

A train moves towards a stationary observer with speed 34 m/s. The train sounds a whistle and its frequency registered by the observer is f₁. If the train's speed is reduced to 17 m/s, the frequency registered is f₂. If the speed of sound is 340 m/s, then the ratio f₁/f₂ is

Two vibrating strings of the same material but lengths L and 2L have radii 2r and r respectively. They are stretched under the same tension. Both the strings vibrate in their fundamental nodes, the one of length L with frequency v₁ and the other with frequency v₂. The raio v₁/v₂ is given by

Two monatomic ideal gases 1 and 2 of molecular masses m₁ and m₂  respectively are enclosed in separate containers kept at the same temperature. The ratio of the speed of sound in gas 1 to that in gas 2 is given by

Two pulses in a stretched string whose centers are initially 8 cm apart are moving towards each other as shown in the figure. The speed of each pulse is 2 cm/s. After 2 seconds, the total energy of the pulses will be

The ends of a stretched wire of length L are fixed at x = 0 and x = L. In one experiment, the displacement of the wire is y₁ = A sin (πx/L) sin ωt and energy is E₁ and in another experiment its displacement is y₂ = A sin (2πx/L) sin 2ωt and energy is E₂. Then

A siren placed at a railway platform is emitting sound of frequency 5 kHz. A passenger sitting in a moving train A records a frequency of 5.5 kHz while the train approaches the siren. During his return journey in a different train B he records a frequency of 6.0 kHz while approaching the same siren. The ratio of the velocity of train B to that train A is

A sonometer wire resonates with a given tuning fork forming standing waves with five antinodes between the two bridges when a mass of 9 kg is suspended from the wire. When this mass is replaced by a mass M, the wire resonates with the same tuning fork forming three antinodes for the same positions of the bridges. The value of M is

A police car moving at 22 m/s, chases a motorcyclist. The police man sounds his horn at 176 Hz, while both of them move towards a stationary siren of frequency 165 Hz.
Calculate the speed of the motorcycle, if it is given that he does not observes any beats.

In the experiment for the determination of the speed of sound in air using the resonance column method, the length of the air column that resonates in the fundamental mode, with a tuning fork is 0.1 m. When this length is changed to 0.35 m, the same tuning fork resonates with the first overtone.
Calculate the end correction.

A pipe of length ℓ₁, closed at one end is kept in a chamber of gas of density ρ₁. A second pipe open at both ends is placed in a second chamber of gas of density ρ₂. The compressibility of both the gases is equal. Calculate the length of the second pipe if frequency of first overtone in both the cases is equal

In a resonance tube with tuning fork of frequency 512 Hz, first resonance occurs at water level equal to 30.3 cm and second resonance occurs at 63.7 cm. The maximum possible error in the speed of sound is

An open pipe is in resonance in 2nd harmonic with frequency f₁. Now one end of the tube is closed and frequency is increased to f₂ such that the resonance again occurs in nth harmonic. Choose the correct option

A massless rod of length L is suspended by two identical strings AB and CD of equal length. A block of mass m is suspended from point O such that BO is equal to ‘x’. Further it is observed that the frequency of 1st harmonic in AB is equal to 2nd harmonic frequency in CD. ‘x’ is

In the experiment to determine the speed of sound using a resonance column,

A transverse sinusoidal wave moves along a string in the positive x-direction at a speed of 10 cm/s. The wavelength of the wave is 0.5 m and its amplitude is 10 cm. At a particular time t, the snap–shot of the wave is shown in figure. The velocity of point P when its displacement is 5 cm is –

A vibrating string of certain length ℓ under a tension T resonates with a mode corresponding to the first overtone (third harmonic) of an air column of length 75 cm inside a tube closed at one end. The string also generates 4 beats per second when excited along with a tuning fork of frequency n. Now when the tension of the string is slightly increased the number of beats reduces 2 per second.
Assuming the velocity of sound in air to be 340 m/s, the frequency n of the tuning fork in Hz is

A hollow pipe of length 0.8 m is closed at 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 50 N and the speed of sound is 320 ms^–1, the mass of the string is

A police car with a siren of frequency 8 kHz is moving with uniform velocity 36 km/hr towards a tall building which reflects the sound waves. The speed of sound in air is 320 m/s. The frequency of the siren heard by the car driver is

A student is performing the experiment of resonance column. The diameter of the column tube is 4 cm. The frequency of the tuning fork is 512 Hz. The air temperature is 38°C in which the speed of sound is 336 m/s. The zero of the meter scale coincides with the top end of the resonance column tube. When the first resonance occurs, the reading of the water level in the column is