EXERCISE–05(B) RECAP OF IIT-JEE/JEE (ADVANCED)

MCQ'S WITH ONE CORRECT ANSWER

1. A string of length 0.4 m and mass 10–2 kg is tightly clamped at its ends. The tension in the string is 1.6 N. Identicals
wave pulses are produced at one end at equal intervals of time t. The minimum value of t, which allows constructive
interference between successive pulses, is :– [ II T - J E E 19 98 ]
(A) 0.05 s (B) 0.10 s (C) 0.20 s (D) 0.40 s

2. 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 ƒ1. If the train's speed is reduced to 17 m/s, the frequency registered is ƒ2. If the speed of sound
ƒ
is 340 m/s then the ratio 1 is :– [ II T - J E E 20 00 ]
ƒ2
18 1 19
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D)
19 2 18
3. Two vibrating strings of the same material but of lengths L and 2L have radii 2r and r respectively. They are stretched under
the same tension. Both the strings vibrate in their fundamental modes, the one of length L with frequency f1 and the other
ƒ

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with frequency f2. The ratio 1 is given by :– [ II T - J E E 20 00 ]
ƒ2

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(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 1

4. 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=
 x 
 L 
Then :–
(A) E2 = E1 (B) E2 = 2E1 (C) E2 = 4E1
S  2 x 
Asin   sint and energy is E1 and in other experiment its displacement is y2 = Asin 
 L 
sin2t and energy is E2.

(D) E2 = 16E1
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5. Two pulses in a stretched string, whose centres 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 s the total energy of the pulses will be :–
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(A) Zero
(B) Purely kinetic
(C) Purely potential
(D) Partialy kinetic and partialy potential

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8cm

6. 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 :– [ II T - J E E 20 02 ]

242 5 11
(A) (B) 2 (C) (D)
252 6 6

7. 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 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 :–
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(A) 25 kg (B) 5 kg (C) 12.5 kg (D) kg
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8. A police car moving at 22 m/s chases a motocyclist. 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
the motorcyclist does not observe any beats :– [ II T - J E E 20 03 ]

Police car Motorcycle

22 m/s, 176 Hz Stationary siren (165 Hz)

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(A) 33 m/s (B) 22 m/s (C) zero (D) 11 m/s
9. 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 :–
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(A) 0.012 m (B) 0.025 m (C) 0.05 m (D) 0.024 m

10. A source of sound of frequency 600 Hz is placed inside water. The speed of sound in water is 1500 m/s and in
air it is 300 m/s. The frequency of sound recorded by an observer who is standing in air is :–
(A) 200 Hz (B) 3000 Hz (C) 120 Hz (D) 600 Hz [ II T - J E E 20 04 ]

11. A closed organ pipe of length L and an open organ pipe contain gases of densities 1 and 2 respectively. The
compressibility of gases are equal in both the pipes. Both the pipes are vibrating in their first overtone with same
frequency. The length of the open organ pipe is :– [ II T - J E E 20 04 ]

L 4L 4L 1 4L  2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 2 3 1

12. A source emits sound of frequency 600 Hz inside water. The frequency heard in air will be equal to (velocity of sound

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in water = 1500 m/s, velocity of sound in air = 300 m/s) :– [ II T - J E E 20 04 ]

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(A) 3000 Hz (B) 120 Hz (C) 600 Hz (D) 6000 Hz

13. An open pipe is in resonance in 2nd harmonic with frequency ƒ1. Now one end of the tube is closed and frequency is

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increased to ƒ2 such that the resonance again occurs in nth harmonic. Choose the correct option :– [ II T - J E E 20 05 ]

3 5 5 3
(A) n = 3, ƒ2 = ƒ (B) n = 3, ƒ2 = ƒ (C) n = 5, ƒ2 = ƒ (D) n = 5, ƒ2 = ƒ
4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1

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14. A tuning fork of 512 Hz is used to produce resonance in a resonance tube experiment. The level of water at first resonance
is 30.7 cm and at second resonance is 63.2 cm. The error in calculating velocity of sound is :–
(A) 204.1 cm/s (B) 110 cm/s (C) 58 cm/s (D) 280 cm/s [ II T - J E E 20 05 ]

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15. A massless rod BD is suspended by two identical massless strings AB and CD of equal lengths. A block of mass
m is suspended at point P such that BP is equal to x, if the fundamental frequency of the left wire is twice the

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fundamental frequency of right wire, then the value of x is :–

x P
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B D

  4 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 4 5 4
16. 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 :– [ II T - J E E 20 08 ]
y

P
x

3 3 3 3 ˆ
(A) ĵ m/s (B)  ĵ m/s (C) î m/s (D)  i m/s
50 50 50 50
17. A vibrating string of certain length  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 to 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. [ II T - J E E 20 08 ]

(A) 344 (B) 336 (C) 117.3 (D) 109.3

18. 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, themass of the string is [ II T - J E E 20 10 ]

(A) 5 g (B) 10 g (C) 20 g (D) 40 g

19. 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

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(A) 8.50 kHz (B) 8.25 kHz (C) 7.75 kHz (D) 7.50 kHz

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20. A student is performing theexperiment of Resonance column. The diameter of the column tube is 4cm. The frequency
of the tuning fork is 512 Hz. The air temperature is 38ºC 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 : [ J E E 20 12 ]

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(A) 14.0 cm (B) 15.2 cm (C) 16.4 cm (D) 17.6 cm

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21. A student is performing an experiment using a resonance column and a turing fork of frequency 244 s–1. he is told that
the air in the tube has been replaced by another gas (assume that the column remains filled with the gas). If the minimum
height at which resonance occurs is (0.350  0.005)m, the gas in the tube is -

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(Useful information : 167 RT  640J 1/ 2 mole; 140 RT  590 J 1/ 2 mole1/ 2 . the molar masses M in grams are given

inthe options. Take the values of

(A) Neon  M  20,


10 7
 
20 10 
10
M
for each gas as given there.)

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(B) Nitrogen  M  28,

10 3 

28 5 
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 10 9  10 17 
(C) Oxygen  M  32,   (D) Agron  M  36, 
 28 16   36 32 

M CQS (one or more than one ans wer may be c orrec t)

1. The (x, y) coordinates of the corners of a square plate are (0, 0), (L, 0), (L, L) and (0, L). The edges of the plate
are clamped and transverse standing waves are set–up in it. If u(x, y) denotes the displacement of the plate at the
point (x, y) at some instant of time, the possible expression (s) for u is (are) (a = positive constant) :–
[ II T - J E E 19 98 ]

 x   y   x   y   x   2 y   2 x   y 
(A) acos   cos   (B) a sin   sin   (C) asin   sin  (D) acos  sin  
 2L   2L   L   L  L   L 
  L   L
2. A transverse sinusoidal wave of amplitude a, wavelength  and frequency ƒ is travelling on a stretched string. The maximum

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speed of any point on the string is , w here v is the s peed of propag ation of the wave.
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If a = 10–3 m and v = 10 m/s, then  and ƒ are given by :– [ II T - J E E 19 98 ]
3
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(A)  = 2 × 10–2 m (B)  = 10–3 m (C) ƒ = Hz (D) ƒ = 104 Hz
2
3. As a wave propagates :– [ II T - J E E 19 99 ]

(A) The wave intensity remains constant for a plane wave

(B) The wave intensity decreases as the inverse of the distance from the source for a spherical wave
(C) The wave intensity decreases as the inverse square of the distance from the source for a spherical wave
(D) Total intensity of the spherical wave over the spherical surface centred at the source remains constant at
all time
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4. y(x,t)= represents a moving pulse where x and y are in metres and t in second. Then:

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[(4 x  5t)2  5]
(A) pulse is moving in positive x–direction (B) in 2 s it will travel a distance of 2.5 m

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(C) its maximum displacement is 0.16 m (D) it is a symmetric pulse [ II T - J E E 19 99 ]

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5. In a wave motion y=asin(kx–t), y can represent :– [ II T - J E E 19 99 ]

(A) electric field (B) magnetic field (C) displacement (D) pressure

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6. Standing wave can be produced :– [ II T - J E E 19 99 ]

(A) on a string clamped at both ends

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(B) on a string clamped at one end and free at the other
(C) when incident wave gets reflected from a wall
(D) when two identical waves with a phase difference of  are moving in the same direction

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7. A student performed the experiment to measure the speed of sound in air using resonance air-column method. Two
resonance in the air-column were obtained by lowering the water level. The resonance with the shorter air-column
is the first resonance and that with the longer air columnis the second resonance. Then [ II T - J E E 20 09 ]

(A) The intensity of the sound heard at the first resonance was more than that a the second resonance
(B) The prongs of the tunging fork were kept in a horizontal plane above the resonance tube
(C) The amplitude of vibration of the ends of the prongs is typically around 1 cm
(D) The length of the air column at the first resonance was somewhat shorter than 1/4th of the wavelength of
the sound in air.
8. A person blows, into open-end of a long pipe. As a result a high-pressure pulse of air travels down the pipe. When
this pulse reaches the other end of the pipe. [ II T - J E E 20 12 ]

(A) a high-pressuer pulse starts travelling up the pipe, if the other end of thepipe is open
(B) a low-pressuer pulse starts travelling up the pipe, if the other end of thepipe is open
(C) a low-pressuer pulse starts travelling up the pipe, if the other end of thepipe is closed
(D) a high-pressuer pulse starts travelling up the pipe, if the other end of thepipe is closed
9. A horizontal stretched string, fixed at two ends, is vibrating in its fifth harmonic according to the equation, y(x, t)
–1 –1
= (0.01m) sin [(62.8 m )x]cos [(628 s )t]. Assuming p = 3.14, the correct statement(s) is (are)
(A) The number of nodes is 5. [ II T - J E E 20 13 ]

(B) The length of the string is 0.25 m.

(C) The maximum displacement of the midpoint of the string, from its equilibrium position is 0.01m.
(D) The fundamental frequency is 100 Hz.
10. One end of a taut string of length 3m along the x-axis is fixed at x = 0. The speed of the waves in the string
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is 100 ms . The other end of the string is vibrating in the y direction so that stationary waves are set up in the
string. The possible waveform(s) of these stationary waves is (are) [ J E E (A d v. ) 2 0 14 ]

x 50 t x 100 t
(A) y (t )  A sin cos (B) y (t )  A sin cos
6 3 3 3

5 x 250 t 5 x
(C) y (t )  A sin cos (D) y (t )  A sin cos 250 t
6 3 2
Match the column
1. Column I shows four systems, each of the same length L, for produceing standing waves. The lowest possible natural
frequency of a system is called its fundamental frequency, whose wavelength is denoted as  f . Match each system with
statements give in Column II describing the nature and wavelength of the standing waves. [I IT - J E E 201 1]
Column I Column II
(A) Pipe closed at one end (p) Longitudinal waves

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(B) Pipe open at both ends
L

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(q) Transvers waves

0 L
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(C) Stretched wire clamed at both ends (r)  f  L

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(D) Stretched wire clamped at both ends and a mid-point

0 L
(s)  f  2 L

(t)  f  4 L
Comprehension Based Que st ion
Comprehens ion#1 [I IT - J E E 200 6]
Two plane harmonic sound waves are expressed by the equations.
y1 (x, t) = Acos(0.5x – 100t), y2 (x, t) = Acos(0.46x – 92t) (All parameters are in MKS) :

1. How many times does an observer hear maximum intensity in one second :–
(A) 4 (B) 10 (C) 6 (D) 8

2. What is the speed of the sound :–

(A) 200 m/s (B) 180 m/s (C) 192 m/s (D) 96 m/s

3. At x = 0 how many times the amplitude of y1 + y2 is zero in one second :–

(A) 192 (B) 48 (C) 100 (D) 96
Comprehens ion#2 [IIT-JEE 2007]
Intensity

Two trains A and B are moving with speed 20 m/s and 30 m/s respectively in the same direction on the
same straight track, with B ahead of A. The engines are at the front ends. The engine of train A blows a
long whistle. Assume that the sound of the whistle is composed of components varying in frequency from
ƒ1 = 800 Hz to ƒ2 = 1120 Hz, as shown in the figure. The spread in the frequency (highest frequency–lowest ƒ1 ƒ2
frequency) is thus 320 Hz. The speed of sound in still air is 340 m/s. Frequency
1. The speed of sound of the whistle is :–
(A) 340 m/s for passengers in A and 310 m/s for passengers in B
(B) 360 m/s for passengers in A and 310 m/s for passengers in B
(C) 310 m/s for passengers in A and 360 m/s for passengers in B
(D) 340 m/s for passengers in both the trains
2. The distribution of the sound intensity of the whistle as observed by the passengers in train A is best represented by
Intensity

Intensity

Intensity
Intensity
(A) (B) (C) (D)

ƒ1 ƒ2 ƒ1 ƒ2 ƒ1 ƒ2 ƒ1 ƒ2
Frequency Frequency Frequency Frequency

3. The spread of frequency as observed by the passengers in train B is :–

(A) 310 Hz (B) 330 Hz (C) 350 Hz (D) 290 Hz
Subject ive Que s t ions

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1. The air column in a pipe closed at one end is made to vibrate in its second overtone by tuning fork of frequency 440

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Hz. The speed of sound in air is 330 m/s. End corrections may be neglected. Let P0 denote the mean pressure at any
point in the pipe and P0 the maximum amplitude of pressure variation. [ II T - J E E 19 98 ]
(i) Find the length L of the air column.

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(ii) What is the amplitude of pressure variation at the middle of the column ?
(iii) What are the maximum and minimum pressures at the open end of the pipe ?
(iv) What are the maximum and minimum pressures at the closed end of the pipe ?

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2. A long wire PQR is made by joining two wires PQ and QR of equal radii. PQ has length 4.8 m and mass 0.06 kg. QR
has length 2.56 m and mass 0.2 kg. The wire PQR is under a tension of 80 N. A sinusoidal wave pulse of amplitude
3.5 cm is sent along the wire PQ from the end P. No power is dissipated during the propagation of the wave pulse.

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Calculate : (i) The time taken by the wave pulse to reach the other end R and (ii) The amplitude of the reflected and
transmitted wave pulse after the incident wave pulse crosses the joint Q. [ II T - J E E 19 99 ]

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3. A 3.6 m long pipe resonates with a source of frequency 212.5 Hz when water level is at certain heights in the pipe. Find the
heights of water level (from the bottom of the pipe) at which resonance occur. Neglect end correction. Now the pipe is filled
to a height H (  3.6 m). A small hole is drilled very close to its bottom and water is allowed to leak. Obtain an expression
for the rate of fall of water level in the pipe as a function of H. If the radii of the pipe and the hole are 2 × 10–2 m and
1 × 10–3 m respectively. Calculate the time interval between the occurrence of first two resonance. Speed of sound in air is
340 m/s and g = 10 m/s2. [ II T - J E E 20 10 ]
4. A boat is travelling in a river with a speed 10 m/s along the stream flowing with a speed 2 m/s. From this boat a sound
transmitter is lowered into the river through a rigid support. The wavelength of the sound emitted from the transmitter
inside the water is 14.45 mm. Assume that attenuation of sound in water and air is negligible. (i) What will be the
frequency detected by a receiver kept inside the river downstream ? [ II T - J E E 20 01 ]
(ii) The transmitter and the receiver are now pulled up into air. The air is blowing with a speed 5 m/s in the direction opposite
the river stream. Determine the frequency of the sound detected by the receiver. (Temperature of the air and water = 20°C;
Density of river water = 103 kg/m3 ; Bulk modulus of the water = 2.088 × 109 Pa; Gas constant R = 8.31 J/mol–K; Mean
molecular mass of air = 28.8 × 10–3 kg/mol; CP/CV for air = 1.4)

5. Two narrow cylindrical pipes A and B have the same length. Pipe A is open at both ends and is filled with a monatomic
gas of molar mass MA. Pipe B is open at one end and closed at the other end, and is filled with a diatomic gas of molar
mass MB. Both gases are at the same temperature. [ II T - J E E 20 02 ]
(i) If the frequency to the second harmonic of the fundamental mode in pipe A is equal of the frequency of the third
harmonic of the fundamental mode in pipe B, determine the value of M A/MB.
(ii) Now the open end of the pipe B is closed (so that the pipe is closed at both ends).
Find the ratio of the fundamental frequency in pipe A to that in pipe B.

6. In a resonance tube experiment to determine the speed of sound in air, a pipe of diameter 5 cm is used. The air column
in pipe resonates with a tuning fork of frequency 480 Hz when the minimum length of the air column is 16 cm. Find
the speed of sound in air at room temperature. [ II T - J E E 20 03 ]
7. A string of mass per unit length µ is clamped at both ends such that one end of the string is at x = 0 and the other is at x =
. When string vibrates in fundamental mode, amplitude of the midpoint O of the string is a, tension in the string is T and
amplitude of vibration is A. Find the total oscillation energy stored in the string. [ II T - J E E 20 03 ]

8. An observer standing on a railway crossing receives frequency of 2.2 kHz and 1.8 kHz when the train approaches and recedes
from the observer. Find the velocity of the train. (The speed of the sound in air is 300 m/s) [IIT-JEE 2005]

9. A harmonically moving transverse wave on a string has a maximum particle velocity and acceleration of 3 m/s and
90 m/s2 respectively. Velocity of the wave is 20 m/s. Find the waveform. [ II T - J E E 20 05 ]

10. A 20 cm long string having a mass of 1.0 g, is fixed at both the ends. The tension in the string is 0.5 N. The string is set
into vibrations using an external vibrator of frequency 100 Hz. Find the separation (in cm) between the successive nodes
on the string. [IIT - J EE 2009]

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11. When two progressive waves y1 = 4 sin (2x – 6t) and y2 = 3 sin  2 x  6t   are superimposed, the amplitude of thee
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resultant wave is. [IIT- JEE 2010]

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12. A stationary soruce is emittin sound at a fixed frequency f0, which is reflected by two cars approaching the sources. The
difference between the frequencies of sound reflected from the cars is 1.2% of f0. What is the difference in the speed of the

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cars "(in km per hour) to the nearest integer ? The cars are moving at constant speeds much smaller than the speed of
sound which is 330 ms–1. [IIT- JEE 2010]

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E X E RC I S E – 5 ( B ) ANSWER K EY

 MCQ's One correct answers

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
B D D C B B A B B D C C C D A A A
18 19 20 21
B A B D
 MCQ's with one or more than one correct answer
1. B,C 2. A,C 3.A,C,D 4.B,C,D 5.A,B,C 6.A,B,C 7. A,D
8. B,D 9. B,C 10. A,C,D
 Matc h the column 1. (A)-p, (B)-p, s (C)-q, s (D)-q, r
 Comprehens ion bas ed que s t ion
Comprehension #1 1. A 2. A 3. D
Comprehension #2 1. B 2. A 3. A
 Subjec t ive Que st ions
15 P0
1. (i) m (ii) (iii) Pmax  Pmin  P0 , (iv) Pmax  P0  P0 ,Pmin  P0  P0
16 2
 v 2  v1   2v 2 
2. (i) 140 ms (ii) A r   A i  1.5cm , A t   A i  2 cm
 v 2  v 1   v 2  v 1 
3. h = 3.2, 2.4, 1.6, 0.8, 0, v= 5  10 3 5H , t  80  4  2 3  4. (i) 100696Hz (ii) 103038Hz
2 2
3 A  T  3 
5. (i) 2.116 (ii) 6. 336 ms –1 7. 8. 30 ms –1 9. y = (10 cm) sin  30t  x  
4 4 2
10. 5 11. 5 12. 7