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  • A. 1/8
  • B. 1/2
  • C. 1/4
  • D. 3/4

Explanation: Correct option is D)In case of SHMKE= 1/2 mω^2 (a ^2 −x ^2 ) and at x=a/2KE= 1/2 mω ^2 [a^2 −(a/2)^2 ]= 3/4 [ 1/2 mω^2 ^ 2 ]Total energy =…

Correct answer: 3/4
  • A. 1 Hz
  • B. 2 Hz
  • C. 5Hz
  • D. None of the above.

Explanation: A seconds pendulum has time period of 2 seconds and frequency of 0.5 Hz

Correct answer: None of the above.
  • A. Velocity is zero
  • B. Displacement is zero
  • C. Both velocity and displacement are zero
  • D. Both velocity and displacement are maximum

Explanation: As we know; a ∝-x Where a=acceleration x=displacement As long as the pendulum in harmonic motion is moving, it covers a displacement and…

Correct answer: Displacement is zero
  • A. Mean position
  • B. Extreme position
  • C. Midpoint of mean and extreme position
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: In simple harmonic motion, the restoring force is the force that brings an oscillating object back towards its equilibrium position.

Correct answer: Mean position
  • A. 3.40m
  • B. 2.94m
  • C. 0.340m
  • D. 0.294m

Explanation: According to the v=fλ v= 340m/s f= 1 x 103 Hz Hence λ= v/f = 340 / 1x103= 0.34 m (option C is the correct option)

Correct answer: 0.340m
  • A. 330m
  • B. 100m
  • C. 10m
  • D. 1m

Explanation: Therefore, the correct option is "1m" as it represents a reasonable wavelength for audible sound produced by a tuning fork of frequency…

Correct answer: 1m
  • A. decreases
  • B. increases
  • C. does not change
  • D. sometime decreases, some time increases

Explanation: Speed of sound does not depend on pressure of gas.

Correct answer: does not change
  • A. 1 : 1
  • B. 4 : 1
  • C. 1 : 4
  • D. 3 : 1

Explanation: Air pressure has almost no effect on sound speed. It has no effect at all in an ideal gas approximation, because pressure and density both…

Correct answer: 1 : 1
  • A. Increasing
  • B. Decreasing
  • C. Same
  • D. Different

Explanation: The radius(distance between observer and source) of the circle is the same at every point of the circumference.

Correct answer: Same
  • A. 150 s-1
  • B. 300 s-1
  • C. 600s-1
  • D. None

Explanation: The speed of sound in air at NTP is a constant value i.e 300 ms-1 (it does not change) The speed of sound in a gas is independent of its…

Correct answer: 300 s-1
  • A. As longitudinal
  • B. Adiabatically
  • C. Isothermally
  • D. Under isobaric conditions

Explanation: The transfer of energy is in the form of work done, during sound propagation so it is an adiabatic process

Correct answer: Adiabatically
  • A. 10 sec
  • B. 1000 sec
  • C. 1 day
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: When a bomb explodes on the moon- due to the vacuum there is no medium for the propagation of sound and hence it cannot reach the earth

Correct answer: None of the above
  • A. 332 m/s
  • B. 315 m/s
  • C. 340 m/s
  • D. 300 m/s

Explanation: When the wind is blowing in the opposite direction to the sound, it can affect the speed at which the sound waves reach the listener.

Correct answer: 315 m/s
  • A. f = ½ √T/ml
  • B. f = 1/2l √T/m
  • C. f = 1/2l√T/m
  • D. f = 1/2√T/m

Explanation: The fundamental frequency of a string stretched by tension T, with mass m and length l, is given by the formula f = 1/2l √T/m.

Correct answer: f = 1/2l √T/m
  • A. Electromagnetic waves
  • B. Microwaves
  • C. Stationary waves
  • D. Sound waves

Explanation: When two waves of the same frequency and amplitude moving with the same speed in the opposite direction along the same path, these types…

Correct answer: Stationary waves
  • A. f = 1⁄2 √T/ml
  • B. f = 1/2l√lT/m = 1/2l √lT/m
  • C. f = 1/2l√T/m
  • D. f = 1/2√T/m

Explanation: Frequency is directly proportional to tension and inversely with mass . Formula from SHM.

Correct answer: f = 1/2l√lT/m = 1/2l √lT/m
  • A. velocity of waves
  • B. wavelength of waves
  • C. nature of the medium
  • D. frequency of waves

Explanation: No. of loops in stationary waves depend on frequency of waves.

Correct answer: frequency of waves
  • A. Crest
  • B. Anti-node
  • C. Node
  • D. Trough

Explanation: A node is a point along a standing wave where the wave has minimum amplitude. All the particles of the string execute SHM except nodes.

Correct answer: Node
  • A. There is no net transfer of energy
  • B. Energy is evenly distributed at all points
  • C. Phase is the same for all points
  • D. Both (a) & (b)

Explanation: In stationary waves, there is no net transfer of energy because the waves are confined, oscillating back and forth within a fixed region.

Correct answer: There is no net transfer of energy
  • A. Wavelength
  • B. Frequency
  • C. Velocity
  • D. Speed

Explanation: The correct answer is Frequency. The number of loops in a standing wave is directly related to its frequency, as frequency determines how…

Correct answer: Frequency