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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 change13808. The ratio between the velocity of sound in air at 4 atm and that at 3. atm pressure would be:
- 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-113811. Laplace corrected Newton's formula for the velocity of sound in gas because the sound propagates:
- 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: Node13819. In stationary waves:
- 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