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Define the wavelength of a sound wave. How is it related to the frequency and the wave speed?

Important Questions on Sound

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If the speed of wave is 250 m/s and its wavelength is 50 cm then the frequency will be:
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The frequency of radio waves from a certain radio station is 600 KHz. Its wavelength is
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The velocity of sound wave in a given medium is V when its frequency is ν. The velocity, when the frequency changes to 5ν is :
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The given graph shows the displacement versus time relation for a disturbance travelling with velocity 1500 m/s. The wavelength of the disturbance will be

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A ball is moving uniformly in a circular path of radius 1 m with a time period of 1.5 s. If the ball is suddenly stopped at t=8.3 s, the magnitude of the displacement of the ball with respect to its position at t=0 s is closest to:
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If the speed of wave is 350 m/s and its wavelength is 100 cm then the frequency of the wave will be
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Consider the following statements and select the correct alternative: Statement (A): The frequency of the sound wave whose wave length is 1.5 cm with speed 339 m/s is 22600 Hz. Statement (B): The given sound is audible to human beings.
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In the spectrum of hydrogen, the ratio of the longest wavelength in the Lyman series to the longest wavelength in the Balmer series is:
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On an average, a human heart is found to beat 72 times a minute. Its frequency and period are
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A point particle is acted upon by a restoring force -kx3. The time period of oscillation is T when the amplitude is A. The time period for an amplitude 2A will be:
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The speed of a wave in a medium is 760 ms-1.If 3600 waves are passing through a point in the medium in 2 minutes then its wavelength is 
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A simple wave motion is represented by y=5sin4πt+3cos4πt. Its amplitude is

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For the wave shown in figure, calculate the frequency and wave length of the wave if its speed is 320 ms–1.

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When sound is refracted from air to water, which of the following will remain unchanged?
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Given the value of Rydberg constant is 107 m-1, the wave number of the last line of the Balmer series in hydrogen spectrum will be:
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The frequency for a series limit of Balmer and Paschen series respectively are f1 and f3. If the frequency of the first line of Balmer series is f2 then the relation between f1, f2 and f3 is
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Hydrogen (1H1), Deuterium (1H2), singly ionised Helium (2He4)+ and doubly ionised lithium (3Li6)++ all have one electron around the nucleus. Consider an electron transition from n=2 to n=1. If the wave lengths of emitted radiation are λ 1 λ 2 λ 3  and λ 4  respectively then approximately which one of the following is correct ?
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What are acoustically measurable quantities related to pitch and loudness?
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A transverse wave travels on a taut steel wire with a velocity of v when tension in it is 2.06×104N. When the tension is changed to T, the velocity changed to v2. The value of T is close to:
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The figure below shows pressure variation in two different sound waves in air with time at a given position. Both the figures are drawn to the same scale.

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Which of the following statement is true?