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Important Questions on Sound

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To propagate both longitudinal and transverse waves, a material must have
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A bomb blasts on moon. Its sound will be heard on earth after
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A sound wave of frequency 245 Hz travels with the speed of 300 m s-1 along the positive x-axis. Each point of the wave moves to and fro through a total distance of 6 cm. What will be the mathematical expression of this travelling wave?
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The equation of a wave is given by y=10sin2π45t+α. If the displacement at t=0 s is 5 cm, then the total phase at t=7.5 s is
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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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A wave travelling on a string is described by y=πsin10x-πt+π4. All the physical quantities are in SI units. The frequency of the wave is
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Which of the following equations represents a travelling wave?
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Pitch of the sound depends on
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A travelling harmonic wave is represented by the equation yx, t=10-3sin50t+2x, where x and y are in meter and t is in seconds. Which of the following is a correct statement about the wave?
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A progressive wave travelling along the positive x- direction is represented by yx,t=A sin(kx-ωt+ϕ) . Its snapshot at t=0 is given in the figure.
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For this wave, the phase ϕ is:
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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?

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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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A stretched string fixed at both ends has n nodes then the length of the string in terms of wavelength is 
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Which of the following is not a transverse wave?
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If x-α sinωt-π/6 and x=αcos ωt, then the phase difference between the two waves is 
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Two simple harmonic motion, are represented by the equations y1=10sin3πt+π3;  y2=5(sin3πt+3cos3πt). Ratio of amplitude of y1 to y2=x:1. The value of x is

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A stationary body explodes into two parts of masses M1 and M2. They move in opposite directions with velocities v1 and v2. The ratio of their kinetic energies is
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A pendulum vibrates with a time period of 1 second. The sound produced in it is in the range of
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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 simple wave motion is represented by y=5sin4πt+3cos4πt. Its amplitude is