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What type of waves are produced in a slinky and strings of violin?

Important Questions on Sound

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The total length of a sonometer wire fixed between two bridges is 110 cm. Now, two more bridges are placed to divide the length of the wire in the ratio 6:3:2. If the tension in the wire is 400 N and the mass per unit length of the wire is 0.01 kg m-1, then the minimum common frequency with which all the three parts can vibrate, is
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The magnetic field in a travelling electromagnetic wave has a peak value of 20 nT. The peak value of electric field strength is,
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In sonometer experiment, the string of length L under tension vibrates in second overtone between two bridges. The amplitude of vibration is maximum at
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A string is clamped at both the ends and it is vibrating in its 4th harmonic. The equation of the stationary wave is y=0.3sin0.157x cos(200πt). The length of the string is
(All quantities are in SI units.)
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The wave having compression and rarefaction is known as
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A wire of length 2L, is made by joining two wires A and B of same length but different radii r and 2r and made of the same material. It is vibrating at a frequency such that the joint of the two wires forms a node. If the number of antinodes in wire A is p and that in B is q then ratio p:q is:
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A string is stretched between fixed points separated by 75.0 cm. It is observed to have resonant frequencies of 420 Hz and 315 Hz. There are no other resonant frequencier between these two. The lowest resonant frequency for this string is:
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Find the wrong statement form the following about the equation of stationary wave given by Y=0.04cosπxsin50πt m where t is in second. Then for the stationary wave.
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The electron in the hydrogen atom is moving with a speed of 2.3×106 m s-1 in an orbit of 0.53 A0. Calculate the period of revolution of electron. π=3.142
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Draw a graph between displacement from mean position and time for a body executing free vibration in a vacuum.
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If n1, n2 and n3 are the fundamental frequencies of three segments into which a string is divided, then the original fundamental frequency n of the string is given by:
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If the frequency of wave is tripled, then its wave length:
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A stretched string fixed at both ends has m nodes, then the length of the string will be
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A granite rod of 60 cm length is clamped at its middle point and is set into longitudinal vibrations. The density of granite is 2.7×103 kg m-3 and its Young's modulus is 9.27×1010 Pa. What will be the fundamental frequency of the longitudinal vibrations?
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A stretched wire of length 260 cm is set into vibrations. It is divided into three segments whose frequencies are in the ratio 2:3:4 . Their lengths must be
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The electric field of a plane electromagnetic wave is given by E=E0x^+y^sinkz-ωt. Its magnetic field will be given by

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A wire of length L and mass per unit length 6.0×10-3 kg m-1 is put under tension of 540 N. Two consecutive frequencies that it resonates at are: 420 Hz and 490 Hz. Then L in meters is :
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Complete the table using given statements associated with waves. 

  1. Particles vibrate in a direction parallel to the direction of propagation of waves. 
  2. Formed on the surface of solids and liquids.
  3. Crests and troughs are formed.
  4. Compression and rarefactions are formed.
Longitudinal waves Transverse waves
   

 

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Waves inside a gas are
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The linear distance between a consecutive compression and rarefaction in longitudinal wave is