PHYSICS

31. Two monatomic ideal gases 1 and 2 of molecular masses m1 and m2

respectively are enclosed in separate containers kept at the same
temperature. The ratio of the speed of sound in gas 1 to that in gas 2 is
given by
m1 m2 m1 m2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
m2 m1 m2 m1
32. A train moves towards a stationary observer with speed 34 m/s. The train
sounds a whistle of a constant frequency and its frequency registered by the
observer is f1. If the train's speed is reduced to 17 m/s, the frequency
registered is f2. If the speed of sound is 340 m/s then ratio f1/f2 is
(1) 18/19 (2) 1/2 (3) 2 (4) 19/18
33. A wall is moving with velocity u and a source of frequency f moves with
u
velocity in the same direction as shown in the figure. If the velocity of
2
sound is 10u, the apparent wavelength received by the wall is
u
u
S
2

19u u 9u 19u
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2f f f f
34. A pulse of sound wave travels a distance l in helium gas in time T at a
particular temperature. If at the same temperature a pulse of sound wave is
propagated in oxygen gas, it will cover the same distance l in time
(approximately)
(1) 4.36T (2) 0.23T (3) 3T (4) 0.46T
35. The frequency of a whistle is 300 Hz. It is approaching towards a
stationary observer with a speed 1/3 of the speed of sound. The frequency
of sound as heard by the observer will be
(1) 450 Hz (2) 300 Hz (3) 400 Hz (4) 425
Hz
36. A tuning fork of frequency 480 Hz produces 10 beats per sec, when
sounded with a vibrating sonometer string . What must be the frequency of
the string if a slight decrease in tension produces less beats per sec than
before?
(1) 460 Hz (2) 470 Hz (3) 480 Hz (4) 490
Hz
37. Two sound sources each emitting waves of wavelength  are fixed a given
distance apart and an observer moves from one source to another with a
 constant velocity u along the line joining them. Then number of beats heard
by him per unit time is
2u u u
(1) (2) (3) u (4)
  2
38. A source emitting sound of frequency 1800 Hz moves with constant
velocity along a straight line separated from a stationary observer by a
perpendicular distance of 250 m. The speed of the source is 0.8 times the
speed of sound. The frequency of sound received by the observer at the
moment when the source gets closest to him is
(1) 4000 Hz (2) 4600 Hz (3) 5000 Hz (4) 5600 Hz
39. An open pipe is suddenly closed at one end, as a result of which the
frequency of third harmonic of the closed pipe is found to be higher by100
Hz than the fundamental frequency of the open pipe. The fundamental
frequency of the open pipe is (neglect end correction)
(1) 200 Hz (2) 300 Hz (3) 240 Hz (4) 480
Hz
40. In a resonance column experiment, the first resonance is obtained when the
level of water in the tube is at 16 cm from open end. The next resonance
point will be obtained, when level of water from open end is
(approximately).
(1) 32 cm (2) 48 cm (3) 64 cm (4) 24 cm
41. An object producing a pitch of 400 Hz approaches a stationary observer in
a straight line with a velocity of 200 m/sec. Velocity of sound is 300 m/s.
The person will note a change in frequency, as the object flies past him,
equal to -
(1) 1440 Hz (2) 240 Hz (3) 1200 Hz (4) 960 Hz
42. In a gaseous medium two waves of wavelength 1 m and 1.01 m produce 20
beats in 6 seconds. The velocity of the sound in the gas will be nearly.
(1) 320 m/s (2) 300 m/s (3) 337 m/s (4) 350 m/s
43. A sonic source of frequency n0 = 272 Hz is moving along a horizontal
circle with a constant speed u = 10 m/s a stationary receiver lies in the same
plane outside the circle. If speed of the sound in air is 330 m/s then
minimum (nmin) and maximum (nmax) frequencies received by the observer
will be
(1) nmin = 264 Hz, nmax = 280.5 Hz (2) nmin = 250 Hz, nmax = 280.5 Hz

(3) nmin = 280 Hz, nmax = 320.5 Hz (4) nmin = 250 Hz, nmax = 320 Hz
44. Two waves are propagating along a taut string that is along X-axis. The
first wave has the wave function y1 =A cos [k(x – vt)] and the other has the
wave function
y = A cos [ k(x + vt) + ]
(1) for constructive interference at x = 0,  = 
(2) for constructive interference at x = 0,  = 3
 (3) for destructive interference at x = 0,  = 
(4) for destructive interference at x = 0,  = 2
45. A stationary observer, a source and a wall are in the following succession,
observer  source  wall. The line passing through observer and source
is perpendicular to the wall. Source is moving towards the wall along the
same line. Then
(1) Frequency of direct waves received by the observer is equal to that of
reflected wave (2) wavelength of direct and reflected wave received by
the observer is same
(3) speed of reflected wave is greater than that of direct wave
(4) Beats frequency heard by observer is directly proportional to the speed
of source provided u  v
46. An organ pipe P1 closed at one end vibrating in its first overtone and
another pipe P2 open at the both ends vibrating in its third overtone are in
resonance with a given tuning fork. The ratio of the length of P1 to that of
P2 is
(1) 8/3 (2) 3/8 (3) 1/2 (4) 1/3
47. A whistle producing sound waves of frequency 9,500 Hz and above is
approaching a stationary person with speed u ms 1 along the line joining
them. The velocity of sound in air is 300 ms 1 . If the person can hear
frequencies upto a maximum of 10,000Hz. The maximum value of u upto
which he can hear the whistle is (nearly)
15
(1) 15 2ms 1 (2) ms 1 (3) 15ms 1 (4) 30ms 1
2
48. At a particular instant a source of sound of frequency 1000Hz is at
(2m,1m) and observer is at (5m,5m) . The velocity of source and observer
are 30(iˆ  ˆj ) and 15(iˆ  3 ˆj ) m/ s respectively. Speed of sound in air is
330m / s . The apparent frequency of sound heard by observer at this instant
is, nearly
(1) no apparent change (2) 1042 Hz
(3) 968 Hz (4) 1020 Hz
49. There are three sources of sound of equal intensity with frequencies 400,
401 and 402 vibrations/ second. The number of beats heard per second is
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3
(Paragraph for Q no : 50, 51 & 52)
A car moving towards a vertical wall with a speed of 20ms 1 sounds a horn
of frequency 765 Hz. The wall is moving away from the car; their relative
velocity of separation being 20ms 1 . Also there is a wind that is blowing in a
direction from car towards the wall at a speed of 20ms 1 . The speed of
sound in still air is 340 ms 1 .
50. The frequency of sound as observed by an ant sitting on the wall
 (1) 680 Hz (2) 645 Hz (3) 740 Hz (4) 720 Hz
51. The wavelength of sound waves returning towards the car after reflection
from the wall is
(1) 0.7 m (2) 0.6 m (3) 0.5 m (4) 0.45 m
52. The frequency of the echo of the horn received by the driver of the car is
(1) 680 Hz (2) 645 Hz (3) 740 Hz (4) 720 Hz
53. When a tuning fork and a stretched string fixed at both ends are sounded
together the beat frequency produced is 5 Hz when the tension in the string
is either 121N or 144N. Frequency of the string when its tension is 121N
will be
(1) 115 (2) 110Hz (3) 120 Hz (4) 125 Hz
54. The frequency of the first overtone of an open pipe of length 48 cm is 680
Hz. If the speed of sound in air for the pipe is 340 ms 1 , the end correction
will be
(1) 0.5 cm (2) 1.0 cm (3) 1.5 cm (4) 2.0 cm
55. When two tuning forks A and B are sounded together a beat frequency of 3
Hz is produced. When B in waxed and again A and B are sounded together
the beat frequency increased to 5 Hz. If the frequency of A in 512 Hz, the
frequency of fork B (before it is waxed) maybe
(1) 507 Hz (2) 509 Hz (3) 516 Hz (4) 517 Hz
56. A sound wave of wavelength 40cm travels in air. If the difference between
the maximum and minimum pressures at a given point is 1.0 103 N / m2 and
the bulk modulus of air is 1.6 ´ 105 N / m 2 , the amplitude of vibration of the
particles of the medium is nearly
(1) 1.0 1010 m (2) 2.0 ´ 10 - 10 m (3) 3.3  1010 m (4) 4.4 1010 m
57. A stationary observer receives sound from two tuning forks – one of which
approaches him and the other recedes from him with the same speed. As
this takes place, the observer hears a beat frequency of 2Hz. If the
frequency of oscillation of both the forks is 680 Hz and the speed of sound
in air is 340ms 1 , the speed of each fork will be nearly
(1) 0.25ms 1 (2) 0.3ms 1 (3) 0.4ms 1 (4) 0.5ms 1
58. A source emitting a sound of frequency n is placed at a large distance from
a stationary observer. The source starts from rest and moves towards the
observer with a uniform acceleration a. The frequency heard by the
observer corresponding to the wave emitted just after the source starts, if
the speed of sound in the medium is v is
vn2 2vn2 2vn2
(1) n (2) (3) (4)
vn  a 2vn  a vn  a
59. The first overtone of an open pipe is equal to the second overtone of an one
end closed pipe. If the lengths of the open and closed pipes are lo and lc
respectively, lo / lc =
 4 4 3 5
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 5 4 4
60. A stretched string is vibrating in its fundamental mode. When it is sounded
together with a tuning fork it produces 3 beats/sec. When the tension in the
string is increased by 1 % and its length is also increased by 1 % the beat
frequency between the string and the fork remains unchanged. The
frequency of the tuning fork is
(1) 1197 Hz (2) 1200 Hz (3) 1203 Hz (4) 1206 Hz