PHYSICS

31. A wave is propagating along x-axis. The displacement of particles of the

2
medium in z-direction at t = 0 is given by: z = exp[ –(x + 2) ] , where ‘x’
is in meters. At t = 1s, the same wave disturbance is given by: z = exp[ –
2
(2 – x) ]. Then, the wave propagation velocity is
1) 4 m/s in + x direction 2) 4 m/s in +z direction
3) 2 m/s in + x direction 4) 2 m/s in +z direction
32. The equation of a wave travelling along the positive x-axis, as shown in
figure at t = 0 is given by
(in mm)

1
0
-0.5
-1

     
1) sin  kx   t   2) sin  kx   t   3) sin   t  kx   4) sin
 6  6  6
 
  t  kx  
6
33. A block of mass 1 kg is hanging vertically from a string of length 1 m and
(mass/length) linear mass density = 0.001 Kg/m. A small pulse is
generated at its lower end. The pulse reaches the top end in approximately
 g  10m / sec  2

1) 0.2 sec 2) 0.1 sec 3) 0.02 sec 4) 0.01 sec

34. A uniform rope having some mass hanges vertically from a rigid support.

A transverse wave pulse is produced at the lower end. The speed (v) of the

wave pulse varies with height (h) from the lower end as:

1) 2) 3) 4)
35. A wire of linear mass density 10–2 kgm–1 passes over a frictionless light
pulley fixed on the top of a frictionless fixed inclined plane which makes
an angle of 30° with the horizontal. Masses m and M are tied at two ends
of wire such that m rests on the inclined plane and M hangs freely vertically
downwards as shown in the figure. The entire system is in equilibrium and
a transverse wave propagates along the wire with a velocity of 100ms 1 .

 g  10m / sec 
2

m
fixed M
0
30

m 1
1) M = 5 kg 2)  3) m = 20 kg 4)
M 4

m
4
M

36. Both the strings (of negligible mass compared to mass of blocks), shown
in fig. are made of same material and have same cross section. The pulleys
are light. The wave speed of a transverse wave in the string AB is v1 and
in CD it is v2 . Then v1 / v2 is (Assume the entire system is in equilibrium)

1) 1 2) 2 3) 2 4) 1 / 2
37. Two strings A and B, made of same material, are stretched by same tension.
The radius of string A is double of the radius of B. A transverse wave
travels on A with speed u A and on B with speed uB . The ratio u A / u B
1) 1/2 2) 2 3) 1/4 4) 4
38. The equation y  A sin  kx  t  represents a wave motion with
2
 1) amplitude A, frequency  / 2 2) amplitude A/2, frequency  / 
3) amplitude 2A, frequency  / 4 4) does not represent a wave
motion.
39. A sine wave is travelling in a medium. A particular particle has zero
displacement at a certain instant of time. The particle closest to it at that
same instant having zero displacement is at a distance (wave length of the
wave is  )
1)  4 2)  3 3)  2 4) 
40. A sine wave is travelling in a medium. The minimum distance between
the two particles, always their relative velocity is zero at all instants of time
(wave length of the wave is  )
1)  4 2)  3 3)  2 4) 


The equation of a wave travelling on a sting is Y  4 sin  8t   , if x and
x
41.
2 8

y are in centimeters, then velocity of wave is

1) 64 cm/s in –ve x –direction 2) 32 cm/s in –ve x- direction
3) 32 cm/s in +ve x – direction 4) 64 cm/s in +ve x –
direction

42. In the given fig, if the transverse wave travelling along negative x axis

X 

1) the speed of particles B and C are same

2) the speed of particles A, C and E are maximum

3) the particle F moves downward

4) all particles have same speed

 1
43. A periodic wave is given by the equation y  f  x, t   ; where
 x  2t 
2
1

position x is in meter and time t is in sec. The correct wave profile at the

instant t=1s will be given by which of the following graphs? (Consider Best

Approximation graph)

2 2
y  m y  m
1
1

1) 2)

-2 -1 0 1 2 3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
x
x  m

2
y  m y  m
2
1

3) 4) 1

-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 -2 -1 0 1 2
x m 
x  m

44. A loop of a string of mass per unit length m and radius R is rotated about
an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to the plane with an
angular velocity w . A small disturbance is created in the loop in the same
sense of rotation. The linear speed of the disturbance for a stationary
observer is :
1) wR 2) 2wR 3) 3wR 4) Zero
45. When the plane progressive transverse wave travels on a stretched string
along the positive x-axis. At the given instant the shape of string is as
shown in fig. the tangent at the point P on the stretched string makes an
angle 60 Then the ratio of the kinetic energy of a particle at P to the elastic
potential energy stored at P is
y

P
60
x
 1) tan 2 60 :1 2) sin 2 60 :1 3) cot 2 60 :1 4) 1:1
46. A plane progressive wave is advanced in a medium along the +x-axis in the
ground frame of reference is represented by the equation y  A sin t  kx 
then which of the following statements are correct?
1) When the observer is starting from rest from the origin with a uniform
acceleration a0 along the +positive axis then the wave equation in the
 
observer frame of reference y  A sin   t  ka0t 2   kx 
1
  2  
2) When the observer is starting from rest from the origin with a uniform
acceleration a0 along the +positive axis then the wave equation in the
observer frame of reference y  A sin  t  ka0t 2   kx 
3) When the observer is starting from rest from the origin with a uniform
acceleration a0 along the +positive axis then the wave equation in the
 
observer frame of reference y  A sin   t  ka0t 2   kx 
1
  2  
4) When the observer is starting from rest from the origin with a uniform
acceleration a0 along the +positive axis then the wave equation in the
observer frame of reference y  A sin  t  ka0t 2   kx 
47. A stretched rope having linear mass density 5 x 10-2 kg/m is under a tension
of 80 N. The average power that has to be supplied to the rope to generate
2 2
harmonic waves at a frequency of 60 Hz and an amplitude of m is
15
1) 215 W 2) 251 W 3) 512 W 4) 521 W
48. y-x curve at an instant for a transverse wave travelling along x axis on a
string is shown. Angle made by tangent with horizontal at the point A on
the curve is 60, as shown

A) Transverse velocity of the particle at a point A is parallel to positive y-

direction if the wave is travelling along positive x axis.
B) Transverse velocity of the particle at point A is parallel to positive y

direction if the wave is travelling along negative x axis of the particle at

point A
 C) Magnitude of transverse velocity of the particle at point A is greater

than wave speed

D) Magnitude of transverse velocity of the particle at point A is lesser than

wave speed

1) Only A, C are correct 2) Only B, D are correct

3) Only A, D are correct 4) Only B, C are correct

49. A plane progressive transverse wave is passing through medium along the
positive x-axis at the given instant of time. The nature of the displacement-
position (y – x) graph of particles of medium at that instant is as shown in
figure. Which of the following statements are correct. (Consider A, B, C
are three particles of the vibrating string)
y B
A

C
x

A) Elastic potential energy per unit length of the string at the point B is
more than that at points A and C
B) Elastic potential energy per unit length of the string at the point C is
more than that at points A and B
C) Velocity of the particle at A is along negative y – axis direction
D) Velocity of the particle at C is along positive y – axis.
1) Only B, C, D are correct 2) Only A, C, D are correct
3) Only A, C are correct 4) Only A, D are correct
Passage For Question Numbers 50 To 52
A transverse sinusoidal wave is propagating in negative x-direction in a
string stretched along x-axis. A particle of string at x=2m is found at its
mean position and it is moving in positive y direction at t=1 sec. The
 amplitude of the wave, the wavelength and the angular velocity of the wave
are 0.1 meter,  4 meter and 4 rad/sec respectively.

50. The equation of the wave is

1) y  0.1sin  4  t  1  8  x  2  2) y  0.1sin  4 t  8 x 
3) y  0.1sin  4  t  1  8  x  2  4) y  0.1sin  4 t  8 x 
51. The speed of particle at x = 2m and t=1sec is
1) 0.2 m / s 2) 0.6 m / s 3) 0.4 m / s 4) 0 m/sec
52. The magnitude of instantaneous power transfer through particle at x=2 m
and at t=1.125 sec is
4 2
1) 10 J/sec 2) J / sec 3) J / sec 4) 0 J/sec
3 3
53. A flexible steel cable of total length ‘L’ and mass per unit length  hangs
vertically (under it’s own weight) from a support at upper end. If
transverse pulse starts to move down in the wire from its support. The ratio
L
of acceleration of the pulse at distance from the support end to the
4
L
acceleration of the of the pulse at distance from the support end is K : 1
2
then the value of K is
1
1) 1 2) 2 3) 2 4)
2
54. The same plane progressive wave is represented by two graphs I and II.
Graph I shows how the displacement y varies with the displace x along the
wave at a given time. Graph II shows how y varies with time t at a given
point on the wave. The ratio of measurements AB to CD, marked on the
curves, represents.
y y

A B C D

x t

(I ) ( II )

1) Wave number 2) Wave speed 3) frequency 4) angular

frequency
55. The linear density of a vibrating string is 10-4 kg/m. A transverse wave is

propagating on
 the string, which is described by the equation y = 0.02 sin(x + 30 t), where

x and y are in metres and time t in seconds. Then tension in the string is

1) 0.09 N 2) 0.36 N 3) 0. 9 N 4) 3.6 N

56. At t = 0, a transverse wave pulse in a wire is described by the function y =

6/(x2 – 3) where x and y are in metres. The function y(x, t) that describes this

wave equation if it is travelling in the positive x direction with a speed of 4.5 m/s

is

6 6 6 6
1) y  2) y  3) y  4) y 
( x  4.5t )  3
2
( x  4.5t )  3
2
( x  4.5t )  3
2
( x  4.5t ) 2  3

57. The equation of a wave is given by y = 0.5 sin (100t + 25x). The ratio of

maximum particle velocity to wave velocity is

1) 12.5 2) 25 3) 4 4) 1/8

58. The equations of two transverse waves are given by y1  3sin100 t and

y2  4sin150 t are generated in two stretched strings of same material, same

tension and same linear mass density. Find the ratio of individual average

intensities passing through the strings.

1) 1:4 2) 1:2 3) 1:3 4) 9:16

59. The transverse displacement versus time graph for two waves A and B
which travel along two identical strings having same tension are as shown
in the figure. Their
average intensity ratio I A / I B is
 y
A
3
2
1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
0 t
-1
-2
B
-3
9 81 3
1) 2) 1 3) 4)
4 16 2
60. The figure shows three progressive waves A, B, C. It can be concluded
from the figure that with respect to wave A.

1)the wave C is ahead by a phase angle of p 2 & the wave B lags behind
by a phase angle p 2
2)the wave C lags behind by a phase angle of p 2 & the wave B is ahead
by a phase angle of p 2
3)the wave C is ahead by a phase angle of p & the wave B lags be hind
by the phase angle of p
4) the wave C lags behind by a phase angle of p & the wave B is ahead
by a phase angle of p .