CHAMP-2024
PHYSICS PRACTICE SESSION
ONLY QUESTIONS
TARGET : JEE (Main) 2024
NO. 10
Syllabus : STRING WAVE AND SOUND WAVE
SECTION - I
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
This section contains 15 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4) for its
answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
1. The following figure depicts a wave travelling in a medium. Which pair of particles are in phase.
(1) A and D (2) B and F (3) C and E (4) B and G
2. Two small boats are 10m apart on a lake. Each pops up and down with a period of 4.0 seconds due to
wave motion on the surface of water. When one boat is at its highest point, the other boat is at its
lowest point. Both boats are always within a single cycle of the waves. The speed of the waves is :
(1) 2.5 m/s (2) 5.0 m/s (3) 14 m/s (4) 40 m/s
3. A wave moving with constant speed on a uniform string passes the point x = 0 with amplitude A0,
angular frequency 0 and average rate of energy transfer P0. As the wave travels down the string it
P0
gradually loses energy and at the point x = , the average rate of energy transfer becomes . At the
2
point x = , angular frequency and amplitude are respectively :
(1) 0 and A0/ 2 (2) 0/ 2 and A0 (3) less than 0 and A0 (4) 0/ 2 and A0 / 2
4. A string fixed at both ends has consecutive standing wave modes for which the distances between
adjacent nodes are 18 cm and 16 cm respectively. The length of the string is -
(1) 144 cm (2) 152 cm (3) 176 cm (4) 200 cm
5. A steel wire of mass 4.0 g and length 80 cm is fixed at the two ends. The tension in the wire is 50 N.
The wavelength of the fourth harmonic of the fundamental will be :
(1) 80 cm (2) 60 cm (3) 40 cm (4) 20 cm
6. A traveling wave of frequency 500 Hz is moving with a velocity of 360 m/s. The distance between the
two points 60º out of phase is
(1) 0.06m (2) 0.12m (3) 0.18m (4) 0.24m
7. A sound wave of frequency 500 Hz covers a distance of 1000 m in 5 second between the points X and
Y. Then the number of waves between X and Y is :
(1) 500 (2) 1000 (3) 2500 (4) 5000
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8. Two sound waves propagating in a medium are given by P1 (0, t) = 2 sin (200 t) and P2 (0, t) = 5 sin
(150 t). The ratio of intensities produced at x = 0 is : (all units are in S.I. system)
(1) 4 : 25 (2) 9 : 100 (3) 8 : 15 (4) 64 : 225
9. In a sound wave, to increase the intensity by a factor of 10, pressure amplitude must be changed by a
factor of :
(1) 10 (2) 10 (3) 10 2 (4) 20
10. Two waves having the intensities in the ratio of 9 : 1 produce interference. The ratio of maximum to
minimum intensity is equal to :
(1) 10 : 8 (2) 9 : 1 (3) 4 : 1 (4) 2 : 1
11. The two pipes are submerged in sea water, arranged as shown in figure. Pipe A with length LA = 1.5 m
and one open end, contains a small sound source that sets up the standing wave with the second
lowest resonant frequency of that pipe. Sound from pipe A sets up resonance in pipe B, which has both
ends open. The resonance is at the second lowest resonant frequency of pipe B. The length of the pipe
B is :
(1) 1 m (2) 1.5 m (3) 2 m (4) 3 m
12. A source of sound of frequency 256 Hz is moving rapidly towards a wall with a velocity of
5 m/sec. If sound travels at a speed of 330 m/sec, then number of beats per second heard by an
observer between the wall and the source is:
(1) 7.7 Hz (2) 9 Hz (3) 4 Hz (4) none of these
13. Two identical wires are stretched by the same tension of 101 N & each emits a note of frequency
202 Hz. If the tension in one wire is increased by 1 N, then the beat frequency is:
1
(1) 2 Hz (2) Hz (3) 1 Hz (4) none of these
2
14. A source of frequency 'f' is stationary and an observer starts moving towards it at t = 0 with constant
small acceleration. Then the variation of observed frequency f ' registered by the observer with time is
best represented as :
(1) (2) (3) (4)
15. In the figure shown a source of sound of frequency 510 Hz moves with constant velocity
vs = 20 m/s in the direction shown. The wind is blowing at a constant velocity vw = 20 m/s towards an
observer who is at rest at point B. The frequency detected by the observer corresponding to the sound
emitted by the source at initial position A, will be (speed of sound relative to air = 330 m/s)
(1) 485 Hz (2) 500 Hz (3) 512 Hz (4) 525 Hz
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SECTION-II
(NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE QUESTIONS)
This section contains 5 Questions. The answer to each question is NUMERICAL VALUE with twodigit integer
and decimal upto one digit.
16. A block is suspended at the end of a heavy string as shown. Find acceleration in dm/s2 of a transverse
pulse created at bottom of the string. (Take g = 9.8 m/s2)
17. A long wire PQR is made by joining two wires PQ and QR of equal radii. PQ has a length 4.8 m and
mass 0.06 kg. QR has length 2.56 m and mass 0.2 kg. The wire PQR is under a tension of 80 N. A
sinusoidal wave pulse of amplitude 3.5 cm is sent along the wire PQ from the end P. No power is
dissipated during the propagation of wave pulse. Find amplitude (in mm) of reflected pulse from
jucntion Q.
18. A point source of power 50 watts is producing sound waves. The velocity of sound is 330 m/s, density
of air is 1.0 kgm–3. Then (using = 22/7) at r = 330 m from the point source then the pressure
amplitude is x Nm–2. Find the value of x.
19. An open organ pipe of length 90 cm is vibrating in second overtone. Find distance (in cm) between
consecutive displacement node and pressure node.
20. Two sound waves with wavelength 5m and 5.5m respectively, each propagate in a gas with velocity
330 m/s, then the number of beat per second is x. Find x.
ANSWER KEY OF DPP NO. 10
1. (4) 2. (2) 3. (1) 4. (1) 5. (3)
6. (2) 7. (3) 8. (1) 9. (1) 10. (3)
11. (3) 12. (4) 13. (3) 14. (1) 15. (4)
16. 49 17. 15 18. 5 19. 15 20. 6
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