MDCAT – Physics 1st Year

Ch # 8 (Waves)
1. Two pipes one is open and the other is closed at one end are of same length, then the ratio of their
fundamental frequencies is:
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 1 : 1 (D) 1 : 4
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2. A sound wave of frequency 400 Hz, is travelling at a speed of 320ms . What is the difference in
phase between two points on the wave 0.2 m apart?
π π 2π 4π
(A) rad (B) rad (C) rad (D)
4 2 5 5
3. A taut wire is clamped at two points 1 m apart. It is plucked near one end. Which are three longest
wavelengths present on the vibrating wire?
(A) 1.0 m, 0.50 m and 0.25 m (B) 1.0 m, 0.67 m and 0.50 m
(C) 2.0 m, 0.67 m and 0.40 m (D) 2.0 m, 1.0 m and 0.67 m
4. Velocity of sound in vacuum at 0° C is:
(A) 332ms−1 (B) 320 ms−1 (C) zero (D) 224 ms−1
5. The velocity of sound in air would become double than its velocity at 20° C is:
(A) 313 K (B) 586 K (C) 899 K (D) 1172 K
6. Silence zero takes place due to:
(A) Constructive interference (B) destructive interference
(C) Beats (D) resonance
7. Speed of sound in air at a given temperature is 350ms−1. An engine blows a whistle at a frequency
of 1200 cycle s−1 . It is approaching the observer with velocity 50ms−1. The apparent frequency in
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cycle s as heard by the observer will be:
(A) 600 (B) 1050 (C) 1400 (D) 2400
8. If a train of waves moving along a rope has a velocity 100 ms−1 and wavelength of 20 m, then the
time period is:
(A) 5 second (B) 2000 second (C) 0.2 second (D) 666 second
9. Transverse waves can propagate:
(A) Both in gas and a metal (B) In a gas but not in metal
(C) Neither in gas nor in a metal (D) Not in a gas but in a metal
10. The vibration taking place in diaphragm of microphone will be:
(A) Damped vibration (B) Free vibration
(C) Forced vibration (D) electrically maintained vibration
11. Which of the following emits sound of higher pitch?
(A) Mosquito (B) Donkey (C) Lion (D) Man
12. A stretched wire with clamped ends has a fundamental frequency of 1000 Hz. What will be the new
fundamental frequency if the tension in the wire increases by 2 times?
(A) 980 Hz (B) 1020 Hz (C) 1010 Hz (D) 1410 Hz
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13. If 20 waves pass through the medium in 1 second with speed of 20 ms then the wavelength is:
(A) 20 m (B) 2 m (C) 400 m (D) 1 m
14. A tuning fork when sounded together with a tuning fork of frequency 256 Hz emits two beats per
second. The frequency of first tuning fork is :
(A) 257 Hz (B) 258 Hz (C) 256 Hz (D) 254 Hz
15. Stars moving towards the earth show a:
(A) red shift (B) blue shift (C) yellow shift (D) green shift
16. The speed of sound at 30 ° C is approximately equal to:
(A) 332 ms−1 (B) 335 ms−1 (C) 340 ms−1 (D) 350 ms−1
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17. A cylindrical tube, open at both ends has a fundamental frequency ‘n’ in air. The tube is dipped
vertically in water so that half of it is in water. The fundamental frequency of air column is now:
n 3n
(A) (B) (C) n (D) 2n
2 4
18. Which of the following phenomena cannot take place with sound waves?
(A) Reflection (B) Interference (C) Diffraction (D) Polarization
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19. The speed of sound in a gas at N.T.P is 300ms . If the pressure increases 4 times without change in
temperature, the velocity of sound will be:
(A) 150 ms−1 (B) 300ms−1 (C) 600 ms−1 (D) 120 ms−1
20. The diagram below shows the profile of a wave which points are in phase:

(A) FG (B) CE (C) BG (D) BF

21. If the number of loops of a stationary waves are increasing then:
(A) Wavelength gets higher (B) Wavelengths gets shorter
(C) Wavelength becomes constant (D) None of these
22. A 4 m long string fixed at its ends resonates in 4 segments. The wavelength of the wave is:
(A) 4 m (B) 2 m (C) 0.5 m (D) 0.25 m
23. Increase in velocity of sound in air for 1℃ rise in temperature is:
(A) 1.61 ms−1 (B) 61.0 ms−1 (C) 0.61 ms−1 (D) 16 ms−1
24. The velocity of sound in air at N.T.P, according to newton’s formula, is:
(A) 280 ms−1 (B) 330 ms−1 (C) 380 ms−1 (D) none of these

25. What is the dimensional formula of

(A) [ M L T ]
° ° °
(B) [ ML T °
√] γP ?
d
(C)[ M ° LT −2 ] (D) [ M ° LT −1 ]
26. Sound travels faster in air moist air because:
(A) Moist air is heavier than dry air
(B) The value of γ for moist air is greater than that for dry air
(C) The pressure of moist air is greater than that of dry air
(D) The density of most air is less than that of dry air
27. When a waves passes from one medium to another, there is change in:
(A) Frequency and velocity (B) Frequency and wavelength
(C) Wavelength and velocity (D) Frequency, wavelength and velocity
28. The intensity ratio of two waves is 1:16. The ratio of their amplitudes is:
(A) 1 : 16 (B) 1 : 4 (C) 4 : 1 (D) 2 : 1
29. In a closed organ pipe, the fundamental frequency is f. What will be the ratio of the frequencies of
the next three overtones?
(A) 2 : 3 : 4 (B) 3 : 4 : 5 (C) 3 : 7 : 11 (D) 3 : 5 : 7
30. A sound source is moving towards stationary listener with 1/10th of the speed of sound. The ratio of
apparent to real frequency is:

( ) ( )
2 2
9 10 11 11
(A) (B) (C) (D)
10 9 10 10
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31. A 120 Hz wave on a string has amplitude of 0.16 mm. How much approximate energy exits in 80
gram of string?
(A) 0.1 mJ (B) 0.2 mJ (C) 0.3 mJ (D) 0.6 mJ
32. The frequency of a fork is 200 Hz. The distance through which sound travels by the time the fork
makes 16 vibrations is (Velocity of sound in air is 340 ms−1)
(A) 34 m (B) 21.25 m (C) 425 m (D) 27.2 m
33. A sonometer wire supports a 4 kg load and vibrates in fundamental mode with a tuning fork of
frequency 416 Hz. The length of the wire between the bridges is now doubled. In order to maintain
fundamental mode, the load should be changes to:
(A) 1 kg (B) 2 kg (C) 8 kg (D) 16 kg
34. The velocity of sound in air is 360 ms−1 while that in water is 1440ms−1. If the wavelength of sound
in air is 2 cm, that in water is:
1
(A) cm (B) 2 cm (C)8 cm (D) 16 cm
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35. A wave of frequency 500 Hz has a velocity of 360 ms−1. What is the distance between two nearest
points 60° out of phase?
(A) 6 cm (B) 12 cm (C) 10 cm (D) 120 cm
36. Two tuning forks of frequencies 256 Hz and 258 Hz are sounded together. The time interval
between consecutive maxima heard by observer is:
(A) 2 s (B) 0.5 s (C) 250 s (D) 252 s
37. Forks A and B produce 6 beats/s. A and C produce two beats/s. Forks B and C will produce ---------
beats/s.
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 5
38. Laplace assumed that sound propagation in a gas takes place under:
(A) Isothermal conditions (B) Adiabatic condition
(C) Isobaric condition (D) Isochoric condition
39. A man keeping his ear near the rails hears two sounds when a hammer is struck on rails at a
distance. This is because:
(A) Of resonance
(B) Of echo
(C) The sounds are produced, one through air and other through rails
(D) None of the above
40. Consider a stretched string under tension and fixed at both ends. If the tension is doubled and the
cross-sectional area halve, then the frequency becomes:
(A) Twice (B) Half (C) Four times (D) Eight times