1) The K.E and P.

E of a particle executing SHM with

amplitude A will be equal to when its displacement is:

2) The bob of simple Pendulum is a spherical hallow ball filled

with water. A plugged hole near the bottom of the oscillating
bob gets suddenly unplugged. During observation, till water
is coming out, the time period of oscillation would:
a) Remain Unchanged
b) Increase towards a saturation value
c) First increase and then decrease to the original value
d) First decrease and then increase to the original value
3) If two tuning forks A and B are sounded together, they
produce 4 beats per second, A is then slightly loaded
with wax, they produce beats when sounded again. The
frequency of A is 256Hz. The frequency of B will be:
a) 250Hz b) 252Hz
c) 260Hz d) 262Hz
4) There are three sources of sound of equal intensity with
frequencies 400, 401 and 402 vibrations/sec. The
number of beats heard per second is:
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
5) Two pulses in a stretched string whose centers are initially 8cm
apart are moving towards each other as shown in the figure. The
speed of each pulse is 2cm/s. After 2 second, the total energy of
the pulse will be:
a) Zero 8cm

b) Purely Kinetic Energy

c) Purely Potential Energy
d) Partially Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy
6) The Stretched string instead of plucked in middle is
plucked at a point (1/4th) of its length from either of its
ends. The frequency of vibration would be:
a) Four times when plucked in the middle
b) Twice when plucked in the middle
c) Eight times when plucked in the middle
d) Same as when plucked in the middle
7) The Sonometer wire, 100cm in length has a fundamental
frequency of 330Hz. The velocity of propagation of
transverse wave along the wire is:
a) 330 ms-1
b) 660 ms-1
c) 115 ms-1
d) 990 ms-1
8) A sufficiently long closed organ pipe has a small hole at
its bottom. Initially, the pipe is empty. Water is poured
in to the pipe at a constant rate. The fundamental
frequency of the air column in the pipe:
a) Constantly increases
b) First increases and then becomes constant
c) Continuously decreases
d) First decreases and then becomes constant
9) An increase in intensity level of one decibel implies an
increase in intensity of :
a) 1.0%
b) 3.01%
c) 26%
d) 0.1%
10) A rocket ship is recording from the earth at a speed
0.2c. The ship emits a signal of frequency 4 x 107 Hz.
The apparent frequency to an observer on the surface
of the earth is :
a)
b)
c)
d)
11) A particle executing SHM has an acceleration of
0.5ms-2 for a displacement of 2m. Its period is :
a) 1.256 s
b) 12.56 s
c) 125.6 s
d) 0.1256 s
12) A wave of frequency 500Hz is propagating at a velocity
of 360ms-1. the distance between the two particle with a
phase difference of 600 is
a) 60cm
b) 24cm
c) 48cm
d) 12cm
13) A transverse wave is represented by the equation
, where the symbols have their
usual meaning. The ration (ω/k) has the Dimensions
a) [M L T-2]
b) [M L0T-1]
c) [M0L T-1]
d) [M L2T-2]
14) The Phase difference between two particles 25m apart,
when the wave y = 0.03 sin π[2t−0.01x] travels in a
medium, is :
a) π/8
b) π/4
c) π/2
d) π
15) The temperature at which the speed of sound in air is
1.5 times the speed of sound at 270C is
a) 2040
b) 4020
c) 1020
d) 204 K

16) The increase in speed of sound, on increasing the

temperature by 100C is
a) 0.61ms-1
b) 60ms-1
c) 6ms-1
d) 600ms-1
17) A tuning fork produces 5 beats per sec, when sounded
together with tuning fork of frequency either 250Hz or
260Hz. The frequency of A is
a) 265Hz
b) 245Hz
c) 255Hz
d) 270Hz
18) The variation of speed of sound in a gas with pressure
p is best represented by the following curve
a) b) c) d)
v v v v

p p p p
19) The quality of sound depends on its:
a) Wavelength
b) Frequency
c) Overtones present
d) Intensity

20) The wavelength of light coming from a star shifts

towards violet end of the spectrum. This indicates that
the star is ,
a) Approaching the earth
b) Receding from earth
c) Stationary
d) Rotating
21) A circular disc has 1200 holes and it is rotating at rate
of 720 rpm. The frequency of the note emitted will be
a) 1200 720Hz
b) 1.67Hz
c) 8400Hz
d) 14,400Hz
22) Of the following, the graphs that better represents the
variation of frequency f of a vibrating string with the
square root of tension is:
f f f f

a) b) c) d)
23) An open organ pipe X is twice as long as a closed pipe
Y. The ratio of their fundamental frequencies is,
a) 1 : 1
b) 1 : 2
c) 2 : 1
d) 1 : 4
24) A sonometer wire is vibrating in its second overtone.
The region between the two bridges contains

a) Two nodes and Two antinodes

b) Four nodes and Three antinodes
c) Three nodes and Two antinodes
d) Three nodes and Three antinodes
25) In brass string, the velocity of a longitudinal wave is
100 times the velocity of a transverse wave. If the
Young’s module of brass is 1011Nm2 , then the stress in
the wire is
a) 1013 Nm-2 b) 109 Nm-2
c) 1011 Nm-2 d) 107 Nm-2

26) The reverberation time for a crowded hall when

compared to that of an empty hall
a) Is more
b) Is less
c) Is the same
d) can’t be determined
27) The period of the simple pendulum in artificial satellite
and freely falling lifts will be
a) Zero
b) Infinity
c) Finite but not Zero
d) Unpredictable

28) If hole is drilled along a diameter of the earth and a

stone is dropped into the hole then the stone:
a) Passes through the hole and escapes from the earth
b) Comes to rest at the centre of the earth
c) Passes through a certain distance and return back
d) Executes SHM about the centre of the earth
29) A and B are two hills at a distance 510m apart. A
person standing between the hills claps his hands and
hears two echoes at the end of 1s and 2s. The velocity of
sound in air (in ms-1)
a) 1020 b) 340
c) 510 d) 255

30) The frequency of wave represented by the equation

a) 50Hz
b) 25Hz
c) 10Hz
d) 5Hz
31) Percentage increase in tension required to increase the
speed of propagation of a wave 25% along a given steel
wire is
a) 25% b) 50%
c) 56.25% d) 62.5%

32) The frequencies of two sources of sound are 180Hz and

484Hz. The time interval between two consecutive beats
is
a) 4 s
b) 0.25 s
c) 5 s
d) 0.2 s
33) A set of 30 tuning forks are arranged in a series in the
decreasing order of their frequencies. When two
consecutive forks in series are sounded together, they
produce 2 beats per second. The first fork has a
frequency that is the octave of the last. The frequency of
the first fork is:
a) 58Hz b) 116Hz
c) 174Hz d) none

34) The open pipe is suddenly closed at one end with the
result that the frequency of the 3rd harmonic of the
closed pipe is found to be higher by 100Hz than the
fundamental frequency of the open pipe. The
fundamental frequency of the open pipe is :
a) 480Hz b) 300Hz
c) 240Hz d) 200Hz
35) The distance between the bridges of a sonometer is
adjusted such that the wire vibrates in unison with a
tuning fork of frequency fx . When the distance between
the bridges is decreased by 2% the wire and the fork
produce 5beats per second. The value of fx is
a) 500Hz b) 400Hz
c) 250Hz d) 245Hz
36) The fullness of tone in a fine concert hall is determined
by,
a) Loudness of direct sound from the source
b) Loudness of reverberation sound
c) The equilibrium sound level
d) The ratio of the loudness reverberant sound to that of
the direct sound.
37) The effective absorbing surface area of the wall and
materials inside a hall measuring 50m x 26m x 8m for a
reverberation time with of ls is nearly,
a) 104 m2 b) 8 x 103 m2
c) 1.7 x 103 m2 d) none

38) A simple pendulum has time period T1 . The point of

suspension is now moved upward according to the
relation y = Kt2 ,(K=1ms-2) where y is the vertical
displacement. The time period now becomes T2 . The
ratio of
a) 5/6 b) 6/5
c) 4.5 d) 1
39) A whistling train approaches a junction. An observer
standing at junction observes the frequency to be
2.2KHz and 1.8KHz of the approaching and the
receding train. Find the speed of the train in ms-1
(Speed of Sound = 300ms-1)
a) 30 ms-1 b) 10 ms-1
c) 300ms-1 d) 100 ms-1

40) A source emits sound of frequency 600Hz inside water.

The frequency heard in air will be equal to
( Velocity of sound in Water = 1500ms-1,
Velocity of sound in air = 300ms-1 )

a) 3000Hz b) 120Hz
c) 600Hz d) 6000Hz
41) A particle executes SHM between x = −A and x = +A.
The times taken for it go from 0 to A/2 isT1 and to go
from A/2 to A is T2. Then
a) T1 < T2 b) T1 > T2
c) T1 = T2 d) T1 = 2T2

42) A sound wave of frequency 500Hz covers a distance of

1000m in 5s between points X and Y . Then the number
of waves between X and Y are :
a) 500 b) 1000
c) 2500 d) 5000
43) Wavelength of two notes in air are 80/195m and
80/193m. Each note produces five beats per second with
a third note of a fixed frequency. Calculate the velocity
of sound in air.
a) 450 ms-1 b) 425 ms-1
c) 400 ms-1 d) 415 ms-1
44) Calculate the velocity of sound in a gas in which two
waves of length 50cm and 50.4cm produce 6 beats/sec

a) 478ms-1
b) 320ms-1
c) 378ms-1
d) 229ms-1
45) When a tuning fork A of unknown frequency is
sounded with another tuning fork B of frequency 256Hz
then 3 beats/sec are observed. After that A is loaded
with wax and sounded, then again 3beats/sec are
observed. The frequency of tuning fork A is:
a) 250Hz b) 253Hz
c) 259Hz d) 262Hz

46) An engine is moving on a circular path of radius 100m

with a speed of 20ms-1 . What will be the frequency
observed by an observer standing stationary at the
centre of circular path when engine blows a whistle of
frequency 500Hz :
a) More than 500Hz b) Less than 500Hz
c) 500Hz d) No sound is heard
47) A man standing between 2 cliffs fires a gun and hears
two successive echoes 1.2sec and 2.2sec after the firing.
What is the distance between the cliffs? (vs=300ms-1)
a) 150m b) 360m
c) 660m d) 510m
48) Calculate the intensity level of sound having intensity
10 watt m-2
a) 100dB b) 120dB
c) 130dB d) 110dB
49) A resonance air column resonates with a tuning fork of
frequency 480Hz at length 0.20 m. Calculate the
velocity of sound in air.
a) 288ms-1 b) 128ms-1
c) 384ms-1 d) 452ms-1
50) Resonance was observed with an air column when its
length was 0.25m and again when it was 0.5m . If the
frequency of the fork is 512Hz, calculate the velocity of
the sound in air.
a) 512ms-1 b) 384ms-1
c) 128ms-1 d) 256ms-1

51) Calculate the reverberation time for an auditorium in

which sound decays by absorption through 50 decibels
in 1.2sec.
a) 1.81 sec b) 1.44 sec
c) 1.00 sec d) 1.60 sec
52) A transfers wave along a stretched string is represented
below then which of the following is true
a. (1, 7) and (2, 8) are in phase
b. (3, 6) and (2, 4) are in phase
c. (2, 5) and (5, 8) are not in phase
3
2 4 8
1 5 7
6
a) Only b is true b) a & b are true
c) a & c are true d) a, b & c are all true
53) The amplitude of sound wave at a distance of 0.2Km
from source is A . What is the amplitude of the wave at
a distance of 0.4Km from source.
a) A/2 b) A/4
c) 2A d) A

54) The frequencies of two sound waves are 512Hz and

516Hz. What will be the time interval between two
consecutive beats?
a) 1.0 sec b) 0.4 sec
c) 0.25sec d) 0.0 sec
55) How many beats are heard per second when there are
three sources of equal intensity with frequencies

a) 3 beats per sec

b) 1 beat per sec
c) 0 beat per sec
d) 2 beats per sec
56) For what wavelength of waves, does a closed pipe of
length 30cm emit the first overtone.
a) 35cm
b) 44cm
c) 38cm
d) 40cm
57) A brass wire and a steel wire of the same length and
diameter are stretched to the same tension. Which wire
emits a higher fundamental frequency?
a) Brass wire has higher frequency than steel wire
b) Steel wire has higher frequency than brass wire
c) Both have same frequency
d) Data is incomplete
58) A stretched string of length 0.6m vibrates in its third
mode. What is the wave length of waves on the string?

a) 0.9m
b) 1.2m
c) 0.3m
d) 0.4m
59) A spherical and cylindrical surfaces must be avoided in
auditorium to avoid because,
a) Produces echoes b) Undesirable focusing of sound
c) It is not fashionable d) None of the above

60) Echo which has a musical ring is called

a) Noise Pollution b) Echelon effect
c) Classical music d) Pop music

61) Why sound persisted even after the source stops

emitting sound
a) Reverberation effect b) Multiple reflection
c) Echo d) Just Illusion