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The period of a simple pendulum, whose bob is a hollow metallic sphere, is T. The period is T1 when the bob is filled with sand, T2 when it is filled with mercury and T3 when it is half filled with mercury. Which of the following is true (b) T1 = T1 = T3 > T (a) T = T1 = T2 > T3 (d) T = T1 = T2 < T3 (c) T > T3 > T1 = T2 9. A pendulum clock that keeps correct time on the earth is taken to the moon it will run (it is given that gMoon = gEarth/6) (a) At correct rate (b) 6 time faster

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oscillates with a period of sec. is 4 1 (c) kg (d) 10 kg (a) kg (b) 1 kg 4 A spring with 10 coils has spring constant k. It is exactly cut into two halves, then each of these new springs will have a spring constant (a) k/2 (b) 3k/2 (c) 2k (d) 3k (c) 6 time faster (d) 6 times slowly A pendulum has time period T in air. When it is made to 10. Four massless springs whose force constants are 2k, 2k, k and 2k respectively are attached to a mass M kept on a frictional oscillate in water, it acquired a time period T = 2 T. The plane (as shown in fig.). density of the pendulum bob is equal to (density of water = 1)
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(c) 2 2 (d) None of these An object of mass 0.2 kg executes simple harmonic along X25 axis with frequency of Hz. At the position x = 0.04 m, the object has kinetic energy of 0.5 J and potential energy of 0.4 J amplitude of oscillation in meter is equal to (a) 0.05 (b) 0.06 (c) 0.01 (d) None of these Time period of a block suspended from the upper plate of a parallel plate capacitor by a spring of stiffness k is T. 11. k E q When block is uncharged. It a charged q is given to the block them, the new time period of oscillation will be (a) T (b) > T (c) <T (d) T A man weighing 60 kg stands on the horizontal platform of a spring balance. The platform starts executing simple 2 Hz. harmonic motion of amplitude 0.1 m and frequency Which of the following statement is correct (a) The spring balance reads the weight of man as 60 kg (b) The spring balance reading fluctuates between 60 kg and 70 kg (c) The spring balance reading fluctuates between 50 kg and 60 kg (d) The spring balance reading fluctuates between 50 kg and 70 kg A man having a wrist watch and a pendulum clock rises on a TV tower. The wrist watch and pendulum clock per chance fall from the top of the tower. Then (a) Both will keep correct time during the fall (b) Both will keep incorrect time during the fall (c) Wrist watch will keep correct time and clock will become fast (d) Clock will stop but wrist watch will function normally. A force of 6.4 N stretches a vertical spring by 0.1 m. The mass that must be suspended from the spring so that it

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1 1 7k k (d) 2 7 M 2 M Values of the acceleration A of a particle moving in simple harmonic motion as a function of its displacement x are given in the table below. 8 0 8 16 A (mm s-2) 16 x (mm) 4 2 0 2 4 The period of the motion is 2 1 s (b) s (c) s (d) s (a) 2 5T Two pendulums have time periods T and . They start 4 S.H.M. at the same time from the mean position. What will be the phase difference between them after the bigger pendulum has complete one oscillation (a) 45 (b) 90 (c) 60 (d) 30 The periodic time of a particle doing simple harmonic motion is 4 second. The time taken by it go from its mean position to half the maximum displacement (amplitude) is 2 1 s (d) s (a) 2s (b) 1s (c) 3 3 The displacement of a particle from its mean position (in metre) is given by y = 0.2 sin (10t + 1.5) cos (10 t + 1.5 ). The motion of particle is (a) Periodic but not S.H.M. (b) Non-periodic (c) Simple harmonic motion with period 0.1 s (d) Simple harmonic motion with period 0.2 s The kinetic energy and the potential energy of a particle executing S.H.M. are equal. The ratio of its displacement and

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(a) y = A sin ( t + kx ) (b) y = 0.8 A sin ( t + kx ) (c) y = 0.8 A sin ( t + kx) (d) y = A sin (t + 0.8 kx) 3 1 1 (b) (c) (d) 2 (a) 26. The frequency of the first harmonic of a string stretched 2 2 2 between two points is 100 Hz. The frequency of the liquid 16. Two simple pendulums of lengths 1.44 m and 1 m start overtone is swinging together. After how many vibrations will they again (a) 200 Hz (b) 300 Hz start swinging together (c) 400 Hz (d) 600 Hz (a) 5 oscillations of smaller pendulum 27. A sound wave of wavelength 32 cm enters the tube at S as (b) 6 oscillations of smaller pendulum shown in the fig. (c) 4 oscillations of bigger pendulum (d) 6 oscillations of bigger pendulum A A sin t + cos t 17. Equations y1 = A sin t and y2 = 2 2 represent S.H.M. The ratio of the amplitudes of the two Then the smallest radius r so that a minimum of sound is motions is heard at detector D is (a) 1 (b) 2 (a) 7 cm (b) 14 cm (c) 21 cm (d) 28 cm (c) 0.5 (d) 2 28. A stretched wire of length 110 cm is divided into three 18. A particle doing simple harmonic motion, amplitude = 4 cm, segments whose frequencies are in ratio 1 : 2 : 3. Their time period = 12 sec. The ratio between time taken by it in lengths must be going from its mean position to 2 cm and from 2 cm to (a) 20 cm ; 30 cm ; 60 cm extreme position is (b) 60 cm ; 30 cm ; 20 cm (a) 1 (b) 1/3 (c) 60 cm ; 20 cm ; 30 cm (c) (d) (d) 30 cm ; 60 cm ; 20 cm 19. On a planet a freely falling body takes 2 sec when it is 29. Unlike a laboratory sonometer, a stringed instrument is dropped from a height of 8 cm, the time period of simple seldom plucked in the middle. Supposing a sitar string is pendulum of length 1 m on that planet is 1 (a) 3.14 sec (b) 16.28 sec th of its length from the end. The most plucked at about (c) 1.57 sec (d) None of these 4 20. If a simple pendulum is taken to place when g decreases by prominent harmonic would be 2%, then the time period (a) Eighth (b) Fourth (a) Decreases by 1% (b) Increases by 2% (c) Third (d) Second (c) Increases by 2% (d) Increases by 1% 30. If n1, n2, n3 are the frequencies of segments of a stretched 21. Two simple pendulum first of bob mass M1 and length L1 string, the frequency n of the string is given by second of bob mass M2 and length L2. M1 = M2 and L1 = 2L2. (b) n = n1 n 2 n 3 ... (a) n = n1 + n2 + n3 + If these vibrational energy of both is same. Then which is 1 1 1 1 correct (c) = + + + .. (d) None of these (a) Amplitudes of B greater than A n2 n3 n n1 (b) Amplitude of B smaller than A 31. The equation of stationary wave along a stretched string is (c) Amplitudes will be same (d) None of these x given by y = 5 sin cos 40 t where x and y are in 22. An engine is moving on a circular track with a constant 3 speed. It is blowing a whistle of frequency 500 Hz. The centimetre and t in second. The separation between two frequency received by an observer standing stationary at the adjacent nodes is : centre of the track is (a) 6 cm (b) 4 cm (a) 500 Hz (b) More than 500 Hz (c) 3 cm (d) 1.5 cm (c) Less than 500 Hz 32. Two trains, over coming towards and another going away (d) More or less than 500 Hz depending on the actual speed from an observer both at 4 m/s produce whistle of the engine simultaneously of frequency 300 Hz. Find the number of 23. In a resonance tube, the first resonance is obtained when the beats produced level of water in the tube is at 16 cm from the open end. (a) 5 (b) 6 Neglecting end correction, the next resonance will be (c) 7 (d) 12 obtained when the level of water from the open end is 33. A source of sound emits 200 kW power which is uniformly (a) 24 cm (b) 32 cm distributed over a sphere of 10 m radius. What is the loudness (c) 48 cm (d) 64 cm of sound on the surface of a sphere 24. To raise the pitch of a stringed musical instrument the player (a) 200 dB (b) 200 dB can (c) 120 dB (d) 20 dB (a) Loosen the string (b) Tighten the string 34. When a wave travels in a medium, the particle displacement (c) Shorten the string (d) Both (b and (c) is given by y(x, t) = 0.03 sin (2t 0.01 x) where y and x are 25. A wave travelling along positive x-axis is given by y = A sin metres and t in seconds. The phase difference, at a given (t kx). If it is reflected from rigid boundary such that 80% instant of time between two particle 25 m, apart in the amplitude is reflected, then equation of reflected wave is amplitude will be

medium, is (a) 220 Hz (b) 440 Hz (c) 880 Hz (d) 1760 Hz (a) (b) (c) (d) 43. A glass tube 1.5 m long and open at both ends, is immersed 8 4 2 vertically in a water tank completely. A tuning fork of 660 Hz 35. A sine wave has an amplitude A and wavelength . Let V be is vibrated and kept at the upper end of the tube and the tube the wave velocity and v be the maximum velocity of a is gradually raised out of water. The total number of particle in the medium. Then resonances heard before the tube comes out of water, taking 3A (b) V = v if A = 2 (a) V = v if = velocity of sound air 330 m/sec is 2 (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4 44. In the 5th overtone of an open organ pipe these are (N-stands (c) V = v if A = (d) V can not be equal to v 2 for nodes and A-for antinodes) 36. A pipe open at both ends produces a note of frequency f1. (a) 2N, 3A (b) 3N, 4A 3 (c) 4N, 5A (d) 5N, 4A When the pipe is kept with th of its length it water, it 45. An engine approaches a hill with a constant speed. When it is 4 at a distance of 0.9 km it blows a whistle, whose echo is f1 is produces a note of frequency f2. The ratio heard by the driver after 5 sec. f2

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1 3 4 (b) (c) (d) 2 4 3 2 A man fires a bullet standing between two cliffs. First echo is heard after 3 seconds and second echo is heard after 5 seconds. If the velocity of sound is 330 m/s, then the distance between the cliffs is (a) 1650 m (b) 1320 m (c) 990 m (d) 660 m The equation for spherical progressive wave is (where r is the distance between the source) a sin ( t kx) (a) y = a sin ( t kx) (b) y = r a a (c) y = sin ( t kx) (d) y = sin ( r kx) r 2 A tuning fork a produces 4 beats/sec with another tuning fork B of frequency 320 Hz. On filling the fork A, 4 beats/sec are again heard. The frequency of fork A, after filling is (a) 324 Hz (b) 320 Hz (c) 316 Hz (d) 314 Hz The number of beats produced per second by two vibrations : x1 = x0 sin 646 t and x2 = x0 sin 652 t is (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6 50 tuning forks are arranged in increasing order of their frequencies such that each gives 4 beats/sec with its previous tuning fork. If the frequencies of the last fork is octave of the first, then the frequency of the first tuning fork is (a) 200 Hz (b) 240 Hz (c) 196 Hz (d) None of these 1 The fundamental frequency of a closed pipe is 220 Hz. If 4 of the pipe is filled with water, the frequency of the first overtone of the pipe now is
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If speed of sound in air is 330 m/s, the speed of engine is (a) 10 m/s (c) 30 m/s (b) 20 m/s (d) 40 m/s