Samacheer Kalvi solutions for Physics - Volume 1 and 2 [English] Class 11 TN Board chapter 11 - Waves [Latest edition]

A student tunes his guitar by striking a 120 Hertz with a tuning fork, and simultaneously plays the 4^th string on his guitar. By keen observation, he hears the amplitude of the combined sound oscillating thrice per second. Which of the following frequencies is the most likely the frequency of the 4th string on his guitar?

A transverse wave moves from a medium A to a medium B. In medium A, the velocity of the transverse wave is 500 ms^-1 and the wavelength is 5 m. The frequency and the wavelength of the wave in medium B when its velocity is 600 ms^-1, respectively are:

For a particular tube, among six harmonic frequencies below 1000 Hz, only four harmonic frequencies are given: 300 Hz, 600 Hz, 750 Hz and 900 Hz. What are the two other frequencies missing from this list?

Which of the following options is correct?

Options for (1), (2) and (3), respectively are

Compare the velocities of the wave forms given below, and choose the correct option.

where, v_A, v_B, v_C and v_D are velocities given in (a), (b), (c) and (d), respectively.

A sound wave whose frequency is 5000 Hz travels in air and then hits the water surface. The ratio of its wavelengths in water and air is ______.

A person standing between two parallel hills fires a gun and hears the first echo after t₁ sec and the second echo after t₂ sec. The distance between the two hills is:

An air column in a pipe which is closed at one end, will be in resonance with the vibrating body of frequency 83Hz. Then the length of the air column is ______.

The displacement y of a wave travelling in the x direction is given by y = (2 x 10^-3) sin `(300 "t" -  2x  +  pi/4)`, where x and y are measured in metres and t in second. The speed of the wave is:

Consider two uniform wires vibrating simultaneously in their fundamental notes. The tensions, densities, lengths and diameter of the two wires are in the ratio 8 : 1, 1 : 2, x : y and 4 : 1 respectively. If the note of the higher pitch has a frequency of 360 Hz and the number of beats produced per second is 10, then the value of x : y is

Which of the following represents a wave.

A man sitting on a swing which is moving to an angle of 60° from the vertical is blowing a whistle which has a frequency of 2.0 k Hz. The whistle is 2.0 m from the fixed support point of the swing. A sound detector which detects the whistle sound is kept in front of the swing. The maximum frequency the sound detector detected is

Let y = `1/(1 + x^2)` at  t = 0 be the amplitude of the wave propagating in the positive x-direction. At t = 2s, the amplitude of the wave propagating becomes y = `1/(1 + (x - 2)^2)`. Assume that the shape of the wave does not
change during propagation. The velocity of the wave is:

A uniform rope having mass m hangs vertically from a rigid support. A transverse wave pulse is produced at the lower end. Which of the following plots shows the correct variation of speed v with height h from the lower end?

An organ pipe A closed at one end is allowed to vibrate in its first harmonic and another pipe B open at both ends is allowed to vibrate in its third harmonic. Both A and B are in resonance with a given tuning fork. The ratio of the length of A and B is

What is meant by waves?

Write down the types of waves.

What are transverse waves? Give one example.

What are longitudinal waves? Give one example.

Define wavelength.

Write down the relation between frequency, wavelength and velocity of a wave.

What is meant by interference of waves?

Explain the beat phenomenon.

Define intensity of sound.

Define loudness of sound.

Answer briefly.

What is Doppler effect?

Explain red shift and blue shift in Doppler Effect.

What is meant by end correction in resonance air column apparatus?

Sketch the function y = x + a. Explain your sketch.

Write down the factors affecting velocity of sound in gases.

What is meant by an echo? Explain.

Discuss how ripples are formed in still water.

Briefly explain the difference between traveling waves and standing waves.

Show that the velocity of a traveling wave produced in a string is v = `sqrt("T"/mu)`.

Describe Newton’s formula for velocity of sound waves in air and also discuss Laplace’s correction.

Write short notes on reflection of sound waves from plane and curved surfaces.

Briefly explain the concept of the superposition principle.

Explain how the interference of waves is formed.

Describe the formation of beats.

What is a stationary wave?

Explain the formation of stationary waves.

Write the characteristics of stationary waves.

Discuss the law of transverse vibrations in stretched strings.

Explain the concepts of fundamental frequency, harmonics and overtones in detail.

What is a sonometer? Give its construction and working. Explain how to determine the frequency of tuning fork using a sonometer.

Write a short note on intensity.

Write a short note on loudness.

Explain how overtone is produced in a closed organ pipe.

Explain how overtone is produced in a Open organ pipe.

How will you determine the velocity of sound using resonance air column apparatus?

Discuss the following case:

Source in motion and Observer at rest

1. Source moves towards observer
2. Source moves away from the observer

What is meant by the Doppler effect?

Discuss the following case-

Observer in motion and Source at rest.

1. Observer moves towards Source
2. Observer resides away from the Source

Discuss the following case-

Both are in motion

1. Source and Observer approach each other
2. Source and Observer resides from each other
3. Source chases Observer
4. Observer chases Source

The speed of a wave in a certain medium is 900 m/s. If 3000 waves passes over a certain point of the medium in 2 minutes, then compute its wavelength?

Consider a mixture of 2 mol of helium and 4 mol of oxygen. Compute the speed of sound in this gas mixture at 300 K.

A ship in a sea sends SONAR waves straight down into the seawater from the bottom of the ship. The signal reflects from the deep bottom bedrock and returns to the ship after 3.5 s. After the ship moves to 100 km it sends another signal which returns back after 2 s. Calculate the depth of the sea in each case and also compute the difference in height between two cases.

A sound wave is transmitted into a tube as shown in the figure. The sound wave splits into two waves at point A which recombine at point B. Let R be the radius of the semi-circle which is varied until the first minimum. Calculate the radius of the semi-circle if the wavelength of the sound is 50.0 m.

N tuning forks are arranged in order of increasing frequency and any two successive tuning forks give n beats per second when sounded together. If the last fork gives double the frequency of the first (called as octave), Show that the frequency of the first tuning fork is f = (N – 1)n.

Let the source propagate a sound wave whose intensity at a point (initially) be I. Suppose we consider a case when the amplitude of the sound wave is doubled and the frequency is reduced to one-fourth. Calculate now the new intensity of sound at the same point?

Consider two organ pipes of the same length in which one organ pipe is closed and another organ pipe is open. If the fundamental frequency of closed pipe is 250 Hz. Calculate the fundamental frequency of the open pipe.

Police in a siren car moving with a velocity 20 ms^– chases a thief who is moving in a car with a velocity v₀ ms^-1. The police car sounds at frequency 300 Hz, and both of them move towards a stationary siren of frequency 400 Hz. Calculate the speed in which thief is moving. (Assume the thief does not observe any beat)

Consider the following function-

1. y = x² + 2 α tx
2. y = (x + vt)²

which among the above function can be characterized as a wave?

Why is it that transverse waves cannot be produced in a gas? Can the transverse waves be produced in solids and liquids?

Why is the roar of our national animal different from the sound of a mosquito?

A sound source and listener are both stationary and a strong wind is blowing. Is there a Doppler effect?

In an empty room why is it that a tone sounds louder than in the room having things like furniture etc.

How do animals sense impending danger of hurricane?

Is it possible to realize whether a vessel kept under the tap is about to fill with water?