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This section includes 10 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Engineering Physics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
A stretched string resonates with tuning fork of frequency 512Hz when length of the string is 0.5m. The length f the string required to vibrate resonantly with a tuning fork of frequency 256Hz would be __________ |
| A. | 0.25m |
| B. | 0.5m |
| C. | 1m |
| D. | 2m |
| Answer» D. 2m | |
| 2. |
Standing waves are produced in 10m long stretched string. If the string vibrates in 5 segments and wave velocity in 20m/s, the frequency is? |
| A. | 5Hz |
| B. | 10Hz |
| C. | 2Hz |
| D. | 4Hz |
| Answer» B. 10Hz | |
| 3. |
A 5.5 metre length of string has a mass of 0.035kg. If the tension in the string in 77N, the speed of a wave on the string is? |
| A. | 110m/s |
| B. | 165m/s |
| C. | 77m/s |
| D. | 102m/s |
| Answer» B. 165m/s | |
| 4. |
The velocity of sound in any gas depends upon __________ |
| A. | Wavelength of sound only |
| B. | Density and elasticity of gas |
| C. | Intensity of sound waves only |
| D. | Amplitude and frequency of sound |
| Answer» C. Intensity of sound waves only | |
| 5. |
With the propagation of a longitudinal wave through a material medium, the quantities transmitted in the propagation direction are __________ |
| A. | Energy, momentum and mass |
| B. | Energy |
| C. | Energy and mass |
| D. | Energy and linear momentum |
| Answer» C. Energy and mass | |
| 6. |
Statement: Sound wave cannot propagate fastest in solids.
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| A. | Both statement and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the statement |
| B. | Both statement and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the statement |
| C. | Statement is true but the reason is false |
| D. | Both statement and reason are false |
| Answer» D. Both statement and reason are false | |
| 7. |
An observer standing by the side of a road hears the siren of an ambulance, which is moving away from him. If the actual frequency of the siren is 2000Hz, then the frequency heard by the observer will be __________ |
| A. | 1990Hz |
| B. | 2000Hz |
| C. | 2100Hz |
| D. | 4000Hz |
| Answer» B. 2000Hz | |
| 8. |
A siren emitting sound of frequency 800Hz is going away from a static listener with a speed of 30m/s. Frequency of the sound to be heard by the listener is (Take velocity of sound as 330m/s). |
| A. | 733.3Hz |
| B. | 644.8Hz |
| C. | 481.2Hz |
| D. | 286.5Hz |
| Answer» B. 644.8Hz | |
| 9. |
A stone thrown into still water creates a circular wave pattern moving radially outwards. If r is the distance measured from the centre to the pattern, the amplitude of the wave varies as __________ |
| A. | r<sup>(-1/2)</sup> |
| B. | r<sup>(-1)</sup> |
| C. | r<sup>(-3/2)</sup> |
| D. | r<sup>(-2)</sup> |
| Answer» B. r<sup>(-1)</sup> | |
| 10. |
If fundamental frequency is 50 and the next successive frequencies are 150 and 250, then it is __________ |
| A. | A pipe closed at both ends |
| B. | A pipe closed at one end |
| C. | An open pipe |
| D. | A stretched string |
| Answer» C. An open pipe | |