1. A $50cm$ string that is fixed at both ends produces a standing wave in the third harmonic. The speed of the wave on the string is 200 m s^−1

What is the frequency of oscillation?

2. A vibration generator with a frequency of $5Hz$ produces a travelling wave in a string. The graph shows how displacement of particles in the string varies with the distance from the source.

What is the wavelength and the speed of the wave?

3. A traveling wave is generated on a string tied to a speaker as shown.

Which of the following statements are correct about the travelling wave?

• I.	If the frequency of the sound decreases, the wavelength of the travelling wave increases.
  II.	If the speaker emits a louder sound the amplitude of the travelling wave increases.
  III.	If the frequency of the sound increases, the travelling wave moves along the string faster.

4. A taut string on a guitar is fixed at both ends.

What is [wavelength of fourth harmonic]/[wavelength of second harmonic]​ for the string?

5. A speaker produces a sound near a pipe that is closed at one end by a movable piston. The piston is moved in the shown direction until a sound is first heard from the pipe. At this time, the length of the part of the tube near the speaker is $L$.

What is the distance moved by the piston to hear the next resonant sound from the pipe?

6. For a body executing simple harmonic motion, which statement is not possible?

7. A train is traveling at 30ms^−1 towards a stationary observer. It sounds a horn of frequency $450Hz$.

Which of the following statements is true about the observed frequency compared with the emitted frequency as the train approaches?

8. Incident light of wavelength $600nm$ is emitted towards two slits separated by $1\mu m$. The interference pattern is observed on a wall. The distance between two adjacent maxima is $1.2m$. What is the distance of the wall from the slits?

9. For an open pipe, the frequency of the first harmonic is $f$ and its wavelength is $\lambda$.

For a given harmonic of the same pipe, the ranges of motion of the particles in the pipe are shown below.

Three statements about the standing wave shown in this pipe are

I. The frequency is
II. The wavelength is λ/4
III. The wavelength is less than λ

Which statements are true?

10. A student blows across the open end of a narrow cylinder which is closed at the other end. If the length of the cylinder is $15.0cm$ and the speed of sound is 340 ms^−1, What is the frequency of the wave at the third harmonic?

11. A radio wave of frequency $90MHz$ travels a distance $d$. The number of wavelengths that can fit into this distance is 6000. What is $d$?

12. A particle undergoes simple harmonic motion. Which of the following can be an expression of acceleration $a$ in terms of displacement $x$ and a constant value k?

13. Sound waves in water travel approximately 4.5 times faster than in air. Which of the following diagrams correctly shows the wavefronts of sound as they pass from air to water?

A.				B.
C.				D.

14. An object executes simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of x0​. Which graph shows the relationship between the kinetic energy Ek​ and the displacement $x$ from the equilibrium position of the object?

A.			B.
C.			D.

15. A mass-spring system executes simple harmonic motion with a period $T$ in a vertical plane. What is the period when the oscillating mass is doubled and the system is brought to a planet where the gravitational field strength at the surface is halved?

16. A wave is incident on a boundary between two media, $X$ and $Y$. The wave travels faster in medium $Y$ than in medium $X$

Which of the following diagrams shows a possible path for this wave?

A.				B.
C.				D.

17. A simple pendulum undergoes simple harmonic motion. The graph shows the variation of a quantity $y$ with horizontal displacement $x$ from the equilibrium position.

Which of the following quantities could be represented by quantity $y$?

18. A light ray is incident on a semicircular glass block from the air. The glass has a greater refractive index than air. Which diagram correctly represents a possible path of the light ray as it enters and leaves the block?

A.				B.
C.				D.

19. A light source approaches a stationary receiver at an increasing speed. The frequency of the emitted light is constant. Which graph shows how the observed frequency $f$ by receiver varies with the speed v of the light source?

A.			B.
C.			D.

20. A light and a heavy spring are attached at point $Y$. A pulse was generated in the light spring and incident on the heavy spring. The positions of transmitted and reflected pulses after some time are as shown.

Which of the following is true about the incident pulse?

21. A monochromatic beam of light is incident on a double slit arrangement where the slit separation is 9.0×10^−5m and the slit-screen distance is 1.0m. The graph below shows the relative intensity of the light reaching the screen with respect to the distance from the central point of the pattern.

What is the wavelength of the light?

22. A fire truck’s siren emits a frequency of f0​. Starting from rest, it moves with constant acceleration and passes a stationary observer at t=to​. Which graph shows the variation of observed frequency f by the stationary observer with time?

A.			B.
C.			D.

23. A traveling source produces sound waves nearby a child. The wavefronts of the sound waves and the position of a child are seen in the figure below.

The frequency of the generated sound waves is $f$. Which of the following is correct for both the direction of motion of the source and the observed frequency of the sound waves by the child?

24. A particle performs simple harmonic motion with a frequency of $0.05Hz$. The distance traveled by the particle in one complete oscillation is $16cm$. Which of the following graphs shows a correct variation of its position?

A.			B.
C.			D.

25. Below are the graphs of the kinetic and potential energies against displacement $s$ for an object exhibiting simple harmonic motion.

Which of the positions marked on the axis represents the location of maximum speed?