Sound Waves Qns

Sound Waves
Q1: A musician using an open flute of length 50 cm produces second

harmonic sound waves. A person runs towards the musician from another
end of a hall at a speed of 10 km/h. If the wave speed is 330 m/s, the
frequency heard by the running person shall be close to
(a) 666 Hz
(b) 753 Hz
(c) 500 Hz
(d) 333 Hz
Q2: A source of sound S is moving with a velocity of 50 m/s towards a

stationary observer. The observer measures the frequency of the source
when it is moving away from the observer after crossing him? (Take the
velocity of sound in air as 350 m/s)
(a) 750 Hz
(b) 857 Hz
(c) 1143 Hz
(d) 807 Hz
Q3: Two sources of sound S1 and S2 produce sound waves of the same
frequency 660 Hz. A listener is moving from source S1 towards S2 with
constant speed u m/s and he hears 10 beats. The velocity of sound is 330
m/s. Then u is equals
(a) 5.5 m/s
(b) 15.0 m/s
(c) 2.5 m/s
(d) 10.0 m/s
Q4: A resonance tube is old and has a jagged end. It is still used in the
laboratory to determine the velocity of sound in the air. A tuning fork of
frequency 512 Hz produces the first resonance when the tube is filled
with water to a mark 11 cm below a reference mark, near the open end of
the tube. The experiment is repeated with another fork of frequency 256
Hz which produces the first resonance when water reaches a mark 27 cm
below the reference mark. The velocity of sound in air, obtained in the
experiment, is close to
(a) 322 ms-1
(b) 341 ms-1
(c) 335 ms-1
(d) 328 ms-1
Q5: A small speaker delivers 2W of audio output. At what distance from

the speaker will one detect 120 dB intensity sound? (Given reference
intensity of sound is 10-12 W/m2)
(a) 40 cm
(b) 20 cm
(c) 10 cm
(d) 30 cm
Q6: Two cars A and B are moving away from each other in opposite
directions. Both the cars are moving at a speed of 20 m/s with respect to
the ground. If an observer in car A detects a frequency of 2000 Hz of the
sound coming from car B, what is the natural frequency of the sound
source in car B? (speed of sound in air = 340 m/s)
(a) 2250 Hz
(b) 200 Hz
(c) 2300 Hz
(d) 2150 Hz
Q7: A person standing on an open ground hears the sound of a jet
aeroplane, coming from the north at an angle 600 with ground level. But
he finds the aeroplane right vertically above his position. If v is the speed
of sound, the speed of the plane is
(a) (√3/2) v
(b) 2v/√3
(c) V
(d) v/2
Q8: Three sound waves of equal amplitudes have frequencies(f-1, f, f+1).

They superpose to give beats. The number of beats produced per second
is
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 4
(d) 3
Q9: A pipe of length 85 cm is closed from one end. Find the number of
possible natural oscillations of the air column in the pipe whose
frequencies lie below 1250 Hz. The velocity of sound in the air is 340 m/s.
(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 12
(d) 8
Q10: An observer is moving with half the speed of light towards a

stationary microwave source emitting waves at frequency 10 GHz. What is
the frequency of the microwave measured by the observer?
(speed of light = 3 x 108 m/s)
(a) 17.3 GHz
(b) 15.3 GHz
(c) 10.1 GHz
(d) 12.1 GHz
Answer set:
Q1: Answer: (a) 666 Hz
Q3: Answer: (c) 2.5 m/s
Q4: Answer: (d) 328 ms-1
Q5: Answer: (a) 40 cm
Q7: Answer: (d) v/2
Q8: Answer: (a) 2
Q9: Answer: (a) 6

Q10: Answer: (a) 17.3 GHz
Solution Set:
1. Solution: Frequency of the sound produced by the open flute: f =
2(v/2l) = (2 x 330)/(2 x 0.5) = 660 Hz Velocity of observer, v0 = 10
x (5/18) = (25/9) m/s As the source is moving towards the
observer, according to the Doppler effect: Frequency detected by
observer: f’ = {(v + v0)/v}f = {((25/9) + 330)/330}660 f’ = 665.55 ≈
666 Hz Answer: (a) 666 Hz
2. Solution: When source is moving towards a stationary observer,
fapp = fsource {(V – 0)/(V – 50)} 1000 = fsource (350/300) When
source is moving away from observer: f’ = fsource{350/(350 + 50)}
f’ = {(1000 x 300)/350} x (350/400) f’ = 750 Hz Answer: (a) 750 Hz
3. Solution: f1 = f[(v – v0)/v] f2 = f[(v + v0)/v] Frequency f2 – f1 = f x
(2v0/v) 10 = 660 x (2u/330) u = 2.5 m/s Answer: (c) 2.5 m/s
4. Solution: (λ/4) = 0.11 + e {V/(512)4} = 0.11 + e {V/(256)4} = 0.27 +
e After solving (1) and (2) we get: V = 328 ms-1 Answer: (d) 328
ms-1
5. Solution: Using β = 10 log10(I/I0) 120 = 10 log10(I/ 10-12) I/10-12
= 1012 I = 1 Also I = 1 = P/4πr2 = 2/4πr2 r2 = 2/4πI = 2/4π r2 =
2/ 4 (3.14) On solving the above equations, we get: r = 40 cm
Answer: (a) 40 cm
6. Solution: f’ = f{(v – v0)/(v + vs)} 2000 = f{(340 – 20)/(340 + 20)} f
= 2250 Hz Answer: (a) 2250 Hz
7. Solution: JEE Main Sound Waves Previous Year Questions with
Solutions Distance, PQ = vp x t (Distance = speed x time) Distance ,
QR = V.t Cos 600 = PQ/QR ½ = (vp x t)/( v.t) vp = v/2 Answer: (d)
v/2
8. Solution: Beat produced between(f-1) and f is 1. Beat produced
between f and f+1 is 1. Beat produced between(f-1) and (f+1) is 2
No of beats produced per second will be 2 Answer: (a) 2
9. Solution: Fundamental frequency of the closed organ pipe is: f =
v/4L
f = 340/(4 x 0.85) = 100 Hz
The natural frequencies of the closed organ pipe are given by:
fn = (2n – 1)f = f, 3f, 5f, 7f, 9f, 11f, 13f ...
So, the possible frequencies below 1250 Hz are:
fn = 100 Hz, 300 Hz, 500 Hz, 700 Hz, 900 Hz, 1100 Hz
Number of frequencies = 6
Answer: (a) 6
10) Solution: Doppler effect in light (speed of observer is not very

small compared to the speed of light): f’ = f .[(1 + v/c)/(1 – v/c)]½
Here, frequency (v/c) = 1/2
So, f’ = f .[(3/2)/(1/2)]½
f’ = 10 x √3 = 17.3 GHz
Answer: (a) 17.3 GHz

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Q1: A musician using an open flute of length 50 cm produces second

Q2: A source of sound S is moving with a velocity of 50 m/s towards a

Q5: A small speaker delivers 2W of audio output. At what distance from

Q8: Three sound waves of equal amplitudes have frequencies(f-1, f, f+1).

Q10: An observer is moving with half the speed of light towards a

Q1: Answer: (a) 666 Hz

Q2: Answer: (a) 750 Hz

Q3: Answer: (c) 2.5 m/s

Q4: Answer: (d) 328 ms-1

Q5: Answer: (a) 40 cm

Q6: Answer: (a) 2250 Hz

Q7: Answer: (d) v/2

Q8: Answer: (a) 2

Q9: Answer: (a) 6

10) Solution: Doppler effect in light (speed of observer is not very

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