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1. A hammer beats one end of a very long metal tube where there is a detector at the other
end of the tube that detects two sounds with a time difference between them of 0.2 s. If
the speed of sound in air is 320 m/s and in the metal of the tube is 5000 m/s, the length
of the metal tube is approximately
A 34.3 B 17.8m

C 49m D 68.4m
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2. The opposite figure represents a light ray (R)
transferring from air through a glass sheet then into
air again, so the correct path in which the ray travels
is path...............

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3. In the opposite figure, if the position of the
light source is changed such that the angle of
incidence (1) increases by 5°, the angle o will

A increase by 5° B increase by 10°

C decrease by 5º D decrease by 10°

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4. A vibrating source placed in water produces water waves
with a propagation speed of 3 m/s as in the opposite
figure, where each circle represents a crest, so the time
taken by the wave to travel from point (A) to point (B)
equals….
A 0.01s B 0.02s

C 1s D 2s
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5. The opposite graph represents the displacements of two
air molecules (1) and (2) that are separated by a distance
of 10 cm along the direction of propagation of a sound
wave versus time, so the wavelength of this wave could
be equal to
A 5cm B 10cm

C 20cm D 40cm
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6. A transverse wave of frequency 1.7 Hz travels at a speed of 3.4 m/s. If the vertical
distance between a crest and a trough in it equals the horizontal distance between a crest
and the successive trough, the amplitude of the wave equals......
A 0.25 m B 0.75 m

C 60.5 m D 1m
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7. By increasing the frequency of a vibrating source that is attached to a stretched string at
constant tension force by 50%, then the wavelength of a wave that travels in the string
becomes……. of the original wavelength.
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8. The opposite figure represents the position of molecule
(P) of a medium in which a transverse mechanical wave
propagates whose frequency is 1 Hz from left to right.
Which of the following figures represents the position
of molecule (P) after 0.25 s?

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9. In the opposite figure, a laser ray is incident on mirror to get
reflected from it and fall on mirror 2. Using the shown scale,
so after the ray gets reflected on mirror 2, it will pass through
point….

A A B B

C C D D

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10. In the opposite figure, when moving light source x to
increase angle o, the distance h which is shown in the
figure…..
A will increase B will decrease
may increase or
C D won't change
decrease

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11. In the opposite figure, trace the path
of the ray till it gets reflected from
mirror C.

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12. A swimming pool of depth 5 m is filled
completely with water of refractive index. To
light up the bottom of the swimming pool, a
lamppost of height 3 m is installed at a distance
5 m from the edge of the swimming pool as
shown in the opposite figure, so the length of
the dark part at the bottom of the swimming
pool is……..

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13. The opposite figure represents the path of a light
ray while being incident on a glass cuboid of
refractive index 13 that is placed above a plane
mirror until it emerges from the cuboid to the air,
what is the thickness of the cuboid (ab or ed)?

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14. A sound wave travelled from air to a liquid, hence its wavelength got changed from 0.5
m to 2.1 m, given that the speed of sound in air is 330m / s then the speed of sound in
that liquid is……..
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15. light ray is incident from air on the surface of a glass slab at an angle of 42°. If the ray is
deviated by an angle of 15°, the refractive index of glass is.............
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16. In the opposite figure, a light ray is incident on mirror M1
parallel to mirror M2 hence the ray gets reflected from mirror
M1 fall on mirror M2 and get reflected from it parallel to
mirror M1 so angle Ɵ equals…..
A 30o B 45o

C 60o D 90o

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17. Each of the following figures represents the path of a light ray when it travels between
two media,

so using the angles represented in these figures, the angle of refraction of the light ray in
figure (3) equals..
A 41.7o B 30.5o

C 23.1o D 18.6o
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18. A light ray falls on the surface of a glass of refractive index 1.5 at an angle of incidence
60°, if a small part of the light gets reflected and another part gets refracted, calculate the
angle between the reflected and the refracted light rays……
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19. The opposite figure shows with a definite drawing
scale the positions of four light sources (A, B, C and
D) in front of a plane mirror, so the light ray that is
reflected on the mirror at point X and passes
through point K is coming from…

A source A B source B

C source C D source D
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20. The opposite figure represents a light ray travelling
from air through a layer of liquid of thickness 4 m,
so if the speed of light in air equals 3 108 m / s then:
(i) The refractive index of liquid equals

A 1.53 B 1.49

C 1.42 D 1.37

(ii) The time taken by the light ray to travel from A to B equals
A 2.28 10−10 s B 2.28 10−8 s

C 114 10−8 s D 114 10−10 s

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21. as If two red and blue light rays are incident with the same angle of incidence (  ) on the
separating surface from air to glass, the ratio between the angle of refraction of red light
r
and the angle of refraction of blue light ( ) glass is..
b

A greater than 1 B equal to 1

C less than 1 D indeterminable

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22. The opposite figure shows a light ray falling
perpendicular on the interface from medium a
to another medium b, if the number of light
waves in medium a equals 105 waves and the
number of light waves in medium equals
1.5 105 waves, find the relative refractive index

a nb
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23. Two tones have frequencies 680 Hz and 425 Hz in air, if the wavelength of one of them
is greater than the wavelength of the other wave by 30 cm, the speed of sound in air
equals..
A 320 m/s B 330 m/s

C 340 m/s D 544 m/s

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24. The opposite figure represents the relation between the
displacement (d) for a particle of a given medium in
which a longitudinal wave propagates and time (t), so
the ratio between the speed of wave propagation and
the average speed of the vibration of one of the
particles of the medium during the same periodic time
is…..
A greater than 1 B equal to 1

C less than 1 D indeterminable

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25. The opposite figure represents a tuning fork of frequency 200 Hz that
was struck and put at one of the openings of a tube of length 8 m that
is opened at both ends. If the beginning of the first wave reached the
end of the tube when the sixth wave was about to enter the tube, the
speed of sound in air is……
A 360 m/s B 340 m/s

C 330 m/s D 320 m/s

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26. A stationary ship A sends two sound signals to another stationary ship B, one of the two
signals in air and the other in water. If the signal that is transmitted in air reaches ship B
after that transmitted in water by 6 s,if the distance between the two ships is2.65 m/s.so
calculate the speed of sound in water
(Given that: The speed of sound in air is 340 m/s)

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27. The opposite figure represents the relation between the
displacement (d) for one of the particles of a certain
medium through which a wave is moving and the time
(t). then the wave speed is….
A 0.2 cm/s B 0.4 cm/s

C 6 cm/s D 8 cm/s

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28. If a sound wave has travelled from one medium to another so that the ratio between its
1 2
wavelengths the speeds of sound ( ) in the two media equals ,in the ratio between the
2 3
v1
speeds of sound in the media ( ) equals …..
v2
3 4
A 4
B 3
1 2
C 1
D 3
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29. If the ratio between the frequency of a man's voice and that of a girl's voice is 3/4 the
ratio between the speeds of the voices equals of the man and the girl in air equals…
3 4
A 4
B 3
1 2
C 1
D 3
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30. A vibrating string produces a sound wave of frequency u, wavelength and speed v, if the
frequency of this string is increased, what will happen for each of the wave speed and the
wavelength in air?
The wave speed The wavelength of the
wave
A Increases Increases

B Increases Decreases

C Doesn't change Increases

D Doesn't change Decreases

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