A string of 7 m length has a mass of 0.035 kg. If the tension in the string is 60.5 N, then the speed of a wave on the string is :
(1) 77 m/s
(2) 102 m/s
(3) 110 m/s
(4) 165 m/s
A second harmonic has to be generated in a string of length l stretched between two rigid supports. Distances from one end where the string has to be plucked and touched are :
(1) Plucked at and touched at
(2) Plucked at and touched at
(3) Plucked at and touched at
(4) Plucked at and touched at
The tension of a stretched string is increased by 69%. In order to keep its frequency of vibration constant, its length must be increased by :
(1) 20%
(2) 30%
(3)
(4) 69%
The length of a sonometer wire tuned to a frequency of 250 Hz is 0.60 metre. The frequency of tuning fork with which the vibrating wire will be in tune when the length is made 0.40 metre is :
(1) 250 Hz
(2) 375 Hz
(3) 256 Hz
(4) 384 Hz
Two uniform strings A and B made of steel are made to vibrate under the same tension. If the first overtone of A is equal to the second overtone of B and if the radius of A is twice that of B, the ratio of the lengths of the strings is -
(1) 1: 2
(2) 1 : 3
(3) 1 : 4
(4) 1 : 6
Two wires are fixed in a sonometer. Their tensions are in the ratio 8 : 1. The lengths are in the ratio 36 : 35. The diameters are in the ratio 4 : 1. Densities of the materials are in the ratio 1 : 2. If the lower frequency in the setting is 360 Hz. the beat frequency when the two wires are sounded together is :
(1) 5
(2) 8
(3) 6
(4) 10
The first overtone of a stretched wire of given length is 320 Hz. The first harmonic is :
(1) 320 Hz
(2) 160 Hz
(3) 480 Hz
(4) 640 Hz
The sound carried by the air from a sitar to a listener is a wave of the following type :
(1) Longitudinal stationery
(2) Transverse progressive
(3) Transverse stationery
(4) Longitudinal progressive
Three similar wires of frequency n1, n2 and n3 are joined to make one wire. Its frequency will be :
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Two vibrating strings of the same material but lengths L and 2L have radii 2r and r respectively. They are stretched under the same tension. Both the strings vibrate in their fundamental modes, the one of length L with frequency n1 and the other with frequency n2. The ratio n1/n2 is given by :
(1) 2
(2) 4
(3) 8
(4) 1