The velocity of sound in air is:

1. faster in dry air than in moist air.
2. directly proportional to the pressure.
3. directly proportional to temperature.
4. independent of the pressure of air.

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The speed of sound in a medium is \(v\). If the density of the medium is doubled at constant pressure, what will be the new speed of sound?

1. \(\sqrt{2} v \) 2. \(v \)
3. \(\frac{v}{\sqrt{2}} \) 4. \(2v\)
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\(4.0~\text{gm}\) of gas occupies \(22.4~\text{litres}\) at NTP. The specific heat capacity of the gas at a constant volume is  \(5.0~\text{JK}^{-1}\text{mol}^{-1}.\) If the speed of sound in the gas at NTP is \(952~\text{ms}^{-1},\) then the molar heat capacity at constant pressure will be:
(\(R=8.31~\text{JK}^{-1}\text{mol}^{-1}\)

1. \(8.0~\text{JK}^{-1}\text{mol}^{-1}\)  2. \(7.5~\text{JK}^{-1}\text{mol}^{-1}\)
3. \(7.0~\text{JK}^{-1}\text{mol}^{-1}\) 4. \(8.5~\text{JK}^{-1}\text{mol}^{-1}\)
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The speed of sound in nitrogen gas compared to that in helium gas at \(300~\text{K}\) is:
1. \(\sqrt{\frac{2}{7}}\)
2. \(\sqrt{\frac{1}{7}}\)
3. \(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{5}\)
4. \(\frac{\sqrt{6}}{5}\)

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A sound wave is passed through a chamber. If the rms speed of molecules in a gas is \(v_1\) and the speed of sound is \(v_2\) in the gas, then:
1. \(v_1= v_2\)
2. \(v_1> v_2\)
3. \(v_1< v_2\)
4. \(v_1\leq v_2\)

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When height increases, the velocity of sound decreases:
1. due to the decrease in pressure.
2. due to a decrease in temperature.
3. as a result of a decrease in both temperature and pressure.
4. statement is wrong.
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A tuning fork with a frequency of \(800\) Hz produces resonance in a resonance column tube with the upper end open and the lower end closed by the water surface. Successive resonances are observed at lengths of \(9.75\) cm, \(31.25\) cm, and \(52.75\) cm. The speed of the sound in the air is:
1. \(500\) m/s 2. \(156\) m/s
3. \(344\) m/s 4. \(172\) m/s
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The speed of sound at a constant temperature depends on:
1. Pressure 2. Density of gas
3. Above both 4. None of the above
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Sound waves travel at \(350\) m/s through warm air and at \(3500\) m/s through brass. The wavelength of a \(700\) Hz acoustic wave as it enters brass from warm air:
1. increase by a factor of \(20\).
2. increase by a factor of \(10\).
3. decrease by a factor of \(20\).
4. decrease by a factor of \(10\)
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A transverse wave moves from a medium \(A\) to a medium \(B\). In medium \(A\), the velocity of the transverse wave is \(500~\text{ms}^{-1}\) and the wavelength is \(5~\text{m}\). The frequency and the wavelength of the wave in medium \(B\) when its velocity is \(600~\text{ms}^{-1}\), respectively are:

1. \(120~\text{Hz}\) and \(5~\text{m}\) 2. \(100~\text{Hz}\) and \(5~\text{m}\)
3. \(120~\text{Hz}\) and \(6~\text{m}\) 4. \(100~\text{Hz}\) and \(6~\text{m}\)
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