A tuning fork has a frequency of \(200\) Hz. If the velocity of sound in air is \(330\) m/s, then how far the sound has traversed while the tuning fork completes \(20\) vibrations?

1. \(11~\text{m}\) 2. \(22~\text{m}\)
3. \(33~\text{m}\) 4. \(44~\text{m}\)
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A hospital uses an ultrasonic scanner to locate tumors in a tissue. What is the wavelength of sound in the tissue in which the speed of sound is \(1.7~\text{km/s}\)? The operating frequency of the scanner is \(4.2~\text{MHz}\).

1. \(3.0 \times10^{-4}~\text{m}\) 2. \(4.0 \times10^{-4}~\text{m}\)
3. \(3.5 \times10^{-4}~\text{m}\) 4. \(2.0 \times10^{-4}~\text{m}\)
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The transverse displacement of a string (clamped at both ends) is given by;
\(y(x,t)=0.06\sin\Big(\dfrac{2\pi}{3}x\Big)\cos(120\pi t)\)
where \(x\) and \(y\) are in metre and \(t\) in second. The length of the string is \(1.5\) m and its mass is \(3\times10^{-2}\) kg. The tension in the string is:
1. \(540\) N
2. \(648\) N
3. \(200\) N
4. \(425\) N
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Both the strings, shown in the figure, are made of the same material and have the same cross-section. The pulleys are light. The wave speed of a transverse wave in the string \(AB\) is \(v_1\) and in \(CD\) it is \(v_2\). Then \(\dfrac{v_1}{v_2}\) is:

                              

1. \(1\) 2. \(2\)
3. \(\sqrt2\) 4. \({1}/{\sqrt{2}}\)
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Speed of sound waves in a fluid depends upon
(a) directly on density of the medium.
(b) square of Bulk modulus of the medium.
(c) inversly on the square root of density.
(d) directly on the square root of bulk modulus of the medium.

Choose the correct option:
1. (a), (c) 2. (a), (b), (c)
3. (b), (d) 4. (c), (d)
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Given below are two statements: 
Assertion (A): Sound would travel faster on a hot summer day than on a cold winter day.
Reason (R): Velocity of sound is directly proportional to the square root of its absolute temperature.
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is True but (R) is False.
4. (A) is False but (R) is True.
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The speed of sound in a gas at temperature \(T\) is \(v_s\) while the rms speed of its molecules is \(v_r.\) The ratio of specific heats \((C_p/C_v)\) is equal to:
1. \(\sqrt{3}\left(\dfrac{v_s}{v_r}\right )\) 2. \(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt3}\Big(\dfrac{v_s}{v_r}\Big)\)
3. \(3\Big(\dfrac{v_s}{v_r}\Big)^{2}\) 4. \(\dfrac13\Big(\dfrac{v_s}{v_r}\Big)^2\)
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Sound travels in a mixture of two moles of helium and \(n\) moles of hydrogen. If rms speed of gas molecules in the mixture is \(\sqrt 2\) times the speed of sound, then the value of \(n\) will be:
1. \(1\) 
2. \(2\) 
3. \(3\) 
4. \(4\)
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Planet Jupiter has an atmosphere mainly of methane at \(-130^\circ \text{C}.\) The velocity of sound on this planet assuming \(\gamma \left ( \frac{C_{P}}{C_{V}} \right )\) for mixture to be \(1.3\) is:
(Gas constant \(R=8.3\) J/mol-K, molecular mass of methane \(=16\) g)
1. \(311\) m/s
2. \(10\) m/s
3. \(275\) m/s
4. \(350\) m/s
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How many degrees of freedom the gas molecules have if, under \(\text{STP}\), the gas density \(\rho = 1.3~\text{kg/m}^3\) and the velocity of sound propagation in it is \(330~\text{ms}^{-1}\)?
1. \(3\)       
2. \(5\)         
3. \(7\)             
4. \(8\)

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