Resonance - class-XI

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A resonance tube is resonated with tuning fork of frequency 256 Hz. If the length of first and second resonating air columns are 32 cm and 100 cm, then end correction will be 

  1. $1 cm$
  2. $2 cm$
  3. $4 cm$
  4. $6 cm$
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\omega _{0}$ is natural frequency of damped forced oscillation and $p$ that of driving force, then for amplitude resonance

  1. $p _{r}= \omega _{0}$
  2. $p _{r}< \omega _{0}$
  3. $p _{r}> \omega _{0}$
  4. $p _{r}> = \omega _{0}$
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Which of the following is an example of mechanical resonance?

  1. A child on a swing.
  2. A pendulum.
  3. A tuning fork.
  4. Nuclear magnetic resonance
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

 A mechanical system is oscillating at resonance with a constant amplitude. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

  1. The applied force prevents the amplitude from becoming too large.
  2. The frequency of the applied force is the same as the natural frequency of oscillation of the system.
  3. The total energy of the system is constant.
  4. The amplitude of oscillations depends on the amount of damping.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of acoustic resonance?

  1. Feedback in guitars
  2. A pendulum
  3. Nuclear magnetic resonance
  4. A swing
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Destruction of buildings during an earthquake is an example of:

  1. mechanical resonance
  2. beats
  3. damped vibration
  4. critical vibration
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following shows mechanical resonance?

  1. Balance wheel
  2. Pendulum
  3. Quartz crystal
  4. All of the above
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Which of the following shows acoustic resonance?

  1. Harps
  2. Guitars
  3. Pianos
  4. Crystal quarts
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pushing a person in a swing is a common example of which type of resonance?

  1. Mechanical resonance
  2. Acoustic resonance
  3. Tidal resonance
  4. None of the above
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Three simple harmonic motions in the same direction having the same amplitude a and same period are superposed. If each differs in phase from the next by $45^o$, then.

  1. The resultant amplitude $(1+\sqrt{2})a$
  2. The phase of the resultant motion relative to the first is $90^o$
  3. The energy associated with the resulting motion is $(3+2\sqrt{2})$ times the energy associated with any single motion
  4. The resulting motion is not simple harmonic
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The amplitude of damped oscillator becomes $\dfrac{1}{3}$ in $2\ s$. Its amplitude after $6\ s$ is $1/n$ times the original. The value of $n$ is ?

  1. $2^{3}$
  2. $3^{2}$
  3. $3^{1/2}$
  4. $3^{3}$
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A cylindrical tube,open at one end and closed at the other,is acoustic unison with an external source of frequency held at the open end of the tube, in its fundamental note. Then:

  1. The displacement wave from the source gets reflected with a phase change of $ \pi $ at the closed end
  2. The pressure wave from the source get reflected without a phase change at the closed end
  3. The wave reflected from the closed end again gets reflected at the open end
  4. The wave reflected from the closed end does not suffer reflection at the open end
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For a certain organ pipe open at both ends, the successive resonance frequencies are obtained at $510, 680$ and $850\ Hz$. The velocity of sound in air is $340\ m/s$. The length of the pipe must be:

  1. $2\ m$
  2. $0.5\ m$
  3. $m$
  4. $0.25\ m$
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suggest one way by which rattling sound could be stopped.

  1. Rattling sound can be stopped by changing the speed of the vehicle.
  2. Rattling sound can be stopped by changing the frequency of the vehicle.
  3. Rattling sound can be stopped by changing the vibration of the vehicle.
  4. None of the above.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Some opera singers are able to use their voice to shatter a crystal glass. Which of the phenomenon is used to explain this ? 

  1. Acoustic reflection
  2. Multiple echoes
  3. Interference
  4. Resonance
  5. Beats
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Equations y = 2A cos$^{2}$ $\omega $t and y = A (sin $\omega $  + $\sqrt{3}$ cos $\omega $t  ) represent the motion of two particles.

  1. Only one of these is S.H.M.
  2. Ratio of maximum speeds is 2 : 1
  3. Ratio of maximum speeds is 1 : 1
  4. Ratio of maximum accelerations is 1 : 4
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Your friend is playing a song on a piano. Whenever your friend hits a certain key, the lamp on top of the piano rattles. Explain why the lamp rattles.

  1. The lamp rattles because of the occurring of interference
  2. The lamp rattles because of the occurring of diffraction
  3. The lamp rattles because of the occurring of resonance
  4. None of the above
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

During resonance, sound waves tend to absorb

  1. more energy
  2. less energy
  3. no energy
  4. infinite energy
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A glass tube of $1.0 m$ length is filled with water. The water can be drained out slowly at bottom of the tube. If a vibrating turning fork of frequency $500 Hz$ is brought at the upper end of the tube and the velocity of sound is $330 ,,m,,s^{-1}$, then the total number of resonances obtained will be:

  1. 4
  2. 3
  3. 2
  4. 1