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Questions Related to oscillation and waves

A wave equation which given the displacement along the Y direction is given by $y = 10^{-4} \sin (60t+2x)$ where x and y are in meters and t is time in seconds. This represents a wave 

  1. Traveling with a velocity of 30 m/s in the negative x direction

  2. Of wavelength $\pi $ metre

  3. Of frequency 30/$\pi $hertz

  4. Of amplitude $10^{ -4 }$ metre


Correct Option: A,B,C,D

For a wave $ y= y _0 sin ( \omega t - kx ) $, for what value of $ \lambda $ , is the maximum particle velocity equal to two times the wave velocity :-

  1. $ \pi y _0 $

  2. $ 2 \pi y _0 $

  3. $ \pi y _0/2 $

  4. $4 \pi y _0 $


Correct Option: A

Two small boats are 10 m apart on a lake. Each pops up and down with a period of 4.0  seconds due  to wave motion on the surface of water. What one boat is at its highest point, the other boat is at lowest point. Both boats are always within a single cycle of the waves. The speed of the waves is : 

  1. 2.5 m/s

  2. 5.0 m/s

  3. 14 m/s

  4. 40 m/s


Correct Option: B

Consider the following two equations $L=I\omega$ and $ \dfrac { dL }{ dt } =\Gamma $. In noninertial frames :

  1. both A and B are true

  2. A is true but B is false

  3. B is true but A is false

  4. both A and B are false.


Correct Option: B

The equation $y = a \sin^2 \left(2 \pi nt - \dfrac{2\pi x}{\lambda}\right)$ represents a wave with

  1. Amplitude $a$, frequency $n$ and wavelength $\lambda$

  2. Amplitude $a$, frequency $2n$ and wavelength $2\lambda$

  3. Amplitude $a/2$, frequency $2n$ and wavelength $\lambda$

  4. Amplitude $a/2$, frequency $2n$ and wavelength $\lambda/2$


Correct Option: D

The speed of the wave travelling on the uniform circular hoop of string, rotating clockwise in absence of gravity with tangential speed $v _0$, is :

  1. $v=v _0$

  2. $v=2v _0$

  3. $v=\dfrac{v _0}{\sqrt 3}$

  4. $v=\dfrac{v _0}{2}$


Correct Option: A

The equation $y =A\cos^2\left(2\pi\, nt -2\pi \dfrac{x}{\lambda}\right)$ represents a wave with

  1. amplitude $A/2$, frequency $2n$& wavelength $\lambda/2$

  2. amplitude $A/2$, frequency $2n$& wavelength $\lambda$

  3. amplitude $A$, frequency $2n$& wavelength $2\lambda$

  4. amplitude $A$, frequency $n$& wavelength $\lambda$


Correct Option: A

The equation of a wave is given by 
$ Y\quad =\quad A\quad sin\quad \omega \left( \frac { x }{ v } -k \right)  $
Where $ \omega $ is the angular velocity and v is the linear velocity.The dimensions of K is

  1. LT

  2. T

  3. $ T^{-1} $

  4. $ T^2 $


Correct Option: B

The equation of a progressive wave is $Y= a sin(200 t-x)$, where x is in meter and t is in second. The velocity of wave is

  1. $200 $ m/sec

  2. $100 $ m/sec

  3. $50 $ m/sec

  4. None


Correct Option: A

The equation of a wave travelling on a stretched string is :
$y=4\sin 2\pi \left(\dfrac{t}{0.02}-\dfrac{x}{100}\right)$
Here $x$ and $y$ are in $cm$ and $t$ is in second. the relative deformation amplitude of medium is :

  1. $0.02\pi$

  2. $0.08\pi$

  3. $0.06\pi$

  4. $none\ of\ these$


Correct Option: B