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A hall has volume 4x6x10 m$^3$. If the total sound absorption of the hall is 27.2metric sabine and 40 visitors are in the hall and each is equivalent to 0.5metric sabine sound absorption then the reverberation time is

  1. 0.8644s

  2. 0.05s

  3. 0.72s

  4. 1.8s


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

$volume =240m^{3}$
$Area =27.2m^{2}+40\times 0.5m^{2}$
=47.2
$R.T.=0.161\times \frac{V}{A}$
=0.8186s

The reverberation time of a room is t seconds. Another room of double the dimensions with the walls of the same absorption coefficient will have a reverberation time :

  1. $t^{2}$

  2. $2 t$

  3. $t/2$

  4. t$^{3}$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Given: $\dfrac{V _{1}}{V _{2}}=\dfrac{1}{8} \
\ \dfrac{A _{1}}{A _{2}}=\dfrac{1}{4}$
$R.T. _{1}=t $
$R.T=0.161\dfrac{v}{A}$
$\dfrac{R.T. _{1}}{R.T. _{2}}=\dfrac{0.161 \times \dfrac{v _1}{A _1}}{0.161 \times \dfrac{v _2}{A _2}}=\dfrac{v _{1}A _{2}}{v _{2}A _{1}}=\dfrac{1}{8}\times \dfrac{4}{1} =\dfrac{1}{2}$
$R.T _{2}=2R.T _{1}$
          $=2\times t$
          $=2t$ 

The ratio of the absorption of an auditorium to that of a person is 1000. If 500 persons are accommodated in that auditorium then the ratio of the reverberation times with and without
audience is:

  1. 1/3

  2. 2/3

  3. 3/2

  4. 3/4


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The reverberation time of the auditorium with volume V and total absorption coefficient A is given by:
$T _1=

\dfrac{0.17V}{A}$. Now when we will include n number of people each

having an absorption coefficient $A _p$ in the auditorium than the

reverberation time of the auditorium will be:
$T _2= \dfrac{0.17V}{A+nA _p}$. Now, here $A _p/A=1/1000$ and $n=500$ Using this two values the $T _2/T _1=2/3$.

The reverberation times in a cinema theatre are 3s, 2s when it is empty, filled with audience respectively.  The reverberation time when the theatre is half filled  with audience is

  1. 2.3 s

  2. 2.4 s

  3. 2.5 s

  4. 2.6 s


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

let Area be A, when empty
let Area of audience be $A _{2}$ when full
so Area of cinema theatre when full $=A _{1}+A _{2}$
Area when half full $=A _{1}+\frac{A _{2}}{2}$
$R.T. \alpha \frac{1}{A}  ; \frac{R.T _{1}}{R.T _{2}}=\frac{A _{2}+A _{1}}{A _{1}}$
$3A _{1}=2A _{1}+2A _{2}  ; A _{1}=2A _{2} ; A _{2}=^{A _{1}}/ _{2}$
$R.T _{3}\alpha \frac{1}{A _{1}\frac{A _{2}}{2}} =\frac{4}{5 A _{1}}$
$ this \frac{4}{5} times     3 sec =2.4 sec$
 

A pendulum has a frequency of 5 vibrations per second. An observer starts the pendulum and fire a gun simultaneously. He hears echo from the cliff after 8 vibrations of the pendulum. If the velocity of sound in air is 340  $ms^{-1}$, find the distance between the cliff and the observer :

  1. 252 m

  2. 240 m

  3. 272 m

  4. 182 m


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The sensation of any sound persists in our ear for about 0.1 seconds. This is known as the persistence of hearing. If the echo is heard within this time interval, the original sound and its echo cannot be distinguished. So the most important condition for hearing an echo is that the reflected sound should reach the ear only after a lapse of at least 0.1 second after the original sound dies off. 
It is given that a pendulum has a frequency of $5$ vibrations per second. An observer starts the pendulum and fire a gun simultaneously. He hears echo from the cliff after $8$ vibrations of the pendulum which means that he hears the echo after 1.6 seconds. The speed of sound is given as $340 m/s$.
T
he distance traveled by sound of the gun shot in $1.6 $ seconds is calculated from the formula 
Distance traveled $=velocity\quad of\quad sound\times time\quad taken$. That is, $340 \times 1.6 $ = 544 m. This is twice the minimum distance between a source of sound (man) and the reflector (cliff) as it is reflected sound. 
So, the cliff is at a distance of 272 m least from the man, for the reflected sound or the echo to be heard distinctly in 1.6 seconds.

The term reverberation time is generally understood to be the reverberation time at which of the following frequencies?

  1. 1024 Hz

  2. 2048 Hz

  3. 512 Hz

  4. 256Hz


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When a reflecting surface is less than 17 m away from the source, the echo that returns appears to be the original sound, just prolonged. This effect is called reverberation. The time interval between the original sound and the returning echo must be less than 0.1 seconds. It depends on the adsorption coefficient of the material which usually defines at 2048 Hz frequency.

Atmospheric pressure decreases by $1cm$ of mercury for every

  1. $125m$ increase in altitude

  2. $125m$ decrease in altitude

  3. $75m$ increase in altitude

  4. $75m$ decrease in altitude


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The atmospheric pressure decreases by $1cm$ for every $125m$ increase in height.

The vertical height of mercury in a simple barometer is ________  the area of cross-section of barometer tube.

  1. independent of

  2. dependent on

  3. can't say

  4. none


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

No, it doesn't depend on the cross-section of the tube.

The fluid used in aneroid barometer is 

  1. water

  2. mercury

  3. air

  4. alcohol


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An aneriod  barometer is made up of a vacuum chamber covered by a thin elastic disk. High atmospheric pressure pushes against the disk and causes it to bulge inward, while low pressure does not push as hard, allowing the disk to bulge outward.

Fortin's Barometer is used to measure.

  1. Force

  2. Atmospheric pressure

  3. Temperature

  4. All


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fortin's barometer is used to measure atmospheric pressure. It is a modified form of Torricelli's simple barometer.