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SOUND WAVE Formatted: Line spacing: single

Formatted: Line spacing: 1.5 lines

1. A signal of 0.1 kW is transmitted in a cable. The attenuation of cable is –5 dB per km and cable
length is 20 km. The power received at receiver is 10–x W. The value of x is ______.

P 
[Gain in dB = 10 log10  0  ] [JEE MAIN 2021 (FEB)]
 Pi 

2. Two cars are approaching each other at an equal speed of 7.2 km/hr. When they see each other,
both blow horns having frequency of 676 Hz. The beat frequency heard by each driver will be
_____ Hz. [Velocity of sound in air is 340 m/s.] [JEE MAIN 2021 (FEB)]

3. A student is performing the experiment of resonance column. The diameter of the column tube is 6
cm. The frequency of the tuning fork is 504 Hz. Speed of the sound at the given temperature is
336 m/s. The zero of the meter scale coincides with the top end of the resonance column tube. The
reading of the water level in the column when the first resonance occurs is:
[JEE MAIN 2021 (FEB)]
(1) 13 cm (2) 16.6 cm (3) 18.4 cm (4) 14.8 cm

4. A closed organ pipe of length L and an open organ pipe contain gases of densities 1 and 2
respectively. The compressibility of gasses are equal in both the pipes. Both the pipes are vibrating

x 
in their first overtone with same frequency. The length of the open pipe is L 1 where x is
3 2
______ (Round off to the Nearest Integer). [JEE MAIN 2021 (MARCH)]

5. The frequency of a car horn encountered a change from 400 Hz to 500 Hz. When the car
approaches a vertical wall. If the speed of sound is 330 m/s. Then the speed of car is ____ km/h.
[JEE MAIN 2021 (JULY)]

6. With what speed should a galaxy move outward with respect to earth so that the sodium –D line
at wavelength 5896 Å is observed at 5890 Å? [JEE MAIN 2021 (JULY)]
(1) 306 km/sec. (2) 322 km/sec. (3) 296 km/sec (4) 336 km/sec

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7. A source and a detector move away from each other in absence of wind with a speed of 20 m/s
with respect to the ground. If the detector detects a frequency of 1800 Hz of the sound coming
from the source , then the original frequency of source considering speed of sound in air 340 m/s
will be .... Hz. [JEE MAIN 2021 (AUGUST)]

8. A tuning fork is vibrating at 250 Hz. The length of the shortest closed pipe that will resonate with
the tuning fork will be __________cm. [JEE MAIN 2021 (AUGUST)]
-1
(Take speed of sound air as 340 ms )

9. Two cars X and Y are approaching each other with velocities 36km/h and 72 km/h respectively.
The frequency of a whistle sound as emitted by a passenger in car X, heard by the passenger in
car Y is 1320 Hz. If the velocity of sound in air is 340m/s, the actual frequency of the whistle
sound produced is ........Hz. [JEE MAIN 2021 (AUGUST)]

10. A galaxy is moving away from the earth at a speed of 286kms–1. The shift in the wavelength of a
red line at 630 nm is x × 10–10 m. The value of x, to the nearest integer, is _________.
[JEE MAIN 2021 (AUGUST)]
8 –1
[Take the value of speed of light c, as 3 × 10 ms ]

ANSWER KRY
Formatted: Left, Indent: Left: 0 cm,
1. 8 2. 8 3. 4 4. 4 5. 132 6. 1 7. 2025 Hanging: 1.27 cm, Don't adjust space
8. 34 9. 1210 10. 6 between Latin and Asian text, Don't
adjust space between Asian text and
numbers, Tab stops: 1.27 cm, Left

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SOLUTION
1. (8)
Sol. Sound level decreases by 5dB every km so sound level decreased in 20 km = 100 dB
I2 Field Code Changed
 2  1  10 log10
I1

I2 I Field Code Changed

–100 = 10log10  1  1010
I1 I2

I2 = 10–10 I1  P2 = 10–10 P1 = 10–8 W

x=8 Ans. 8. Field Code Changed

2. (8)
Formatted: Font: Bold, Font color:
Text 1, Lowered by 35 pt

Sol.

Frequency of sound heard by car-1,

car which comes by reflection from car-2
2 Field Code Changed
 340  2   340  2   f  342 
f1  f 0    0  Field Code Changed
 340  2   340  2   338 
Frequency of sound coming directly from car
car-2
 340  2  Field Code Changed
f 2 = f0  
 340  2 

 342   342  Field Code Changed

 f1  f 2  f 0    1   8.09  8
 338   338 

3. (4)
Sol. d = 6cm, f = 504, v = 336 m/s
e = 0.3d
 V Field Code Changed
le 
4 4f
l = 16.66 – 0.3 × 6
l = 14.866 cm

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l = 14.8 cm
4. (4)
Formatted: Font color: Text 1,
Lowered by 35 pt

Sol.

fc  f0 Field Code Changed

3VC 2V0 Field Code Changed


4L 2L
3VC V0 Field Code Changed
 
4L L
4L V0 4L B 1 Field Code Changed
L   (B is bulk modulus)
3 VC 3 2  B

4L 1 Field Code Changed

3 2
x=4

5. (132)
Formatted: Font: Bold, Font color:
Text 1, Lowered by 45 pt

Sol.

Wall as an observer
Frequency received by wall
 C  Field Code Changed
f1  f 0  
CV
Again wall as a source
Frequency received by observer on car
CV Field Code Changed
f 2  f1  
 C 
CV Field Code Changed
f 2  f0  
CV 
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CV Field Code Changed

500  400  
CV 
5 CV Field Code Changed

4 CV
C = 9V
C 330 Field Code Changed
V  m/s
9 9
330 18 Field Code Changed
V   132km / hr
9 5

6. (1)
1  v Field Code Changed
Sol. f  f0  Field Code Changed
1  c

f 1  Field Code Changed

f0 1  
2 Field Code Changed
 f  1
1    (1  )(1  )
 f 0 

is small compared to 1

 2f  Field Code Changed
1    (1  2)
 f0 

f v Field Code Changed

 
f0 c

c Field Code Changed

v  6  305.6km / s
5890

7. (2025)
Formatted: Font color: Text 1,
Lowered by 25 pt
Sol.
Formatted: Font color: Text 1,
Lowered by 25 pt

 C  V0  Field Code Changed

f 'f 
 C  Vs 

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 340  20  Field Code Changed

1800  f  
 340  20 
f = 2025 Hz
Ans. 2025

8. (34)
Formatted: Font color: Text 1,
Lowered by 35 pt

Sol.

 Field Code Changed

     4
4
V V Field Code Changed
f 
 4
340 34 Field Code Changed
 250    0.3m
4 4  25 Field Code Changed

  34cm Field Code Changed

9. (1210)
Formatted: Font color: Text 1,
Sol. Lowered by 15 pt

Vx = 36 km/hr = 10 m/s
Vy = 72 km/hr = 20 m/s
by Doppler's effect
 V  V0  Field Code Changed
F'  F0  
 V  Vs 
 340  20  Field Code Changed
1320  F0    F0  1210Hz
 340  10 

10. (6)
 Field Code Changed
Sol. cv


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v 286 Formatted: Indent: Left: 0 cm,

     630  10 9  6  1010 Hanging: 1.27 cm, Line spacing:
c 3  105 Multiple 1.35 li, Don't adjust space
between Latin and Asian text, Don't
adjust space between Asian text and
numbers, Tab stops: 1.27 cm, Left
Field Code Changed

298