Physics: Wave Optics MCQs


11. Question

Two cars A and B are moving away from each other in opposite directions. Both the cars are moving with a speed of 20 ms-1 with respect to the ground. If an observer in car A detects a frequency 2000 Hz of the sound coming from car B, what is the natural frequency of the sound source in car B?

(speed of sound in air = 340 ms-1 )




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12. Question

A source of sound S is moving with a velocity of 50 m/s towards a stationary observer. The observer measures the frequency of the source as 1000 Hz. What will be the apparent frequency of the source when it is moving away from the observer after crossing him? (Take velocity of sound in air 350 m/s)




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13. Question

A stationary source emits sounds waves of frequency 500 Hz. Two observers moving along a line passing through the source detect sound to be of frequencies 4801 Hz and 530 Hz. Their respective speeds are, in ms-1,
(Given speed of sound = 300 m/s)




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14. Question

Two sources of sound S1 and S2 produce sound waves of same frequency 660 Hz. A listener is moving from source S1 towards S2 with a constant speed u m/s and he hears10 beats/s. The velocity of sound is 330 m/s. Then u equals:




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15. Question

A stationary observer receives sound from two identical tuning forks, one of which approaches and the other one recedes with the same speed (much less than the speed of sound). The observer hears 2 beats/sec. The oscillation frequency of each tuning fork is v 0 = 1400 Hz and the velocity of sound in air is 350 m/s. The speed of each tuning fork is close to:




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