Which one of the following statements is true?
1. | Both light and sound waves in the air are transverse. |
2. | The sound waves in the air are longitudinal while the light waves are transverse. |
3. | Both light and sound waves in the air are longitudinal. |
4. | Both light and sound waves can travel in a vacuum. |
Which of the following statements is/are correct.
a. | Motion of a kink in a longitudinal spring produced by displacing one end of the spring sideways is transverse and longitudinal, both. |
b. | Waves produced in a cylinder containing a liquid by moving its piston back and forth is longitudinal. |
c. | Waves produced by a motorboat sailing in water are transverse and longitudinal, both. |
d. | Ultrasonic waves in air produced by a vibrating quartz crystal are longitudinal. |
1. (a), (b) and (d)
2. (b) and (d)
3. (a), (c) and (d)
4. All are correct
Assertion (A): | Ocean waves hitting a beach are always found to be nearly normal to the shore. |
Reason (R): | Ocean waves are longitudinal waves. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are false. |
The displacement of a particle is given by , where x is in metres and t is in seconds. The velocity of the wave is:
1. 5000 m/sec
2. 2 m/sec
3. 0.5 m/sec
4. 300 m/sec
The equation \(y(x,t) = 0.005 ~cos (\alpha x- \beta t)\) describes a wave traveling along the x-axis. If the wavelength and the time period of the wave are 0.08 m and 2.0 s, respectively, then and in appropriate units are:
1.
2.
3.
4.
If a travelling wave pulse is given by (m), then:
1. | the pulse is traveling along the negative x axis. |
2. | the speed of the pulse is 4 m/s. |
3. | the amplitude of the pulse is 5 m. |
4. | All of these |
The equation of a progressive wave is given by .
Which of the following is correct?
1. v = 5 m / sec
2. λ = 18 m
3. a = 0.04 m
4. n = 50 Hz
A wave traveling in the +ve x-direction having maximum displacement along y-direction as 1 m, wavelength and frequency of Hz, is represented by:
If a wave is travelling in a positive X-direction with A = 0.2 m, velocity = 360 m/s, and λ = 60 m, then the correct expression for the wave will be:
1. | \(\mathrm{y}=0.2 \sin \left[2 \pi\left(6 \mathrm{t}+\frac{\mathrm{x}}{60}\right)\right]\) |
2. | \(\mathrm{y}=0.2 \sin \left[ \pi\left(6 \mathrm{t}+\frac{\mathrm{x}}{60}\right)\right]\) |
3. | \(\mathrm{y}=0.2 \sin \left[2 \pi\left(6 \mathrm{t}-\frac{\mathrm{x}}{60}\right)\right]\) |
4. | \(\mathrm{y}=0.2 \sin \left[ \pi\left(6 \mathrm{t}-\frac{\mathrm{x}}{60}\right)\right]\) |