While walking on the Moon, you cannot hear the sound of stones cracking behind you because:

1. Sound waves need a medium to travel through.
2. Sound waves are transverse.
3. The acceleration due to gravity on the Moon is very small.
4. Sound waves are longitudinal.
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A wave travelling in the positive x-direction having maximum displacement along y-direction as 1m, wavelength 2π m and frequency of 1/π Hz is represented by

1. y=sin(x-2t)
2. y=sin(2πx-2πt)
3. y=sin(10πx-20πt)
4. y=sin(2πx+2πt)

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A transverse wave is represented by y=Asinωt-kx. For what value of the wavelength is the wave velocity equal to the maximum particle velocity?

(1) πA/2                                           

(2) πA

(3) 2πA                                           

(4) A

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A transverse wave is described by the equation y=Y0sin2πft-2πλx. The maximum particle velocity is four times the wave velocity if :

(1) λ=πY04

(2) λ=πY02

(3) λ=πY0

(4) λ=2πY0

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Column I shows the expression for displacement in different kinds of waveforms (in \(x,t\)) while columns II & III describe their nature. Match them: All the quantities are in SI units.
Column-I Column-II Column-III
(A) \(\small0.04\sin(10x+600t) \) (P) sinusoidal waveform (I) speed \(=30~\text{m/s}\)
(B) \(\small0.008\sin^2(10x-300t)\) (Q) wave pulse (II) speed \(=60~\text{m/s}\)
(C) \(\small\dfrac{3\times10^{-3}}{(10x+600t)^2+400}\) (R) combination of waveforms (III) moving along positive \(x\)
(D) \(\small(2\times10^{-3})\sin10x \cdot\cos300t\) (IV) moving along negative \(x\)
(V) moving in the opposite direction
 
1. A-P,II,III; B-Q,I,IV; C-Q,II,III; D-R,I
2. A-P,II,IV; B-P,I,III; C-Q,II,IV; D-R,I,V
3. A-P,I,III; B-Q,I,IV; C-R,III; D-R,I,IV
4. A-P,I,III; B-Q,I,III; C- R-II,IV; D-R,I,V
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Given below are two statements: 
Assertion (A): When a beetle moves along the sand within a few tens of centimetres of a sand scorpion, the scorpion immediately turns towards the beetle and dashes towards it.
Reason (R): When a beetle disturbs the sand, it sends pulses along the sand's surface. One set of pulses is longitudinal while the other set is transverse.
  
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.
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When a sound wave travels from air into water (or vice-versa), then:
1. its frequency changes
2. its wavelength changes
3. both frequency and wavelength change
4. both frequency and wavelength remain unchanged
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Which of the following is not possible for sound waves in air?
1. beats
2. interference
3. diffraction
4. polarization

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Ocean waves strike a beach once every \(4~\text{s},\) and the distance between successive wave crests is \(12~\text{m}.\) What is the velocity of the waves as they move toward the shore?
1. \(3~\text {m/s}\) 2. \(4~\text {m/s}\)
3. \(12~\text {m/s}\) 4. \(48~ \text {m/s}\)
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A transverse wave with an amplitude of \(0.5\) m, a wavelength of \(1\) m, and a frequency of \(2\) Hz is propagating along a string in the negative \(x\)-direction. The expression for this wave is:
1. \(y(x,t)=0.5~ \text{sin}(2 \pi x-4\pi t)\)
2. \(y(x,t)=0.5~ \text{cos}(2 \pi x+4\pi t)\)
3. \(y(x,t)=0.5~ \text{sin}( \pi x-2\pi t)\)
4. \(y(x,t)=0.5~ \text{cos}(2 \pi x+2\pi t)\)

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