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1

The equations of two waves acting in perpendicular directions are given as x = a ( t + ) and y = a ( t + ), where = + 2, the resultant wave represents

  1. a parabola
  2. a circle
  3. an ellipse
  4. a straight line

Answer

(2) a circle

Solution

Put = + 2 in the equation of x:

x = a ( t + + 2 ) = -a ( t + )

and y = a ( t + )

Squaring and adding:

x2 + y2 = a2 [ 2( t + ) + 2( t + ) ]

x2 + y2 = a2

The resultant motion is a circle of radius a.

Answer: (2)

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2

For a simple pendulum, having time period T, the variation of kinetic energy (K.E.) with time (t) is represented by :

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3

The sum of kinetic energy and potential energy of a simple pendulum bob is 0.02 joule. The speed of the simple pendulum bob at equilibrium position is approximately : (Consider mass of the bob = 20 g)

  1. 2.0 m/s
  2. 0.2 m/s
  3. 14.1 m/s
  4. 1.41 m/s
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4

Savitha, a XI standard student, while conducting an experiment to determine the effective length of a simple pendulum L, notes down the data of time taken to complete 30 oscillations as 60 s and hence calculates the length of the simple pendulum as : (Take 2 = 9.8, and g = 9.8 m/s2)

  1. 0.75 m
  2. 1 m
  3. 1.5 m
  4. 2 m
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5

A cylindrical cork of uniform density floats in a liquid of density 1. If the cork is depressed slightly and released, it oscillates harmonically with time period T. If the same cork floats in another liquid of density 2, then the similar oscillation has time period 2T. The value of 2 / 1 is:

  1. 1/4
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 1/2
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6

Consider a spring-mass simple harmonic oscillator in one dimension. The mass of the particle is m kg and the spring constant is k Nm-1. At a given instant, the extension of the spring is x-meter and the speed of the particle is v ms-1. On the x - v plane, if the graph of v as a function of x is a circle, then the correct option is:

  1. k = m
  2. k = 1m
  3. k = m
  4. k = m2
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7

In an oscillating spring mass system, a spring is connected to a box filled with sand. As the box oscillates, sand leaks slowly out of the box vertically so that the average frequency (t) and average amplitude A(t) of the system change with time t. Which one of the following options schematically depicts these changes correctly?

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8

Two identical point masses P and Q, suspended from two separate massless springs of spring constants k1 and k2, respectively, oscillate vertically. If their maximum speeds are the same, the ratio (AQ/AP) of the amplitude AQ of mass Q to the amplitude AP of mass P is

  1. k2k1
  2. k1k2
  3. k2k1
  4. k1k2
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9

If x = 5 ( t + 3 ) m represents the motion of a particle executing simple harmonic motion, the amplitude and time period of motion, respectively, are

  1. 5 cm, 2 s
  2. 5 m, 2 s
  3. 5 cm, 1 s
  4. 5 m, 1 s
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10

If the mass of the bob in a simple pendulum is increased to thrice its original mass and its length is made half its original length, then the new time period of oscillation is x2 times its original time period. Then the value of x is:

  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 2 3
  4. 4
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11

A particle executing simple harmonic motion with amplitude A has the same potential and kinetic energies at the displacement

  1. 2 A
  2. A2
  3. A 2
  4. A 2
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