PUC Science Class 11 - Karnataka Board PUC Question Bank Solutions

In the arrangement shown in figure  , the string has a mass of 4⋅5 g. How much time will it take for a transverse disturbance produced at the floor to reach the pulley? Take g = 10 m s⁻².

A circular loop of string rotates about its axis on a frictionless horizontal place at a uniform rate so that the tangential speed of any particle of the string is ν.  If a small transverse disturbance is produced at a point of the loop, with what speed (relative to the string) will this disturbance travel on the string?

A heavy but uniform rope of length L is suspended from a ceiling. (a) Write the velocity of a transverse wave travelling on the string as a function of the distance from the lower end. (b) If the rope is given a sudden sideways jerk at the bottom, how long will it take for the pulse to reach the ceiling? (c) A particle is dropped from the ceiling at the instant the bottom end is given the jerk. Where will the particle meet the pulse?

A transverse wave of amplitude 0⋅50 mm and frequency 100 Hz is produced on a wire stretched to a tension of 100 N. If the wave speed is 100 m s⁻¹, what average power is the source transmitting to the wire?

A tuning fork of frequency 440 Hz is attached to a long string of linear mass density 0⋅01 kg m⁻¹ kept under a tension of 49 N. The fork produces transverse waves of amplitude 0⋅50 mm on the string. (a) Find the wave speed and the wavelength of the waves. (b) Find the maximum speed and acceleration of a particle of the string. (c) At what average rate is the tuning fork transmitting energy to the string?

If the speed of a transverse wave on a stretched string of length 1 m is 60 m⁻¹, what is the fundamental frequency of vibration?

A steel wire of mass 4⋅0 g and length 80 cm is fixed at the two ends. The tension in the wire is 50 N. Find the frequency and wavelength of the fourth harmonic of the fundamental.

A wire, fixed at both ends is seen to vibrate at a resonant frequency of 240 Hz and also at 320 Hz. (a) What could be the maximum value of the fundamental frequency? (b) If transverse waves can travel on this string at a speed of 40 m s⁻¹, what is its length?

A 660 Hz tuning fork sets up vibration in a string clamped at both ends. The wave speed for a transverse wave on this string is 220 m s⁻¹ and the string vibrates in three loops. (a) Find the length of the string. (b) If the maximum amplitude of a particle is 0⋅5 cm, write a suitable equation describing the motion.

Three resonant frequencies of a string are 90, 150 and 210 Hz. (a) Find the highest possible fundamental frequency of vibration of this string. (b) Which harmonics of the fundamental are the given frequencies? (c) Which overtones are these frequencies? (d) If the length of the string is 80 cm, what would be the speed of a transverse wave on this string?

Water flows through a horizontal tube of variable cross section. The area of cross section at A and B are 4 mm² and 2 mm² respectively. If 1 cc of water enters per second through A, find (a) the speed of water at A, (b) the speed of water at B and (c) the pressure difference P_A − P_B.

The equation of a standing wave, produced on a string fixed at both ends, is
\[y = \left( 0 \cdot 4  cm \right)  \sin  \left[ \left( 0 \cdot 314  {cm}^{- 1} \right)  x \right]  \cos  \left[ \left( 600\pi  s^{- 1} \right)  t \right]\]
What could be the smallest length of the string?

The phenomenon of beats can take place

Does the temperature of a body depend on the frame from which it is observed?

It is said that mercury is used in defining the temperature scale because it expands uniformly with  temperature. If the temperature scale is not yet defined, is it logical to say that a substance expands uniformly with temperature?

Can the bulb of a thermometer be made of an adiabatic wall?

Why do marine animals live deep inside a lake when the surface of the lake freezes?

The length of a brass rod is found to be less on a hot summer day than on a cold winter day as measured by the same aluminium scale. Can we conclude that brass shrinks on heating?

The density of water at 4°C is supposed to be 1000 kg m^–3. Is it same at sea level and at high altitude?

A spherical shell is heated. The volume changes according to the equation V_θ = V₀ (1 + γ^θ). Does the volume refer to the volume enclosed by the shell or the volume of the material making up the shell?