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1st Year Physics Chapter 9 Test09. Waves

30 marks · 40 minutes · 21 questions. Covers: 09. Waves.

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1st Year Physics Chapter 9 Test

1st Year · Physics · Federal (FBISE)

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Q1. Multiple choice questions (Attempt all · 10 × 1 = 10)

  1. In Doppler's effect formula, vs represents:
    1. Speed of listener
    2. Speed of sound
    3. Speed of source
    4. Speed of medium
  2. High frequency sound waves bounce off blood and are used in:
    1. MRI
    2. Echocardiography
    3. X-ray
    4. ECG
  3. Formula of intensity in terms of power is:
    1. I = PA
    2. I = P/A
    3. I = A/P
    4. I = Pt/A
  4. Which type of light is reduced to half after passing through one Polaroid?
    1. Laser light
    2. UV light
    3. Infrared light
    4. Unpolarized light
  5. Which law gives intensity of transmitted polarized light?
    1. Snell's law
    2. Malus's law
    3. Newton's law
    4. Bernoulli's law
  6. According to Malus's law, I = I₀ cos²θ. Here θ is angle between:
    1. Direction of propagation
    2. Polarization axis of analyzer and polarizer
    3. Lens and source
    4. Wave and medium
  7. A loop in a stationary wave represents:
    1. A node
    2. A crest
    3. An antinode
    4. A trough
  8. Resultant wave C in beats is formed by:
    1. Subtraction only
    2. Addition only
    3. Both addition & subtraction of amplitudes
    4. Reflection
  9. Stationary waves have:
    1. Travelling nodes
    2. Fixed nodes and antinodes
    3. Only crests
    4. Only troughs
  10. Intensity of a wave is defined as:
    1. Energy carried per unit time
    2. Amplitude per unit time
    3. Power carried per unit length
    4. Energy carried per unit area in unit time

Q2. Short questions (Attempt any 6 of 8 · 6 × 2 = 12)

  1. What happens to the energy transferred by a wave as its amplitude increases?
  2. What is a gravitational wave?
  3. Consider the three pairs of sunglasses below. Which pair of the glasses is capable of eliminating the glare resulting from sunlight reflecting off the calm waters of a lake? Explain you option. (The polarization axes are shown by the straight lines).
  4. What is meant by quantization of frequency?
  5. What is an interferometer?
  6. Define intensity of waves.
  7. What are overtones?
  8. What is polarization by reflection?

Q3. Long questions (Attempt any 2 of 3 · 2 × 4 = 8)

  1. The string is 6.0 m long and is vibrating at the third harmonic. The string vibrates up and down with 45 complete vibrational cycles in 10 seconds. Determine the frequency, period, wavelength and speed for this wave.
  2. Describe various uses of polaroids.
  3. An air column closed at one end resonates at the second maximum of the The frequency of the sound wave is 1024 Hz. The air temperature is 18.6°C. a) Draw a diagram of the displacement wave pattern inside the column. b) Calculate the speed of sound in air. c) Calculate the wavelength. d) Calculate the length of the closed air column.