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Doppler effect
- Main 2015PhysicsSingle correct
A source of sound emits sound waves at frequency . It is moving towards an observer with fixed speed (, where is the speed of sound in air). If the observer were to move towards the source with speed , one of the following two graphs (A and B) will give the correct variation of the frequency f heard by the observer as is changed.
The variation of f with is given correctly by :
- Main 2014PhysicsSingle correct
Two factories are sounding their sirens at 800 Hz. A man goes from one factory to other at a speed of 2 m/s. The velocity of sound is 320 m/s. The number of beats heard by the person in one second will be :
- Main 2014PhysicsSingle correct
A source of sound A emitting waves of frequency 1800 Hz is falling towards ground with a terminal speed . The observer B on the ground directly beneath the source receives waves of frequency 2150 Hz. The source A receives waves, reflected from ground, of frequency nearly : (Speed of sound = 343 m/s)
- Advanced 2013PhysicsMultiple correct
Two vehicles, each moving with speed on the same horizontal straight road, are approaching each other. Wind blows along the road with velocity . One of these vehicles blows a whistle of frequency . An observer in the other vehicle hears the frequency of the whistle to be . The speed of sound in still air is . The correct statement(s) is (are)
- Advanced 2011PhysicsSingle correct
A police car with a siren of frequency 8 kHz is moving with uniform velocity 36 km/hr towards a tall building which reflects the sound waves. The speed of sound in air is 320 m/s. The frequency of the siren heard by the car driver is
- Advanced 2010PhysicsInteger
A stationary source is emitting sound at a fixed frequency , which is reflected by two cars approaching the source. The difference between the frequencies of sound reflected from the cars is 1.2% of . What is the difference in the speeds of the cars (in km per hour) to the nearest integer? The cars are moving at constant speeds much smaller than the speed of sound which is 330 m s⁻¹.
- Advanced 2007PhysicsSingle correct
The distribution of the sound intensity of the whistle as observed by the passengers in train A is best represented by
- Advanced 2007PhysicsSingle correct
The spread of frequency as observed by the passengers in train B is