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Physics - Waves and Sound

Practise 39 JIPMER previous year questions on Waves and Sound, compiled from papers spanning 2004 to 2019. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty JIPMER tests.

Waves and Sound has been asked in 0 of the 19 years of JIPMER papers analysed (2001–2019), with 39 questions in all. 23% of them were easy, 56% moderate and 21% tough. Most of its questions came from 2019, with 0 questions that year. In the last three years (2017–2019) it had 0 questions across 5 papers, about 0 per paper.

The chapter's 10 topics are not weighted equally: Basics of Mechanical Waves (11 questions, 28%), Organ Pipe (Vibration of Air Column) (6 questions, 15%), and Doppler’s Effect (5 questions, 13%) have been asked the most. Basics of Mechanical Waves has produced the most tough questions (3).

  1. 1If frequency of light is and speed of light in air is . Find the ratio of wavelength of light in a medium of refractive index ' 2 ' to air2019Basics of Mechanical Waves
  2. 2If frequencies are , then find beats.2019Beats
  3. 3Find the distance between two consecutive nodes, if for a string .2019Basics of Mechanical Waves
  4. 4A stationary wave equation is given as . What will be the speed of stationary wave?2019Interference and Superposition of Waves
  5. 5If speed of sound in air is and in water is . If frequency of sound is 1000 kHz, then find wavelength in water2018Speed of Sound Waves
  6. 6How much intense is 80 dB sound in comparision to 40 dB ?2018Properties of Sound Waves
  7. 7A organ pipe open on both ends in the harmonic is in resonance with a source of 1000 Hz . The length of pipe is 16.6 cm and speed of sound i2018Organ Pipe (Vibration of Air Column)
  8. 8A bat emitting an ultrasonic wave of frequency at speed of between two parallel walls. The two frequencies heared by the bat will be2016Doppler’s Effect
  9. 9A 4 kg block is suspended from the ceiling of an elevator through a spring having a linear mass density of . Find the speed with respect to 2015Basics of Mechanical Waves
  10. 10When an open organ is dipped in water upto half of its height, then its frequency will become2014Organ Pipe (Vibration of Air Column)
  11. 11A sound source producing waves of frequency 300 Hz and wavelength 1 m observer is stationary, while source is going away with the velocity ,2014Doppler’s Effect
  12. 12Vibrations of rope tied by two rigid ends shown by equation , then minimum length of the rope will be2014Vibration of String
  13. 13Linear density of a string of is and wave equation is . Find, the tension in the string where, in metre and in second.2014Basics of Mechanical Waves
  14. 14Progressive waves are represented by the equation The phase difference between waves is2013Basics of Mechanical Waves
  15. 15Two coherent light beams of intensities and are superposed. The maximum and minimum possible intensities in the resulting beam are2013Basics of Mechanical Waves
  16. 16An engine moving towards a wall with a velocity emits a note of 1.2 kHz . Speed of sound in air is . The frequency of the note after reflect2012Doppler’s Effect
  17. 17represents an equation of a progressive wave, where is in second and is in metre. The distance travelled by the wave in 5 s is2012Travelling Waves
  18. 18A tuning fork produces 4 beats/s with another tuning fork of frequency 320 Hz . On filing one of the prongs of beats are again heard when so2011Beats
  19. 19Which one of the following statements is true?2011Basics of Mechanical Waves
  20. 20A closed organ pipe of length 20 cm is sounded with tuning fork in resonance. What is frequency of tuning fork?2011Organ Pipe (Vibration of Air Column)
  21. 21A transverse wave is expressed as, For what value of , maximum particle velocity equals to 4 times the wave velocity?2011Basics of Mechanical Waves
  22. 22When sound waves travel from air to water which one of the following remains constant?2011Properties of Sound Waves
  23. 23The equation of a wave is ; where, is in cm and is in second. The maximum velocity of the wave will be2010Basics of Mechanical Waves
  24. 24Two vibrating strings of the same material but lengths and have radii and respectively. They are stretched under the same tension. Both the 2010Vibration of String
  25. 25An observer moves towards a stationary source of sound, with a velocity one-fifth of the velocity of sound. What is the percentage increase 2009Doppler’s Effect
  26. 26A sound absorber attenuates the sound level by 20 dB . The intensity decreases by a factor of2009Properties of Sound Waves
  27. 27The time of reverberation of a room is one second. What will be the time (in seconds) of reverberation of a room, having all the dimensions 2008Speed of Sound Waves
  28. 28Which one of the following statements is true?2008Basics of Mechanical Waves
  29. 29A closed organ pipe of length 20 cm is sounded with tuning fork in resonance. What is the frequency of tuning fork?2008Organ Pipe (Vibration of Air Column)
  30. 30A point source emits sound equally in all directions in a non-absorbing medium. Two points and are at distance of 2 m and 3 m respectively f2007Properties of Sound Waves
  31. 31Two vibrating tuning forks produce progressive waves given by and . Number of beats produced per minute is2007Beats
  32. 32There are 26 tuning forks arranged in the decreasing order of their frequencies. Each tuning fork gives 3 beats with the next. The first one2006Beats
  33. 33A person is observing two trains one coming towards him and other leaving with the same velocity . If their whistling frequencies are 240 Hz2006Beats
  34. 34The equation of stationary wave along a stretched string is given by , where, and are in cm and in second. The separation between two adjace2006Stationary waves
  35. 35Equations of motion in the same direction are given by The amplitude of the medium particle will be2005Basics of Mechanical Waves
  36. 36A closed orgon pipe and an open orgon pipe are tuned to the same fundamental frequency. What is the ratio of their lengths?2005Organ Pipe (Vibration of Air Column)
  37. 37A resonance air column of length 40 cm resonates with a tuning fork of frequency 450 Hz . Ignoring end correction, the velocity of sound in 2004Organ Pipe (Vibration of Air Column)
  38. 38If vibration of string is to be two times, then tension in the string must be made2004Vibration of String
  39. 39A siren emitting sound of frequency 500 Hz is going away from a stationary listener with a speed of , the frequency of sound heard directly 2004Doppler’s Effect

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Waves and Sound?

This chapter includes 39 questions compiled from JIPMER papers spanning 2004 to 2019.

2.Are these questions only from JIPMER, or from other exams too?

These are JIPMER questions specifically for the Waves and Sound chapter. Questions from other exams like NEET or AIIMS are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Waves and Sound an important chapter for JIPMER Physics?

Waves and Sound has appeared in 15 of the 16 years of JIPMER papers covered here, with 39 questions across 15 papers - about 3 per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of Waves and Sound questions in JIPMER?

Of the 39 questions analysed for this chapter, 23% are easy, 56% moderate and 21% tough. 2019 had the most, with 0 questions.

5.Which topics in Waves and Sound should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Waves and Sound:

  • Basics of Mechanical Waves - 11 questions (28%)
  • Organ Pipe (Vibration of Air Column) - 6 questions (15%)
  • Doppler’s Effect - 5 questions (13%)
  • Basics of Mechanical Waves has produced the most tough questions (3).
6.Is Waves and Sound's weightage in JIPMER going up or down?

Across all 15 papers analysed, Waves and Sound has averaged about 2.6 questions per paper. In the last three years (2017–2019), that average has fallen, at about 0.0 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.