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Practise 117 NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) questions on Waves and Sound. Each question shows a quick preview so you can jump straight to the topic you want to revise.

Waves and Sound has been asked in 0 of the 25 years of NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) papers analysed (2002–2026), with 117 questions in all. 100% of them were easy, 0% moderate and 0% tough. Most of its questions came from 2026, with 0 questions that year. In the last three years (2024–2026) it had 0 questions across 49 papers, about 0 per paper.

All of the chapter's questions come from a single topic, Uncategorized.

  1. 1The displacement y of a particle in a medium can be expressed as y = 10 - 6 sin 100 t - 20x + π / 4 m , where t is in seconds and x in meter
  2. 2A metallic rod of length 1 m , Young's modulus 3 × 10 11 N m - 2 and density 7 . 5 × 10 2 kg m - 3 is clamped at its middle. Longitudinal st
  3. 3There is a source of sound (a tuning fork) moving towards a reflecting wall will a speed of 30 m s - 1 . The velocity of the sound in air is
  4. 4The equation of a simple harmonic progressive wave is given by y = A sin ⁡ 100 π t - 3 x . Find the distance between 2 particles having a ph
  5. 5A sound absorber attenuates the sound level by 20 dB. The intensity decreases by a factor of
  6. 6A string fixed at both ends has a standing wave mode for which the distances between adjacent nodes is 18 cm. For the net consecutive standi
  7. 7A stationary wave of amplitude A is generated between the two fixed ends x = 0 and x = L . The particle at x = L 3 is a node. There are only
  8. 8In two similar wires of tension 16 N and T , 3 beats are heard, then T =
  9. 9A stationary source is emitted sound at a fixed frequency f 0 , which is reflected by two cars approaching the source. The difference betwee
  10. 10Two sources of sound S 1 and S 2 produce sound waves of same frequency 600 H z . A listener is moving from source S 1 towards S 2 with a con
  11. 11The phase difference between two points separated by 0.8 m in a wave of frequency 120 Hz is 0.5 π . The wave velocity is
  12. 12In an organ pipe whose one end is at x = 0 , the pressure is expressed by p = p 0 cos 3 π x 2 sin 3 0 0 π t where x is in meter and t in sec
  13. 13Two sonometer wires A and B are fixed on a sonometer. The ratio of their lengths, diameters, densities and tensions are given below: l A l B
  14. 14A source of sound S emitting waves of frequency 100 Hz and an observer O are located at some distance from each other. The source is moving
  15. 15A transverse wave propagating along the x -axis is represented by y ( x , t ) = 8 . 0 sin ( 0 . 5 π x – 4 π t – π 4 ) where x is in metres a
  16. 16A train moves towards a stationary observer with speed 34 m / s . The train sound a whistle and its frequency registered by the observer is
  17. 17The transverse displacement of a wave on string is given by y x, t = e - ax 2 + bt 2 + 2 ab xt , this represents a _______
  18. 18Two sound waves of wavelengths 98 c m and 100 c m arrive at the same point, from two different sources. If the speed of sound in the medium
  19. 19A table is revolving on its axis at 5 revolutions per second. A sound source of frequency 1000 Hz is fixed on the table at 70 cm from the ax
  20. 20Two points on a travelling wave, having frequency 500 Hz and velocity 300 m s - 1 , are 60 ° out of phase. The minimum distance between the
  21. 21A closed and an open organ pipe have the same length. When they are vibrating simultaneously in their first overtone, they produce three bea
  22. 22A source of sound S emitting waves of frequency 100 Hz and an observer O are located at some distance from each other. The source is moving
  23. 23A wire having tension 225 N produces six beats per second when it vibrates with some tuning fork. When the tension changes to 256 N , it vib
  24. 24A composite wire of length 2 L is made by joining two different wires A and B having the same length, made of the same material but of diffe
  25. 25A tuning fork having a frequency of 170 Hz is vibrating just above a cylindrical tube. The height of the tube is 110 cm . Water is slowly po
  26. 26Two uniform wires of the same material are vibrating under the same tension. If the first overtone of the first wire is equal to the second
  27. 27A light string is tied at one end to a fixed support and to a heavy string of equal length L at the other end A as shown in the figure ( Tot
  28. 28If the temperature is raised by 1 K from 300 K , the percentage change in the speed of sound in the gaseous mixture is [ R = 8 . 314 J mol -
  29. 29The total length of a sonometer wire fixed between two bridges is 110 cm . Now, two more bridges are placed to divide the length of the wire
  30. 30Two loudspeakers are being compared. One is perceived to be 32 times louder than the other. The difference in intensity levels between the t
  31. 31There are two waves having wavelength 100 cm and 101 cm and same velocity 303 m s - 1 . The beat frequency is
  32. 32A man is standing on the platform and one train is approaching and another train is going away with the speed of 4 m s - 1 , frequency of so
  33. 33An iron load of 2 kg is suspended in the air from the free end of a sonometer wire of length 1 m . A tuning fork of frequency 256 Hz is in r
  34. 34A train moves towards a stationary observer with speed 34 m s - 1 . The train sounds a whistle and its frequency registered by the observer
  35. 35A 25 cm long string is fixed at both ends. It has a mass of 2 . 5 g and vibrates in its first overtone under tension. Also given is a closed
  36. 36A whistle of frequency 500 Hz , tied to the end of a string of length 1 . 2 m , revolves at 400 rev / min . A listener standing some distanc
  37. 37In a closed tube whose length can be altered by sliding one of the halves relative to other is shown in the figure. In the initial condition
  38. 38Two sound waves having the same wavelength λ and same frequency but with intensities 9 I 0 and 4 I 0 are interfering. When the path differen
  39. 39In a car race, sound signals emitted by the two cars are detected by a detector on the straight track at the end of the race. The frequency
  40. 40The amplitude of a wave disturbance propagating in positive direction of x - a x i s is given by y = 1 1 + x 2 at t = 0 and by y = 1 1 + x -
  41. 41In a resonance tube experiment, to determine the speed of sound in air, a pipe of diameter 5 cm is used. The air column in the pipe resonate
  42. 422 loudspeakers are emitting sound waves of wavelength λ with an initial phase difference of π 2 . At what minimum distance from O on line AB
  43. 43A band playing music at a frequency f is moving towards a wall at a speed v b . A motorist is following the band with a speed v m . If v is
  44. 44A string of mass per unit length μ is clamped at both ends such that one end of the string is at x = 0 and the other is at x = L . When the
  45. 45In a resonance column first and second resonance are obtained at depths 22 . 7 cm and 70 . 2 cm . The third resonance will be obtained at a
  46. 46The vibrating of four air columns are represented in the figure. The ratio of frequencies n p : n q : n r : n s is
  47. 47A stationary source is emitting sound at a fixed frequency f 0 , which is reflected by two cars approaching the source. The difference betwe
  48. 48A standing wave having 3 nodes and 2 antinodes is formed between two atoms having a distance 1 . 21 A ∘ between them. The wavelength of the
  49. 49The fundamental frequency of a closed organ pipe of length 20 cm is equal to the second overtone of an organ pipe open at both the ends. The
  50. 50A pipe closed at one end has length 83 cm . The number of possible natural oscillations of air column whose frequencies lie below 1000 Hz ar

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Of the 117 questions analysed for this chapter, 100% are easy, 0% moderate and 0% tough. 2026 had the most, with 0 questions.

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All of this chapter's questions come from a single topic: Uncategorized.