Wave Equation and Characteristics of Waves PYQs: JEE Mains Physics

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1. 1. A transverse wave on a string is described by \(y = 3\sin(36t + 0.018x + \pi/4)\), where \(x, y\) are in cm and \(t\) in seconds. The least distance between the two successive crests in the wave is _____ cm. (Nearest integer)
   (\(\pi = 3.14\)) 2026 Medium
2. 2. The equation of a plane progressive wave is given by \(y = 5\cos\pi\left(200t - \dfrac{x}{150}\right)\) where \(x\) and \(y\) are in cm and \(t\) is in second. The velocity of the wave is _______ m/s. 2026 Easy
3. 3. A transverse harmonic wave on a string is given by \(y(x, t)=5 \sin (6 t+0.003 x)\) where \(x\) and \(y\) are in \(cm\) and \(t\) in \(sec\). The wave velocity is \(...........\,ms ^{-1}\). 2023 Medium
4. 4. A travelling wave is described by the equation \(y(x, t)=[0.05 \sin (8 x-4 t] \;m\) The velocity of the wave is \(.....ms ^{-1}\) [all the quantities are in SI unit] 2023 Easy
5. 5. The distance between two consecutive points with phase difference of \(60^{\circ}\) in a wave of frequency \(500\,Hz\) is \(6.0\,m\). The velocity with which wave is traveling is \(.........km / s\) 2023 Hard
6. 6. The equation of wave is given by \(Y=10^{-2} \sin 2 \pi\left(160 t-0.5 x+\frac{\pi}{4}\right)\) Where \(x\) and \(Y\) are in \(m\) and \(t\) in \(s\). The speed of the wave is \(.....\,km h ^{-1}\) 2023 Easy
7. 7. A longitudinal wave is represented by \(x =10 \sin 2 \pi\left( nt -\frac{ x }{\lambda}\right) \,cm\). The maximum particle velocity will be four times the wave velocity if the determined value of wavelength is equal to ..................... 2022 Hard
8. 8. A transverse wave is represented by \(y=2 \sin\) \((\omega t - kx ) cm\). The value of wavelength (in \(cm\) ) for which the wave velocity becomes equal to the maximum particle velocity, will be. 2022 Medium
9. 9. In the wave equation \(y =0.5 \sin \frac{2 \pi}{\lambda}(400 t - x )\,m\)  the velocity of the wave will be ......... \(m / s\) 2022 Easy
10. 10. A sound wave of frequency \(245 \,Hz\) travels with the speed of \(300\, ms ^{-1}\) along the positive \(x\)-axis. Each point of the wave moves to and fro through a total distance of \(6 \,cm\). What will be the mathematical expression of this travelling wave ? 2021 Medium
11. 11. The amplitude of wave disturbance propagating in the positive \(x\)-direction is given by \(y=\frac{1}{(1+x)^{2}}\) at time \(t=0\) and \(y=\frac{1}{1+(x-2)^{2}}\) at \(t=1\) s, where \(x\) and \(y\) are in metres. The shape of wave does not change during the propagation. The velocity of the wave will be \(...\,{m} / {s}.\) 2021 Medium
12. 12. A progressive wave travelling along the positive \(x-\) direction is represented by \(y(x, t) = A\,sin\,\left( {kx - \omega t + \phi } \right)\). Its snapshot at \(t = 0\) is given in the figure For this wave, the phase \(\phi \) is
    2019 Medium
13. 13. A transverse wave is represented by  \(y = \frac{{10}}{\pi }\,\sin \,\left( {\frac{{2\pi }}{T}t - \frac{{2\pi }}{\lambda }x} \right)\) For what value of the wavelength the wave velocity is twice the maximum particle velocity ..... \(cm\) ? 2014 Medium
14. 14. In a transverse wave the distance between a crest and neighbouring trough at the same instant is \(4.0\, cm\) and the distance between a crest and trough at the same place is \(1 .0\, cm\) . The next crest appears at the same place after a time interval of \(0.4\,s\). The maximum speed of the vibrating particles in the medium is 2013 Easy
15. 15. When two sound waves travel in the same direction in a medium, the displacements of a particle located at \('x'\) at time \('t'\) is given by \({y_1} = 0.05\,\cos \,\left( {0.50\,\pi x - 100\,\pi t} \right)\) \({y_2} = 0.05\,\cos \,\left( {0.46\,\pi x - 92\,\pi t} \right)\) then velocity is..... \(m/s\) 2013 Hard

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