MCQ

CH15 - SUPERPOSITION

A loudspeaker is playing music in a room. The door to the room is open and has a width of 0.80 m. Sound waves of many different frequencies pass thro...

2024 Summer

5

MCQ

CH15 - SUPERPOSITION

A stationary sound wave is set up between a loudspeaker and a wall. A microphone is connected to a cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO) and is moved along ...

2024 Summer

4

MCQ

CH15 - SUPERPOSITION

For a wire, Hooke's law is obeyed for a tension $F$ and extension $x$. The Young modulus for the material of the wire is $E$. Which expression repres...

2024 Summer

5

MCQ

CH15 - SUPERPOSITION

A guitar string is plucked. Which statement describes the resulting waves?

2024 Summer

4

MCQ

CH15 - SUPERPOSITION

A plane polarised wave has amplitude $A$. The wave is incident normally on a polarising filter. The transmission axis of the filter is at angle $\the...

2024 Summer

3

MCQ

CH15 - SUPERPOSITION

A stationary sound wave is formed in the air column inside a tube that is open at both ends. The stationary wave has three nodes. How many antinodes...

2024 Summer

5

MCQ

CH15 - SUPERPOSITION

Light of frequency $6.7 \times 10^{14}\, \text{Hz}$ in a vacuum is incident normally on a diffraction grating that contains $4.0 \times 10^{5}\, \text...

2024 Summer

4

MCQ

CH15 - SUPERPOSITION

The siren of a moving police car emits a sound wave with a frequency of 440 Hz. A stationary observer hears sound of frequency 494 Hz. The speed of so...

2024 Summer

3

MCQ

CH15 - SUPERPOSITION

What happens when two waves superpose at a point?

2024 Winter

4

MCQ

CH15 - SUPERPOSITION

Waves P and Q have the same amplitude. The waves meet in phase at point X and interfere to give a resultant wave with intensity $I$. The amplitude of...

2024 Winter

3

MCQ

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

Which quantity with its unit is correct?

2016 Summer

2

MCQ

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

The luminosity $L$ of a star is given by $L = 4\pi r^2 \sigma T^4$ where $r$ is the radius of the star, $T$ is the temperature of the star, $\sig...

2016 Summer

3

MCQ

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

The diagram shows two vectors X and Y, drawn to scale. If X = Y − Z, which diagram best represents the vector Z?

2016 Summer

3

MCQ

CH2 - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

The diagram shows a cathode-ray oscilloscope (c.r.o.) being used to measure the rate of rotation of a flywheel.The flywheel has a small magnet M mount...

2016 Summer

2

MCQ

CH2 - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

A student determines the density $\rho$ of steel by taking measurements from a steel wire. mass $m = 6.2 \pm 0.1 \text{ g}$ length $l = 25.0 \pm 0.1 \...

2016 Summer

3

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

The acceleration of free fall on the Moon is $1.6 \, \text{m}\,\text{s}^{-2}$. The Moon has no atmosphere. An astronaut standing on the surface of the...

2016 Summer

2

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A tennis ball is released from rest at the top of a tall building. Which graph best represents the variation with time $t$ of the acceleration $a$ of ...

2016 Summer

3

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

The graph shows how the velocity $v$ of an object moving in a straight line varies with time $t$ from $t = 0$ to $t = T$. Which graph represents th...

2016 Summer

3

MCQ

CH4 - DYNAMICS

A ball falls vertically onto horizontal ground and rebounds, as shown. The ball has momentum $p_1$ downwards just before hitting the ground. After ...

2016 Summer

3

MCQ

CH4 - DYNAMICS

A sphere falls from rest through the air. The graph shows the variation with time of the sphere’s velocity. Which diagram shows the forces ac...

2016 Summer

3