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

Theory

CH2 - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

(a) State the most appropriate instrument, or instruments, for the measurement of the following. (i) the diameter of a wire of diameter about 1 mm [1...

2009 Summer

3

Theory

CH4 - DYNAMICS

A ball B of mass 1.2 kg travelling at constant velocity collides head-on with a stationary ball S of mass 3.6 kg, as shown in Fig. 2.1. Frictional ...

2009 Summer

3

Theory

CH5 - FORCES, DENSITY & PRESSURE

(a) Define the $\emph{torque}$ of a couple.   [2] (b) A torque wrench is a type of spanner for tightening a nut and bolt to a particular to...

2009 Summer

2

Theory

CH9 - DEFORMATION OF SOLIDS

A spring having spring constant $k$ hangs vertically from a fixed point. A load of weight $L$, when hung from the spring, causes an extension $e$. The...

2009 Summer

3

Theory

CH15 - SUPERPOSITION

Two sources $S_1$ and $S_2$ of sound are situated 80 cm apart in air, as shown in Fig. 5.1. The frequency of vibration can be varied. The two sourc...

2009 Summer

3

Theory

CH17 - ELECTRIC FIELDS

Two vertical parallel metal plates are situated 2.50 cm apart in a vacuum. The potential difference between the plates is 350V, as shown in Fig. 6.1.A...

2009 Summer

3

Theory

CH20 - D.C. CIRCUITS

A network of resistors, each of resistance $R$, is shown in Fig. 7.1.(a) Calculate the total resistance, in terms of $R$, between points(i) A and C,re...

2009 Summer

3

Theory

CH26 - PARTICLE & NUCLEAR PHYSICS

The spontaneous and random decay of a radioactive substance involves the emission of either $\alpha$-radiation or $\beta$-radiation and/or $\gamma$-ra...

2009 Summer

3

Theory

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

In this experiment you will investigate how the current in a circuit depends on the arrangement of resistors within the circuit. You have been provide...

2009 Summer

3

Theory

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

In this experiment you will investigate the angle of tilt of a bottle when it contains different amounts of water. (a) (i) Use the water supplied to ...

2009 Summer

3