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If mass attached to a spring and the spring constant of a spring are doubled, the resulting Time period will:
At which of the following places, motion of simple pendulum becomes slowest:
NUMS 2015
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Simple Harmonic Motion of a body is described by which statements mentioned below:
K : K.E is maximum when displacement x = 0
L : P.E is maximum when x = 0
M : P.E is maximum when x = ± x0
UHS 2018
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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A pendulum oscillates on x-axis between 10 cm and 50 cm. Calculate its amplitude
If T is to be reduced to T/3 then length of pendulum should be: a) L/9 b) In c) l./3 d) L/4
For a simple harmonic motion the acceleration of the body is _______ to displacement and always directed towards ________.
NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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If length of the pendulum is halved time ‘period will be?
Transvers waves can transfer their energy on, In
The frequency of a string on a musical instrument can be changed either by:
PMC Sample 3
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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A spring is moving with SUM from X=10 cm to X=40 cm then it has maximum velocity at?
Seconds pendulum has time period
If spring constant is 2 and displacement is also 2 then sum of KE and PE?
If the length of simple pendulum is increased to 6 time; and g reduces to 3 times, then time period will be?
When frequency of applied periodic Force is equal to the natural frequency of harmonic oscillator then the _______ of oscillator _____.
NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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In the case of linear deformation, the ratio of tensile stress to tensile strain is called:
UHS 2018
Physics
Physics of Solids
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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In SHM the kinetic energy of the body is maximum when:
UHS 2018
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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On increasing the spring constant to 4 times its value:
Damping is the process whereby _______ is ______ from the oscillating system.
NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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An aeroplane is flying in a straight line at a constant altitude. If a wing gust strikes and raises the nose of the airplane, the nose will bob up and down until the plane eventually returns to its original position. These oscillations are:
NUMS 2015
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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What will be the time period of pendulum if length becomes S times and g becomes 1/5 times at some height from the earth?
In simple harmonic motion, acceleration will be maximum, when object is at:
UHS 2019
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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An object is undergoing simple harmonic motion. It’s time period is T and total energy is E. The amplitude of vibration is reduced to half. What is the new time period and total energy of the system?
PMC Practice 5
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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According to the hook’s law, strain is directly proportional to stress
A wave passes through a medium; each particle of the medium performs 100 complete vibrations in 5 seconds. What is the frequency of the wave?
PMC Practice 3
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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A spring of force constant 800 N/m has an extension of 5 cm, the work done in extending it from 5 cm to 15 cm
PMC Sample 3
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Acceleration in the simple pendulum is always _______ to displacement.
PMC Practice 4
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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The oscillating object overshoots the rest position due to:
PMC Sample 1
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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If the time period of the oscillation is 20 micro-sec, then what will be the frequency of that oscillating body?
UHS 2018
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
Wave Motion and Sound
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Which of the following Is true for a wave entering a denser medium?
Equation of SHM, with amplitude ‘a’ is given by:
NUMS 2015
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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In SHM is conserved
In S.H.M which of the following remains constant?
What will be impact on the frequency of a simple pendulum if the length of pendulum is halved
and value of gravity is doubled?
if a hole is dug to the center of earth and a ball is dropped in it, the ball will:
When the length of simple pendulum is doubled, the ratio of its new time period to old time period is:
UHS 2019
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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The motion of particle executing SUM is given by x = 0.01 sin 100 π t, where x is in meter and time is in second. The time period is
Calculate the frequency if the number of revolutions is 300 and the paired poles are 50.
PMC Practice 6
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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A body of mass 4 kg attached to a spring is displaced through 0.04 m from its equilibrium position and then released. If the spring constant is 400 N/m, find the time period of the vibration?
NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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In which of the following scenarios will the K.E be zero?
If a pendulum is oscillating with a frequency f then what is the frequency at which it’s K.E. changes?
NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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A simple pendulum is suspended from the ceiling of a lift has a time period T when the lift is at rest. when it fall freely
When there is an increase in the length of the simple pendulum then its time period will:
NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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To double the total energy for a mass-spring system oscillating in SHM, by what factor must the amplitude increase?
NUMS 2015
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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in Damping
Second’s pendulum has frequency equal to?
Two springs fixed at one end are stretched by 5 cm and 10 cm respectively when masses 0.5 kg and 1 kg are suspended at their lower ends. When displaced slightly from their mean positions and released, they will oscillate with time periods in the ratio:
NTS 2017
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Two strings A and B of a sitar produces 6 beats per second. When the tension in string B is slightly reduced, beat frequency is reduced by 3 beats per second. If the frequency of string A is 324 Hz. then original frequency of string B was:
NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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If the spring is halved, the new spring constant of each part will be:
General Equation of SHM is given as: x(t) = A sin(wt) Find approximate value of wt, if x(t) = 71cm and A=100cm.
If the value of g is made g/16, what will be the effect on time period of pendulum?
A progressive wave moving along the X axis is represented by y = [(2 π / λ – x)]. The wavelength at which the maximum particle velocity is 3 times the wave velocity is:
NUMS 2014
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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A train is approaching a station at 90 km/h sounding a whistle of frequency 1000 Hz. What will be the apparent frequency heard by the listener sitting on the platform if the train moves away from the station at the same speed? (speed of sound= 340 m/s)
NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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When the frequency of the applied force becomes equal to one of natural frequencies of body then the body oscillates with maximum displacement this phenomenon is called:
UHS 2018
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Beats can be used to find:
PMC Practice 1
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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If length of a pendulum is 4 times g,.its time period will be:
For a stiff spring, the value of spring constant is:
NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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What is the time period of sin(wt) ?
Acceleration of a body executing SHM is directed towards:
What is the kinetic energy at the extreme position during SHM?
A vibrator produces 25 waves in 5 seconds. What is its time period?
A block of mass m = 2 kg is attached to an ideal spring of spring constant k = 200 Wm. The block is at rest at its equilibrium position. An impulsive force acts on the block, giving it an initial speed of 2 m/s. Find the amplitude of the resulting oscillations.
According to hooke’s law:
The total energy of pendulum is 501 what, will be its kinetic energy at mean position?
If a pipe is closed at one end and open at the other, the closed end is a:
PMC Sample 3
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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If T is to be increased to 37 then length of pendulum should be increased by:
If length of simple pendulum is increased four times what will be effect on its frequency?
A simple pendulum with spring constant 500 n/m oscillates between two points x1 = 10cm and x2 = 15 cm. What is total mechanical energy at 10cm?
The object oscillates due to:
PMC Sample 2
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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A steel wire hangs vertically from a fixed point, supporting a weight of 80 N at its lower end. The diameter of the wire is 0.50 mm and its length from the fixed point to the weight is 1.5 m. If density of steel wire = 7.8 x 103 kg/m3, then what is the fundamental frequency emitted from the wire.
PMC Sample 2
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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The total energy of a block, executing simple harmonic motion is:
NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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A force F = 0.12 N is applied on a spring and the spring elongates by 3 cm. The specific constant of the spring is?
NUMS 2017
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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A wire has a spring constant of 5 x 104 N m-1. It is stretched by a force to extension of 1.4 mm. Calculate the strain energy stored in the wire.
UHS 2019
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Which of the following changes must when a wave changes its medium?
The time of open vibration of a simple pendulum may be decreased by:
NTS 2017
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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A body is executing simple harmonic motion if:
NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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In S.H.M the K.E. at the equilibrium position is:
NUMS 2018
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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If f1 and f2 are frequencies of two tuning forks, such that f1 < f2, then number of beats produced in one second are:
PMC Sample 2
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Maximum acceleration with zero velocity is possible only for:
NUMS 2018
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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If the length of pendulum is increased 4 times, the new time period will be?
A simple pendulum completes one oscillation in 4 seconds. Calculate its length when g= 9.8 m/s2, as the time period of a simple pendulum is given by T = 2 π √(l/g)
NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Time period of simple pendulum depends on
An angular velocity of 60 revolutions per minute is the same as:
PMC Practice 4
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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The potential energy at the mean position of a pendulum is:
PMC 2021 Tested
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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A spring in SHM oscillates between -A and A with time period T. If the spring starts from mean position and moves towards A, at what time will it be at a distance of A/2 from the mean position?
A student is performing a lab experiment on simple harmonic motion. He has two different springs (with force constants k1 and k2) and two different blocks (of masses m1 and m2). If k1 =2k2, and m1 = 2m2 , which of the following combinations would give the student the spring-block simple harmonic oscillator with the shortest period?
NTS 2014
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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The force applied on unit area to produce any change in the volume or length of a body is called:
NUMS 2017
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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In mass-spring system, which of the following does not depend on the initial displacement of the spring?
PMC Practice 4
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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