Oscillations

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  1. 1
    UHS MDCAT 2008

    The acceleration is proportional to the displacement and is directed towards the mean position in ______ motion.

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    UHS MDCAT 2008

    The angular frequency of simple pendulum is proportional to:

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    UHS MDCAT 2008

    Tuning of the radio is the best example of electrical_

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    UHS MDCAT 2008

    If the mass of the bob of a pendulum is doubled its time period is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2009

    In a microwave oven, the wave produced has a wavelength of 12 cm at a frequency of:

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    UHS MDCAT 2009

    If the mass attached with a spring becomes four times, the time period of vibration becomes:

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    UHS MDCAT 2010

    In a simple pendulum, the tension of the string is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2010

    An oscillating body is at mean position at t = 0. At t = T/4 it will be at:

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    UHS MDCAT 2011

    A simple pendulum length ‘L’ with bob of mass ‘m’ is slightly displaced from its mean position so that it string makes an angle ‘θ’ with vertical line as shown in the figure. Then bob of pendulum released. What will be the expression of torque with which the bob starts to move towards the mean position?

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    UHS MDCAT 2012

    When the length of a simple pendulum is doubled, the ratio of the new frequency to the old frequency is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2015

    What should be the ratio of kinetic energy to total energy for a simple harmonic oscillator?

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    UHS MDCAT 2016

    Tuning a radio is the best example of:

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    UHS MDCAT 2016

    Resonance occurs when the driving frequency is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2016

    The time period ‘T’ of a simple pendulum depends on its length ‘l’ and acceleration due to gravity ‘g’ using unit dimensions. The correct equation for the time period is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2017

    The relation between an alternative current voltage source and time in international system units is: V = 120 sin (100𝜋t) cos (100𝜋t) volt value of peak velocity and frequency will be respectively:-

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    UHS MDCAT 2017

    A metallic wire of length 2m hooked between two points has tension 10N. If mass per unit length is 0.004kg/m, their fundamental frequency emitted by wire on vibration is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2017

    A body performing SHM with displacement x=xosin(wt+Ⲫ), when t=0, x=xo.Then what is the phase angle of Ⲫ?

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    UHS MDCAT 2017

    In mass spring system mass 'm' is attached with spring of spring constant 'k' with time period 'T1'. Then the mass is replaced by '2m' with same spring, what is the time period 'T2'

  19. 19
    PMDC MDCAT 2025

    A phase difference of 90° is equal to:

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    PMDC MDCAT 2025

    The energy of a Simple Harmonic oscillation depends upon the

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    If a pendulum completes one cycle in half a second, its frequency is

  22. 22
    UHS MDCAT 2024

    Amplitude in the following figure is given as:


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  23. 23
    Sindh MDCAT 2024

    If the length of a simple pendulum is increased four times, its frequency:

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    Sindh MDCAT 2024

    The total energy E of a body at any instant, executing simple harmonic motion, is:

  25. 25
    Sindh MDCAT 2024

    The force responsible for the simple harmonic motion of a simple pendulum is:

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2022

    A child is swinging a swing, the minimum and maximum heights of swing are 0.75 m and 2 m respectively. The maxima velocity of the swing is:

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2022

    The best example of uniform circular motion is?

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2022

    A second pendulum starts its oscillation from the extreme position. What is the ratio of it's amplitude to the displacement after 7 seconds?

  29. 29
    Balochistan MDCAT 2022

    The kinetic energy of a simple harmonic oscillator is double of its potential energy at a point where instantaneous displacement is equal to:

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    KPK MDCAT 2022

    The time period of simple pendulum of mass ‘m’ is ‘T’. When the simple pendulum’s mass is replaced by another mass of 3 times the older mass such that the length of pendulum will not change then the new time period will be:

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    KPK MDCAT 2022

    The energy of a simple harmonic oscillator at a displacement ‘a’ is partly kinetic and partly potential. The energy of simple harmonic oscillator remains constant everywhere, which one of the following option will be correct about the simple harmonic oscillator.

  32. 32
    UHS MDCAT 2022

    Reducing mass M of a suspending body to one fourth will change the frequency of oscillation to:

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    UHS MDCAT 2022

    When will the oscillations stop in the absence of resistive forces?

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    Sindh MDCAT 2022

    The most appropriate mathematical expression of smple harmonic motion is:

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2023

    An oscillator performing simple harmonic motion has a displacement given by the x=8.0(mm)sin(10π/3)t. What is the displacement when t=0.05s?

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    Sindh MDCAT 2023 (Retake) Sindh MCAT NTS 2018

    In simple harmonic motion, a particle is oscillating in such a way that its total energy remains conserved. When this particle reaches its two extreme positions, its potential energy at the extreme positions become:

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    A stretched string vibrates with frequency f, when tension in the string is T, for what value of tension, the frequency of the same string is doubled?

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    UHS MDCAT 2023 ETEA MDCAT 2006

    If the length of second pendulum becomes four times, then its time period will become:

  39. 39
    FMDC MDCAT 2023

    Time period of a vibrating body is independent of:

  40. 40
    Sindh MDCAT 2023

    In vibratory motion the maximum displacement of the body on either side of its equilibrium position is called:

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    Sindh MDCAT 2023

    If the fundamental frequency of vibration of a string fixed both ends is 50Hz, the fourth harmonic will be:

  42. 42
    UHS MDCAT 2014

    The frequency of a simple pendulum of length 9.8 m will be

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2015 SMBBMC Lyari

    A body is executing simple harmonic motion if:

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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:

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    The above graph shows the response of forced oscillations of a pendulum in air. What will be the response of its forced oscillations in a vacuum?

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    What effect occurs on amplitude and resonance of oscillations if damping is small?

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    The given figure shows kinetic, potential and total energies for a SHM.

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    Which of the following equations shows maximum kinetic, maximum potential and total energies for a spring mass system?

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    The uncertainty in the time period of a simple pendulum reduces by increasing its

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    If the phase of vibration is zero at the start of the wave cycle, then the phase when half of the wave cycle is completed will be

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    A body executes simple harmonic motion with an amplitude 'a'. Which of the following graphs represents the variation of velocity 'v' with displacement?

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    FMDC MDCAT 2014

    A pipe has a length of Im. Determine the frequencies of the fundamental and first two harmonic if the pipe is opened at both ends, (speed of sound in air = 340 m/s)

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    The time period of a pendulum is measured to be 3.0 seconds in the inertial reference frame of the pendulum. What is its period measured by an observer moving at a speed of 0.95c with respect to the pendulum?

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    Potential energy of a spring at the equilibrium position is:

  55. 55
    ETEA MDCAT 2017

    The time period of a simple pendulum is 2 seconds. If its length is increased by 4 times, then its period becomes:

  56. 56
    ETEA MDCAT 2018

    A mass m is suspended from a spring of spring constant k. The angular frequency of oscillations of the spring is:

  57. 57
    UHS MDCAT 2017 (Reconduct)

    A particle executes S.H.M. with frequency f. The frequency of variation of its maximum or minimum kinetic energy is:

  58. 58
    UHS MDCAT 2017 (Reconduct)

    The velocity and acceleration of a particle performing S.H.M. have a steady phase relationship. The acceleration showed a phase lead over the the velocity of:

  59. 59
    UHS MDCAT 2017 (Reconduct)

    The vertical extension in a light spring by a weight of 1 kg suspended from the wire is 9.8 cm, the period of the oscillation is:

  60. 60
    UHS MDCAT 2013

    In a simple harmonic motion with a radius xo, the velocity of the particle at any point is:

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    Variation of amplitude with respect to time for an oscillation object is shown in figure.Identify the oscillation:

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    UHS MDCAT 2013

    For a vibrating mass-spring system, the expression of kinetic energy if x=0 is given by:

  63. 63
    UHS MDCAT 2014

    Which of the following represents the total energy of the mass-spring system during SHM?

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    UHS MDCAT 2014

    Food being cooked in a microwave oven is an example of :

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    UHS MDCAT 2014

    A body performs simple harmonic motion with a period of 0.063 s. The maximum speed of 3.0 ms-1. What are the values of the amplitude ‘xo (m)’ and angular frequency ‘ω(rads-1)’?

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    UHS MDCAT 2011

    The waveform of SHM is given in the figure. At what time/times displacement is equal to zero?

  67. 67
    UHS MDCAT 2011

    What is the period of the mass-spring system during SHM if the ratio of mass to spring constant is ¼?

  68. 68
    UHS MDCAT 2012

    In the diagram below, the displacement of an oscillating particle is plotted against time. What does the length ‘PR’ on the time axis represent?

  69. 69
    UHS MDCAT 2012

    A simple harmonic oscillator has a time period of 10 seconds. Which equation rotates its acceleration ‘a’ and displacement ‘x’?

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    What should be the ratio of kinetic energy to total energy for simple harmonic oscillator?

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    UHS MDCAT 2015

    What should be the length of a simple pendulum whose period is 6.28 seconds at a place where g = 10 ms-2?

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    The direction of the restoring force is always towards _.

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    The negative sign in "F = -k.x" indicates that _.

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    Asimple pendulum has mass M, length L and time period T. What is the period of oscillation of the pendulum with mass 4M and length 0.49L?

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    What is true about the acceleration of an object undergoing simple harmonic motion?

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    In simple harmonic motion, which two quantities are always in opposite directions:

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    Oscillatory or vibratory motion can be defined as:

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    One vibration can be defined as:

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    The maximum velocity of SHM is ao. The period of oscillation is:

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    PMC Practice Test 3 2021

    A pendulum undergoes simple harmonic motion. The phase difference between the displacement and the acceleration of the particle is:

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    PMC Practice Test 2 2021

    The speed 'v' of the waves in the string depends upon the tension, F, of the string and m, the mass per unit length of the string. It is given by:

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    When is an oscillation called simple harmonic motion?

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    A first harmonic stationary sound wave is produced in the air of the cylinder, which is half-filled with water. More water is added to the cylinder, and now first harmonic stationary wave is produced with a different frequency. What is the change in frequency and nature of displacement in air at the surface of the water?

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    A vibrating string has a little sound. However, when attached to a board the sound has a greater intensity. This is because?

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    The potential energy at the mean position of a pendulum is:

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    Calculate the frequency if the number of revolutions is 300 per second and the paired poles are 50.

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    Under the action of the restoring force:

  88. 88
    PMC Practice Test 5 2021

    An object is undergoing simple harmonic motion. Its 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?

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    PMC Practice Test 4 2021

    An angular velocity of 60 revolutions per minute is the same as:

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    PMC Practice Test 4 2021

    In a mass-spring system, which of the following does not depend on the initial displacement of the spring?

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    Acceleration in the simple pendulum is always _ to displacement.

  92. 92
    UHS MDCAT 2018

    If the time period of the oscillation is 20 micro-sec, then what will be the frequency of that oscillating body?

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    PMC Practice Test 3 2021

    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?

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    UHS MDCAT 2019

    When the length of a simple pendulum is doubled, the ratio of its new time period to old time period is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2019

    A wire has a spring constant of 5 x 104 N m-1. It is stretched by a force to the extension of 1.4 mm. Calculate the strain energy stored in the wire.

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    A spring of force constant 400 N/m has an extension of 5 cm, the work done in extending it from 5 cm to 15 cm is:

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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 the density of steel wire = 7.8 x 103 kg/m3, then what is the fundamental frequency emitted from the wire?

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    The object oscillates due to:

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    In the case of a harmonic oscillator total energy remains:

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    In S.H.M the K.E. at the equilibrium position is:

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    Damping is the process whereby _ is _ from the oscillating system.

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    Which graph in SHM shows the K.E of a body:

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    Equation of SHM, with amplitude ‘a’ is given by:

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    At which of the following places, motion of simple pendulum becomes slowest:

  105. 105
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2017

    The time of open vibration of a simple pendulum may be decreased by:

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    Sindh MDCAT 2023 (Retake) Sindh MCAT NTS 2017 Sindh MCAT NTS 2013 LUMHS Sindh MCAT NTS 2009 LUMHS

    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

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU

    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)

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2015 SMBBMC Lyari

    When there is an increase in the length of the simple pendulum then its time period will:

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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?

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2014 DUHS and JSMU

    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?

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    The force applied on a unit area to produce any change in the volume or length of a body is called:

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    NUMS MDCAT 2019

    If a pendulum is oscillating with a frequency f then what is the frequency at which it’s K.E. changes?

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    An airplane is flying in a straight line at a constant altitude. If a wind 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:

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    For a simple harmonic motion the acceleration of the body is _ to displacement and always directed towards _.

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    UHS MDCAT 2018

    In SHM the kinetic energy of the body is maximum when:

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    A force F = 0.12 N is applied to a spring and the spring elongates by 3 cm. The specific constant of the spring is?

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    NUMS MDCAT 2020

    The time period of a second pendulum on the surface of the moon becomes:

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    UHS MDCAT 2018

    Simple Harmonic Motion of a body is described by which statements mentioned below:K: K.E is maximum when displacement x = 0L: P.E is maximum when x = 0M: P.E is maximum when x = ± x0

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    NUMS MDCAT 2019

    For a stiff spring, the value of spring constant is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2019

    In simple harmonic motion, acceleration will be maximum, when the object is at:

  121. 121
    NUMS MDCAT 2019

    The total energy of a block, executing simple harmonic motion is:

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    PMC Practice Test 3 2021

    The oscillating object overshoots the rest position due to: