Waves

35 topics, ranked by how often each is asked.

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  • 59 questions
  • 33 papers
  • 3.34% of Physics

Topics

The squares are the last ten exam years: filled means it was asked that year.

Topics

35 topics · 59 questions
  1. 1Organ Pipes and Standing Waves in Air Columns1.7%1 questionPractise Organ Pipes and Standing Waves in Air Columns
  2. 2Standing Waves in Organ Pipes1.7%1 questionPractise Standing Waves in Organ Pipes
  3. 3Speed of a Transverse Wave on a String1.7%1 questionPractise Speed of a Transverse Wave on a String
  4. 4Beats15%9 questionsPractise Beats
  5. 5Phase difference in a travelling wave1.7%1 questionPractise Phase difference in a travelling wave
  6. 6Travelling wave equation - frequency1.7%1 questionPractise Travelling wave equation - frequency
  7. 7Vibration of strings - fundamental frequency and length1.7%1 questionPractise Vibration of strings - fundamental frequency and length
  8. 8Harmonics in closed and open organ pipes1.7%1 questionPractise Harmonics in closed and open organ pipes
  9. 9Speed of sound and temperature - organ pipes1.7%1 questionPractise Speed of sound and temperature - organ pipes
  10. 10Resonance column - speed of sound1.7%1 questionPractise Resonance column - speed of sound
  11. 11Harmonics in open and closed pipes1.7%1 questionPractise Harmonics in open and closed pipes
  12. 12Organ pipes – harmonics in open and closed pipes1.7%1 questionPractise Organ pipes – harmonics in open and closed pipes
  13. 13Resonance tube – speed of sound1.7%1 questionPractise Resonance tube – speed of sound
  14. 14Doppler effect in sound1.7%1 questionPractise Doppler effect in sound
  15. 15Closed organ pipe – harmonics1.7%1 questionPractise Closed organ pipe – harmonics
  16. 16Doppler effect – echo from a cliff1.7%1 questionPractise Doppler effect – echo from a cliff
  17. 17Resonance in a closed pipe1.7%1 questionPractise Resonance in a closed pipe
  18. 18Speed of transverse waves on a string1.7%1 questionPractise Speed of transverse waves on a string
  19. 19Organ pipes – overtones1.7%1 questionPractise Organ pipes – overtones
  20. 20Organ pipes5.1%3 questionsPractise Organ pipes
  21. 21Doppler effect12%7 questionsPractise Doppler effect
  22. 22Standing waves on a string1.7%1 questionPractise Standing waves on a string
  23. 23Vibrations of a stretched string3.4%2 questionsPractise Vibrations of a stretched string
  24. 24Equation of a progressive wave8.5%5 questionsPractise Equation of a progressive wave
  25. 25Wave equation1.7%1 questionPractise Wave equation
  26. 26Speed of a travelling wave3.4%2 questionsPractise Speed of a travelling wave
  27. 27Travelling waves3.4%2 questionsPractise Travelling waves
  28. 28Phase Difference and Path Difference1.7%1 questionPractise Phase Difference and Path Difference
  29. 29Reverberation: Sabine's Formula1.7%1 questionPractise Reverberation: Sabine's Formula
  30. 30Transverse and Longitudinal Waves1.7%1 questionPractise Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
  31. 31Intensity of Waves1.7%1 questionPractise Intensity of Waves
  32. 32Phase of a Wave1.7%1 questionPractise Phase of a Wave
  33. 33Vibrations of Strings3.4%2 questionsPractise Vibrations of Strings
  34. 34Superposition of Waves1.7%1 questionPractise Superposition of Waves
  35. 35Doppler Effect and Beats1.7%1 questionPractise Doppler Effect and Beats

Questions per paper

Asked in 13 of the last 16 papers (2017–2026).

  1. 2026: 1 question
  2. 2026 Re-NEET: 1 question
  3. 2025: 1 question
  4. 2024: not asked
  5. 2024 Re-NEET: 1 question
  6. 2023: 1 question
  7. 2023 Manipur: 1 question
  8. 2022: 1 question
  9. 2022 Phase 2: 1 question
  10. 2021: not asked
  11. 2020: 1 question
  12. 2020 Phase-2: 1 question
  13. 2019: not asked
  14. 2019 Odisha: 1 question
  15. 2018: 2 questions
  16. 2017: 2 questions

Concepts tested

  • Beat frequency 3
  • Echo from a stationary reflector 2
  • Law of length 2
  • Beat frequency and intensity ratio
  • beat frequency and tension
  • Beat frequency from wave equations
  • Closed and open pipe harmonics
  • closed-pipe-next-resonance
  • closed-pipe-successive-harmonics
  • Component of source velocity
  • Consecutive harmonics
  • Dependence of frequency on T, r and density
  • Doppler effect with reflection from a stationary cliff
  • doppler-echo-cliff
  • doppler-effect-approaching
  • Frequency inversely proportional to length
  • Frequency of a stretched string
  • Fundamental frequency of a string