Oscillations, Waves and Sound - Damped Oscillations

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Q.1. The discharge in LCR circuit is said to be over damped when -------.

 A.\:\:\: \frac{R^2}{4L^2} > \frac{1}{LC}




 B.\:\:\: \frac{R^2}{4L^2} < \frac{1}{LC}




 C.\:\:\: \frac{R^2}{4L^2} = \frac{1}{LC}




 D.\:\:\: \frac{R^2}{4L^2} > \frac{1}{L^2C}




Q.2. In damped harmonic oscillaor which one decreases?

A. amplitude of vibration                                                                B. energy of vibration
C. both amplitude and energy                                                          D. neither amplitude nor energy

Q.3. When a damped harmonic oscillator completes 100 oscilaations, its amplitude is reduced to 1/3 of its initial value. What will be its amplitude when it completes 200 oscillations?

A. 1/5
B. 2/3
C. 1/6
D. 1/9

Q.4. When a dampeing force

  \frac{R^2}{4m^2}

is less than restoring force

  \frac{k}{m}

,motion is said to be -------.

A. damped oscillatory
B. critically damped
C. overdamped
D. free oscillations




Q.5. Select correct formula for quality factor ------.

 A.\:\:\: \frac{m\omega}{R}




 B.\:\:\: \frac{m\omega}{2R}




 C.\:\:\: \frac{m}{R}




 D.\:\:\: \frac{2m\omega}{R}




Q.6. In a LCR circuit with C = 0.4 microfarad, L= 80 millihenry and R = 400 Ω, circuit is --------

A. critically damped
B. oscillatory
C. overdamped
D. insufficient data

Q.7. The equation of motion of damped oscillation is x = 5e-3t cos πt. Displacement and time period respectively are -----

A. 5, 2                                                           B. π, 2
C. 2, 5                                                            D. 5, π

Q.8. The frequency of damped oscillator of mass 6 gm is 10 Hz. If the coefficient of damping is 0.314 dyne/cm-s-1, what is its Q value ?

A. 1000                                                                      B. 1200
C. 3000                                                                 D. 520

Q.9. Ratio of energy stored to energy dissipation in one cycle on being multiplied by a factor of 2π gives ------

A. spring constant
B. power factor
C. damping coefficient
D. quality factor

Q.10. which of the following differential equation represents damped oscillatory motion?

 A.\:\:\: m\:\frac{d^2x}{dt^2} + kx = 0




 B.\:\:\: m\:\frac{d^2x}{dt^2} + R\:\frac{dx}{dt}+ kx = 0




 C.\:\:\: m\:\frac{d^2x}{dt^2} + R\:\frac{dx}{dt} -  kx = 0




 D.\:\:\: m\:\frac{d^2x}{dt^2} - R\:\frac{dx}{dt} -  kx = 0