• Two sources in phase producing waves are some distance apart
    A) There is always a maximum in their neighbourhood
    B) There is always a minimum in their neighbourhood
    C) No maxima or minima in the neighbourhood
    D) At least one maximum and one minimum in their neighbourhood
  • Two sources in phase producing waves are symmetrically located on either side of the origin on the x axis in the xy plane at a distance of 40 cm from each other. The waves produced by them in the medium have a wavelength of 20 cm.
    A) All points on the y axis have maxima
    B) All points on the x axis out side the sources have maxima
    C) Both A and B
    D) None
  • Two sources in phase producing waves are symmetrically located on either side of the origin on the x axis in the xy plane at a distance of 5 cm from each other. The waves produced by them in the medium have a wavelength of 20 cm.
    A) All points on the y axis have maxima
    B) All points on the x axis out side the sources have maxima
    C) Both
    D) None
  • Two sources in phase producing waves are symmetrically located on either side of the origin on the x axis in the xy plane at a distance of 50 cm from each other. The waves produced by them in the medium have a wavelength of 20 cm. Number of minima between the sources is
    A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5
  • Two sources in phase separated by d = Nλ are located in a horizontal plane. No of maxima and minima are formed in their neighbourhood. Consider a circular path in the horizontal plane around the sources. The number of maxima on this circle are (d is the distance between the sources, N is an integer and λ is the wavelength of the waves in the medium due to the sources)
    A) N B) 2N C) 3N D) 4N
  • Two sources are L apart. P is point between the sources on the line joining them located d away from the mid point of the line joining the sources. Path difference between the waves arriving at P is
    A) d B) L C) 2d D) 2L
  • Two sources are located on the x axis at (-a,0) and (a,0). P is a point on the x – axis with coordinates (d,0). If d>a, path difference between the waves arriving at P is
    A) d B) L C) 2d D) 2L