Physics Circle home Student Login

Home›Chapters›Wave Motion PYQs›Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube›Question 30

MHT CET 2025 (22 Apr, Shift 1) · Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube

Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube question from MHT CET 2025 (22 Apr, Shift 1)

Q30MHT CET 2025 · 22 APR · SHIFT 1Easy

Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube

An organ pipe has fundamental frequency 80 Hz. If its one end is closed, the frequencies produced will be (in Hz) (Neglect end correction)

Show answer and solution

Answer: (c)

  1. Open: v2L=80 Hz\frac{v}{2L}=80\text{ Hz}. Closing one end: v4L=40 Hz\frac{v}{4L}=40\text{ Hz}.
  2. Closed pipe gives only odd harmonics: 40,120,200,28040, 120, 200, 280.
  3. So the answer is (c).
Report a mistake

More questions on Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube