JEE Advanced 2011Paper 1
- Exam
- JEE Advanced
- Year
- 2011
- Paper
- Paper 1
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Waves and Sound
JEE Advanced 2011 · Paper 1 · Physics · Waves and Sound
A police car with a siren of frequency 8 kHz is moving with uniform...
A police car with a siren of frequency is moving with uniform velocity towards a tall building which reflects the sound waves. The speed of sound in air is . The frequency of the siren heard by the car driver is


Options
- A
- B
- C
- D
Correct answer
A.
Step-by-step solution

Apparent frequency of sound heard by car driver (observer) reflected from the building will be \therefore$ Correct option is (a). Analysis of Question (i) Question is simple. (ii) Driver will listen two sounds, direct and reflected. Direct sound will be of 8 \mathrm{kHz} as driver has no relative motion with the car. But reflected sound is of increased frequency because driver and image of car both are approaching towards each other.