$A$ parallel beam of light is incident on a tank filled with water up to a height of $61.5 \,mm$ as shown in the figure below. Ultrasonic waves of frequency $0.5 \,MHz$ are sent along the length of the water column using a transducer placed at the top and they form longitudinal standing waves in the water. Which of the schematic plots below best describes the intensity distribution of the light as seen on the screen? (Take the speed of sound in water to be $1500 \,m/s$)

$A$ pipe open at one end has a length of $0.8 \text{ m}$. At the open end of the tube, a string $0.5 \text{ m}$ long is vibrating in its first overtone and resonates with the fundamental frequency of the pipe. If the tension in the string is $50 \text{ N}$, what is the mass of the string (in $\text{ g}$)? (Neglect end correction, Speed of sound = $320 \text{ m/s}$)

$A$ massless rod of length $L$ is suspended by two identical strings $AB$ and $CD$ of equal length. $A$ block of mass $m$ is suspended from point $O$ such that $BO$ is equal to $x$. Further,it is observed that the frequency of the $1^{st}$ harmonic in $AB$ is equal to the $2^{nd}$ harmonic frequency in $CD$. The value of $x$ is

$Assertion :$ Transverse waves are produced in a very long string fixed at one end. Only a progressive wave is observed near the free end.
$Reason :$ Energy of the reflected wave does not reach the free end.

Explain why (or how):
$(a)$ in a sound wave,a displacement node is a pressure antinode and vice versa,
$(b)$ bats can ascertain distances,directions,nature,and sizes of the obstacles without any eyes,
$(c)$ a violin note and sitar note may have the same frequency,yet we can distinguish between the two notes,
$(d)$ solids can support both longitudinal and transverse waves,but only longitudinal waves can propagate in gases,and
$(e)$ the shape of a pulse gets distorted during propagation in a dispersive medium.

Two tuning forks $A$ and $B$ give $5$ beats per second. Fork $A$ resonates with a closed air column $20 \ cm$ long and fork $B$ with an open air column $40.5 \ cm$ long. Neglecting end correction,the frequencies of tuning forks $A$ and $B$ are respectively.