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(a)
Velocity of sound in a gascous medium is
$\quad v=\sqrt{\frac{\gamma R T}{M}}$
$\Rightarrow \quad v \propto \frac{1}{\sqrt{M}}$
$\text { So, } \quad \frac{v_{\text {Oxygen }}}{v_{\text {Hydrogen }}}=\sqrt{\frac{M_{ H }}{M_0}}=\sqrt{\frac{2}{32}}$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{v_{\text {Oxygen }}}{v_{\text {Hydrogen }}}=\frac{1}{4}$