Wave Motion & Sound

1. Hooks Law defines a relation between

(a) Hook and mass (b).Stress & Strain (c).real & apparent depth
(d)real & virtual image

2. The K. E of the swinging pendulum bob is maximum at

(a) extreme position of the swing (b)mid of the way between extreme and mean position
(c)mean position (d)maximum height

3. Which statement is not true:

(a) frequency of the boys’ voice is less than the frequency of the girls’ voice
(b) pitch of the girls’ voice is higher than the boys’ voice
(c) sound is grave as boys’ voice and sound is shrill as girls’ voice
(d) the higher the pitch the higher the velocity, the lower the pitch lower the velocity
4. The time period of the pendulum depends upon
(a) amplitude of the pendulum (b)mass of the bob of the pendulum
(c)length of the pendulum (d)all three conditions
5. Sound is:
(a) transverse wave (b)mechanical wave (c)classical wave (d)quantum wave

6. Frequency less than 20 Hz are called:

(a) infra sonic (b)ultra sonic (c)super sonic (d)shrill sound

7. The amplitude of a vibrating body at resonance in vacuum is:

(a) maximum(b)minimum (c)infinite (d)finite

8. A student wanted to make a pendulum whose period would be one second. He used a
string of length L and found that the period was ½ sec. To get the desired period he
should use a string whose length equals

(a) ¼ L (b) ½ L (c) 22 (d) 4 L

9. If a vibrating body is to be in resonance with another body, it must
(a) be of the same material as the other body (b) vibrates with the greatest possible
attitude (c) have a natural frequency close to the natural frequency of the other body (d)
vibrate faster than usually

10. A mechanical wave is represented by

(a) light (b) heat (c) sound (d) electro genetic waves

11. In simple harmonic motion we have the conservation of

(a) K.E (b) P.E (c) Total energy (d) electrical energy

12. The velocity of sound is greatest in

(a) air (b) steel (c) ammonia, (d) water

13. The pitch of sound depend on

(a) loudness (b) quality (c) wavelength (d) frequency

14. The term which tells us the stage of vibration of the particles of the medium is called:
 (a) time period (b) frequency (c) wavelength (d) phase

15. when sound waves enter a different medium, the quantity that remains unchanged is:
(a) speed (b) frequency (c) wavelength (d) intensity
16. The persistence of sound in an auditorium is called
(a) Acoustics (b) resonance (c) beats (d) propagation

17. When waves go from one place to another, they transmit

(a) loudness (b) ripple (c) energy (d) rings (e) crest and trough.

18. The velocity of longitudinal waves in a metallic rod depends upon its:
(a) Permittivity (b) bulk module (c) viscosity (d) young’s module

19. Which one of the following properties of sound is affected by change in air temperature?
(a) frequency (b) amplitude (c) intensity (d) velocity

20. The sweetness of the sound depends on

(a) frequency (b) velocity (c) amplitude (d) periodicity and regularity.

21. As temperature increases, the frequency of a tuning fork:

(a) increases (b) decreases (c) remains the same (d) doubled

22. It is possible to distinguish between transverse and longitudinal wave from the property of
(a) interference b) diffraction (c) polarization (d) refraction

23. Hooke’s law defines a relation between:

(a) force and velocity (b) elastic restoring force and displacement of the vibrating body
from mean position. (c) P.E and height (d) Mass and air

24. If a pendulum performing simple harmonic motion

(a) total momentum conserved (b) total energy conserved (c) mass is conserved (d)
vibration conserved

25. The max. magnitude of the disturbance of the wave is known as

(a) Amplitude (b) displacement (c) distance (d) initial phase
26. It is a common characteristic of all types of wave motion that without the transport of
particles. (a) particles (b) down (c) energy transferred mass decreases (d) mass decreases
27. Which of the following has a shortest wavelength
28. (a) gamma rays (b) UV rays (c) micro waves (d) radio waves
29. The velocity of the moving particle of frequency’f’ and wavelength ‘λ’ will be
(a) λf (b) λ/f (c) f/ λ (d) f- λ

30. The one which has the longest wavelength in the following is
(a) red light (b) X- rays (c) infrared (d) radio waves