MCQ on Sound
Q.1 Which of the following sound wave will have the longest wavelength?
(a) Wave with a frequency of 100 Hz/ 100 हट्$ज क' आवृि, के साथ तरंग
(b) Wave with a frequency of 200 Hz/ 200 हज$ क' आवृि, के साथ तरंग
(c) Wave with a frequency of 300 Hz/ 300 हट्$ज क' आवृि, के साथ तरंग
(d) Wave with a frequency of 400 Hz/ 400 हट्$ज क' आवृि, के साथ तरंग
Q.2 For a wave, wavelength divided by the time period is equal to:
(a) Phase diIerence / चरण अतं र
(b) Wave velocity / तरंग वेग
(c) Frequency / आवृि,
(d) Amplitude / आयाम
Q.3 A sound wave has a Frequency of 4 kHz and a Wavelength of 40 cm. The time taken by
the sound wave to travel a Distance of 3.2 km is:
(a) 2.0 s
(b) 1.0 s
(c) 0.5 s
(d) 4.0 s
Q.4 In which type of waves do vibrations move parallel to the direction of the wave's
movement?
(a) Transverse/ अन<ु =थ
(b) Microwave/ माइ?ोवेव
(c) Longitudinal/ अनदु Cै य$
(d) Superficial/ सतही
Q.5 Transverse waves can propagate
(a) in a gas but not in a metal/ गैस मE लेिकन धातु मE नहH
(b) both in a gas and in a metal/ गैस और धातु दोनJ मE
(C) not in a gas but in a metal/ गैस मE नहH बिLक धातु मE
(D) neither in a gas nor in a metal/ न तो गैस मE और न ही धातु मE
Q.6 Which of the following is not a quality of sound waves?
(a) Amplitude / आयाम
(b) Time period and frequency / समय अविध और आवृि,
(c) Speed/ चाल
(d) Density/ घनNव
Q.7 A wavelength of 0.3 m is produced in air and it travels at a speed of 300 m/s. Then it will
be a/an
(A)Audible wave/OPय तरंगE
(b) Ultrasonic/पराOPय तरंगE
(c) Microwave/सSू म तरंगE
(d) Infrasonic/अपOPय तरंगE
Q.8 A maritime survey ship sends a sound wave to the ocean floor, which receives an echo
after 2.5 s. The speed of sound in seawater is 1200 ms-¹ What is the depth of the ocean?
1200 ms¹ है तो समTु क' गहराई िकतनी है?
(a) 100m
(b) 1200 m
(C) 1500 m
(d) 3000 m
Q.9 A boat at anchor is rocked by waves whose consecutive crests are 100 m apart. The
velocity of the wave of the moving crests is 25 ms¹. What is the frequency of the rocking of
the boat?
(A) 100 Hz
b) 0.25 Hz
Q.10 A person rings a metallic bell near a strong concrete wall. He hears the echo after 0.3
s. if the sound moves with a speed of 340 m/s, how far is the wall from him?
(a) 102 m
(b) 11 m
(e) 51 m
(e) 30 m
