1 |
The velocity of sound is greatest in |
Water
Air
Vacuum
Metal
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2 |
Velocity of sound in vacuum (in m/s) is |
330
1000
156
0
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3 |
What is frequency of radio waves transmitted by a station, if the wavelength of those waves is 300 m? |
1 MHz
10 Hz
1 GHz
100000 Hz
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4 |
Energy is not carried by |
Transverse progressive waves
Longitudinal vibration
Stationary waves
Electromagnetic
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5 |
Which one is not produced by sound waves in air? |
Polarization
Diffraction
Refraction
Reflection
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6 |
Which of the following is the longitudinal waves? |
Sound waves
Waves on plucked string
Water waves
Light waves
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7 |
Laplace formula is derived from |
Isothermal change
Adiabatic change
Isobaric change
None of these
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8 |
Which waves are used in sonography? |
Microwaves
Infra red waved
Sound waves
Ultrasonic waves
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9 |
Mechanical waves on the surface of a liquid are |
Transverse
Longitudinal
Torsional
both transverse and longitudinal
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10 |
Velocity of sound in a diatomic as is 300 m/sec. what is its rms velocity? |
400 m/sec
40 m/sec
430 m/sec
300 m/sec
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11 |
At a certain instant a stationary transverse wave is found to have maximum kinetic energy. The appearance of string of that instant is |
Sinusoidal shape with amplitude A/3
Sinusoidal shape with amplitude A/2
Sinusoidal shape with amplitude A
Straight line
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12 |
With the propagation of a longitudinal wave through a material medium, the quantities transmitted in the propagation direction are |
Energy, momentum and mass
Energy
Energy and mass
Energy and linear momentum
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13 |
If the amplitude of sound is doubled and the frequency reduced to one-fourth, the intensity of sound at the same point will be |
Increasing by a factor of 2
Decreasing by a factor of 2
Decreasing by a factor of 4
Unchanged
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14 |
For production of beats the two sources must have |
Different frequencies and same amplitude
Different frequencies
Different frequencies, same amplitude and same phase
Different frequencies and same phase
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15 |
The temperature at which the speed of sound becomes double as was at 27°C is |
273<span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">°C</span>
0<span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">°C</span>
927<span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">°C</span>
1027<span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">°C</span>
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16 |
Two sources of sound are said to be coherent if |
The produce sounds of equal intensity
They produce sounds of equal frequency
They produce sound waves vibrating with the same phase
They produce sound waves with zero or constant phase difference all instant of time
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17 |
When sound waves travel from air to water which of these remains constant? |
Velocity
Frequency
Wavelength
All the above
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18 |
Which type of wave can be set up in solids |
longitudinal waves
transverse waves
both of them
none of them
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19 |
The waves in which the particles of the medium have displacement along the direction of propagation of waves are called |
longitudinal waves
transverse waves
non-mechanical waves
none of them
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20 |
The waves in which the particles of the medium are displaced in a direction perpendicular to the direction of propagation of waves are known as |
longitudinal waves
transverse waves
non-mechanical waves
none of them
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21 |
Example of progressive wave is |
transverse waves
longitudinal waves
both of them
none of them
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22 |
A wave, which transfer energy by moving away from the source of disturbance is called a |
progressive wave
travelling wave
both of them
none of them
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23 |
In case of mechanical waves, we study the motion of |
a single particle
collection of particle
any one of them
none of them
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24 |
The example of mechanical wave is |
waves in ropes
waves on water surface
waves in air
all of them
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25 |
The waves which propagate out in space due to oscillation of electric and magnetic fields are known as |
e.m. waves
mechanical waves
sound waves
water waves
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26 |
The waves which propagate by the collision of material particles are known as |
e.m. waves
mechanical waves
light waves
microwaves
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27 |
Wave disturbances may also come in a concentrated bundle, like shock wave from an aeroplane flying at |
subsonic speed
sonic speed
super sonic speed
any one of them
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28 |
Waves transport energy |
without transport energy
with matter
both of them
none of them
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29 |
A weakly damped system has fairly |
sharp resonance curve
flat resonance curve
both of them
none of them
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30 |
A heavily damped system has a fairly |
sharp resonance curve
flat resonance curve
both of them
none of them
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