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SOUND
1. The wavelength of the vibrations produced on the surface of water is 2 cm. If the wave velocity is
16 m/s, calculate
(i) the number of wave produced in 1 s
(ii) time required to produce 1 wave
(A) (i) 800 Hz, (ii) 0.00125 s (B) (i) 600 Hz, (ii) 0.00120 s
(C) (i) 300 Hz, (ii) 0.00250 s (D) (i) 800 Hz, (ii) 0.00250 s
2. A sound wave has a frequency 1000 Hz and wavelength 34 cm. How long will it take to move
through 1 km ?
(A) 3.84 s (B) 2.94 s (C) 4.50 s (D) 9.00 s
3. Which of the following statement is correct?
(A) Both sound waves and light waves are transverse
(B) Both sound wave and light wave are longitudinal
(C) Sound wave are longitudinal and light waves are transverse
(D) Sound waves are transverse and light wavers are longitudinal
4. A sound of frequency 5 Hz
(A) is of very short wavelength (B) is inaudible
(C) moves very slowly (D) is very loud
5. A sound wave of wavelength 90 cm in glass is refracted in to air. If the speed of sound in glass is
5400 m/s, the wavelength of the wave in air (speed of sound in air = 330 m/s)
(A) 55 cm (B) 5.5 cm (C) 55 m (D) 5.5 m
6. The distance between two consecutive crests in a wave train produced in a string is 5 cm. If two
complete wave pass through a point per second, the speed of the wave is
(A) 15 cm/s (B) 10 cm/s (C) 5 cm/s (D) 2.5 cm/s
7. A beat at anchor is rooted by waves. Whose crests are 100 m apart and whose speed is 25 m.
These waves reach the beat once every
(A) 0.25 s (B) 4.00 s (C) 2500 s (D) 1500 s
8. The frequency of a man’s voice is 200 Hz and its wavelength is 2 m. If the wavelength of the child
voice is 1 m, then the frequency of the child’s voice is
(A) 200 Hz (B) 25 Hz (C) 100 Hz (D) 400 Hz
9. The graph represent the displacement vs time relation for a disturbance traveling with velocity of
1500 m/s. The wavelength of the disturbance is
Displacement (m)

1 2 3 4 Time (m)

(A) 3  103 m (B) 4  103 m (C) 3  104 m (D) 4  104 m

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10. A echo is returned is 3s. What is the distance of the reflecting surface from the source, given that
the speed of sound is 342 m/s.
(A) 510 m (B) 525 m (C) 513 m (D) 550 m
11. The intensity of sound wave gets reduced by 20% on passing through a slab. The reduction in
intensity on passage through two such consecutive slabs is
(A) 40% (B) 36% (C) 30% (D) 50%
12. If amplitude of sound is doubled and the frequency is reduced to one-fourth. The intensity of
sound at the same point will be
(A) increased by a factor of 2 (B) increased by a factor of 4
(C) decreased by a factor of 2 (D) decreased by a factor of 4
13. A sound wave is approaching a stationary observer with a constant velocity, continuously emitting
a note of frequency n. Then the apparent frequency of wave
(A) increases continuously (B) decreases continuously
(C) remains constant (D) nothing can be predicted
14. Doppler effect will not be applicable when the velocity of sound is
(A) less than velocity of sound
(B) greater than velocity of sound
(C) zero
(D) none of these
15. A submarine emits a sonar pulse, which return from an underwater diff in 1.2 s. If the speed of
sound in salt water is 1530 m/s, how far away is the diff
(A) 856.8 m (B) 892.7 m (C) 932.8 m (D) 876.4 m
16. Pitch of high frequency sound is
(A) zero (B) low (C) high (D) infinity
17. In the curve (see figure) half the wavelength is

D E
A B C

(A) AB (B) BD (C) DE (D) AE

18. Before playing the orchestra, in a musical concert, a sitarist tries to adjust the tension and pluck
the string suitable. By doing so, he adjusting
(A) Intensity of sound only (B) Amplitude of sound only
(C) Loudness of sound
(D) Frequency of sitar string with the frequency of other musical instruments
19. In SONAR, we use
(A) ultrasonic wave (B) Infrasonic wave
(C) Radio wave (D) Audible sound wave
20. A rope of 10 m is tied to the hook in a wall x
and its other end is held tightly. A sharp jerk
is given to the rope in the upward direction
Direction Wall
as shown in figure. The disturbance
of jerk
produced in rope is
(A) Longitudinal wave (B) Transverse wave (C) Pulse (D) Electromagnetic wave
21. Ultrasonic, Infrasonic and audible waves travel through a medium with speeds Vu , Vi and Va
respectively, then
(a) Vu , Vi and Va are nearly equal (b) Vu  Va  Vi
(c) Vu  Va  Vi (d) Va  Vu and Vu  Vi

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22. The distance between two consecutive crests in a wave train produced in a string is 5 cm. If 2
complete waves pass through any point per second, the velocity of the wave is
(a) 10 cm/sec (b) 2.5 cm/sec (c) 5 cm/sec (d) 15 cm/sec
23. A tuning fork makes 256 vibrations per second in air. When the velocity of sound is 330 m/s, then
wavelength of the tone emitted is
(a) 0.56 m (b) 0.89 m (c) 1.11 m (d) 1.29 m
24. A man sets his watch by a whistle that is 2 km away. How much will his watch be in error. (speed
of sound in air 330 m/sec)
(a) 3 seconds fast (b) 3 seconds slow (c) 6 seconds fast (d) 6 seconds slow
25. When a sound wave of frequency 300 Hz passes through a medium the maximum displacement
of a particle of the medium is 0.1 cm. The maximum velocity of the particle is equal to
(a) 60  cm/sec (b) 30  cm/sec (c) 30 cm/sec (d) 60 cm/sec
26. Sound waves have the following frequencies that are audible to human beings
(a) 5 c/s (b) 27000 c/s (c) 5000 c/s (d) 50,000 c/s
27. Velocity of sound waves in air is 330 m/sec. For a particular sound in air, a path difference of 40
cm is equivalent to a phase difference of 1.6 . The frequency of this wave is
(a) 165 Hz (b) 150 Hz (c) 660 Hz (d) 330 Hz
28. The wavelength of ultrasonic waves in air is of the order of
(a) 5 10 5 cm (b) 5 10 8 cm (c) 5 10 5 cm (d) 5 10 8 cm
29. The frequency of a rod is 200 Hz. If the velocity of sound in air is 340 ms 1 , the wavelength of the
sound produced is
(a) 1.7 cm (b) 6.8 cm (c) 1.7 m (d) 6.8 m
30. Frequency range of the audible sounds is
(a) 0 Hz – 30 Hz (b) 20 Hz – 20 kHz (c) 20 kHz – 20,000 kHz (d) 20 kHz – 20 MHz
31. In a medium sound travels 2 km in 3 sec and in air, it travels 3 km in 10 sec. The ratio of the
wavelengths of sound in the two media is [NTSE ]
(a) 1 : 8 (b) 1 : 18 (c) 8 : 1 (d) 20 : 9
32. A stone is dropped into a lake from a tower 500 metre high. The sound of the splash will be heard
by the man approximately after
(a) 11.5 seconds (b) 21 seconds (c) 10 seconds (d) 14 seconds
33. When sound waves travel from air to water, which of the following remains constant
(a) Velocity (b) Frequency (c) Wavelength (d) All the above
34. A stone is dropped in a well which is 19.6m deep. Echo sound is heard after 2.06 sec (after
dropping) then the velocity of sound is
(a) 332.6 m/sec (b) 326.7 m/sec (c) 300.4 m/sec (d) 290.5 m/sec
35. At what temperature velocity of sound is double than that of at 0°C
(a) 819 K (b) 819°C (c) 600°C (d) 600 K
36. Velocity of sound is maximum in
(a) Air (b) Water (c) Vacuum (d) Steel
37. If velocity of sound in a gas is 360 m/s and the distance between a compression and the nearest
rarefaction is 1m, then the frequency of sound is
(a) 90 Hz (b) 180 Hz (c) 360 Hz (d) 720 Hz

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38. If the density of oxygen is 16 times that of hydrogen, what will be the ratio of their corresponding
velocities of sound waves
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 16 : 1 (d) 1 : 16
39. Speed of sound at constant temperature depends on
(a) Pressure (b) Density of gas (c) Above both (d) None of the above
40. A man standing on a cliff claps his hand hears its echo after 1 sec. If sound is reflected from
another mountain and velocity of sound in air is 340 m/sec. Then the distance between the man
and reflection point is
(a) 680 m (b) 340 m (c) 85 m (d) 170 m
41. What will be the wave velocity, if the radar gives 54 waves per min and wavelength of the given
wave is 10 m
(a) 4 m/sec (b) 6 m/sec (c) 9 m/sec (d) 5 m/sec
42. Sound velocity is maximum in
(a) H 2 (b) N 2 (c) He (d) O2
43. The minimum distance of reflector surface from the source for listening the echo of sound is
(a) 28 m (b) 18 m (c) 19 m (d) 16.5 m
44. The type of waves that can be propagated through solid is
(a) Transverse (b) Longitudinal (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
45. A man stands in front of a hillock and fires a gun. He hears an echo after 1.5 sec. The distance of
the hillock from the man is (velocity of sound in air is 330 m/s)
(a) 220 m (b) 247.5 m (c) 268.5 m (d) 292.5 m
46. Velocity of sound in air
I. Increases with temperature II. Decreases with temperature
III. Increase with pressure IV. Is independent of pressure
V. Is independent of temperature
Choose the correct answer.
(a) Only I and II are true (b) Only I and III are true
(c) Only II and III are true (d) Only I and IV are true
47. The speed of a wave in a medium is 760 m/s. If 3600 waves are passing through a point, in the
medium in 2 minutes, then its wavelength is
(a) 13.8 m (b) 25.3 m (c) 41.5 m (d) 57.2 m
48. If the temperature of the atmosphere is increased the following character of the sound wave is
effected
(a) Amplitude (b) Frequency (c) Velocity (d) Wavelength
49. An underwater sonar source operating at a frequency of 60 KHz directs its beam towards the
surface. If the velocity of sound in air is 330 m/s, the wavelength and frequency of waves in air
are:
(a) 5.5 mm, 60 KHz (b) 330 m, 60 KHz (c) 5.5 mm, 20 KHz (d) 5.5 mm, 80 KHz
50. Two sound waves having a phase difference of 60° have path difference of
(a) 2 (b) /2 (c) /6 (d) /3

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51. The periodic time of a vibrating body is 0.01 sec. Its frequency will be
(A) 1.0 c/s (B) 10.0 c/s (C) 100.0 c/s (D) 1000.0 c/s
52. The persistence of hearing for human beings is not more than
1 1 1
(A) 1s (B) s (C) s (D) s
5 10 2
53. The speed of electromagnetic waves in air is
(A) 3× 105 km/s (B) 3× 106 km/s (C) 3× 107 km/s (D) 3× 108 km/s
54. The speed of a wave is 340 ms–1. What is the wavelength of the wave if its frequency is 500 Hz?
(A) 0.68 m (B) 6.8 m (C) 68 m (D) 0.068 m
55. The echo will be heard if the original sound reflected by an obstacle reaches our ears after
(A) 10 s (B) 5 s (C) 1 s (D) 0.1 s
56. Suresh standing symmetrically between two cliffs claps his hands and starts hearing a series of
echoes at intervals of 1 second. If speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, the distance between the
parallel cliffs must be
(A) 320 m (B) 340 m (C) 680 m (D) 760 m
57. If the frequency of a tuning fork is 400 Hz, how far will the sound travel when the fork makes 60
vibrations? Given, velocity of sound = 320 ms–1
(A) 96 m (B) 48 m (C) 24 m (D) 12 m
58. An observer standing at sea coast observes 54 waves per minute. If wavelength of the waves is 10
m, the velocity of waves is
(A) 4 ms–1 (B) 7 ms–1 (C) 19 ms–1 (D) 12 ms–1
59. Velocity of sound in air at NTP is 332 m/s. What will be velocity, when pressure T is double and
temperature is kept constant?
(A) 332 m/s (B) 664 m/s
(C) 999 m/s (D) nothing can be decided
60. In a longitudinal wave there is a state of decided maximum compression at a point. The frequency
of wave is 50 Hz. After what time will the same point be in the state of maximum rarefaction?
(A) 1 s (B) 2 s (C) 0.1 s (D) 0.01 s
61. Which of the following graphs represents variation of velocity V of sound in a gas with the
pressure P?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

62. The wavelength of ultrasonics in air is of the order of
(A) 102 m (B) 011 m (C) 10–2m (D) 100 m
63. Velocity of sound is maximum in
(A) O2 (B) N2 (C) H2 (D) He

64. Walls of auditorium should be

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(A) good absorber (B) good reflector (C) good amplifier (D) none of these
65. On increasing humidity speed of sound in air
(A) increases (B) decreases
(C) remains same (D) some times increases same times decreases
66. If the speed of air increases the speed of sound in air
(A) (B) (C) (D)
67. Shock waves have
(A) low energy (B) high energy (C) low speed (D) none of these
68. Roaring of lion is a sound of
(A) high pitch (B) high intensity (C) low pitch (D) none
69. The velocity of sound increases on increasing temperature 1oC by
(A) .61 m/s (B) 1.22 m/s (C) 2.8 m/s (D) 332 m/s

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