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Class 10 Physics Chapter - 11

Multiple Choice Questions


Encircle the correct answer from the given choice:

1) Which is an example of a longitudinal wave:


a) Sound wave
b) Light wave
c) Radio wave
d) Water wave
2) How does sound travel from its source to your ear?
a) By changes in air pressure
b) By vibration in wire or string
c) By electromagnetic wave
d) By infrared wave
3) Which form of energy is sound?
a) Electrical
b) Chemical
c) Thermal
d) Mechanical

4) The sound energy per unit area per second is called:


a) Loudness
b) Intensity of sound
c) Pitch of sound
d) Frequency
5) Bats hear frequencies up to
a) 120,00,000 Hz
b) 120,000 Hz
c) 120,0000 Hz
d) 120.0 Hz
6) The speed of sound varies with:
a) Both temperature and humidity
b) Humidity
c) Temperature
d) None of these
7) The level of noise recommended in most of the countries is:
a) 95-100 dB
b) 115-120 dB
c) 85-90 dB
d) 75-80 Db
8) The method used to absorb undesirable sound by soft and porous surface is called:
a) Pitch
b) Echoes
c) Intensity
d) Acoustics
9) The speed of sound in air was first accurately measured in:
a) 1638
b) 1938
c) 1838
d) 1738
10) Mice can hear frequencies up to:
a) 3500Hz
b) 35,000Hz
c) 100,000Hz
d) 45,00Hz
11) Echo of sound is:
a) Interference
b) Diffraction
c) Refraction
d) Reflection
12) For hearing distinct echoes, the minimum distance of obstacle from source of source of
sound must be:
a) 17m
b) 34m
c) 16m
d) 38m
13) The sensation of sound persists in our brain for about:
a) 1s
b) 2s
c) 0.1s
d) 0.01s
14) The speed of sound in solid is about times than in gases.
a) 5
b) 10
c) 15
d) 20
15) Multiple reflections are called:
a) Vibrations
b) Acoustics
c) Reverberations
d) None of these
16) The speed of sound in air at 2 atm pressure and at room temperature (21°C) is:
a) 310ms-2
b) 320 ms-2
c) 360 ms-2
d) None of above
17) A ship sends out ultrasound that returns from the seabed and is detected after 3.42 s. If
the speed of ultrasound through seawater is 1531 ms-1, what is the distance of the seabed
from the ship?
a) 2615m
b) 2618m
c) 2616m
d) 2666m
18) Flash of lightning is seen 1.5 seconds earlier than the thunder. How far away is the cloud
in which the flash has occurred? (Speed of sound = 332 ms-1).
a) 400m
b) 498m
c) 400cm
d) 498cm
Short Questions

1) What is audible frequency and what is its range?


2) What is noise and why noise is nuisance?
3) Why acoustic protection is important?
4) Why sound produced by a simple pendulum is not heard?
5) If a ringing bicycle bell is held tightly by hand, it shops producing sound. Why?
6) Why is the intensity of an echo less than that of original sound?
7) In which medium air or water, an echo heard sooner. Why?
8) Why sound cannot be heard on moon?
9) When you watch a thunderstorm, you see the lightning first, and you hear the thunder afterward.
Why is the thunder delayed?
10) If the speed of sound is dependent on frequency, would music from marching band be enjoyed?
11) Why does your voice sound fuller in the shower?
12) Why is it so quiet after a snowfall?
13) The sound of women is more shrill than men. Why?
14) What is meant by sound less whistle? What is the range of its frequency?
15) What is the difference between loudness and intensity of sound?
16) Bats and mice can hear frequencies up to?
17) What do you know about zero bel?

Long Questions
1) What is intensity level? Describe the decibels scales for the intensity of different sound levels.
2) How sound is reflected? Describe the difference between echo and reverberation
3) What is sound? How it is produced, transmitted and received?
4) Explain speed of sound in waves and air?
5) Describe the terms loudness, pitch and quality. Explain each by giving an example.

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