Quiz

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CENTRE
Subject: Physics
Min.
NAME:

CHENNAI

Topic: Sound

1. The wavelength of ultrasonic waves in air is of the order of

(a) 5 10 5 cm
(b) 5 108 cm
(c) 5 105 cm

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(d) 5 108 cm

2. 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) 1.7cm
(b) 6.8cm
(c) 1.7m
(d) 6.8m
3. In a medium sound travels 2km in 3sec, and in air it travels 3km in 10 sec. The ratio of the
wavelengths of sound in the two media is
(a) 1:8
(b) 1:18
(c) 8:1
(d) 20:9
4. The echo of a gun shot is heard 8 sec. after the gun is fired. How far from him is the surface that
reflects the sound (velocity of sound in air=350 m/s)
(a) 1400 m
(b) 2800 m
(c) 700 m
(d) 350 m
5. A man sets his watch by the sound of a siren placed at a distance 1 km away. If the velocity of
sound is330 m/s
(a) His watch is set 3 sec Faster
(b) His watch is set 3 sec Slower
(c) His watch is set correctly
(d) None of the above
6. A man is standing between two parallel cliffs and fires a gun. If he hears first and second echoes
after 1.5 s and 3.5 s respectively, the distance between the cliffs is ( Velocity of sound in air = 340
ms 1 )
(a) 1190 m
(b) 850 m
(c) 595 m
(d) 510 m
7. 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
8. The frequency of a tunning fork is 384 per second and velocity of sound in air is 352 m./s. How
far the sound has traversed while fork completes 36 vibration
(a) 3 m
(b) 13 m
(c) 23 m
(d) 33 m
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9. If wavelength of a wave is 6000 A . Then wave number will be

(a) 166 103 m 1
(b) 16.6 101 m1
(c) 1.66 106 m1

(d) 1.66 107 m1

10. 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) 90Hz
(b) 180 Hz
(c) 360 Hz
(d) 720 Hz
11. Which of the following statements is wrong
(a) sound travels in straight line
(b) sound is a form of energy
(c) sound travels in the form of waves
(d) sound travels faster in vacuum than in air

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12. The relation between frequency n wavelength ' ' and velocity of propagation v of wave is
(a) n v
(b) n / v
(c) n v /
(d) n 1/ v
13. 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 Vi , Va
(c) Vu Vi Va
(d) Va Vu and Vu Vi
14. 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
15. 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) 0.56m
(b) 0.89m
(c) 1.11m
(d) 1.29m
16. Velocity of sound is maximum in
(a) Air
(b) Water

(c) Vacuum

(d) Steel

17. The frequency of a sound wave is n and its velocity is v. If the frequency is increased to 4n, the
velocity of the wave will be
(a) v
(b) 2 v
(c) 4 v
(d) v /4
18. 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
19. If vm is the velocity of sound in moist air, vd is the velocity of sound in dry air, under identical
conditions of pressure and temperature
(a) vm vd
(b) vm vd
(c) vm vd
(d) vm vd 1
20. An observer starts moving with uniform acceleration a toward a stationary sound source emitting a whistle of
frequency n. As the observer approaches source, the apparent frequency, heard by the observer varies with time as

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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Answer Key:
1.A

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.D

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.A

20.B

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