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multiple choice questions
1.. A listener is at rest with respect to the source of sound.
A wind starts blowing along the line joining the source
and the observer. Which of the following quantities do
not change ?
(a) Frequency. (b) Velocity of sound .
(c) Wavelength. (d) Time period.
2. A heavy stone is thrown from a cliff of height h with a
speed v. The stone will hit the ground with maximum
speed if it is thrown
(a)vertically downward (b) vertically upward
(c) horizontally
(d) the s
3. . The work done by the external forces on a system equals
the change in
(a) total energy (b) kinetic energy
(c) potential energy (d) none of these.peed does not depend on the initial
direction
4 . An organ pipe, open at both ends, contains
(a) longitudinal stationary waves
(b) longitudinal travelling waves
(c) transverse stationary waves
(d) transverse travelling waves
5. A liquid can easily change its shape but a solid can not
because
(a) the density of a liquid is smaller than that of a solid
(b)the forces between the molecules is stronger in solid
than in liquids
(c) the atoms combine to form bigger molecules in a solid
(d) the average separation between the molecules is
larger in solids.
6. A beaker containing a liquid is kept inside a big closed
jar. If the air inside the jar is continuously pumped out,
the pressure in the liquid near the bottom of the liquid
will
(a) increase (b) decrease (c) remain constant
(d) first decrease and then increase.
7. A metal cube is placed in an empty vessel. When water
is filled in the vessel so that the cube is completely
immersed in the water, the force on the bottom of the
vessel in contact with the cube
(a) will increase ' (b) will decrease
(c) -will remain the same (d) will become zero.