UNIT:2- WAVES & ULTRASONIC WAVES

Q.
Question Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Correct Answer
No.
1 What is the most fundamental property of sound wave? Temperature Frequency Pressure Wavelength Answer 2

2 In which medium sound travels faster? Solid Liquid Gas Water Vapour Answer 1

Longitudinal
3 What type of waves are Sound Waves? Transverse waves Both a and b None Answer 2
waves

4 What is the approximate speed of sound in air? 130 m/s 250 m/s 330 m/s 500 m/s Answer 3

What do we call the distance between two consecutive

5 Wave number Frequency Wavelength Amplitude Answer 3
compressions of a sound wave?

6 In which of the following medium, sound cannot travel? Solid Liquid Gas Vacuum Answer 4

What is the time taken by two consecutive compressions or

7 Amplitude Time Period Wavelength Frequency Answer 2
rarefactions to cross a fixed point in a sound wave known as?

When two sound waves of same frequency colloid with each other,
8 Resonance Reflection Vibration None Answer 1
the phenomenon is known as?

The property of the mouth of resonator to allow the air to escape Acoustic
9 Frequency Volume Material Answer 3
less easily is denoted by the term ________ of the mouth. conductivity

According to the theory of Resonator, the frequency of the

10 Frequency Volume Mass Velocity Answer 2
resonator is inversely proportional to the square root of its _______.

Number of Frequency of
11 Using Melde's experiment _______ can be found. Type of wave All Answer 4
nodes tuning fork

In transverse mode of vibration, if number of loops are 6 then in

12 3 6 9 12 Answer 1
longitudinal mode of vibration the number of loops will be __.

13 In Melde's experiment, which conclusion is correct? T2p=constant Tp=constant Tp2=constant None Answer 3
14 Which powder is used in Kundt's tube? Talcum Lycopodium Borax None Answer 2

Velocity of Velocity of
15 Kundt's tube method is used to find the ________ in medium. Velocity of particle Velocity of sound Answer 4
light electron

16 What is the frequency of ultrasonic waves? >20,000 Hz <20,000 Hz 20 Hz - 20 kHz <20 Hz Answer 1

17 What is the audible hearing limit of human? >20,000 Hz <20,000 Hz 20 Hz - 20 kHz <20 Hz Answer 3

18 Which of the following is piezo material? Iron Uranium Magnet Quartz Answer 4

Which of the following effects can be used to produce ultrasonic Magnetostriction Doppler
19 Magnetic Effect Sound Effect Answer 1
waves? Effect Effect

Which of the following will remain unchanged when a sound wave

20 Amplitude Wavelength Frequency Speed Answer 3
travels in air or in water?

21 Sound waves of frequency less than 20 Hz is known as ________. Ultrasonic Audible Infrasonic Supersonic Answer 3

22 Speed exceeding the speed of sound is known as __________. Ultrasonic Audible Infrasonic Supersonic Answer 4

When pressure is applied to two opposite faces of a crystal like

Magnetostriction Piezoelectric Electromagnetic
23 quartz, equal and opposite charges develop on a pair of None Answer 2
effect effect induction
perpendicular faces. This effect is called as ____

When potential difference is applied to two opposite faces of a

Direct Inverse
crystal like quartz, there is either compression or expansion of the Magnetostriction Electromagnetic
24 Piezoelectric Piezoelectric Answer 3
crystal across a Perpendicular axis. This effect is known as effect induction
effect effect
________.

The change of length of a ferromagnetic substance when placed Magnetostriction Piezoelectric Electromagnetic
25 None Answer 1
parallel to magnetic field is known as ______. effect effect induction

26 Which waves are used to find the depth of sea? Ultraviolet Infrasonic Ultrasonic IR Answer 3