PHYSICS: CHAPTER NO 2

SOUND

1. What is the sensation felt by the human ear called?

• (a) Vibration

• (b) Sound

• (c) Volume

• (d) Acoustic sensation (Answer: Sound)

2. What is the primary medium through which sound travels?

• (a) Vacuum

• (b) Solid

• (c) Liquid

• (d) Gas (Answer: Gas)

3. Which type of waves do sound waves belong to?

• (a) Transverse waves

• (b) Electromagnetic waves

• (c) Longitudinal waves

• (d) Surface waves (Answer: Longitudinal waves)

4. How is a sound wave created?

• (a) By light waves

• (b) By a vibrating object

• (c) By electric current

• (d) By magnetic fields (Answer: By a vibrating object)

5. What is a region of high molecular density and high air pressure called in a sound wave?

• (a) Compression

• (b) Rarefaction

• (c) Refraction

• (d) Diffraction (Answer: Compression)

6. What is a region of low molecular density and low air pressure called in a sound wave?

• (a) Compression

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 • (b) Rarefaction

• (c) Refraction

• (d) Diffraction (Answer: Rarefaction)

7. In what type of medium can sound be transmitted?

• (a) Vacuum only

• (b) Liquid only

• (c) Solid only

• (d) Gas, liquid, or solid (Answer: Gas, liquid, or solid)

8. Sound waves cannot travel through:

• (a) Air

• (b) Vacuum

• (c) Water

• (d) Glass (Answer: Vacuum)

9. In which medium does sound typically travel faster compared to the others?

• (a) Air

• (b) Water

• (c) Solid

• (d) Vacuum (Answer: Solid)

10. In which medium does sound typically travel slower compared to the others? –

(a) Air - (b) Water - (c) Solid - (d) None of these (Answer: Air)

11. What is the biological organ responsible for converting sound waves into the perception of
hearing? –

(a) Nose - (b) Eye - (c) Ear - (d) Tongue (Answer: Ear)

12. How do microphones detect sound? –

(a) By converting it into light signals - (b) By converting it into mechanical energy - (c) By converting it
into electrical signals - (d) By converting it into heat energy (Answer: By converting it into electrical
signals)

13. What is the term for the awareness of sound through the senses? –

(a) Reflection - (b) Oscillation - (c) Acoustics - (d) Perception (Answer: Perception)

14. How do persons with hearing impairment detect sound? –

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(a) Through their ears - (b) By using artificial hearing devices - (c) By reading lips - (d) None of these
(Answer: By using artificial hearing devices)

15. What distinguishes between shrill and grave sound: -

(a) Pitch - (b) Volume - (c) Loudness - (d) Quality (Answer: Pitch)

16. The pitch of sound depends on: -

(a) Amplitude of the sound wave - (b) Phase of the sound wave - (c) Frequency of the sound wave - (d)
Speed of sound (Answer: Frequency of the sound wave)

17. What will be the pitch of sound when the frequency is high: -

(a) The pitch will be low - (b) The pitch will be moderate - (c) The pitch will be high - (d) The pitch will be
unpredictable (Answer: The pitch will be high)

18. What will be the pitch of sound when the frequency is low: -

(a) The pitch will be low - (b) The pitch will be moderate - (c) The pitch will be high - (d) The pitch will be
unpredictable (Answer: The pitch will be low)

19. A high-pitched sound is called: -

(a) Shrill sound - (b) Grave sound - (c) Loud sound - (d) None of these (Answer: Shrill sound)

20. A low-pitched sound is called: -

(a) Shrill sound - (b) Grave sound - (c) Loud sound - (d) None of these (Answer: Grave sound)

21. Which of the following sounds is typically associated with a low pitch? –

(a) Women singing - (b) Birds chirping - (c) Dogs barking - (d) Cats meowing (Answer: Dogs barking)

22. Which of the following sounds is typically associated with a high pitch? –

(a) Men singing - (b) Frogs croaking - (c) Lions roaring - (d) Birds chirping (Answer: Birds chirping)

23. Pitch in sound can be compared to what property in light? –

(a) Brightness - (b) Color - (c) Intensity - (d) Transparency (Answer: Color)

24. What factor primarily determines the loudness of a sound? –

(a) Frequency of the sound wave - (b) Speed of sound - (c) Amplitude of the sound wave - (d) Shape of
the sound wave (Answer: Amplitude of the sound wave)

25. How does the area of a vibrating body relate to the loudness of the sound it produces? –

(a) Smaller area leads to louder sound - (b) Larger area leads to louder sound - (c) Area has no effect on
loudness - (d) None of these (Answer: Larger area leads to louder sound)

26. What effect does distance from the source of sound have on loudness? –

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(a) Closer distance leads to louder sound - (b) Farther distance leads to louder sound - (c) Distance has
no effect on loudness - (d) None of these (Answer: Closer distance leads to louder sound)

27. How does the material through which sound is traveling affect the amplitude of the sound wave? -
(a) It does not affect the amplitude - (b) It decreases the amplitude in all materials - (c) Amplitude is
different in different materials - (d) It increases the amplitude in all materials (Answer: Amplitude is
different in different materials)

28. The property of sound by which two sounds of the same loudness and pitch are distinguished from
each other is called –

(a) Loudness of sound - (b) Pitch of sound - (c) Amplitude of sound - (d) Quality of sound (Answer:
Quality of sound)

29. When comparing the sound from a piano and a flute, what distinguishes them? –

(a) Loudness - (b) Pitch - (c) Quality or timbre - (d) Frequency (Answer: Quality or timbre)

30. The measure of sound energy reaching an area in a unit time is called: -

(a) Amplitude - (b) Frequency - (c) Intensity - (d) Loudness (Answer: Intensity)

31. Intensity of sound is represented by: -

(a) I - (b) L - (c) F - (d) P (Answer: I)

32. What is the mathematical expression for the intensity of sound? –

(a) I=A/E - (b)I=P/A (c) I=A/P (d) I=E×A

(Answer: I=P/A)

33. What is the SI unit of intensity of sound? –

(a) Hertz (Hz) - (b) Decibel (dB) - (c) Watt per square meter (W/m²) - (d) Watt (W) (Answer: Watt per
square meter (W/m²))

34. 1 Pico watt per square meter is equal to: -

(a) 1×103 (b) 1×10−6/21×10−6W/m2 - (c) 1×10−12/21×10−12W/m2 - (d) 1×106/21×106W/m2

(Answer: 1×10−12/21×10−12W/m2)

35. What property of sound depends on the characteristics of a person's ears? –

(a) Intensity - (b) Loudness - (c) Frequency - (d) Amplitude (Answer: Loudness)

36. Which of the following is an objective property of sound waves? –

(a) Intensity - (b) Loudness - (c) Pitch - (d) Frequency (Answer: Intensity)

37. The range of intensity that the average human ear can detect: -

(a) 105/2105W/m2 to 106/2106W/m2 - (b) 10−5/210−5W/m2 to 106/2106W/m2 - (c)

10−12/210−12W/m2 to 1/21W/m2 - (d) 10−10/210−10W/m2 to 10−9/210−9W/m2

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(Answer: 10−12/210−12W/m2 to 1/21W/m2)

38. What is the difference between the loudness of two sounds represented by L−Lo? –

(a) Intensity level - (b) Decibel unit - (c) Sound frequency - (d) Sound wavelength (Answer: Intensity
level)

39. Intensity level is represented by: -

(a) I - (b) L - (c) W - (d) β (beta) (Answer: β (beta))

40. What is the mathematical relationship between loudness (L) and sound intensity (I) in terms of the
Bel unit? –

(a) L=klog(I) (b) L=log(I) (c) L= log(kI) (d) L=kI Answer: L=klog(I)

41. If the intensity of a sound is ten times greater than the intensity of the faintest audible sound,
what is the intensity level of that sound in Bels?

(a) 10 bels (b) 1 bel (c) 0.1 bel (d) 100 bels Answer: 1 bel

42. How many decibels are in 1 bel?

(a) 10 decibels (b) 100 decibels (c) 0.1 decibels (d) 1 decibel Answer: 10 decibels

43. What is the unit of intensity level used to quantify sound intensity differences?

(a) Hertz (Hz) (b) Hertz (Hz) (c) Watt (W) (d) Decibel (dB) Answer: Decibel (dB)

44. What is the intensity level (in decibels) of normal breathing?

(a) 10 dB (b) 20 dB (c) 30 dB (d) 40 dB Answer: 10 dB

45. At what intensity level (in decibels) does a military jet take off?

(a) 110 dB (b) 120 dB (c) 130 dB (d) 150 dB Answer: 150 dB

46. What is the threshold of pain in terms of intensity level (in decibels)?

(a) 140 dB (b) 160 dB (c) 170 dB (d) 200 dB Answer: 140 dB

47. What does a 56.0 dB sound represent in terms of its intensity compared to a 53.0 dB sound?

(a) It is half as intense (b) It is twice as intense (c) It is one-tenth as intense (d) It is ten times as intense
Answer: It is twice as intense

48. If a sound has an intensity level of 97.0 dB, how does its intensity compare to a 100 dB sound?

(a) It is half as intense (b) It is twice as intense (c) It is one-tenth as intense (d) It is ten times as intense
Answer: It is half as intense

49. The intensity of a sound wave increases by 1000 W/m^2. What is this increase equal to in
decibels?

(a) 10 dB (b) 20 dB (c) 30 dB (d) 40 dB Answer: 30 dB

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50. What is the term for the distance covered by a sound wave in unit time?

(a) Wavelength (b) Amplitude (c) Frequency (d) Speed Answer: Speed

51. How is the speed of sound represented in equations?

(a) S (b) V (c) F (d) L Answer: V

52. What is the speed of sound in air at 20 °C?

(a) 343 m/s (b) 5104 m/s (c) 332 m/s (d) 258 m/s Answer: 343 m/s

53. In which medium does sound travel most rapidly?

(a) Solid (b) Liquid (c) Gas (d) All of these Answer: Solid

54. In which medium does sound travel slowest?

(a) Solid (b) Liquid (c) Gas (d) All of these Answer: Gas

55. What is the speed of sound in aluminum?

(a) 5104 m/s (b) 4110 m/s (c) 1493 m/s (d) 1270 m/s Answer: 5104 m/s

56. How many times is the speed of sound greater in water than in air?

(a) Twice (b) Five times (c) It's the same (d) It's slower in water Answer: Five times

57. What properties of air affect the speed of sound?

(a) Color and odor (b) Altitude and pressure (c) Temperature and compressibility (d) Altitude and
humidity Answer: Temperature and compressibility

58. At a temperature of 0 °C and a pressure of 101 kPa, what is the speed of sound in dry air?

(a) 0.6 m/s (b) 331 m/s (c) 343 m/s (d) 101 m/s Answer: 331 m/s

59. How much does the speed of sound in air increase for each 1 °C rise in temperature,
approximately?

(a) 0.6 m/s (b) 1 m/s (c) 10 m/s (d) 100 m/s Answer: 0.6 m/s

60. What happens to the speed of sound in air when the frequency of a sound wave is doubled?

(a) It decreases (b) It increases (c) It remains the same (d) It becomes inaudible Answer: It remains the
same

61. What happens to the speed of sound in air when the wavelength of a sound wave is doubled?

(a) It decreases (b) It increases (c) It remains the same (d) It becomes inaudible Answer: It remains the
same

62. If the temperature rises from 20 °C to 30 °C, approximately how much does the speed of sound in
air change?

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 (a) It decreases by 6 m/s (b) It increases by 6 m/s (c) It remains the same (d) It becomes zero Answer: It
increases by 6 m/s

63. What do we call the bouncing back of sound waves when they strike a surface?

(a) Absorption of sound (b) Transmission of sound (c) Reflection of sound (d) Diffraction of sound
Answer: Reflection of sound

64. What is the term for sound due to multiple reflections in a small room?

(a) Refraction (b) Echo (c) Absorption (d) Reverberation Answer: Reverberation

65. What is the term for a reflected sound that can be distinguished from the original sound?

(a) Refraction (b) Echo (c) Absorption (d) Reverberation Answer: Echo

66. How long does it take for a reflected sound to be perceived as an echo by the human ear?

(a) 0.01 seconds (b) 1 second (c) 0.10 seconds (d) 10 seconds Answer: 0.10 seconds

67. Besides the repetition of words, what can echoes be used to estimate?

(a) Temperature (b) Distance of an object and velocity of sound (c) Time of day (d) Humidity Answer:
Distance of an object and velocity of sound

68. Minimum echo distance

(a) 10 meters (b) 17 meters (c) 20 meters (d) 34 meters Answer: 17 meters

69. Why is it difficult to hear a distinct echo in a small bathroom?

(a) The walls are too close (b) The walls are too far (c) There is no reflection of sound (d) The ceiling is
too high Answer: The walls are too close

70. What causes the diffraction of sound waves?

(a) Reflection (b) Absorption (c) Interference (d) Bending of waves around obstacles Answer: Bending of
waves around obstacles

71. Which of the following materials is a good absorber of sound?

(a) Soft and porous materials (b) Hard and dense materials (c) Metals (d) Plastics Answer: Soft and
porous materials

72. What is the term for the phenomenon of bending of sound waves around obstacles?

(a) Reflection (b) Absorption (c) Interference (d) Diffraction Answer: Diffraction

73. Why does sound travel faster in solids than in liquids and gases?

(a) Solids have higher density (b) Solids have lower density (c) Solids are compressible (d) Solids are
incompressible Answer: Solids are incompressible

74. In which medium does sound travel faster: air or helium?

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(a) Air (b) Helium (c) They travel at the same speed (d) It depends on the frequency Answer: Helium

75. What is the speed of sound in vacuum or outer space?

(a) 0 m/s (b) 343 m/s (c) 300,000,000 m/s (d) 186,282 miles per second Answer: 0 m/s

76. What happens to the speed of sound if the density of the medium increases?

(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Remains the same (d) Becomes zero Answer: Increases

77. What is the term for the bending of sound waves as they pass from one medium to another?

(a) Diffraction (b) Interference (c) Refraction (d) Reflection Answer: Refraction

78. In which medium does sound travel faster: water or steel?

(a) Water (b) Steel (c) They travel at the same speed (d) It depends on the frequency Answer: Steel

79. Which of the following is a unit of frequency?

(a) Newton (N) (b) Hertz (Hz) (c) Pascal (Pa) (d) Watt (W) Answer: Hertz (Hz)

80. What is the frequency range of human hearing?

(a) 20 Hz to 20 kHz (b) 1 Hz to 100 Hz (c) 500 Hz to 2 kHz (d) 10 kHz to 50 kHz Answer: 20 Hz to 20 kHz

78. What is the speed of sound in water?

(a) 343 m/s (b) 1482 m/s (c) 1540 m/s (d) 331 m/s Answer: 1482 m/s

79. What is the speed of sound in steel?

(a) 343 m/s (b) 1482 m/s (c) 5200 m/s (d) 331 m/s Answer: 5200 m/s

80. What is the primary factor affecting the speed of sound in a gas?

(a) Temperature (b) Pressure (c) Density (d) Humidity Answer: Temperature

81. What is the term for the interference of sound waves that results in a stronger wave?

(a) Diffraction (b) Absorption (c) Constructive interference (d) Destructive interference Answer:
Constructive interference

82. What is the term for the interference of sound waves that results in a weaker or canceled wave?
(a) Diffraction (b) Absorption (c) Constructive interference (d) Destructive interference Answer:
Destructive interference

83. What is the threshold of hearing in terms of intensity level?

(a) 0 dB (b) 20 dB (c) 40 dB (d) 60 dB Answer: 0 dB

84. What is the threshold of pain in terms of intensity level?

(a) 120 dB (b) 140 dB (c) 160 dB (d) 180 dB Answer: 120 dB

85. What is the unit of measurement for frequency?

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(a) Hertz (Hz) (b) Decibel (dB) (c) Pascal (Pa) (d) Watt (W) Answer: Hertz (Hz)

86. What is the term for the number of cycles per second in a sound wave?

(a) Wavelength (b) Frequency (c) Amplitude (d) Intensity Answer: Frequency

87. What is the term for the distance covered by a sound wave in one complete cycle?

(a) Amplitude (b) Wavelength (c) Frequency (d) Intensity Answer: Wavelength

88. How does the frequency of a sound wave affect its pitch?

(a) Higher frequency, higher pitch (b) Lower frequency, higher pitch (c) Higher frequency, lower pitch
(d) No effect on pitch Answer: Higher frequency, higher pitch

89. What is the term for the quality of a sound that allows us to distinguish between two sounds of
the same pitch and loudness?

(a) Pitch (b) Timbre (c) Intensity (d) Frequency Answer: Timbre

90. What is the phenomenon of a change in the frequency of a sound wave due to the motion of the
source or the observer?

(a) Diffraction (b) Doppler effect (c) Reflection (d) Refraction Answer: Doppler effect

91. In which direction does a Doppler shift occur when a sound source is moving toward an observer?
(a) Shift to higher frequency (blueshift) (b) Shift to lower frequency (redshift) (c) No shift in frequency (d)
Shift to ultrasonic frequencies Answer: Shift to higher frequency (blueshift)

92. What is the unit of measurement for the amplitude of a sound wave?

(a) Decibel (dB) (b) Hertz (Hz) (c) Pascal (Pa) (d) No unit Answer: Pascal (Pa)

93. What is the term for the bending of sound waves around obstacles?

(a) Reflection (b) Refraction (c) Diffraction (d) Absorption Answer: Diffraction

94. How does the speed of sound change with an increase in temperature?

(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Remains constant (d) Becomes zero Answer: Increases

95. What is the term for the sound that arrives at the listener's ear directly from the source, without
reflection?

(a) Absorption (b) Direct sound (c) Reverberation (d) Reflected sound Answer: Direct sound

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