Grade 10

Lesson No. 7 : Sound

Multiple Choice Questions

MCQ No. 1
1. Which of the following statements are correct?
a) Sound & light both require medium for propagation.
b) Sound can travel in vacuum, but light cannot.
c) Sound needs medium, but light does not need medium for its propagation.
d) Sound & light both can travel in vacuum.
Ans. c) Sound needs medium, but light does not need medium for its propagation.

2. The speed of sound in air at 0C is nearly:

a) 1450 m/s b) 450 m/s c) 5000 m/s d) 330 m/s
Ans. d) 330 m/s.
3. Sound in air propagates in the form of:
a) Longitudinal wave
b) Transverse wave
c) Both longitudinal & transverse waves
d) Neither longitudinal nor transverse wave.
Ans. a) Longitudinal wave.

4. Which statemen is correct?

a) The speed of sound does not change with increase in temperature.
b) The speed of sound increases with increase in temperature.
c) The speed of sound decreases with increase in temperature.
Ans. b) The speed of sound increases with increase in temperature.
5. The correct expression for speed of sound wave in terms of wavelength and
frequency is given as :
a) V =
b) f = V
c) V = f
d) = Vf

Ans. c) V = f 
6. Which of the following are not the characteristics of sound wave?
a) Frequency
b) Wavelength
c) Amplitude
d) Time
Ans. d) Time
7. Condition for reflection of sound wave is:
a) The reflecting surface should be very smooth
b) The reflecting surface should be bigger than the wavelength of sound wave.
c) The reflecting surface should be same as the wavelength of sound wave.
d) The reflecting surface should be less than the wavelength of sound wave.
Ans. b) The reflecting surface should be bigger than the wavelength of sound wave.

8. The instrument that does not work on reflection of sound :

a) Megaphone
b) Ear trumpet
c) Guitar
d) Stethoscope
Ans. c) Guitar
9. When a sound wave travels from one medium to another medium, which of the
property does not change?
a) Frequency
b) Speed
c) Wavelength
d) Amplitude
Ans. a) Frequency

10. Ultrasonic waves have frequency:

a) More than 20 Hz
b) More than 2000 Hz
c) More than 20000 Hz
d) Less than 20000 Hz
Ans. c) More than 20000 Hz
11. Sound waves in air are:
a) Longitudinal electromagnetic waves
b) Transverse electromagnetic waves
c) Longitudinal mechanical waves
d) Transverse mechanical waves.
Ans. c) Longitudinal mechanical waves.

12. Which of the following statements is correct?

Ans. c)
13. A man can hear the sound of frequency:
a) 17 Hz
b) 20 kHz
c) 1000 Hz
d) 5 MHz
Ans. c) 1000 Hz

14. The property of ultrasonic sound that make it useful are:

a) High power & high speed
b) High power & good directivity
c) High frequency & high speed
d) High frequency and bending around the objects

Ans. b) High power & good directivity

15. Sound ranging is the process of
a) Calculating speed of sound
b) Calculating distance between two objects
c) Detecting obstacles with the help of echo
d) The sound must be loud enough.
Ans. c) Detecting obstacles with the help of echo

16. Which of the following statements is correct?

a) Reflected sound if heard along with the original sound is echo.
b) Reflected sound heard after the original sound ceases is echo.
c) Distance between source of sound and reflecting surface is less than 17 m then
it is echo.
d) None of the above
Ans. b) Reflected sound heard after the original sound ceases is echo.
17. Observe the figures and state which of the following is correct?
a) Fig. (a) is Echo and Fig. (b) is reverberation
b) Fig. (a) & Fig. (b) are Echo
c) Fig. (a) & Fig. (b) are reverberation
d) Fig. (a) is reverberation and Fig. (b) is echo

Ans. a) Fig. (a) is Echo and Fig. (b) is reverberation

18. To detect obstacles in their path, bats produce:
a) Infrasonic waves
b) Ultrasonic waves
c) Radio waves
d) Electromagnetic waves
Ans. b) Ultrasonic waves

19. SONAR makes use of:

a) Ultrasonic sound
b) Infrasonic sound
c) Sonic sound
d) Light
Ans. a) Ultrasonic sound
20. Expression for calculating speed of sound by the method of echo is given as:
a) V =
b) V =
c) V = d x t
d) V =

Ans. d) V =

21. The minimum distance between between the source and the reflector in air, to
hear echo, is approximately:
a) 330 m b) 17 m c) 340 m d) 1450 m
Ans. b) 17 m
22. Ultrasonic waves
a) Can travel undeviated and are easily absorbed in a medium
b) Can travel undeviated and cannot be confined into a narrow beam
c) Can deviate through long distance and are not easily absorbed
d) Can travel undeviated and are not easily absorbed in a medium.
Ans. d) Can travel undeviated and are not easily absorbed in a medium.

23. The range of audibility for human ear is:

a) Less than 20 Hz
b) Between 2 Hz to 20 Hz
c) Between 20 Hz to 20 kHz
d) More than 20 kHz
Ans. c) Between 20 Hz to 20 kHz
24. A man standing 98 m away from a wall fires a gun. What would be the time
taken for the echo to be heard?. The speed of sound in air is 350 m/s.
a) 0.3 s b) 0.56 s c) 0.44 s d) 0.28 s
Ans. b) 0.56 s
t = = = = 0.56 s

25. Distance between mean position and the maximum displacement of the wave
is known as :
a) Wavelength
b) Wave velocity
c) Amplitude
d) Time period
Ans. c) amplitude
26. The separation between two consecutive crests in a transverse wave is 100 m.
If the wave velocity is 20 m/s, then the frequency of the wave is:
a) 2 Hz b) 0.2 Hz c) 0.02 Hz d) 20 Hz
Ans. b) 0.2 Hz
f = = = 0.2 Hz

27. A source of wave produces 40 crests and 40 troughs in 0.4s. The frequency of
the wave is :
a) 16 Hz b) 1 Hz c) 10 Hz d) 100 Hz
Ans. d) 100 Hz
In 0.4 s, no. of waves = 40
So in 1 s, no. of waves = f = = = 100 Hz
28. An observer A fires a gun and another observer B at a distance 1650 m away
from A hears its sound. If the speed of sound in air is 330 m/s, then the time when
B will hear the sound after firing by A will be:
A0 10 s b) 5 s c) 0.5 s d) 1 s
Ans. b) 5 s
Observer B is hearing an ordinary sound (NOT Echo)
So t = = = 5 s