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Sound
Q1) FIB | (MCQS)
 The voice box is also called as
(a) stomach
(b) heart
(c) larynx
(d) mouth
 Sound is a kind of
(a) work
(b) energy
(c) force
(d) pressure
 The hearing range of human ear is
(a) 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
(b) less than 20 Hz
(c) more than 20,000 Hz
(d) 20 Hz to 25,000 Hz
 Pitch of sound is determined by its
(a) frequency
(b) speed
(c) amplitude
(d) loudness
 The frequency of subsonic sound is
(a) more than 20 Hz
(b) 100 Hz
(c) less than 20 Hz
(d) more than 20,000 Hz
 Cochlea is a part of
(a) hearing organ
(b) sound producing organ
(c) muscular organ
(d) air pollution
 1 hertz is equal to
(a) 1 vibration per minute
 (b) 10 vibrations per minute
(c) 60 vibrations per minute
(d) 600 vibrations per minute
 Sound cannot travel through
(a) air
(b) water
(c) air
(d) vacuum
 The sound in the audible range is called
(a) ultrasonic sound
(b) sonic sound
(c) subonic sound
(d) light sound
A pendulum oscillates 20 times in 4 seconds. Find its time period.
(a) 0.05 sec.
(b) 0.001 sec.
(c) 0.2 sec.
(d) 0.1 sec
Loudness of sound is determined by
(a) pitch
(b) frequency
(c) amplitude
(d) time period
The number of vibrations made by a vibrating body in one second is
(a) frequency
(b) noise
(c) loudness
(d) pitch
The maximum displacement of a body from its mean position is called
(a) amplitude
(b) oscillation
(c) periodic motion
(d) frequency
The velocity of sound at 20°C is approximately
(a) 3400 m/sec.
(b) 340 m/sec.
(c) 430 m/sec
(d) 304 m/sec.
Sound is produced by
(a) Non-Vibrating objects only
(b) Vibrating and non- vibrating objects
(c) Vibration has no relation to sound
(d) Vibrating objects only
Sound cannot travel through
(a) vacuum
(b) air
 (c) water
(d) solids
Vibration is also known as
(a) Vibratory motion
(b) Translatory motion
(c) Oscillatory motion
(d) None of these
Frequency is expressed in
(a) Kilometre
(b) Hertz
(c) gram
(d) Degree centigrade
The number of oscillations per second is called
(a) Amplitude of oscillation
(b) Pitch of oscillation
(c) Frequency of oscillation
(d) None of the above
Above _____ dB the sound becomes physically painful
(a) 60
(b) 40
(c) 120
(d) 80
When the amplitude of vibration is large, sound produced is
(a) No sound
(b) feeble
(c) loud
(d) No relation between amplitude and sound
Human can hear sound in the range of
(a) 200-2000 Hz
(b) 20-20,000 Hz
(c) 2-20000 Hz
(d) 2000-200000 Hz
An ultrasound equipment works at frequency
(a) Higher than 20,000 Hz
(b) Higher than 10,000 Hz
(c) Lower than 20,000 Hz
(d) Lower than 10,000 Hz
Voice of man is heavy compared to a woman because
(a) Female vocal cord is longer
(b) Male vocal cord is shorter
(c) Male vocal cord is longer
(d) The concept is not related
Match the items given in column I suitably with those given in column II.
 Column I Column II

1. Audible frequencies (a) 10 dB

2. Length of vocal cords in man (b) 30 dB

3. Ultrasound (c) 20 mm long

4. Normal breathing (d) 20 to 20,000 Hz

5. Soft whisper (At 5 m) (e) Hertz

6. Frequency (f) Percussion instrument

7. Unpleasant sound (g) Music

8. Pitch (h) Produced by bats

9. Tabla (i) Noise

10. Pleasant sound (j) Higher frequency

A stone is dropped from a 50 m tall building into a pond. When is sound of splash heard at the
top? (g=10m/s2 , speed of sound in air= 340m/s)?
Give two practical applications of reflection of sound waves?
Briefly mention three uses of ultrasound in the field of medicine?
 Distinguish between transverse waves and longitudinal waves?
How temperature affects the velocity of sound?
Guess which sound has a higher pitch; guitar or car horn?
When vertically upward jerk is given to a string, transverse waves are formed? Give three
reasons?
33. A tuning fork having frequency 312Hz emits a wave which has a wavelength of 1.10m.
Calculate the speed of sound?
34. In tank, 10 ripples are produced in one sec. If the distance between a crest and trough is
10cm, find?
a) Wavelength
b) Frequency
c) Velocity of the wave?
35. A wave is moving in air with a velocity of 340m/s. Calculate the wavelength if its frequency
is 512Hz?.
36. Find the distance of cloud from you when you hear a thunder 3 sec after the lightning is seen.
(Given the speed of light= 3*108 m/s, speed of sound= 330m/s)? Why is lightning seen a few seconds
before the thunder is heard during a thunderstorm?
37. Why do we hear more clearly in a room with curtains than in a room without curtains?
Explain in brief?
38. Explain giving reason the purpose of using curved ceilings in cinema halls?

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