Which of the following are electromagnetic waves?
A. Alpha rays
B. Audible waves
C. X-ray
D. β-rays
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What is the approximate speed of sound in distilled water at 25°C (77°F)?
A. 1598 m/s
B. 1285 m/s
C. 1498 m/s
D. 3980 m/s
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If T is the time period of an oscillating pendulum, then which one of the following statement is not correct?
A. The motion repeats after time T only once
B. T is the least time after which motion repeats itself
C. The motion repeats itself after nT, where n is a positive integer
D. T remains the same only for small angular displacements
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The time period of a sound wave is 0.01 seconds. Find its frequency (in Hz).
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How much should minimum distance be between the source of sound and reflecting surface, so that an echo can be heard clearly?
A. 10 metre
B. 17 metre
C. 24 metre
D. 30 metre
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Which of the following statements are true/false about the speed of sound in different mediums at 25°C?
A. In seawater, the speed of sound is 1531 km/s.
B. In water (distilled), the speed of sound is 1498 km/s.
A. Neither A nor B is correct
B. Both A and B are correct
C. Only B is correct
D. Only A is correct
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Which type of sound waves can propagate in solids?
A. Longitudinal only
B. Transverse only
C. Either longitudinal or transverse
D. Non mechanical waves only
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Sound wave in air is
A. transverse
B. longitudinal
C. electromagnetic
D. polarised
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When a stone is dropped on the surface of still water, the waves produced are
A. longitudinal
B. transverse
C. stationary
D. partly transverse and partly longitudinal
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If the frequency of a sound wave is 50 hertz, find its time period.
A. 0.05 second
B. 0.02 second
C. 0.5 second
D. 0.2 second
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An echo comes back in 3 seconds. If the speed of sound is 342 ms-1 , what is the distance from the source to the reflecting surface?
A. 513 meters
B. 644 meters
C. 342 meters
D. 171 meters
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Sound cannot pass through
A. water
B. steel
C. air
D. vacuum
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When the speed of an object exceeds to the speed of sound, it is said to travel at . . . . . . . . speed.
A. Subsonic
B. Ultrasonic
C. Super sonic
D. sonic
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
A. Ultrasonic waves cannot get reflected, refracted or absorbed
B. Ultrasonic waves are used to detect the presence of defects like cracks, porsity, etc in the internal structure of common structure materials
C. Ultrasonic waves can be used for making holes in very hard materials like diamond
D. Ultrasonic waves cannot travel through vacuum
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The sound wave travels at a speed of 339 m/s-1 . If its wavelength is 1.5 cm, what will be the frequency of the wave?
A. 226 Hz
B. 2260 Hz
C. 226000 Hz
D. 22600 Hz
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A person rings, a metallic bell near a strong concrete wall. He hears the echo after 0.3 s. If the sound moves with a speed of 340 m/s, how far is the wall from him?
A. 102 m
B. 11 m
C. 51 m
D. 30 m
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SONAR is based on the principle of
A. resonance
B. reveberation
C. echo
D. None of the above
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The frequency (in Hz) of a note that is one octave higher than 500 Hz is
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Which of the following is an example of simple harmonic motion?
A. Earth spinning on its axis
B. Simple pendulum motion
C. Ball bouncing on floor
D. Motion of a ceiling fan
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If Va, Vw and Vs respectively are the speed of sound in air, water and steel, then
A. Va < Vw < VS
B. VS < Vw < Va
C. VW < Vs < Va
D. VS < Va < Vw
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