9th Class Test Physics (Sound)
51. The process in which a disturbance created at a place travels in all possible directions, without the
actual motion of the particles of the medium is called:
(A) Wave motion (B) Wave formation (C) Diffraction of waves (D) Reflection of waves
52. Which of the following is a mechanical wave?
(A) Radio wave (B) Sound wave (C) Light wave (D) Thermal IR wave
53. Which of the following characteristics is unique to a transverse wave?
(A) Wavelength (B) Frequency (C) Crest (D) All of these
54. Which of the following is true with respect to the differences between a progressive and a
stationary wave?
(A) Energy of a wave is greatest in a progressive wave than in a stationary wave.
(B) Progressive waves are possible for transverse waves, but it is not possible for stationary waves.
(C) Progressive waves are always longitudinal, whereas stationary waves are always transverse.
(D) Energy is limited between two points in a stationary wave, whereas it is not so in a progressive
wave.
55. Find the wavelength of the wave shown in the figure below.
(A) 10 cm (B) 10 m (C) 30 cm (D) 30 m
56. Find the wave velocity of the wave represented in the given figure.
(A) 10 m/s (B) 1 m/s (C) 3 m/s (D) 20 m/s
57. Find the frequency of the harmonic wave shown in the figure below.
(A) 0.5 Hz (B) 2 Hz (C) 500 Hz (D) 50 Hz
58. The frequency of a wave produced by a radio station is 800 Hz. Its period is ___.
(A) 1.25 s (B) 12.5 ms (C) 125 s (D) 1.25 ms
59. A wave travels 400 m in 10 s. If 40 such waves are produced in a minute, then the wavelength of
the wave is ___m.
(A) 60 m (B) 600 m (C) 40 m (D) 400 m
60. Which of the following characteristics of sound does not change while a sound wave travels from
one medium to another?
(A) Velocity (B) Frequency (C) Wavelength (D) All of these
61. The speed of sound in a gas is x m/s at 27 C. The speed of sound in the gas is 2x m/s at __ C.
(A) 327 (B) 877 (C) 927 (D) 977
62. The ratio of density of gas A to that of gas B is 4: 1. The ratio of speed of sound in gas A to that in
gas B is ___ (at the identical conditions of temperature and pressure).
(A) 5: 3 (B) 3: 5 (C) 1: 4 (D) 1: 2
63. The ratio of speed of sound in hydrogen to that in oxygen at the identical conditions of
temperature and pressure is ___.
(A) 4: 1 (B) 2: 1 (C) 1: 2 (D) 1: 4
64. The wavelength range of audible sounds for human beings is ____, given the speed of sound in
air at normal temperature and pressure is 340 m/s.
(A) 0.05 ms to 0.05 ms (B) 17 mm to 17 m (C) 20 Hz to 20 kHz (D) All of these
65. The least required time for humans to perceive an echo of sound is ___ s.
(A) 0.4 (B) 0.2 (C) 0.1 (D) 0.05
66. If the velocity of sound in air at normal temperature and pressure is 330 m/s, then the minimum
distance required between the source/observer of sound and the reflector of sound is __ m.
(A) 33 (B) 30 (C) 15 (D) 16.5
67. The frequency of sound that can be utilized in scanning the fetus in the womb of a would be
mother is _____.
(A) greater than 20 kHz (B) between 20 Hz and 20 kHz
(C) less than 20 Hz (D) equal to 20 Hz
68. What is the frequency of sound waves that are fit to be used to detect the depth of an ocean bed?
(A) 10 Hz (B) 50 kHz (C) 600 Hz (D) 8000 Hz
69. A technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater) to navigate, measure distances,
communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water is usually referred to as
___.
(A) SOPAR (Sound Propagation and Ranging)
(B) SONAD (Sound Navigation and Detection)
(C) SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging)
(D) SOPAD (Sound Propagation and Detection)
70. The relation between the acceleration (a) of a body executing simple harmonic motion, and its
displacement (x) from the mean position can be expressed as ___.
(A) a +x3 (B) a −x2 (C) a +x (D) a −x
71. The acceleration of a body executing simple harmonic oscillation is 2 m/s2 when its displacement
from the mean position is 5 cm. Its acceleration would be 10 m/s2, when the displacement would
be ___.
(A) 25 cm (B) 1 cm (C) 20 cm (D) 10 cm
72. The time (period) of a simple pendulum that is executing simple harmonic motion is proportional
to its:
(A) (length)2 (B) √length (C) (mass)2 (D) √Temperature
73. What would be the length of the seconds pendulum on the surface of the earth’s moon? (Take ge
= π2 and ge = 6 gm; ge and gm = acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth and on the
moon respectively)
(A) 3 m (B) 60 cm (C) 6 m (D) 30 cm
74. What phenomenon related to sound does the following picture depict?
(A) Live concert (B) Echo (C) Refraction (D) Reverberation
75. What is the sound level in dB (decibel) for a sound having an intensity of 4×10–9 W/m2? (Take log
4 = 0.602, log 10 = 1; log (m/n) = log m – log n; log (m×n) = log m + log n; log (mn) = n log m)
(A) 36.02 (B) 63.02 (C) 46.02 (D) 64.02
Key
Q # Key Q # Key Q # Key Q # Key Q # Key
51 A 56 B 61 C 66 D 71 A
52 B 57 C 62 D 67 A 72 B
53 C 58 D 63 A 68 B 73 C
54 D 59 A 64 B 69 C 74 D
55 A 60 B 65 C 70 D 75 A
