Grade 10: Physics
Chapter 2: Sound
1. The sound can travel in air when,
A. Particles of medium travel from one place to another
B. There is no moisture in the atmosphere
C. Disturbance travel from one place to another
D. Both particle as well as disturbance travel from one place to another
2. Sound wave is a longitudinal wave, it means that
A. The particles move back and forth along the direction of wave
B. The particles move perpendicular along the direction of wave
C. The particles move in random direction
D. The particles move in circle
3. The characteristic of a sound by which loud and faint sound can be distinguished
A. Loudness
B. Pitch
C. Quality
D. Intensity
4. When frequency of sound increases the wavelength and period
Wavelength Period
A. Decreases Increases
B. Decreases Decreases
C. Increases Increases
D. Increases Decreases
5. Sound energy passing per second through a unit area held perpendicular to the direction of propagation of
sound waves is called
A. Loudness of sound
B. Pitch of sound
C. Quality of sound
D. Intensity of sound
6. Sound of frequency higher than 20,000 Hz which are inaudible to normal human ear is
A. Noise
B. Ultrasonic
C. Infrasonic
D. Supersonic
7. Loudness of sound depends on the following factors except
A. Area of vibrating body
B. Amplitude of vibrating body
C. Frequency of vibrating body
D. Distance from vibrating body
8. The scale to measure the intensity level of sound is called
A. Vector scale
B. Measuring scale
C. bel scale
D. Decibel scale
9. Loud sound can travel longer distance due to
A. Higher amplitude
B. Higher energy
C. High frequency
D. High speed
10. Astronaut in space need to communicate with each other by radio links because
A. Sound waves travel very slowly in space
B. Sound waves travel very fast in space
C. Sound wave cannot travel in space
D. Sound waves have low frequency in space
11. the loudness of sound most closely related to its
A. frequency
B. period
C. wavelength
D. Amplitude
12. The pitch of sound depends on the following factors except
A. Amplitude
B. Frequency
C. Velocity
D. Wavelength
13. The unit of intensity of sound
A. Wm-1
B. Wm
C. Wm-2
D. Wm2
14. We can easily distinguish between the sounds of the different singers even without having seen them. This
is due to the different quality of their sound, on what factors does the quality of sound depends
A. wavelength
B. waveform
C. wave frequency
D. wave amplitude
15. on increasing the temperature, the speed of sound in air
A. increase
B. decrease
C. does not change
D. first increases them become constant
16. A key of the mechanical piano is first struck gently and then struck again but much harder this time. What
kind of change in sound will you observe in the second case?
A. Sound will be louder, but pitch will not be different
B. Sound will be louder, and pitch will also higher
C. Sound will be louder, but the pitch will be lower
D. Both loudness and pitch will remain unaffected
17. The hearing range of human ear is
A. 20Hz to 20,000Hz
B. 10Hz to 20,000Hz
C. 30Hz to 20,000Hz
D. 20Hz to 25,000Hz
18. Compression and rarefaction in longitudinal waves are due to
A. Movement of air molecules
B. Vibration of air molecules
C. Variability of air pressure
D. Variability of vibration of air molecules
19. Sound waves travel at,
A. Same speed in different medium
B. Different speed in same medium
C. Different speed in different medium
D. Highest speed in vacuum
20. The human ear response to intensities in range
A. 10-12 Wm-2 to 1Wm-2
B. 15 Wm-2 to 18Wm-2
C. 108 Wm-2 to 20Wm-2
D. 10-3 Wm-1 to 10-6Wm-1
21. The characteristics of sound in which shrill and grave sound can be distinguished
A. Pitch of sound
B. Loudness of sound
C. Quality of sound
D. Intensity of Sound
22. Sonar is a technique uses ultrasonic waves to determine the following except
A. The depth of water
B. To see the shape and size of an object in water
C. To locate the object in water
D. To determine cracks in machinery
23. The following are the uses of ultrasound except
A. To detect the cracks
B. To breakdown stones in kidney
C. To remove blood cloths from arteries
D. To determine the frequency of water waves
24. When you shout near a tall building, you hear the same sound again. The sound which you hear again is
called
A. Reflection of sound
B. Diffraction of sound
C. Refraction of sound
D. Intensity of sound
25. What will be the intensity level of rustling of leaves, where the intensity of rustle of leaves is I= 10 -11 Wm-2
A. 10 dB
B. 100 dB
C. 0 dB
D. 150 dB
Chapter 2: Sound
Answer key
1 C 2 A 3 A 4 B
5 D 6 B 7 C 8 D
9 B 10 C 11 D 12 A
13 C 14 B 15 A 16 C
17 A 18 C 19 C 20 A
21 A 22 D 23 D 24 A
25 A
