The pitch of the sound depends upon

  • amplitude
  • loudness
  • area
  • frequency

The time a sound wave having frequency 2 KHz and wavelength 35 cm requires to cover the distance of 1.5 Km is

  • 2.1 s
  • 10 s
  • 20 s
  • 8 s

If a normal conversation have sound intensities of 3×10-6Wm-2. The intensity of sound for 100dB would be

  • 0.05 Wm-2
  • 0.01 Wm-2
  • 0.08 Wm-2
  • 0.68 Wm-2

Frequency of tuning fork depends on

  • mass of its prongs
  • area of its prongs
  • stiffness of its prongs
  • density of its prongs

Sound energy passing per second through a unit area held perpendicular to the direction of propagation of sound waves is called

  • loudness of sound
  • pitch of sound
  • quality of sound
  • intensity of sound

The characteristic of sound by which loud and faint sounds can be distinguished is known as

  • loudness
  • pitch
  • quality
  • intensity

When the frequency of sound increases, the wavelength and period

  • becomes negative
  • remains constant
  • also increases
  • decreases

People use the silent whistle to call dogs whose frequency lies between

  • 15,000 Hz to 18,000 Hz
  • 20,000 Hz to 25,000 Hz
  • 10,000 Hz to 15,000 Hz
  • 30,000 Hz to 35,000 Hz

A human hearing can not hear a sound of frequency less than

  • 20 Hz
  • 30 Hz
  • 10 Hz
  • 40 Hz

Sound which has Jarring effect on ears is

  • Noise
  • Music
  • pleasant sound
  • soul music

If the speed of sound in air is 330 ms-1 and the wavelength is 10 cm. The frequency of sound should be

  • 3.9×103 Hz
  • 4.7×103 Hz
  • 3.3×103 Hz
  • 5.3×103 Hz

The sound produced by a large drum is louder than a small drum because of its

  • distance from sticks
  • small vibrating area
  • large vibrating area
  • none of above

The characteristic of sound by which we can distinguish between a shrill and a grave sound is known as

  • quality
  • intensity
  • loudness
  • pitch

The sounds which are pleasant to our ears are called

  • noise
  • musical sounds
  • frequency
  • amplitude

For hearing distinct echoes, the minimum distance of the obstacle from the source of sound must be

  • double to this distance
  • equal to this distance
  • half of this distance
  • one third to this distance

When sound is incident on the surface of a medium it bounces back into the first medium. The phenomenon is called

  • refraction of sound
  • deflection of sound
  • defraction of sound
  • reflection of sound

In a market, the intensity level of sound recorded is 80 dB, the intensity level of sound should be

  • 10-4Wm-2
  • 10-6Wm-2
  • 10-8Wm-2
  • 10-5Wm-2

The total distance covered by the sound from the point of generation to the reflecting surface and back should be at least

  • 30 m
  • 34 m
  • 40 m
  • 38 m

The loudness of sound is related most closely to its

  • frequency
  • period
  • amplitude
  • wavelength

The SI unit of intensity of sound is

  • W m-2
  • W m-1
  • m-2
  • W -1

Cats can hear frequencies up to

  • 30,000 Hz
  • 25,000 Hz
  • 40,000 Hz
  • 50,000 Hz

Echoes maybe heard more than once due to

  • multiple reflections
  • single time reflection
  • refraction
  • diffraction of waves

A ship sends an ultrasound that returns from the seabed and is detected after 3.42 s. If the speed of the ultrasound through seawater is 1300 ms-1, then the distance of the seabed from the ship would be

  • 3000 m
  • 2600 m
  • 2200 m
  • 2800 m

Pitch of the sound depends upon

  • frequency
  • distance of sound
  • amplitude
  • temperature

Main sources of noise pollution are

  • Transportation equipment only
  • Heavy machinery only
  • musical instruments
  • Transportation equipment and heavy machinery

SONAR is the abbreviation of

  • small navigation and random
  • sky navigation and ranging
  • sun nuclear ranging
  • sound navigation and ranging

Old people can not hear sounds even above

  • 5,000 Hz
  • 15,000 Hz
  • 10,000 Hz
  • 8,000 Hz

Sound waves are

  • Longitudinal
  • Transverse
  • Electromagnetic
  • Only magnetic

The intensity level of the rustling of leaves is

  • 25 dB
  • 0 dB
  • 10 dB
  • 100 dB

The speed of sound in solids is

  • 10 times that in gas
  • 20 times that in gas
  • 5 times that in gas
  • 15 times that in gas
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