Chapter 13 - Sound MCQs
Question 1: Which of the following energy travels fastest?
a) Light
b) Solar
c) Sound
d) All of these
Answer
Answer: a) Light
Question 2: When matter vibrates, a ___________ is made.
a) Light
b) Nuclear reaction
c) Sound
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: c) Sound
Question 3: Sound can’t travel through
a) Iron
b) Oil
c) Oxygen
d) Vacuum
Answer
Answer: d) Vacuum
Question 4: ___________ is how loud or soft a sound is.
a) Pitch
b) Volume
c) Waves
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: b) Volume
Question 5: Why does the sound travel fast in iron than in water?
a) Sound doesn’t like water but likes iron. So it travels fast in iron.
b) Sound travels fast in iron because it is light weight.
c) Sound travels faster in iron because molecules in iron are much more closer together than water.
d) Sound travels faster in water because it contains hydrogen.
Answer
Answer: c) Sound travels faster in iron because molecules in iron are much more closer together than water.
Question 6: Pitch is how ___________________________.
a) loud or soft a sound is
b) high or low a sound is
c) fast or slow a sound is
d) All of these
Answer
Answer: b) high or low a sound is
Question 7: Which of the following animal doesn’t use SONAR?
i) Bats
ii) Cats
iii) Shrews
a) i) only
b) iii) only
c) ii) only
d) ii), iii)
Answer
Answer: c) ii) only
Question 8: Why can’t sound travel in vacuum?
a) Sound can’t travel in vacuum because no particles/matter are present.
b) The statement is false. Sound can travel in vacuum.
c) Sound can’t travel in vacuum because vacuum doesn’t exist.
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: a) Sound can’t travel in vacuum because no particles/matter are present.
Question 9: What is RADAR?
a) Radio Detection and Ranging
b) Radio and Television Detection and Ranging
c) Radio Automatic Detection and Ranging
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: a) Radio Detection and Ranging
Question 10: The length of vocal cords in men is
a) 20 cm
b) 15 mm
c) 5 mm
d) 20 mm
Answer
Answer: d) 20 mm
Question 11: _____________ collects the sound vibrations in humans.
a) Vocal Cords
b) Pinna
c) Ear Drum
d) Voice Box
Answer
Answer: b) Pinna
Question 12: The tympanic membrane is also called the ____________.
a) pinna
b) vocal cord
c) eardrum
d) larynx
Answer
Answer: c) eardrum
Question 13: What is an example of an object that works on vibrations?
a) a spinning top
b) a coin is tossed
c) marble rolling on a ramp
d) guitar string being plucked
Answer
Answer: d) guitar string being plucked
Question 14: Which of the following pairs are matched correctly?
a) Dholak - Stretched membrane
b) Sitar - Stretched string
c) Flute - Air Column
d) All of these
Answer
Answer: d) All of these
Question 15: Which part of the human throat is responsible for the voice produced by a human?
a) Larynx
b) Oesophagus
c) Pharynx
d) Hear
Answer
Answer: a) Larynx
Question 16: The unit “decibel” is named after
a) Isaac Newton
b) Heinrich Hertz
c) Alexander Graham Bell
d) Sir William Herschel
Answer
Answer: c) Alexander Graham Bell
Question 17: In order to reduce the loudness of a sound, we have to:
a) Decrease its frequency of vibration of the sound
b) Increase its frequency of vibration of the sound.
c) Decrease its amplitude of vibration of the sound.
d) Increase its amplitude of vibration of the sound.
Answer
Answer: c) Decrease its amplitude of vibration of the sound.
Question 18: Loudness of sound produced by normal breathing is
a) 1 dB
b) 5 dB
c) 15 dB
d) 10 dB
Answer
Answer: d) 10 dB
Question 19: Loudness of a sound is measured in
a) Hertz
b) Decibel
c) Metres
d) Light years
Answer
Answer: b) Decibel
Question 20:_____________ are two important properties of any sound.
a) Amplitude only
b) Frequency only
c) Amplitude and Frequency
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: c) Amplitude and Frequency
Question 21: When the amplitude is ____________, the sound produced in feeble.
a) small
b) large
c) high
d) 10 m
Answer
Answer: a) small
Question 22: Loudness of sound produced by busy traffic is
a) 10 dB
b) 30 dB
c) 60 dB
d) 70 dB
Answer
Answer: d) 70 dB
Question 23: The frequency determines the ____________ of a sound.
a) shrillness
b) pitch
c) loudness
d) both a) and b)
Answer
Answer: d) both a) and b)
Question 24: 1 hertz =
a) 60 vibrations per minute
b) 3600 vibrations per minute
c) 600 vibrations per second
d) 6 vibrations per minute
Answer
Answer: a) 60 vibrations per minute
Question 25: Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
a) Sound is form of energy that enables us to hear.
b) Sound can’t travel in vacuum.
c) The two important factors of any sound are frequency and loudness.
d) Sound travels in form of longitudinal waves.
Answer
Answer: c) The two important factors of any sound are frequency and loudness.
Question 26: Amplitude is measured in
a) metres
b) Hertz
c) Kilo Hertz
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: a) metres
Question 27: Ultrasound has frequency of vibration
a) 20 Hz
b) below 2000 Hz
c) above 20000 Hz
d) All of these
Answer
Answer: c) above 20000 Hz
Question 28: _____________ is used for ultrasound waves and is defined as waves with frequency more than 20 kHz.
a) Ultrasonic
b) Supersonic
c) Infrasound
d) Audible sounds
Answer
Answer: a) Ultrasonic
Question 29: Arrange the pitch of voices in ascending order
a) Insect < Child < Adult Man < Lion
b) Lion < Adult Man < Child < Insect
c) Adult Women < Adult Man < Child < Insect
d) Lion < Adult Man < Infant < Child
Answer
Answer: b) Lion < Adult Man < Child < Insect
Question 30: Which of the following parts is/are not involved in speaking organ?
a) Vocal cords
b) Lips
c) Teeth & Tongue
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: d) None of these
Question 31: Lightning can be seen the moment it occurs. Mofta observes lightning. He hears the sound 5 s after he observed lightning. How far is he from the place where lightning occurs? (Note: Speed of sound = 330 m/s).
a) 1650 km
b) 165 m
c) 1650 m
d) 16500 m
Answer
Answer: c) 1650 m
Question 32: A simple pendulum makes 10 oscillations in 20 seconds. What is the time period?
a) 0.02 seconds
b) 32 seconds
c) 0.2 seconds
d) 2 seconds
Answer
Answer: d) 2 seconds
Question 33: Why can’t two astronauts talk to each other without using any special device in space?
a) In the space there is vacuum which doesn’t allow sound to pass through it.
b) They can easily talk without any difficulty.
c) They can’t talk because they wear the space helmet.
d) In space, they are not supposed to talk.
Answer
Answer: a) In the space there is vacuum which doesn’t allow sound to pass through it.
Question 34: An object is vibrating at 50 hertz. What is its time period?
a) 0.02 s
b) 2 s
c) 0.2 s
d) 20.0 s
Answer
Answer: a) 0.02 s
Question 35: Give one word for the repetition of the sound waves after bouncing of large surface.
a) Tune
b) Music
c) Pitch
d) Echo
Answer
Answer: d) Echo
Question 36: Above ______________ the noise becomes physically painful.
a) 75 dB
b) 80 dB
c) 60 dB
d) 65 dB
Answer
Answer: b) 80 dB
Question 37:
Assertion (A): The voice of men is different from women and children.
Reason (R): The vocal cords in men are about 20 mm long.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer
Answer: a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Question 38:
Assertion (A): Lightning and thunder take place in the sky and at the same time.
Reason (R): Lightning is seen later but it is heard before.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer
Answer: c) A is true but R is false.
Question 39:
Assertion (A): People in space can talk to each other.
Reason (R): There is no medium in space.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer
Answer: d) A is false but R is true.
Question 40:
Assertion (A): Ear is a sense organ of hearing.
Reason (R): Auditory receptors which sense the sound are not present in the ear.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer
Answer: c) A is true but R is false.
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