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SYBsc Major Mechanical Waves

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Mechanical waves require:

a)

Medium for propagation

b)

Vacuum only

c)

No medium

d)

Only gases

2.

Longitudinal waves have particle motion:

a)

Perpendicular to wave direction

b)

Parallel to wave direction

c)

Circular

d)

No motion

3.

Sound waves in air are:

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Electromagnetic

d)

Standing waves

4.

Transverse waves propagate due to:

a)

Compression only

b)

Shear/elastic restoring force

c)

Heat

d)

Pressure difference only

5.

Beats are produced due to:

a)

Interference of two waves with slightly different amplitudes

b)

Interference of two waves with slightly different frequencies

c)

Resonance only

d)

Reflection

6.

Amplitude represents:

a)

Speed of wave

b)

Maximum displacement from mean position

c)

Number of waves per second

d)

Direction of wave

7.

Time period is:

a)

Number of oscillations per second

b)

Time taken for one complete oscillation

c)

Maximum displacement

d)

Wave speed

8.

Frequency is the:

a)

Time for one oscillation

b)

Number of oscillations per second

c)

Maximum displacement

d)

Wave velocity

9.

Phase difference of 2π rad corresponds to:

a)

Half cycle difference

b)

In phase

c)

Opposite phase

d)

Quarter cycle difference

10.

Stationary waves are formed due to:

a)

Reflection and superposition

b)

Diffraction only

c)

Refraction only

d)

Polarization

11.

In a stationary wave, nodes are points of:

a)

Maximum displacement

b)

Zero displacement

c)

Constant velocity

d)

Maximum energy

12.

In a stationary wave, antinodes are points of:

a)

Zero displacement

b)

Maximum displacement

c)

Zero energy

d)

No motion

13.

The speed of mechanical waves depends on:

a)

Frequency only

b)

Medium properties

c)

Amplitude

d)

Phase

14.

Beats frequency formula is:

a)

f1 + f2

b)

|f1 – f2|

c)

2(f1 + f2)

d)

f1 × f2

15.

Transverse waves cannot travel in:

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

both liquids and gases

16.

The distance between two consecutive crests is:

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

d)

time period

17.

Phase difference of π rad corresponds to:

a)

in phase

b)

out of phase (opposite)

c)

quarter cycle difference

d)

zero difference

18.

In longitudinal waves, compressions are regions of:

a)

low pressure

b)

high pressure

c)

zero density

d)

constant energy

19.

The equation v = fλ represents:

a)

wave energy

b)

wave speed

c)

amplitude change

d)

frequency ratio

20.

Stationary waves do not transfer:

a)

matter

b)

energy

c)

phase

d)

frequency