General Wave Properties – Online MCQs – Physics 10th

1. The period of a simple pendulum is independent of:

2. A girl throws a small stone into a lake. Waves spread out from where the stone hits the water and travel to the bank of the lake. She notices that ten waves reach the side of the pond in a time of 5.0s. What is the frequency of the waves?

3. The spreading of the waves near an obstacle is called:

4. Water waves can be used to show reflection, refraction, and diffraction. For each of these, which row shows whether or not the speed of the water waves changes?

5. A ripple tank is used to study the various forms of:

6. Oscillations are damped due to the presence of:

7. It is the maximum displacement moved by a point on a vibrating body from the rest or mean position.

8. Diffraction is only significant if the size of the gap is:

9. The water waves obey the laws of:

10. Which of the following device can produce both transverse and longitudinal waves?

11. The distance between any two consecutive crests or troughs is called:

12. Time period is reciprocal of:

13. A wave transports this from one point to another point.

14. The particles of the medium vibrate in longitudinal waves:

15. The diagrams show water waves that move more slowly after passing into shallow water. Which diagram shows what happens to the waves?

16. The waves that require a material medium for their propagation are called:

17. Crest is:

18. It is a point on a surface wave where the displacement of the medium is at a maximum.

19. Which one is NOT a transverse wave?

20. It is a point on a surface wave where the displacement of the medium is at a minimum.