General Wave Properties – Online MCQs – Physics 10th

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

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

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

4. Water waves pass from deep into the shallow region and are then refracted. The characteristics of waves which will remain constant is:

5. An example of mechanical waves is:

6. What is the relation between frequency and time period of a wave?

7. Which is not a characteristic of a wave?

8. Crest is:

9. Which expression represents the simple harmonic motion?

10. In Simple Harmonic Motion, the velocity at equilibrium position is:

11. Waves that travel in a direction perpendicular to the direction of wave motion.

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

13. 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?

14. In the ball and bowl system, the mean position is at:

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

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

17. At the mean position of the pendulum, the potential energy of the pendulum is:

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

19. S.I unit of amplitude is:

20. When an oscillating object is in simple harmonic motion, its maximum speed occurs when the object is at its: