General Wave Properties – Online MCQs – Physics 10th

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

2. In an oscillating pendulum, the bob accelerates from its extreme position due to:

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

4. Simple pendulum period is affected by:

5. Which one of them is an example of mechanical waves?

6. Which one is NOT a transverse wave?

7. Oscillations are damped due to the presence of:

8. Which one is an example of a longitudinal wave?

9. Time period is reciprocal of:

10. This is a region where the particles of a medium are further apart than average.

11. 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?

12. The water waves obey the laws of:

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

14. 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?

15. Which is not a characteristic of a wave?

16. They do not need a medium for propagation.

17. The S.I unit of wavelength is:

18. The speed of a wave can also be written as:

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

20. Electromagnetic waves are comprised of: