General Wave Properties – Online MCQs – Physics 10th

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

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

3. The diagram shows a water wave approaching a barrier with a gap. The wave reaches point P. What is the name of the effect that causes the wave to reach p int P?

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

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

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

7. Oscillations are damped due to the presence of:

8. 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?

9. Bouncing back of waves into the same medium by striking another medium surface is called:

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

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

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

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

14. Waves that travel in a direction parallel to the direction of wave motion.

15. The S.I unit of frequency is the:

16. Which one is NOT a transverse wave?

17. Time period is reciprocal of:

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

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

20. This is a region where particles of a medium are closer together than average.