General Wave Properties – Online MCQs – Physics 10th

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

2. S.I unit of amplitude is:

3. An example of mechanical waves is:

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

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

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

7. Which is not a characteristic of a wave?

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

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

10. Which one is NOT a transverse wave?

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

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

13. Electromagnetic waves are comprised of:

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

15. 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?

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

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

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

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

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