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Which of the following is/are the measure(s) to control noise pollution?

  1. Plantation of trees along the roads and around buildings

  2. Minimising the use of automobile horns

  3. Installation of silencing devices in aircraft engines and transport vehicles

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All of the above are the measures to control noise pollution.

Which of the following statements is/are true?

(a) Noise pollution can cause partial hearing impairment. (b) Air conditioners do not contribute to noise pollution. (c) Presence of excessive sound in environment is termed as noise pollution.

  1. Only (a)

  2. Both (a) and (c)

  3. Both (b) and (c)

  4. Only (b)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Noise pollution causes partial hearing impairment. Presence of excess sound in environment is termed as noise pollution. Air conditioners contribute to noise pollution because of their constant hum.

If a sound is high-pitched and feeble, the sound wave has

  1. high frequency and high amplitude

  2. high frequency and low amplitude

  3. low frequency and high amplitude

  4. low frequency and low amplitude


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If a sound is high-pitched and feeble, the sound wave has high frequency and low amplitude. 

In Doppler effect, when the sound source moves away from the receiver at rest, the frequency of sound that is heard

  1. increases

  2. decreases

  3. remains the same

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In Doppler effect, when the sound source moves away from the receiver at rest, the frequency of sound that is heard decreases.

Doppler effect is applicable to

  1. light waves only

  2. sound waves only

  3. both sound and light waves

  4. neither light nor sound waves


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Doppler effect is applicable to both sound and light waves.

A group of sound waves of high pitch is known as

  1. resonance

  2. beats

  3. bass

  4. treble


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A group of sound waves having high pitch is known as treble.

The normal frequency range of hearing in a bat is

  1. 20 – 20,000 Hz

  2. 40 – 120,000 Hz

  3. 60 – 65,000 Hz

  4. 15 – 50,000 Hz

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The normal frequency range of hearing in a bat is 40 - 120, 000 Hz.

Which of the following health problems cannot be caused on exposure to excessive noise in our surroundings?

  1. Hypertension

  2. Anxiety

  3. Skin cancer

  4. Lack of sleep


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Presence of excessive noise in our surroundings may cause many health related problems like lack of sleep, hypertension, anxiety, etc. but it is not one of the many causes of skin cancer.

Which of the following wave characteristics determines the pitch of sound?

  1. Amplitude

  2. Frequency

  3. Speed

  4. Loudness


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Frequency determines the pitch of a sound.

Echoes are heard due to

(a) successive reflections (b) multiple refractions (c) multiple sources

  1. Only (a)

  2. Both (b) and (c)

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. Only (c)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Echoes are heard due to successive or multiple reflections.

Which of the following is/are induced in a medium of propagation of sound when a sound wave is travelling through it?

  1. Echo

  2. Vibrations

  3. Reverberations

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sound is produced when a body vibrates in a medium.

In which of the following phases of his mission to Moon could Neil Armstrong not hear any sound except for the sound produced by his headset?

  1. When he was training for weightless conditions submerged below the water surface in a water tank

  2. When he was training for the mission in high altitude test flights in very rarified atmosphere

  3. When he was actually travelling in the Saturn V rocket in space

  4. When he was walking on the surface of Moon


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sound is a mechanical wave and needs a material medium like air, water, steel, etc. for its propagation, i.e. it cannot travel through vacuum. Thus, Neil Armstrong would not have been able to hear any sound except for his communication with mission control through his headset when he was walking on the surface of Moon as Moon has no atmosphere.

Which of the following do(es) not employ the phenomenon of reflection of sound?

  1. Megaphone

  2. Stethoscope

  3. Two persons talking in a small room

  4. A theatre with curved ceiling


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The phenomenon of reflection of sound is involved in the use of megaphone, stethoscope used by doctors and in a theatre with curved ceiling. Two persons talking to each other in a small room do not employ reflection of sound.

What is the frequency range of an ultrasonic wave?

  1. 0 – 20 Hz

  2. 20 – 20,000 Hz

  3. Beyond 20,000 Hz

  4. 0 – 20,000 Hz


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Frequencies higher than 20 kHz, i.e. 20,000 Hz are associated with ultrasonic sounds or ultrasounds.

Why are ultrasonic waves preferred for industrial application?

a. Because of their high frequency b. Because of their tendency of travelling in a straight line c. Because of their high penetrating power

  1. Both a and b

  2. Both b and c

  3. Both a and c

  4. Only a


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ultrasonic waves have the tendency to travel in a straight line and have high penetration power. Thus, ultrasonic waves are preferred for industrial applications.

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