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Choose the correct statement.

A

Sound waves are transverse waves

B

Sound travels faster through vacuum

C

Sound travels faster in solids than in gases

D

Sound travels faster in gases than in liquids

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CP SINGH-SOUND WAVES-Exercises
  1. Choose the correct statement.

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  2. Velocity of sound in air is 332 ms^-1. Its velocity in vacuum will be

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  3. A big explosion on the moon cannot be heard on the earth because

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  4. The speed of sound in a medium depends on

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  5. Consider the following statements: Assertion (A) The velocity of so...

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  6. How does the speed v of sound in air depend on the atmospheric pressur...

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  7. The velocity of sound in air is affected by change in the (i) atmosp...

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  8. Laplace's correction in the formula for the speed of sound given by Ne...

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  9. Speed of sound in gas is proportional to

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  10. Velocity of sound in air (i) increases with temperature (ii) decr...

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  11. The density of oxygen is 16 times the density of hydrogen. What is the...

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  12. The temperature at which the speed of sound in air becomes double of i...

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  13. A sample of oxygen at NTP has volume V and a sample of hydrogen at NTP...

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  14. The ratio of the velocity of sound in hydrogen gas to that in helium g...

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  15. If c(0) and c denote the sound velocity and the rms velocity of the mo...

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  16. A source emits sound of frequency 600Hz inside water. The frequency he...

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  17. A stone is dropped into a well. If the depth of water below the top be...

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  18. The speed of sound waves having a frequency of 256 Hz compared with th...

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  19. The extension in a string, obeying Hooke's law, is x. The speed of sou...

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  20. It is possible to distinguish between the transverse and longitudinal ...

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