This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Physics Part Ii > Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 17 Waves – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 17 Waves Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A hill separates a TV Trasnmitter from a house. The trasnmitter cannot be seen from the house. However the house has good TV Reception. By which wave effect at the hill, could the TV signal reach the house? A) Diffraction. B) Superposition. C) Interference. D) Reflection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diffraction. 2. Which region of the electromagnetic spectrum is used for sterilising medical equipment? A) Microwave radiation. B) Ultraviolet (UV) light. C) Infrared (IR) radiation. D) Gamma rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ultraviolet (UV) light. 3. Wave speed is measured in which unit? A) Hz. B) S. C) M. D) M/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) M/s. 4. Which type of waves are produced by a television remote controller A) Infrared waves. B) Visible light. C) Radio waves. D) Ultraviolet waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infrared waves. 5. On big LED screens which three colours of LEDs are used to make the image? A) Red, White, Blue. B) Red, Blue, Green. C) Red, Yellow, Green. D) Red, Yellow, Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red, Blue, Green. 6. Where does a pendulum have maximum potential energy? A) Equilibrium. B) Between equilibrium and highest amplitude moving down. C) Highest amplitude on either side of equilibrium. D) Between equilibrium and highest amplitude moving up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Highest amplitude on either side of equilibrium. 7. The distance traveled by a wave in one period is called? A) Period. B) Wavelength. C) Amplitude. D) Frequency. E) Speed of wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wavelength. 8. What would happen to the frequency is the wavelength was tripled? A) The frequency would stay the same. B) The frequency would be a third of what it was. C) The wavelength does not affect the frequency of a wave. D) The frequency would be 3 times larger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The frequency would be a third of what it was. 9. The most dense part of a longitudinal wave. A) Density. B) Amplitude. C) Compression. D) Rarefaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compression. 10. These wavelengths correspond to light in the visible section of the Electromagnetic Spectrum400nm, 470nm, 510nm, 650nmWhich wavelength corresponds to violet light? A) 510nm. B) 400nm. C) 650nm. D) 470nm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 400nm. 11. A wave with a wavelength of 12m travels at 245 m/s. Calculate it's frequency. A) 204.1 Hz. B) 20.41 Hz. C) 2041 Hz. D) 2.04 Hz. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20.41 Hz. 12. What is the time it takes for one full wavelength called? (Seconds/Wave) A) Frequency. B) Wave speed. C) Amplitude. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Period. 13. Which type of wave is created by simple harmonic motion? A) Continuous wave. B) Sinusoidal wave. C) Pulse wave. D) Transverse wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sinusoidal wave. 14. If the angle of incidence increases and the indexes of refraction stay the same, what happens to the angle of refraction? A) Cannot be determined from the information provided. B) The angle of refraction decreases. C) The angle of refraction stays the same. D) The angle of refraction increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The angle of refraction increases. 15. Which direction does a compressional wave travel A) Parallel. B) Perpendicular. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallel. 16. The disturbance is perpendicular (at a right angle) to the direction of wave travel. A) Mechanical Wave. B) Transverse Wave. C) Longitudinal Wave. D) Electromagnetic Wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transverse Wave. 17. Olive Udadi accompanies her father to the park for an afternoon of fun. While there, she hops on the swing and begins to swing back and forth once every 4 seconds. The frequency of her swing is: A) 4.0 s. B) 0.25 Hz. C) 0.25 s. D) 4.0 Hz. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0.25 Hz. 18. What is the velocity of a wave with a frequency of 550 Hz and a wavelength of .23m? A) 1.26 m/s. B) 12.65 m/s. C) 1265 m/s. D) 126.5 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 126.5 m/s. 19. An ultrasound tech is trying to identify an object, but the screen of the machine is broken. Which statement best describes this situation? A) The machine will not be able to process the received echoes into images. B) The generated sound wave will not be able to reflect off of the object. C) The sound wave will not be generated, so there will be no echoes received. D) The echoes will be made but will not be able to be received by the machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The machine will not be able to process the received echoes into images. 20. Frieda the fly flaps her wings back and forth 100 times each second. The frequency of her wings flapping is: A) 100 Hz. B) 0.01 s. C) 0.01 Hz. D) 100 s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100 Hz. 21. Which of the following is the correct relation between the wavelength, $\lambda$ $\upsilon$ A) $\lambda$ $\upsilon$ $=$. B) $\lambda$ $=$ $\frac{f}{\upsilon}$. C) F $=$ $\frac{\lambda}{\upsilon}$. D) F $=$ $\frac{\upsilon}{\lambda}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F $=$ $\frac{\upsilon}{\lambda}$. 22. The number of waves that pass somewhere in a second is: A) Amplitude. B) Frequency. C) Wavelength. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frequency. 23. A beam of monochromatic red light passes obliquely from air into water. Which characteristic of the light does not change? A) Velocity. B) Frequency. C) Wavelength. D) Direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frequency. 24. If a wave obtains a frequency of 250 Hertz, what is its period? A) 1 second. B) 0.004 seconds. C) 62, 500 seconds. D) 125 seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0.004 seconds. 25. When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another. A) Medium. B) Refraction. C) Reflection. D) Interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refraction. 26. What kind of waves are transverse waves? A) Waves in which the oscillation is random. B) Waves in which the oscillation is perpendicular to the direction of wave travel. C) Waves in which the oscillation is in the same direction as the wave travel. D) Waves in which the oscillation is circular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waves in which the oscillation is perpendicular to the direction of wave travel. 27. You tie a 0.2 kg mass to the end of a 0.34 meter long piece of string to make a pendulum. You pull the pendulum 10 degrees to the side and release it. What will be the period of its oscillation? A) 1.34 seconds. B) 1.17 seconds. C) 0.16 seconds. D) 0.34 seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1.17 seconds. 28. What type of wave does NOT need matter to travel through? A) Transverse. B) Sound. C) Mechanical. D) Electromagnetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electromagnetic. 29. A sound wave has a frequency of 200 Hz. What is the wavelength of the sound wave? A) 6.86 meters. B) 1.72 meters. C) 0.58 meters. D) 3.43 meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1.72 meters. 30. The number of complete oscillations a harmonic motion makes each second is the ..... of the wave. A) Period. B) Frequency. C) Amplitude. D) Fortitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frequency. 31. When a wave strikes an object and bounces off A) Medium. B) Reflection. C) Refraction. D) Interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflection. 32. Constructive interference occurs when two or more waves combine to produce a smaller wave A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. The top of a transverse wave A) Node. B) Wavelength. C) Crest. D) Trough. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crest. 34. In a standing wave, where are the particles oscillating with the greatest amplitude located? A) Wavelengths. B) Antinodes. C) Amplitude points. D) Nodes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antinodes. 35. Amplitude relates to A) Frequency. B) Wave speed. C) Wavelength. D) Height of the wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Height of the wave. 36. A tank contains water. Ripples are produced on the surface of the water. Refraction is observed. What causes the ripples to refract? A) The cold water in the tank is replaced by warm water. B) The ripples change speed as they move from deep to shallow water. C) The ripples hit the wall of the tank. D) The ripples pass through a narrow gap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ripples change speed as they move from deep to shallow water. 37. What does a wave carry from place to place? A) Energy. B) Matter. C) People. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy. 38. Period of oscillation? A) T= $\frac{2\pi}{\nu}$. B) T=2 $\pi$ $\nu$. C) T=2 $\pi$ $\omega$. D) T= $\frac{2\pi}{\omega}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) T= $\frac{2\pi}{\omega}$. 39. What is the time period of a wave? A) The number of complete waves that occur in one second. B) How fast a wave travels in a given time. C) The height of a wave measured from rest to crest. D) How long it takes for one complete wave to pass a certain point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How long it takes for one complete wave to pass a certain point. 40. ..... is the number of waves that past in a given amount of time. A) Frequency. B) Resonance. C) Wavelength. D) Amplitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frequency. 41. If i multiply the frequency of a wave with its wavelength, that would equal A) Period. B) Medium. C) Amplitude. D) Speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speed. 42. Teo sound waves have frequencies of 250 Hz and 300 Hz. The speed of sound is 340 m/s, What is the difference between the wavelenghts of the two waves? A) 1.4 m. B) 1.1 m. C) 0.23 m. D) 6.8 m. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0.23 m. 43. Music is an example of harmonic motion. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 44. How do waves transfer energy? A) By emitting light. B) By creating static electricity. C) By causing particles in the medium to vibrate back and forth. D) By changing the color of the medium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By causing particles in the medium to vibrate back and forth. 45. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using digital signals to transmit information? A) Digital signals maintain their quality over long distances better than analog signals. B) Digital signals can be recorded and stored easily. C) Using a digital system can be more expensive than an analog system. D) Digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using a digital system can be more expensive than an analog system. 46. Which has a longer wavelength, Radiowaves or ultraviolet waves? A) Radio. B) Ultraviolet. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radio. 47. A source of sound of frequency 1000 Hz moves away from the stationary observer at a speed of 30 m/s. the speed of sound is 330 m/s. What is the frequency of sounnd heard by the observer A) 909 Hz. B) 1090 Hz. C) 917 Hz. D) 1100. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 917 Hz. 48. A beam of monochromatic light travels through flint glass, crown glass, Lucite, and water. The speed of the light beam is slowest in A) Flint glass. B) Crown glass. C) Water. D) Lucite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flint glass. 49. If a wave is traveling at a certain speed and its frequency is doubled, what happens to is wavelength? A) The wavelength is stopped. B) The wavelength is halved. C) The wavelength doubles. D) The wavelength remains the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wavelength is halved. 50. A yellow object would appear what colour when viewed through a green filter A) Yellow. B) Black. C) Red. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Green. 51. What kind of light has the shortest wavelength? A) Microwaves. B) Gamma rays. C) Infrared. D) Ultraviolet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gamma rays. 52. The lowest part of a wave is called the ..... A) Wavelength. B) Trough. C) Equilibrium. D) Crest. E) Amplitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trough. 53. The power of a light bulb is 60W and the wavelength of the light emitted by the bulb is 520nm. What is the number of photons emitted by the bulb each second? A) 1.74 x 10$^{21}$. B) 1.15 x 10$^{8}$. C) 1.57 x 10$^{20}$. D) 3.82 x 10$^{19}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1.57 x 10$^{20}$. 54. Which of the following statements about the energy of light is correct?I The energy of a light wave increases with increasing amplitude. II The energy of a light wave increases with increasing frequency. III The energy of a light wave increases with decreasing wavelength. $_{(VCAA 2020-modified)}$ A) III only. B) I and II only. C) I and III only. D) All of the statements are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the statements are correct. 55. Two waves with phase difference 180$^\circ$ have resultant of amplitude A) Zero. B) One. C) Doubles the single wave. D) Same as the single wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zero. 56. Select the correct order of waves on the EMS from the longest wavelength to the shortest wavelength A) Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma. B) Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio. C) Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio. D) Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma. 57. The angle of incidence is 35.9$^{o}$. Determine the angle of reflection. A) $35.9$. B) 35.9 Mathematical EquivalenceOFF. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $35.9$. 58. Regular disturbances that carry energy through matter or space A) Trough. B) Crest. C) Energy. D) Wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wave. 59. What is the significance of Planck's law in black body radiation? A) Planck's law is a recent scientific discovery. B) Planck's law describes the spectral density of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a black body in thermal equilibrium. C) Planck's law is only applicable to solid objects. D) Planck's law explains the behavior of white body radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planck's law describes the spectral density of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a black body in thermal equilibrium. 60. Which of these answers best describes a scientific theory? A) An explanation based on the opinion of a scientist. B) A description of a specific relationship under given conditions. C) A well-supported and widely accepted explanation of nature. D) A statement describing what always happens under certain conditions SHOW ANSWER. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A well-supported and widely accepted explanation of nature. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 17 Waves Quiz 1Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 17 Waves Quiz 2Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 17 Waves Quiz 3Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 17 Waves Quiz 4Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 17 Waves Quiz 5Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 17 Waves Quiz 6Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 17 Waves Quiz 7Class 11 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 17 Waves Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books