GK / GS · Chapter 7
Waves and Sound PYQs
Close your eyes in a busy market and you can still tell a scooter from a bus, a friend's laugh from a stranger's, and often how far away the thunder is.
Waves: Meaning, Types and Terms 10 PYQs
- Which of the following is correct regarding sound waves? I. Compression – Region of high pressure II. Rarefaction – Region of low pressureSSC MTS 2026 · 11 Feb 2026
- For a sound wave travelling in a given medium, which relation correctly connects its speed v, frequency f and wavelength (lambda)?Delhi Police 2026 · 16 Jan 2026
- What happens to wavelength if frequency increases, keeping the speed of sound constant?Delhi Police 2026 · 20 Jan 2026
- If the amplitude of an object undergoing simple harmonic motion is doubled while all other system parameters remain unchanged, how does its total…SSC CGL 2026 · 06 Oct 2026
- Which of the following is the frequency range of infrasonic sound waves?SSC CGL 2026 · 22 Oct 2026
- During a physics lab, a student records the wavelength of a sound wave as 0.25 m. Which symbol should the student use to represent wavelength in…DSSSB 2026 · 23 Sep 2026
- What do the closely spaced turns of a slinky represent in a sound wave?DSSSB 2026 · 25 Sep 2026
- What property of a sound wave must be increased to make a feeble sound louder?DSSSB 2026 · 27 Sep 2026
- What is compression in a sound wave?DSSSB 2026 · 08 Oct 2026
- Wavelength of a wave is defined as the distance between two consecutive points that are -DSSSB 2026 · 10 Oct 2026
Sound: Production, Propagation and Speed 12 PYQs
- In air, how does the speed of sound change when the temperature of the air increases, keeping pressure nearly constant?Delhi Police 2026 · 20 Jan 2026
- Which of the following is NOT a valid feature of sound propagation in a medium?Delhi Police 2026 · 20 Jan 2026
- Which of the following is NOT a feature of sound waves?Delhi Police 2026 · 21 Jan 2026
- When sound travels in air, what determines the speed of wave propagation?Delhi Police 2026 · 20 Jan 2026
- In a certain liquid, the speed of sound is 1500 m/s. A sound wave of frequency 500 Hz travels through this liquid. What is its wavelength in the…Delhi Police 2026 · 16 Jan 2026
- A sound wave has a frequency of 5 kHz and wave length 50 cm. How long (in seconds) will it take to travel 5 km?SSC MTS 2026 · 11 Feb 2026
- In which of the following mediums do sound waves travel fastest at a given temperature?SSC CGL 2026 · 22 Oct 2026
- What happens to the speed of sound when it travels from air into water?DSSSB 2026 · 27 Sep 2026
- What happens to sound when vibrations stop?DSSSB 2026 · 28 Sep 2026
- What is essential for the propagation of sound?DSSSB 2026 · 29 Sep 2026
- Which of the following media can support the propagation of both transverse and longitudinal mechanical waves?DSSSB 2026 · 30 Sep 2026
- Which property of sound enables us to distinguish the sound of a violin from that of a flute when both produce the same note at the same loudness?DSSSB 2026 · 04 Oct 2026