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Oscillations and Waves-Longitudinal and Transverse Waves [AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) Physics]: Questions 1 - 4 of 5

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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2004

Question MCQ▾

The waves produced by a motorboat sailing in water are –

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Longitudinal and transverse

b.

Stationary

c.

Longitudinal

d.

Transverse

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 1998

Question MCQ▾

The waves in which the particles of the medium vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the direction of wave motion is known as –

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

stationary waves

b.

Transverse waves

c.

propagated waves

d.

Longitudinal waves

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2006

Question MCQ▾

For waves propagating in a medium, identify the property that is independent of the others

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Velocity

b.

Wavelength

c.

Frequency

d.

All of the above

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2003

Question Assertion-Reason▾

Assertion(Ꭺ)

When a beetle moves along the sand within a few tens of centimeters of a sand scorpion, the scorpion immediately turns towards the beetle and dashes towards it.

Reason(Ꭱ)

When a beetle disturbs the sand, it sends pulses along the sand՚s surface. One set of pulses is longitudinal while the other set is transverse.

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are true and Ꭱ is the correct explanation of Ꭺ

b.

Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are false

c.

Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are true but Ꭱ is NOT the correct explanation of Ꭺ

d.

Ꭺ is true but Ꭱ is false

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