Description: Practice Class 10 Physics Chapter 10 MCQs on Simple Harmonic Motion and Waves. These important objective questions are prepared according to the FBISE exam pattern and include conceptual, numerical, and knowledge-based MCQs.
1. The motion which repeats itself after equal intervals of time is called:
2. Simple harmonic motion is a type of:
3. The maximum displacement from the mean position is called:
4. The SI unit of frequency is:
5. Frequency is the reciprocal of:
6. If the time period is 
, the frequency will be:
B)
C)
D)
7. One complete vibration of a body is called:
8. The restoring force in SHM is always directed:
9. The relation between frequency and time period is:
B)
C)
D)
10. The time taken for one complete vibration is known as:
11. Waves transfer:
12. A wave produced by a vibrating source is called:
13. The distance between two consecutive crests is called:
14. The SI unit of wavelength is:
15. The speed of a wave is given by:
B)
C)
D)
16. In transverse waves, particles vibrate:
17. In longitudinal waves, particles vibrate:
18. A point where displacement is maximum in a transverse wave is called:
19. A point where displacement is minimum in a transverse wave is called:
20. Compressions and rarefactions are formed in:
21. The unit of time period is:
22. If frequency increases, time period:
23. The number of vibrations completed in one second is called:
24. Which of the following is an example of SHM?
25. The velocity of a vibrating body is maximum at:
26. The acceleration of a vibrating body is maximum at:
27. A wave that does not require a material medium is:
28. Sound waves are:
29. The speed of sound is maximum in:
30. The product of frequency and wavelength gives:
31. Which quantity remains constant when a wave enters another medium?
32. The distance travelled by a wave during one time period is:
33. If 
, then time period is:
B)
C)
D)
34. The SI unit of wave speed is:
B)
C)
D)
35. The motion of a swing is an example of:
36. The restoring force in SHM is directly proportional to:
37. Which of the following is measured in hertz?
38. The particles of a medium transfer energy through:
39. Which wave can travel through vacuum?
40. The unit of amplitude is:
41. In SHM, acceleration is zero at:
42. The distance between two successive compressions is equal to:
43. If wavelength increases while frequency remains constant, wave speed will:
44. Which of the following is not a characteristic of waves?
45. The relation represents:
46. The SI unit of frequency is named after:
47. A disturbance travelling through a medium is called:
48. The frequency of a body making 20 vibrations in 4 seconds is:
B)
C)
D)
49. The time period of a wave having frequency 
is:
B)
C)
D)
50. The maximum speed of a vibrating object occurs at: