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Sources of Sound — Homi Bhabha Class 6 Physics MCQs with Solutions
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Q1 — Sources of Sound · easy · theory
In a guitar or a sitar, what vibrates to make the sound?
A. The stretched strings ✓ Correct
B. The wooden legs
C. The player’s cap
D. The paint on it
Solution: String instruments make sound when their stretched strings vibrate.
Q2 — Sources of Sound · easy · theory
In a flute, what vibrates to make the music?
A. The player’s fingers
B. The table it rests on
C. The air inside it ✓ Correct
D. The metal keys only
Solution: A flute makes sound when the air (air column) inside it vibrates.
Q3 — Sources of Sound · easy · theory
In a tabla or a drum, what vibrates to produce sound?
A. The floor below it
B. The stretched skin on top ✓ Correct
C. The colour of the body
D. The player’s shirt
Solution: The stretched skin (membrane) of a drum or tabla vibrates to make sound.
Q4 — Sources of Sound · easy · theory
In human beings, our voice is produced by the …
A. Ears
B. Nose only
C. Eyes
D. Voice box in the throat ✓ Correct
Solution: The voice box in our throat vibrates when we speak, producing our voice.
Q5 — Sources of Sound · medium · theory
Which of these is a natural source of sound?
A. A ringing telephone
B. Thunder in the sky ✓ Correct
C. A car horn
D. A radio
Solution: Thunder is made by nature, so it is a natural source of sound.
Q6 — Sources of Sound · medium · theory
Which of these is a man-made source of sound?
A. The blowing of wind
B. A ringing school bell ✓ Correct
C. The croaking of a frog
D. The chirping of birds
Solution: A school bell is made by people, so it is a man-made source of sound.
Q7 — Sources of Sound · medium · theory
Instruments like the tabla, dholak and drum all make sound using a vibrating stretched skin. They are called …
A. Wind instruments
B. String instruments
C. Percussion instruments ✓ Correct
D. Electric instruments
Solution: Instruments played by striking a stretched skin are called percussion instruments.
Q8 — Sources of Sound · medium · theory
A whistle and a flute make sound mainly because of …
A. A spinning wheel
B. Vibrating strings
C. A vibrating stretched skin
D. Vibrating air inside them ✓ Correct
Solution: In wind instruments like the flute and whistle, the air inside vibrates to make sound.
Q9 — Sources of Sound · hard · theory
A honeybee makes a buzzing sound while flying, even though it has no voice box. What produces this sound?
A. Its fast-vibrating wings ✓ Correct
B. The flowers it visits
C. Its coloured body
D. The honey inside it
Solution: The bee’s wings vibrate very fast as it flies, and this makes the buzzing sound.
Q10 — Sources of Sound · hard · theory
A veena, a violin and a guitar all belong to the same family of instruments because they all make sound using …
A. Vibrating stretched skins
B. Electric motors
C. Vibrating air columns
D. Vibrating strings ✓ Correct
Solution: All three are string instruments, making sound through vibrating strings.