Sound and Waves – NDA Previous Year Questions (2020–2023)

All 12 NDA previous-year questions from Sound and Waves (General Knowledge (Physics)), 2020–2023, taken from 6 papers. Practise them together in one test with the official marking and answer key, then review every answer.

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Sample questions

• NDA 2023 (I) Paper II GAT
  Which one of the following statements is not true for a flute a musical instrument a Momentum of waves on the blowing jet determines the loudness of the produced note…
• NDA 2023 (I) Paper II GAT
  Which one among the following is true for the speed of sound in a given medium a Speed of sound remains same at all frequencies Speed of sound is faster at higher…
• NDA 2023 (II) Paper II GAT
  The flash of lightning is seen before the thunderstorm is heard It verifies that a sound travels much faster than light light travels much faster than sound light and…
• NDA 2023 (II) Paper II GAT
  Which one of the following state ments is true for sound waves propa gating in air a Sound is an electromagnetic wave and transverse in nature Sound is a mechanical…

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