Q.

A person standing on a railway platform listens to the whistles of arriving and departing trains. The whistle heard is –

A. the same in both cases in all respects
B. of higher intensity when train arrives
C. of higher pitch when train arrives
D. of higher pitch when train departs
Answer» C. of higher pitch when train arrives
Explanation: Sound is a sequence of waves of pressure that propagates through compressible media such as air or water. (Sound can propagate through solids as well, but there are additional modes of propagation).
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