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GATE 2021 XH5 – Question 35

Perception, Learning, Memory and Forgetting · Sensation: Sensory thresholds and adaptation, vision, hearing, touch and pain, smell and taste, kinesthesis and vestibular sense · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Which property of sound is analogous to the hue of light?

  1. Pitch
  2. Timbre
  3. Loudness
  4. Purity

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Correct answer: (A) Pitch

Explanation

Hue varies principally with light’s wavelength, while perceived pitch varies principally with sound frequency. Thus pitch, A, is the intended analogue. Loudness corresponds more closely to stimulus intensity; timbre distinguishes sounds of the same pitch and loudness by spectral and temporal qualities.

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