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प्रश्न
Explain why stringed musical instruments, like the guitar, are provided with a hollow box.
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उत्तर
Stringed instruments are provided with a hollow box so that resonance may take place and a loud sound can be produced.
संबंधित प्रश्न
The adjacent diagram shows three different modes of vibrations P, Q and R of the same string.

(i) Which vibration will produce a louder sound and why?
(ii) The sound of which string will have maximum shrillness?
(iii) State the ratio of wavelengths of P and R.
How does the medium affect the amplitude of free/natural vibrations of a body?
Differentiate between the forced and resonant vibrations.
In fig. , P, Q, R and S represent test tubes each of height 20 cm which are filled with water upto heights of 10 cm, 14 cm, 16 cm and 18 cm respectively. If a vibrating tuning fork is placed over the mouth of test tube Q, a loud sound is heard.
(i) Describe the observations with the tubes P, R and S.
(ii) Give the reason for your observation in each case.
(iii) State the principle illustrated by the above experiment.

On keeping the stem of a vibrating tuning fork on the surface of a table, a loud sound is heard. Give reason.
A bucket kept under a running tap is getting filled with water. A person sitting at a distance is able to get an idea when the bucket is about to be filled.
(i) What change takes place in the sound to give this idea?
(ii) What causes the change in the sound?
When acoustic resonance takes place, a loud sound is heard. Why does this happen? Explain.
When a tuning fork, struck by a rubber pad, is held over a length of the air column in a tube, it produces a loud sound for a fixed length of the air column. Name the above phenomenon. How does the frequency of the loud sound compare with that of the tuning fork? State the unit for measuring loudness.
What do you understand by free (or natural) vibrations?
