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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
Describe a simple experiment to illustrate the phenomenon of resonance and explain it.
Differentiate between the forced and resonant vibrations.
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In following figure shows A, B , C and D represent test tube each of height 20 cm which are filled with water up to heights of 12 cm, 14 cm, 16cm and 18cm respectively. If a vibrating tuning fork is placed over the mouth if test tube D, a loud sound is heard.

- Describe the observations with the tubes A, B and C when the vibrating tuning fork is placed over the mouth of these tubes.
- Give the reason for your observation in each case.
- State the principle illustrated by the above experiment.
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- What is your observation about the vibrations of pendulum D?
- Give reason for your observation in part (a).
- What type of vibrations take place in pendulums Band C?
- Give reason for the answer in part (c).
The diagram below shows three different modes of vibration P, Q and R of the same string of a given length.
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| P | Q | R |
- Which vibration will produce a louder sound and why?
- Which vibration will produce sound of maximum shrillness (or pitch) and why?
- What is the ratio of wavelength of vibrations P and R?
Explain why are soldiers asked to walk out of step while crossing bridges?
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