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प्रश्न
Why are the stringed instruments like guitar provided with a hollow sound box?
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उत्तर
The sound box is constructed such that the column of the air inside it, has a natural frequency which is the same as that of the strings stretched on it, so that when the strings are made to vibrate, the air column inside the box is set into forced vibrations. Since the sound box has a large area, it sets a large volume of air into vibration, the frequency of which is same as that of the string. So, due to resonance a loud sound is produced.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the phenomenon involved in tunning a radio set to a particular station.
Describe a simple experiment to illustrate the phenomenon of resonance and explain it.
In following figure shows two tuning forks A and B of the same frequency mounted on two separate sound boxes with their open ends facing each other. The fork A is set into vibration.
- Describe your observation.
- State the principle illustrated by this experiment.

Differentiate between the following:
Free and forced vibrations.
On keeping the stem of a vibrating tuning fork on the surface of a table, a loud sound is heard. Give reason.
Give two examples of forced vibrations.
Explain why are soldiers asked to walk out of step while crossing bridges?
Explain a tuning fork (vibrating) is held close to ear. One hears a faint sound. The same vibrating tuning fork is placed on table, such that its handle is in contact with table, one hears a loud sound.
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 forced vibrations?
