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प्रश्न
Which characteristics of the sound helps you to identify your friend by his voice while sitting with others in a dark room?
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उत्तर
Quality of sound is that characteristic which helps us identify a particular person. Sound produced by two persons may have the same pitch and loudness, but the quality of the two sounds will be different.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Vibrations cause | (1) absorb sound |
| (b) A shriller sound is | (2) second |
| (c) Unit of frequency | (3) sound |
| (d) Unit of time period | (4) of high pitch |
| (e) Curtains | (5) hertz |
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| (i) | (ii) | (iii) |
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