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Point out the differences between the free oscillation and forced oscillation.

Important Questions on Sound

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Two pendulums C and D are suspended from a wire as shown in the given figure. Pendulum C is made to oscillate by displacing it from its mean position. It is seen that D also starts oscillating. Name the type of oscillation, D will execute.

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A simple harmonic oscillator of angular frequency 2 rad s-1 is acted upon by an external force F=sint NIf the oscillator is at rest in its equilibrium position at t=0, its position at later times is proportional to:
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Why does the amplitude of a vibrating body continuously decrease during damped vibrations?
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Two pendulums C and D are suspended from a wire as shown in the given figure. Pendulum C is made to oscillate by displacing it from its mean position. It is seen that D also starts oscillating. If the length of D is made equal to C, then what difference will you notice in the oscillations of D

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What do you understand by free vibrations of a body?
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Two pendulums C and D are suspended from a wire as shown in the given figure. Pendulum C is made to oscillate by displacing it from its mean position. It is seen that D also starts oscillating. Name the type of oscillation, C will execute.
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The example of forced vibration is
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In case of a forced oscillation, when does the resonance peak becomes very sharp ?
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There is a large difference between the frequencies of external periodic force and natural frequency of a body. The body will

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A block of mass m is attached to a spring of spring constant k and has a natural frequency ω0 . An external force F(t) proportional to cosωt ωω0 is applied to the oscillator. What is the quantity to which the time displacement of the oscillator will be proportional ?
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Resonant vibration is a special case of

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The vibrations taking place in the diaphragm of a microphone will be 
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In forced vibration, the body vibrates with
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The prime condition necessary for forced oscillation of a body is
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Above the resonant frequency,

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Two springs of force constants K1 and K2 , respectively, are connected to a mass m, as shown. The frequency of oscillation of the mass is f . If both K1 and K2 are made four times their original values, the frequency of oscillation becomes

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In the case of sustained forced oscillations the amplitude of oscillations:-
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In case of a forced vibration, the resonance peak becomes very sharp when the
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The amplitude of vibrations remains constant in the case of
(i) free vibrations
(ii) damped vibrations
(iii) maintained vibrations
(iv) forced vibrations
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A body of mass 600 g is attached to a spring of spring constant, k = 100 N m-1 and it is performing damped oscillations. If damping constant is 0.2 and driving force is, F=F0cos(ωt), where F0=20 N, find the amplitude of oscillation at resonance.