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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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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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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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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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How does the free vibration depend on the frequency?
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What are free and forced vibrations? Give one example of each.
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The vibrations taking place in the diaphragm of a microphone will be 
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What is the difference between free vibration and damped vibration on the basis of amplitude?
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Give one example each of natural vibration, forced vibration and resonance.
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Explain natural and forced vibrations with example.
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A vibration tuning fork is placed over the mouth of a burette filled with water. The tap is opened and the water level gradually falls. It is observed that the sound becomes the loudest for a particular length of air column.

Why does the sound become the loudest?

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On what factors does the natural frequency of a body depend?
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A particle of mass, m is attached to spring having spring constant K and natural angular frequency ω0. If external force F(t) applied to the oscillator, is proportional to cosωt (ωω0). The time displacement of the oscillator is then proportional to:
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The prime condition necessary for forced oscillation of a body is
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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 case of a forced vibration, the resonance peak becomes very sharp when the