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Unlike a laboratory sonometer, a stringed instrument is seldom plucked in the middle. Supposing a sitar string is plucked at about `(1)/(4)th` of its length from the end. The most prominent harmonic would be

A

eight

B

fourth

C

third

D

second

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D
When plucked at one-fourth, it gives two loops and hence, second harmonic is produced.
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