When we pluck the wire of a sitar, the waves produced in the wire are

Longitudinal

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Transverse

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Sometimes longitudinal and sometimes transverse

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Solution

The correct option is B Transverse
A transverse wave is a moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular (or right angled) to the direction of energy transfer. If a transverse wave is moving in the positive x-direction, its oscillations are in up and down directions that lie in the yz plane. In any pluck string instrument we are actually doing the same.

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