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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
It is a fretless stringed instrument played with a box and it is placed on the lap of a player.
A
veena
B
sitar
C
sarangi
D
rubab
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The typical box zither is a rectangular or, more often, trapezoid-shaped hollow box, with strings that are either struck with light hammers or plucked.

Detailed explanation-2: -Like a violin, the sarangi is played with a bow, but unlike the violin it is held vertically with the sound chamber below. The sarangi is usually carved out of a single block of wood and its hollowed belly is covered with parchment. It typically has three main strings and sometimes a fourth string is used as a drone.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sanxian (Chinese: , literally “three strings") is a three-stringed traditional Chinese lute. It has a long fretless fingerboard, and the body is traditionally made from snake skin stretched over a rounded rectangular resonator.

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