In a standing wave on a string rigidly fixed at both ends

  • A

    all the particles must be at their positive extremes simultaneously once in half of the time period

  • B

    all the particles must be at their positive extremes simultaneously once in a time period.

  • C

    in one time period all the particles are simultaneously at rest twice

  • D

    all the particle are never at rest simultaneously.

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