Simple and Compound Pendulum

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Important Questions on Simple and Compound Pendulum

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A disc of radius R is suspended from its circumference and made to oscillate. Its length equivalent to a simple pendulum will be

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A disc of radius R is suspended from its circumference and made to oscillate. Its time period will be:

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A ring of radius R is suspended from its circumference and is made to oscillate about a horizontal axis in a vertical plane. The length equivalent to a simple pendulum will be

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For a compound pendulum, the maximum time period is

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The distance between the points of suspension and centre of oscillation for a compound pendulum is l, and radius of gyration is k. Its time period is ?

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The distance of point of a compound pendulum from its centre of gravity is l, the time period of oscillation relative to this point is T. If g=π2, the relation between l and T will be,

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In the compound pendulum, the minimum period of oscillation will be,

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The distance between the point of suspension and the centre of gravity of a compound pendulum is l and the radius of gyration about the horizontal axis through the centre of gravity is k. Then, its time period will be,

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The time period of oscillation of a simple pendulum having length L and mass of the bob m is given as T. If the length of the pendulum is increased to 4L and the mass of the bob is increased to 2m, then which one of the following is the new time period of oscillation?

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The time period of a simple pendulum is given by, T=2πlg. In an experiment, the length of the pendulum is increased by 1% while the acceleration due to gravity is also increased by 2%. The time period will,

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A box placed on a smooth inclined plane is free to move. Find the time period of oscillation of the simple pendulum attached to the ceiling of the box.
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If the length of a simple pendulum is comparable to the radius of the earth, then find the time period for oscillation.

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A simple pendulum attached to the ceiling of a stationary lift has a time period T . The distance y covered by the lift moving upwards varies with time t as, y=t2, where y is in metres and t in sec. If g=10 m s-2, then the time period of the pendulum will be,

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A simple pendulum is suspended from the ceiling of a lift. When the lift is at rest, its time period is T. With what acceleration should the lift be accelerated upwards in order to reduce its period to T2? (g is the acceleration due to gravity)

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A metre stick swinging about its one end oscillates with frequency f0. If the bottom half of the stick was cut off, then its new oscillation frequency will be:

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The bob of a simple pendulum executes simple harmonic motion in water with a period t, while the period of oscillation of the bob is t0 in air. Neglecting frictional force of water and given that the density of the bob is (43)×1000 kg/m3, which relationship between t and t0 is true? 

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If the length of second pendulum is increased by 2%, how many seconds it will lose per day?

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What is the effect on the time period of a simple pendulum if the mass of the bob is doubled?