Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2004

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    A simple second pendulum is mounted in a rocket. Its time period will decrease when the rocket is:

    A)  moving up with uniform velocity

    B)  moving up with uniform acceleration

    C)  moving   down   with   uniform acceleration

    D)  moving  around  the  earth  in geostationary orbit

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     The time period of simple pendulum is \[T=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[T\propto \frac{1}{\sqrt{g}}\] Since, time period of second pendulum decreases, so, it implies that effective value of g is increasing. Thus, it means that rocket is accelerating upwards.


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