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Determine the value of acceleration due to gravity (g) using compound pendulum.

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1. Which type of pendulum is considered a more realistic representation of pendulum motion?

a: Double pendulum Explanation

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b: Compound pendulum Explanation

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c: Kater's pendulum Explanation

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d: Simple pendulum Explanation

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2. What determines the time period of a compound pendulum?

a: Only the mass of the pendulum Explanation

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b: Only the length of the pendulum Explanation

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c: The moment of inertia, mass, gravitational acceleration, and distance between the centre of mass and the pivot Explanation

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d: The gravitational acceleration and distance between the centre of mass and the pivot Explanation

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3. All simple pendulums are compound pendulums?

a: True Explanation

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b: False Explanation

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4. The value of acceleration due to gravity?

a: is same on equator and poles Explanation

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b: is least on poles Explanation

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c: is least on equator Explanation

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d: increases from pole to equator Explanation

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5. The time taken by a pendulum to complete one oscillation is called its

a: Time period Explanation

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b: Amplitude Explanation

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c: Velocity Explanation

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d: frequency Explanation

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