Non Inertial Frames of References

The time period of oscillation of Foucault's Pendulum @ north pole is--- hr.

• 20

• 24

• 48

• 12

A frame of reference attached on the earth is

• An inertial frame of reference

• A non inertial frame of reference

• Both a nd b

• None

Transformation equation between two inertial frames is

• Galilean Transformation

• Lorentz transformation

• Fourier Transformation

• Laplace Transformation

A force which appears to act on particles due to acceleration of a frame is

• Coloumbic force

• Viscous force

• Fictitious force

• Weak force

A body falling freely experiences weightlessness if its acceleration is

• +g

• +2g

• -3g

• -g

If a particle is at rest in a rotating frame, then it experices

• Only coriolis force

• Only centrifugal force

• Only gravitational force

• No force

If the earth stops its rotation, then the value of g

• Decreases

• Remains constant

• Increases

• Can't be predicted

A vertically falling body in the southern hemisphere deflects towrds ------of its direction of motion

• North

• South

• East

• West

The direction of trade winds and cyclones are influenced by which force?

• Gravitational force

• Centrifugal force

• Magnetic force

• Coriolis force

Who invented The principle of equivalence?

• Newton

• Edison

• Einstein

• Galileo