Sub-topic 1
2024 · National Quarterfinal
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Length of a simple pendulum from period, frequency, or angular frequency
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Sub-topic 2
2026 · National Preliminary
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Length of a simple pendulum from period, frequency, or angular frequency
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Sub-topic 3
2026 · National One-Eighth
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Period of a mass-spring oscillator: t = 2 pi sqrt(m/k)
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Sub-topic 4
2024 · National Preliminary
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Simple harmonic motion: frequency and period from angular frequency (true/false)
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Sub-topic 5
2024 · National Preliminary
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Angular frequency of a mass-spring oscillator: omega = sqrt(k/m)
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Sub-topic 6
2024 · National Preliminary
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Kinetic and potential energy in simple harmonic motion: true/false
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Sub-topic 7
2026 · National One-Eighth
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Simple pendulum period under non-earth gravity
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Sub-topic 8
2023 · National Final
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Center of oscillation of a solid sphere swinging as a physical pendulum about a point on its surface
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Sub-topic 9
2026 · National Preliminary
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Identifying whether a given physical system can exhibit simple harmonic motion (true/false)
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Sub-topic 10
2026 · National Preliminary
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Period, duration and angular frequency of a 1 khz simple harmonic oscillator (true/false)
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Sub-topic 11
2023 · National Preliminary
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Natural frequency of a spring-mass oscillator
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Sub-topic 12
2025 · National One-Eighth
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Maximum speed of a simple harmonic oscillator from amplitude and frequency
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Sub-topic 13
2013 · National Preliminary
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Friction as the cause of damping in a mechanical oscillator
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Sub-topic 14
2013 · National Preliminary
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Resistance as the cause of damping in an oscillatory circuit
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Sub-topic 15
2013 · National Preliminary
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Critical damping reaches equilibrium fastest without oscillation
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Sub-topic 16
2014 · National Quarterfinal
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Maximum velocity of an shm oscillator from amplitude and frequency
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Sub-topic 17
2014 · National Quarterfinal
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Time for an shm oscillator to first reach a given displacement
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Sub-topic 18
2014 · National Quarterfinal
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Acceleration of an shm oscillator at a given displacement
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Sub-topic 19
2016 · National One-Eighth
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Simple pendulum period proportional to the square root of length (true/false)
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Sub-topic 20
2016 · National One-Eighth
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Thermal expansion of a pendulum's length increases its period (true/false)
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Sub-topic 21
2016 · National One-Eighth
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Pendulum period depends on g, not weight, so it differs on the moon (true/false)
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Sub-topic 22
2017 · National Semifinal
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Potential energy of a displaced pendulum from its length, mass and angle
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Sub-topic 23
2017 · National Semifinal
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Pendulum potential energy at a new angle, scaled from a known angle's potential energy
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Sub-topic 24
2017 · National Semifinal
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Potential energy of a displaced pendulum from its length, mass and a smaller angle
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Sub-topic 25
2018 · National Preliminary
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Shm maximum kinetic energy occurs at zero displacement (true/false)
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Sub-topic 26
2018 · National Preliminary
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Total energy of an shm oscillator is constant, not zero, at equilibrium (true/false)
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Sub-topic 27
2018 · National Preliminary
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Shm kinetic and potential energy trade off while total mechanical energy stays constant (true/false)
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Sub-topic 28
2022 · National One-Eighth
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Riddle: the simple pendulum, a mass on a pivot studied famously in a cathedral
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