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UPPSC 2012 GS-1 General science
Question

Pendulum clocks become slow in summer because

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Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: the length of the pendulum increases.

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “the length of the pendulum increases.”.
Pendulum clocks become slow in summer because the length of the pendulum increases due to which the time period increases and the pendulum takes more time to complete one oscillation.

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