Question

Given below are two statements :

Statement I : A second's pendulum has a time period of 1 second.

Statement II : It takes precisely one second to move between the two extreme positions. 

In the light of the above statements,
choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.

(2) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

(3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

(4) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.

Answer 1

Correct option is (2) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Second pendulum has a time period of 2 sec so statement 1 is false but from one extreme to other it takes only half the time period so statement 2 is true.