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Relativity by Albert Einstein
  • 1. What year did Albert Einstein publish his special theory of relativity?
A) 1905
B) 1915
C) 1935
D) 1921
  • 2. What did Einstein call the concept of time differing for observers in different frames?
A) Time symmetry
B) Time compression
C) Time expansion
D) Time dilation
  • 3. Which principle states that the laws of physics are invariant across non-accelerating frames?
A) Principle of relativity
B) Principle of specific gravity
C) Principle of uniform motion
D) Principle of acceleration
  • 4. Which experimental result confirmed the principle of relativity?
A) The Michelson-Morley experiment
B) The Rutherford experiment
C) The Foucault pendulum
D) The Cavendish experiment
  • 5. Which object was first observed bending light as predicted by general relativity?
A) An asteroid
B) The Sun
C) A neutron star
D) A black hole
  • 6. What did Einstein's general theory of relativity replace?
A) The kinetic theory of gases
B) The theory of electromagnetism
C) The principle of inertia
D) Newton's law of universal gravitation
  • 7. According to relativity, what is affected by strong gravitational fields?
A) Air pressure
B) Magnetic fields
C) Light
D) Temperature
  • 8. Einstein introduced which concept to explain gravity in general relativity?
A) Force fields
B) The curvature of spacetime
C) Invariant mass
D) Quantum flux
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