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