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