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