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Periodic or Oscillatory Motion

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The motion of a torsional pendulum is
(a) periodic
(b) oscillatory
(c) simple harmonic
(d) angular simple harmonic

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Solution

(a) periodic
(b) oscillatory
(d) angular simple harmonic

Because it completes one oscillation in a fixed interval of time and the oscillations are in terms of rotation of the body through some angle.

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