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Compound pendulum needs to be spherical in shape.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me in exam.

My question is based upon Compound Pendulum in chapter Simple Harmonic Motion of Machine Kinematics

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Right option is (b) False

To explain I would say: Any rigid body when suspended vertically, and it oscillates with a small amplitude under the action of the force of gravity, the body is known as compound pendulum. The rigid body is asssumed to have a mass and hence mass moment of inertia.

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