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Period of a simple pendulum when its length changes

This type of question, asked 4 times: 3 May 2023 S2, 10 May 2023 S1, 21 Apr 2025 S2, 26 Apr 2025 S1. All 4 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    3 May 2023 S2

    23
    The period of a simple pendulum gets doubled when

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  2. Question 2

    10 May 2023 S1

    28
    Let 'l1l_1' be the length of simple pendulum. Its length changes to 'l2l_2' to increase the periodic time by 20%. The ratio l2l1=\frac{l_2}{l_1}=

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  3. Question 3

    21 Apr 2025 S2

    39
    The length of the simple pendulum is made 3 times the original length. If ' TT ' is its original time period, then the new time period will be

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  4. Question 4

    26 Apr 2025 S1

    34
    The ratio of the frequencies of two simple pendulums is 4:34:3 at the same place. The ratio of their respective lengths is

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