The length of a simple pendulum is increased by $2\%$. Its time period will
AIPMT 1997, Easy
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$l_{2}=1.02 l_{1} .$

Time period $(T)=2 \pi \times \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}} \propto \sqrt{l}$

Therefore $\frac{T_{2}}{T_{1}}=\sqrt{\frac{l_{2}}{l_{1}}}=\sqrt{\frac{1.02 l_{1}}{l_{1}}}=1.01$

Thus time period increased by $1 \%$.

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