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Match the columns

A B
(1) Speed of light (a) 4.3 light years away from earth
(2) Light year                (b) 300,000 km/s
(3) Sun (c) Nearest star
(4) Alpha Centauri (d) distance travelled by light in one year
(e) 18 light minutes away from the Earth
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  1. 1-d 2-d, 3-a, 4-e

  2. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-e

  3. 1-d, 2-b, 3-e, 4-c

  4. 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The speed of light is 300,000 km/s.
Light year is the distance travelled by light in one year.
Sun is the nearest star from Earth.
Alpha Centauri is 4.3 light years away from Earth.

The observed wavelength of light coming from a distant galaxy is found to be increased by $0.5\%$ as compared with that coming from a terrestrial source. The galaxy is.

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  1. Stationary with respect t to the earth

  2. Approching the earth with velocity of light

  3. Receding from the earth with velocity of light

  4. Receding from the earth with a velocity equal to $1.5\times 10^{6}m/s$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

$\displaystyle\frac{\Delta \lambda}{\lambda}=\frac{v}{c}$
Now, $\Delta\lambda=\displaystyle\frac{0.5}{100} \lambda$
$\Rightarrow \displaystyle\frac{\Delta\lambda}{\lambda}=\frac{0.5}{100}$
$\therefore v=\displaystyle\frac{0.5}{100}\times c=\frac{0.5}{100}\times 3\times 10^8$
$=1.5\times 10^6m/s$
increase in $\lambda$ indicates that the star is receding.

$1$ parsec equals to:

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  1. $3.26$ light years

  2. $3.1 \times 10^{13}\ km$

  3. $1.92 \times 10^{13}\ miles$

  4. all of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

$1$ parsec = $3.26$ light years

$= 3.6 \times 9.46 \times 10^{12}\ km$
$\approx 3.1 \times 10^{13}\ km$
$=\dfrac{3.1 \times 10^{13}}{1.6}\ miles$

             
 $\approx 1.92 \times 10^{13}\ miles$

The evidence for the rotation of stars comes mainly from the.

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  1. Stark effect

  2. Photoelectric effect

  3. Doppler effect

  4. Zeeman effect

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following statements about degeneracy pressure is not true?

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  1. Degeneracy pressure varies with the temperature of the star.

  2. Degeneracy pressure can halt gravitational contraction of a star even when no fusion is occurring in the core.

  3. Degeneracy pressure keeps any protostar less than 0.08 solar mass from becoming a true, hydrogen-fusing star.

  4. Degeneracy pressure supports white dwarfs against gravity.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Degeneracy pressure is the pressure which prevent the neutron star from becoming the Black hole.

Degeneracy pressure does not varies with the temperature of the star.

Which of the following stars will live longest? 

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  1. a 5-solar-mass star

  2. a 1-solar-mass star

  3. a 2-solar-mass star

  4. a 4-solar-mass star

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

$a 1-$ Solar mass star:

It is a $1$ stage star that is star in its initial phase and therefore live the longest 

What is happening inside a star while it expands into a subgiant?

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  1. It is fusing hydrogen into helium in the core.

  2. It is fusing hydrogen into helium in a shell outside the core.

  3. It is fusing helium into carbon in the core.

  4. It is fusing helium into carbon in a shell outside the core.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fusion reactions take place and all hydrogen gets fuses to helium, thereby depleting hydrogen completely

Which two energy sources can help a star maintain its internal thermal pressure? 

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  1. nuclear fusion and gravitational contraction

  2. nuclear fission and gravitational contraction

  3. chemical reactions and gravitational contraction

  4. nuclear fusion and chemical reactions

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Fusion reaction happen on star   such as sun where hydrogen combine to form $He$ a fusion reaction releasing energy and gravitational contraction occur due to very high gravitational pull.

What happens when a star exhausts its core hydrogen supply?

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  1. Its core contracts, but its outer layers expand and the star becomes bigger and brighter.

  2. It contracts, becoming smaller and dimmer.

  3. It contracts, becoming hotter and brighter.

  4. It expands, becoming bigger but dimmer.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nuclear fusion powers a star for most of its life. Initially the energy is generated by the fusion of hydrogen atoms at the core of the main-sequence star. Later, as the preponderance of atoms at the core becomes helium, stars like the Sun begin to fuse hydrogen along a spherical shell surrounding the core. This process causes the star to gradually grow in size, passing through the subgiant stage until it reaches the red giant phase.

When they reach this phase, hydrogen in them almost becomes depleted off and they become brighter and hotter and becomes low-mass white dwarfs

At approximately what temperature can helium fusion occur? 

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  1. 100,000 K

  2. 1 million K

  3. 100 million K

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: D