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Stars are believed to originate

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  1. in clouds composed largely of hydrogen gas.

  2. when black holes eject excess matter and energy.

  3. when a supernova explode.

  4. when a cloud of helium starts to collapse and breaks into constituent protons (hydrogen atoms).

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Correct Option: A

A protostar is a developing star not yet hot enough to engage in the process of:

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  1. nuclear fusion

  2. nuclear fission

  3. atomic transmission

  4. atomic emission

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An object is considered a protostar for as long as material is still falling inward. For our Sun, and stars of the same mass, the protostar phase would have ended after approximately 100,000 years. After this, the protostar stops growing and the disk of material surrounding it is destroyed by radiation.


If the protostar was unsuccessful in acquiring enough mass, a brown dwarf will come into shape. These substellar objects that are unable to sustain hydrogen fusion reactions in their cores, due to their insufficient mass

The gaseous body that continues to form, now appears as a large red object called a:

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  1. protostar

  2. red dwarf

  3. red star port

  4. red giant

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Correct Option: A

What does the forming star become when the outward pressure equals the inward force of gravity?

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  1. stable main-sequence star

  2. unstable secondary white dwarf

  3. unstable main-sequence star

  4. stable secondary red giant

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Since the forces balance, it forms a stable main sequence star

When the core of a protostar reaches 10 million degrees Kelvin, the pressure is so great that the nuclear fusion of which gas begins?

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  1. hydroxide

  2. hydrogen

  3. heliogen

  4. hydrogate

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A star's composition is mostly made of gases of which hydrogen and helium forms the most largest component of it. Hydrogen being the lightest element will get fused to helium

After the initial contraction and when the temperature rises high enough, energy is radiated from the surface in the form of:

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  1. short-wavelength red light

  2. short-wavelength blue light

  3. long-wavelength red light

  4. long-wavelength orange light

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Correct Option: C

What is the range of star masses for high-mass stars? 

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  1. between 500 and about 1,000 solar masses

  2. between 200 and about 500 solar masses

  3. between 8 and about 100 solar masses

  4. between 2 and about 10 solar masses

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Range of star masses for high-mass stars varies from about $8$ to $200$ solar masses.

Answer is $C$.

The raw material for the formation of protostar is

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  1. Coal

  2. Helium

  3. Hydrogen

  4. Uranium

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Correct Option: A

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.