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A star in the main sequence will maintain a constant size

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  1. as long as its helium supply holds out.

  2. because its tendency to contract is opposed by the pressure of the hot interior.

  3. until it is devoured by black holes.

  4. provided that gravitational collapse does not overwhelm its photosphere.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

All main sequence stars (including the Sun) are in hydrostatic equilibrium. That is, the inward force of gravity, which tends to compress the star, is balanced by the outward force due to the pressure.

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

In a circular current-carrying conductor, if the current flows in the clockwise direction, the magnetic field direction is __________.

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  1. Parallel to the coil towards the observer

  2. Perpendicular to the plane of the coil away from the observer

  3. Perpendicular to the plane of the coil towards the observer

  4. Parallel to the plane of the coil away from the observer

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The magnetic field are concentric circle at point of a current carrying circular conductor direction of the magnetic field of every section of the circular loop can be found by using the right hand thumb rule .if you curl your right hand fingers in direction of magnetic field your thumb will point in the direction of the current flow.