Q51 / 270 · NDA 2021 (Phase 1) · General Ability
Consider the following statements about Light year :
1. Light year is a unit for measurement of very large distances.
2. Light year is a unit for measurement of very large time intervals.
3. Light year is a unit for measurement of intensity of light.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
- A1,2 and 3
- Correct answerB2 and 3 only
- C1 and 2only
- D1 only
Solution
- Light-year, in astronomy, the distance traveled by light moving in a vacuum in the course of one year, at its accepted velocity of 299,792,458 metres per second ( 186,282 miles per second).
- A light-year equals about $9.46073 \times 10^{12} \mathrm{~km}$ ( $5.87863 \times 10^{12}$ miles), or 63,241 astronomical units.
- It is a unit of distance. It is the distance a light photon travels in the vacuum in one Julian year. Denoted byly.
- It's defined by how far a beam of light travels in one year - a distance of six trillion miles.
Hence, the correct answer is option: 'B'.