UPSC PYQPrelims 2021

Civil Services Examination · प्रश्न 76

Which one of the following is a reason why astronomical distances are measured in light-years?

  1. Distances among stellar bodies do not change.
  2. Gravity of stellar bodies does not change.
  3. Light always travels in straight line.
  4. Speed of light is always same.
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या

उत्तर: (D) Speed of light is always same.

व्याख्या

The speed of light in vacuum is constant, so the distance light travels in a year is a fixed, convenient unit.