UPSC PYQPrelims 2023

Civil Services Examination · प्रश्न 56

Consider the following pairs: Objects in space — Description 1. Cepheids — Giant clouds of dust and gas in space 2. Nebulae — Stars which brighten and dim periodically 3. Pulsars — Neutron stars that are formed when massive stars run out of fuel and collapse How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All three
  4. None
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या

उत्तर: (A) Only one

व्याख्या

Only pulsars are correctly described. The descriptions of Cepheids (pulsating variable stars) and nebulae (dust/gas clouds) are swapped.