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Units & Dimensions

Given below are two statements:

Statements I: Astronomical unit (Au), Parsec (Pc) and Light year (ly) are units for measuring astronomical distances.

Statements II: Au<Parsec(Pc)<ly\text{Au} < \text{Parsec(Pc)} < \text{ly}

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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Answer: (d)

  1. Statement I: AU, parsec and light year are all units of astronomical distance, so it is correct.
  2. 1 AU≈1.5×10111\ \text{AU} \approx 1.5\times10^{11} m, 1 ly≈9.46×10151\ \text{ly} \approx 9.46\times10^{15} m, 1 pc≈3.08×10161\ \text{pc} \approx 3.08\times10^{16} m.
  3. So AU < ly < pc; Statement II (AU < pc < ly) is wrong.
  4. So the answer is (d).
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