AIIMS2010Physics-Telescopes

AIIMS 2010 Physics X-ray astronomy Assertion Reason Question

Type: Assertion Reason-conceptual-Medium-Class 12

Assertion : X⁻ray astronomy is possible only from satellites orbiting the earth. Reason : Efficiency of X⁻rays telescope is large as compared to any other telescope.

A

A: Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.

B

B: Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

C

C: Assertion is true but Reason is false.

D

D: Both Assertion and Reason are false.

Correct Answer

Option C

Detailed Explanation

The earth's atmosphere is transparent to visible light and radio waves, but absorbs X-rays. Therefore X-rays telescope cannot be used on earth surface.

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