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    Consider the following statements regarding the Tidal hypothesis:
    1. It is a monistic hypothesis.
    2. It was propounded by the British scientist James Jeans.
    3. It holds filament responsible for the origin of the solar system.
    Which of the statements given above are correct?

    A)  1 and 2 only

    B)  1 and 3 only

    C)  2 and 3 only

    D)  1, 2 and 3

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     The Jeans-Jeffreys tidal hypothesis. Championed by James Jeans and Harold Jeffreys, explained tile origin of the solar system as a result of a close encounter between the Sun and a second star However, it differed significantly from the other major catastrophic hypothesis of the 20th century, the Chamberlin-Moulton planetesimal hypothesis.


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