Punjab Medical Punjab - MET Solved Paper-2006

  • question_answer
    Light year is a unit of:

    A)  time                                     

    B)  speed

    C)  distance                             

    D)  none of these

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Light year is unit of distance. It is the distance that light can travel in one year. Light moves at a velocity of\[3\times {{10}^{8}}m/s\]. So in one year it can travel about 10 trillion kilometers. More precisely 1 light year\[=9.46\times {{10}^{15}}m\] It is abbreviated by light year. It is often used to measure distance of stars.


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