Question Paper Name: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Subject Name: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Creation Date: 2019-03-30 20:10:05
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Question Number: 1 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical
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Which type of galaxy has very little dust and gas and consists mostly of old stars?
- Elliptical
- Spiral
- Barred Spiral
- Irregular
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The mass of the central supermassive black hole in a spiral galaxy strongly correlates with
- the luminosity of the disk of the galaxy
- the colour of the bulge of the galaxy
- the colour of the disk of the galaxy
- the luminosity of the bulge of the galaxy
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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The atmosphere is equivalent to how much mass in units of gm cm-2 at Mumbai?
- 1.0
- 1033
- 13.6
- 800
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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Question patterns in the Sun can be seen as flows in
- Doppler grams
- Magneto grams
- EUV Imaging
- X-ray imaging
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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In the Sun the regions of strong magnetic field appear brighter in EUV images. This shows
- changing of characteristic plasma from absorption to emission
- action of neutrinos
- coupling of the solar layers
- coronal mass ejection
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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Which of these features is associated with highest magnetic fields in Sun?
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- apex of coronal loops
- coronal holes
- solar winds
- the poles of the Sun
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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As per the general theory of relativity, gravitational waves are generated by time-varying
- monopole
- dipole
- quadrupole
- octupole
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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The gravitational wave travels at the speed of
- sound
- neutrinos
- electron
- light
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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If a gravitation wave passes through a set of test particles, the distance between the particles changes then the displacement strain is
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- proportional to the amplitude of the radiation
- proportional to the square of the amplitude of the radiation
- does not depend on the incoming wave at all
- zero
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- A
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As per general theory of relativity, gravitational waves have
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- one state of polarisation
- six states of polarisation
- no polarisation
- two states of polarisation
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- A
- B
- C
- D
Question Number: 11 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical
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As per general theory of relativity, gravitational waves are
- electromagnetic waves
- longitudinal waves
- transverse waves
- not related to the direction of propagation
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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To determine the passing gravitational wave through the space-time, one needs to
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- monitor the position of a single test particle as a function of time
- measure the proper distance between at least two test particles as a function of time
- measure the proper distance between at least four test particles as a function of time
- measure the distance to the source emitting radiation
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- A
- B
- C
- D
Question Number: 13 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical
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CCD detectors are better than photographic plates for astronomical imaging because
- they have a larger field of view
- they have a linear response to the amount of light incident
- they do not require cooling
- they are inexpensive
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Options:
- A
- B
- C
- D
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Vizier is
- a repository of astronomical catalogues
- a tool for displaying images
- a tool for plotting data in catalogues
- a Python library for image analysis
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Options:
- A
- B
- C
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In astronomy, what is FITS?
- A multivariate analysis tool
- A library for optimised fitting to pulsar data
- A software for displaying astronomical images
- A standardised format for exchanging astronomical data
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Options:
- A
- B
- C
- D
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Question Number: 16 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical
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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has obtained spectra for about
- 10,000 quasars
- 100,000 quasars
- 1 million quasars
- 10 million quasars
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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The synchrotron emission from a relativistic electron
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- is equal in all directions
- spread over 2p Ste radian in the forward hemisphere
- concentrated in a narrow cone along the direction of motion
- is along the magnetic field
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- A
- B
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Which of the following discoveries of Galileo help proved that the heliocentric theory of planetary motion is correct?
- Dark spots on the surface of the Sun
- Stars in the Milky Way
- The rings of Saturn
- The phases of the planet Venus
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Options:
- A
- B
- C
- D
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If we need to obtain a resolution of 1 milliarcsecond at 1.4 GHz using an interferometer, then we need
- antennas all across the world
- antennas all over India
- antennas in space orbiting the earth
- antennas on earth and the moon
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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Nuclear Fusion inside a massive star (> 10 solar mass) stops after producing
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- Iron peak elements
- Helium
- Carbon, Oxygen and Magnesium
- Rare Earth elements
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In the interior of a neutron star, mixture of free protons and free neutrons are found
- in the entire volume
- in the core, above nuclear density
- in the inner crust and the core
- in the inner core, at densities above 1018 kg m-3
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Options:
- A
- B
- C
- D
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For images with dense distributions of stars or star clusters, the brightness of stars are estimated using
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- timing analysis
- aperture photometry
- PSF photometry
- spectroscopy
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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ist reverberation technique of timing analysis,
- light from accretion disk and dusty torus are compared
- light from accretion disk and broad line regions are compared
- light from black-hole and dusty torus are compared
- light from narrow line and broad line regions are compared
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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Which of these is true for an adaptive optics system on a telescope?
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- A narrower peak of the PSF is important for detecting a distant normal galaxy
- A larger Strehl ratio is important for imaging the centre of a star cluster
- A narrower peak of the PSF is important for detecting a planet that is far away from its parent star
- A larger Strehl ratio is important for detecting a distant normal galaxy
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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If the Fried parameter at 500 nm is 100 cm, then what is the best resolution obtainable with a large telescope without adaptive optics?
- 10 arc second
- 1 arc second
- 0.1 arc second
- 0.01 arc second
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- A
- B
- C
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The typical density in space is 0.1 particles per cc and in the Earth's atmosphere is 1 × 1019 particles per cc. For a cylinder of cross section1cm2, how long must the cylinder be in space to have the same number of particles as 1 cc of Earth's atmosphere?
- 0.00106 light years
- 1.06 light years
- 10600 light years
- 106 light years
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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To compute the standard deviation the statistical average that is used is
- mean
- mode
- median
- both mode and median
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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Question Number: 28 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical
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Friedman-Le Maitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) cosmology, the space-time geometry is described by the following line-element,
ds2 = c2dt2 - a2(t) [ dr2/(1-kr2) + r2 (d?2 + sin2?df2)], where a(t) is the scale-factor. It is given that ?/a > 0. Therefore, according to the FLRW model,
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- all cosmic objects and structures in the universe must expand in size
- unbound structures having size bigger than about 200-300 Mpc expand
- structures and cosmic objects having size smaller than about 200 Mpc expand
- structures and cosmic objects having size smaller than about 200 Mpc contract
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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For the AGN unification scheme to work,
- the torus should be transparent to optical photons
- the torus should absorb the photons from the narrow-line emitting clouds
- the torus should absorb the photons from the broad-line emitting clouds
- the torus should be opaque from radio up to gamma rays
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Options:
- A
- B
- C
- D
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Among the following ISRO missions, the observatory meant for multiwavelength astronomy is
- Chandrayaan-1
- Astrosat
- Mars Orbiter Mission
- Chandrayaan-2
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With reference to the electromagnetic spectrum, which one of the following statements is true?
- Decreasing frequency is correlated to decreasing energy
- An object emitting predominantly in the ultra-violet is cooler than red hot iron
- Increasing temperature is correlated to increasing wavelength
- Ultra-violet emitters are at higher temperature than gamma-ray emitters
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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A spectrum provides the properties of a photon as a function of
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- position
- time
- polarisation
- energy
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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ched filter q(t) is proportional to the signal h(t) (that is q(t) = Ah(t), where A is a constant) in
- stationary noise
- coloured noise
- white noise
- this is never the case
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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In Astrosat, the X-ray detector covering a large field of view for regular monitoring of the X-ray sky and discovering X-ray transients is
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- SSM
- UVIT
- SXT
- LAXPC
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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With reference to our solar system, choose the correct statement
- Sedna is the only trans-Neptunian object
- Mercury and Ceres are dwarf planets
- Uranus does not have any satellite
- Pluto is a trans-Neptunian object
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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Dark patches are seen in the plane of the Milky Way galaxy. These are most likely to be produced by
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- blank parts of the galaxy where there are no stars
- clouds of interstellar material that contain dust particles
- supernova explosions that have pushed away nearby stars
- black holes that bend light away from our line of sight
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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The physical process that efficiently stops star formation of a galaxy moving swiftly in the core of a galaxy cluster is known as
- galaxy harassment
- strangulation
- downsizing
- ram-pressure stripping
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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Till what radial distance from the centre of the Sun, does the Sun rotate as a solid body? (Rsun = 6.95 × 105 km)
- ~2 × 105 km
- ~ 10 × 105 km
- ~4.8 x 105 km
- ~ 6.95 × 105 km
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The slope of the radio spectrum of a dead radio galaxy no longer powered by the central black hole steepens with time since
- the rate of energy loss is higher for higher frequencies
- the rate of energy loss is lower for higher frequencies
- the loss due to Hubble expansion of the radio galaxy is higher for higher frequencies
- the loss due to Hubble expansion of the radio galaxy is lower for higher frequencies
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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The suitable place for a habitable planet in our Galaxy is
- near the central bulge
- inside the spiral arms
- at the edge of the Galaxy
- within the gap between two spiral arms
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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A scalar field is expected to vanish on the infinite plane x = 0 in (3+1)-dimensional Minkowski spacetime. In such a case, the modes of the scalar field will depend on the x-coordinate as
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- cos(kx x)
- sin(kx x)
- exp(-i kx x)
- exp(i kx x)
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- A
- B
- C
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Consider a solar mass star orbiting the 4 x 106 solar mass black hole at the centre of our Galaxy in a circular face-on orbit, once every 4 years. The radius of the orbit is
- 4 x 10-6 pc
- 0.002 pc
- 0.006 pc
- 2 pc
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