Physics PYQ 14 of 288 · Units

Light year is a unit of—

  1. ADistance
  2. BTime
  3. CAge
  4. DIntensity of light
  5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above

66th BPSC Prelims Re-exam 2020

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Correct answer: (a) Distance

Explanation

A light-year is the distance light travels in one year: about 9.46 × 10¹⁵ m. It is used for the huge distances between stars and galaxies.

Although its name has "year" in it, it measures distance, not time.

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