Q. Consider the following statements:
1.A black hole forms when a massive star’s core collapses to a mass greater than three times that of the Sun, creating gravity so intense that even light cannot escape.
2.Black holes are categorized based on their mass into stellar-mass, intermediate-mass, and supermassive black holes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
Explanation:
- Statement 1 is correct: The boundary from which nothing escapes is called the Event Horizon.
- Statement 2 is correct: Stellar-mass black holes are the smallest (sometimes called unicorns if they are unique/isolated), while supermassive ones reside at the centers of galaxies.
