Who proposed the steady-state theory?

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Q. 6 of Quiz-1849 (Que-ID : 3996)

Who proposed the steady-state theory?

Hermann Bondi
Thomas Gold
Sir James Jeans
Fred Hoyle

Ans → (c)Sir James Jeans

Explanation → The steady-state theory was first proposed by Sir James Jeans in the 1920s, but it was reformulated by Fred Hoyle, Thomas Gold, and Hermann Bondi in 1948.

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