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What is the shape of the dish of Radio telescope?

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Circular

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Parabolic

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Elliptical

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Planar

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Solution

The correct option is B Parabolic
Radio telescope is made from one or more dishes of a particular parabolic shape. The incident radio waves are reflected by these dishes and converges at the foci and a radio reciever is placed at that particular point.

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