Solar energy is mainly caused due to:

Solar energy is mainly caused due to:
  1. burning of hydrogen in the oxygen
  2. fission of uranium present in the Sun
  3. fusion of protons during synthesis of heavier elements
  4. gravitational contraction

Solution

Solar energy $\rightarrow$ fusion of protons into helium

Asked in: NEET 2003

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