Which Statement Describes the State of the Universe During the Inflationary

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Multiple Choice

Which statement describes the state of the universe during the inflationary epoch,from approximately 10-³⁵ s to 10-³³ s after the Big Bang?

• A) There were only two distinct forces: gravity and GUT.
• B) There were only three distinct forces: gravity, strong, and electroweak.
• C) Only quarks existed but they had not yet formed into other elementary particles.
• D) Elementary particles such as neutrons and protons existed, but they had not yet formed nuclei.

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