If the temperature of the sun were to be increased from $T$ to $2T$ and its radius from $R$ to $2R$ , then the ratio of the radiant energy received on the earth to what it was previously will be
  • A$4$
  • B$16$
  • C$32$
  • D$64$
AIEEE 2004,AIIMS 2014, Medium
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