Answer:
(D) a brief early period of hyper rapid expansion of space-time.
Explanation:
Cosmic inflation is a theory which states that in an interval of 10⁻³⁶ seconds to around 10⁻³³ seconds after the big bang there was a massive expansion.
According to the big bang theory the universe came to be from a singularity i.e., a point of infinite gravitational field. The universe is expanding this means that according to the conservation of energy the universe was expanding from the beginning.
