This question contains Statement -1 and Statement-2. Of the four...

This question contains Statement

-1

and Statement-2. Of the four choices given after the statements, choose the one that best describes the two statements. Statement - I: Energy is released when heavy nuclei undergo fission or light nuclei undergo fusion. and Statement - II For heavy nuclei, binding energy per nucleon increases with increasing

Z

while for light nuclei it decrease with increasing

Z

Options

AStatement $-1$ is false, Statement $-2$ is true.
BStatement - 1is true, Statement $-2$ is true; Statement $-2$ is correct explanation for Statement-1.
CStatement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is true; Statement $-2$ is not a correct explanation for Statement-1.
DStatement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is False.

Correct answer

D. Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is False.

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