Question

Statement I Energy is released when heavy nuclei undergo fission or light nuclei undergo fusion.

Statement II For heavy nuclei, binding energy per nucleon increases with increasing Z while for light nuclei, it decreases with increasing Z.

(a) Statement I is true, Statement II is true; Statement II is not a correct explanation of Statement I

(b) Statement I is true, Statement II is false

(c) Statement I is false, Statement iI is true

(d) Statement I is true, Statement II is true; Statement II is a correct explanation of Statement I

Answer 1

Correct Option (b) Statement I is true, Statement II is false

Explanation:

Statement I is correct and Statement II is wrong which can be directly concluded from binding energy/nucleon curve.