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In gamma ray emission from a nucleus

A

Both the nutron number and the proton number change

B

there is no change in the proton number and the neutron number

C

only the neutron number change

D

only the proton number changes

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B
Gamma ray is electromagnetic radiation which does not involve any change in proton number or neutron number
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