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Assertion : The threshold frequency of photoelectric effect supports the particle nature of sunlight .
Reason : If frequency of incident light is less than the threshold frequency , electrons are not emitted from metal surface.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assert ion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If the assertion and reason both are false

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B
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