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Assertion: Energy is released when heavy nuclei undergo fission or light nuclei undergo fusion.
Reason: For heavy nuclei, binding energy per nucleon increases with increasing Z while for light nuclei it decreases with increasing Z.

A

Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true, Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1

B

Statment-1 is true, Statement-2 is true, Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1

C

Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false

D

Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true

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C
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