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(a) What is the source of energy of this sun and other stars ?
(b) Describe the working of a hydrogen bomb.
(c ) What is common between the sun and a hydrogen bomb ?

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(c ) In the sun as well as in the hydrogen bomb, energy is produced by nuclear fusion reactions
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