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Statement-1:In a spontaneous fission reaction a heavy nucleus is split into two medium sized ones, each of the new nuclei will have more binding energy per nucleon than the original nucleus
Statement-2:Joining two light nuclei together to give a single nucleus of medium size means more binding energy per nucleon in the new nucleus .

A

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

B

Statement-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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