Question contains statement 1 and statement 2. Of the four choices given, choose the one that best describes the two statements.
statement 1 Energy is released when heavy nuclei undergo fission or light nuclei undergo fusion.
statement 2 For heavy nuclei, binding energy per nucleon increases with increasing Z while for light nuclei it decreases with increasing Z
Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement-1.
statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true statement - 2 is not a correct explanation for statement-1.