AIIMS2004Physics-Nuclear Physics
AIIMS 2004 Physics Nuclear Fission Assertion Reason Question
Type: Assertion Reason-conceptual-Medium-Class 12
Assertion : Energy is released in nuclear fission.
Reason : Total binding energy of the fission fragments is larger than the total binding energy of the parent nucleus.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
B
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
C
Assertion is true but Reason is false
D
Assertion is false but Reason is true
Correct Answer
Option A
Detailed Explanation
When a heavy nucleus splits into two medium-sized ones, each of the new nuclei will have more binding energy per nucleon than the original nucleus.
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