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This question contains Statement-1 and Statement -2. Of the four choices given after the statements, choose the one that best describes the two statements. Statement -1: Energy is released when heavy nuclei undergo fission or light nuclei undergo fusion. and Statement -2: For heavy nuclei, binding energy per nucleon increases with increasing Z while for light nuclei it decreases with increasing Z.       AIEEE  Solved  Paper-2007

A) Statement -1 is true, Statement- 2 is true; Statement -2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1

B) Statement -1 is true, Statement- 2 is false      

C) Statement -1 is false, Statement- 2 is true

D) Statement -1 is true, Statement- 2 is true; Statement -2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1