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 $Z.$

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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 $Z.$

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 - $1$

Statement - $1$ is true, Statement - $2$ is false

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