Statement I: Energy is released in a nuclear reaction.
Statement II: In any nuclear reaction, the reactants and resultant products obey the law of conservation of charge and mass only.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
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B
Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
In both fission and fusion, large amount of energy is released. The Statement II is incorrect because charge, mass, momentum and energy all are conserved.
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