Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Nuclei

Question:

Assertion (A) : For the same quantity of matter, a chemical source produces million times more energy than a nuclear source.

Reason (R) : The energies involved in nuclear reactions is of the order of Mega electron volts.

Options:

(A) and (R) are both true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(A) and (R) are both true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).

One of the two is true.

(A) and (R) are both false.

Correct Answer:

One of the two is true.

Explanation:

Correction : 

For the same quantity of matter, a nuclear source produces million times more energy than a chemical source. The energies involved in nuclear reactions is of the order of Mega electron volts.