Statement-1 : Energy is released when heavy nuclei undergo fission or light nuclei undergo fusion.
Statement-2 : For heavy nuclei, binding energy per nucleon increases with increasing Z while for light nuclei it decreases with increasing Z.
(a) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(b) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
(c) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement-1.
(d) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; statement-2 is not a correct explanation for statement-1.