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Assertion: Hydrogen is a diatomic molecule
Reason: Protium atom contains one electron, one proton and one neutron

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Both Assertion and Reson are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation of Assertion
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The Assertion is true but Reason is false
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The Assertion is false but Reason is true
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Solution

The correct option is A The Assertion is true but Reason is false
Hydrogen is a diatomic molecule that is H2. So assertion is correct.
Protium atom(1H1) contains one electron and one proton only and neutron is absent in protium isotope. So Reason is wrong.
So answer is C.

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