Assertion :In Rutherford's gold foil experiment, very few α- particles are deflected. Reason: Nucleus present inside the atom is heavy.
A
Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
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B
Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
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C
Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
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D
Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.
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Solution
The correct option is B Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation for assertion. In Rutherford's experiment, only a few α particles were deflected and most of them could pass through without any deviation. It is because most of the space inside the atom is empty. Nucleus present inside the atom is heavy and the entire mass is concentrated in it.
So, Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.