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Rutherford's αparticle scattering experiment shows that the atoms have,

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proton
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neutron
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electron
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D
nucleus
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Solution

The correct option is D nucleus
The small number of αparticles, which are deflected from their original trajectories, indicate the presence of the nucleus at the centre of the atom.

Hence, (D) is the correct answer.

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