The atoms of different elements having the same number of neutrons are known as :

isobars

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isomers

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isotones

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isotopes

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The correct option is B isotones
Two nuclides are isotones if they have same neutron number but different proton number e.g. $b o r o n - 12$ and $c a r b o n - 13$ both contain 7 neutrons so they are $i s o t o n e s$ .

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Isotopes are the atoms of different elements with same number of neutrons.

Statement 1: Elements having same atomic number cannot have different mass numbers.
Statement 2: Atomic number depends on the number of neutrons.

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