Question

A beam of charged particles is employed in the treatment of cancer. Charged particles on passing through a material medium lose their energy by causing ionization of the atoms along their path.

• A. if both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion
• B. if both assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
• C. if assertion is true but reason is false
• D. if both assertion and reason are false statements

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

if both assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

Answer 2

A radiation consists of a beam of charged particles. Normally the radiation that is used for cancer treatment is a light energy radiation which when imposed upon the cancerous tissues, destroys the cancer cells.