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Q.Assertion: Number of radial and angular nodes for 3p orbital are 1, 1 respectively. Reason: Number of radial and angular nodes depends only on principal quantum number.

(a) both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) both assertion and reason are false.
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Step 1. Check the assertion: for 3p, n=3, l=1n=3,\ l=1. Radial nodes =n−l−1=3−1−1=1=n-l-1=3-1-1=1; angular nodes =l=1=l=1. So "1, 1 respectively" is correct - the assertion is TRUE.

Step 2. Check the reason: it claims radial and angular nodes depend "only on principal quantum number." This is FALSE - radial nodes depend on BOTH nn and ll (via n−l−1n-l-1), and angular nodes depend on ll a …

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