Q.

Which of the following processes represents a γ-decay                          [2002]

1 XZA+γ⟶XZ-1+a+bA  
2 XZA+n01⟶XZ-2A-3+c  
3 XZA⟶XZA+f  
4 XZA+e-10⟶XZ-1+gA  

Ans.

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In γ-decay, the atomic number (Z) and mass number (A) do not change.