The mass number of a nucleus is

  • [IIT 1986]
  • [AIPMT 2003]
  • A

    Always less than its atomic number

  • B

    Always more than its atomic number

  • C

    Always equal to its atomic number

  • D

    Sometimes more than and sometimes equal to its atomic number

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