Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as reason (R).

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Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Both (A) and (R) are false

(A) is true but (R) is false

answer is B.

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When the atom gets appropriate energy from outside, then this electron rises to some higher energy level. Now it can return either directly to the lower energy level or come to the lowest energy level after passing through other lower energy levels, hence all possible transitions take place in the source and many lines are seen in the spectrum.
At ordinary temperature, all atoms are present at their lowest energy level (n=1). Hence absorption transition can starts only from n=1 (and not from n=2,3,4,..). Hence only Lyman series is found in the absorption spectrum of hydrogen atom whereas in the emission spectrum, all the series are found.

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