Which statement about the Rutherford model of the atom is not true?

  • [KVPY 2012]
  • A

    There is a positively charged centre in an atom called the nucleus

  • B

    Nearly all the mass of an atom resides in the nucleus

  • C

    Size of the nucleus is comparable to the atom

  • D

    Electrons occupy the space surrounding the nucleus

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