Chemistry

Assertion (A): Hydrogen and alkali metals react with a black copper oxide to give red/brown copper.

Reason (R): Hydrogen and alkali metals are good oxidising agents.

  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
  2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  3. A is true but R is false.
  4. A is false but R is true.

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Answer

A is true but R is false.

Explanation — Hydrogen and alkali metals react with copper oxide to give red/ brown copper.

CuO + H2 ⟶ Cu + H2O

CuO + 2Na ⟶ Cu + Na2O
Hence assertion (A) is true.

Both hydrogen and alkali metals acts as reducing agents. Hence reason (R) is False.

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