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Assertion (A): Hydrogen is used for the extraction of less reactive metals like copper and lead.

Reason (R): Hydrogen is a good reducing agent.

  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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Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation — Hydrogen acts as a good reducing agent. When hydrogen gas is passed over hot metallic oxides of copper, lead, iron, etc., it removes oxygen from them and thus reduces them to their corresponding metals.

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