Question

Assertion [A]: Sodium chloride is a neutral salt.
Reason [R]: Sodium chloride is prepared from a weak acid and a strong base.

• A. (A) and (R) both are correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A) .
• B. (A) and (R) both are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
• C. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
• D. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.

Answer 1

The correct option is C (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.

Sodium chloride (NaCl) is a salt formed from a neutralization reaction between hydrochloric acid (HCl) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH). The reaction involved is given below:

$\text{HCl (aq)}+\text{NaOH (aq)}\to \text{NaCl (aq)}+{\text{H}}_2\text{O (l)}$

Neutral salt is formed from the reaction between strong acid and a strong base. So, sodium chloride is a neutral salt since hydrochloric acid is a strong acid and sodium hydroxide is a strong base.