Question

Assertion: Acetic acid does not act as an acid in benzene.
Reason: Benzene does not accept a proton.

• A. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
• B. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
• C. The assertion is true but the reason is false.
• D. Both assertion and reason are false.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

A substance acts as an acid, i.e., gives a proton only when another substance present acts as a base, i.e., accepts a proton. $C{H}_{3}COOH$ cannot act as an acid in benzene because benzene cannot accept a proton, i.e., cannot act as a base.