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Assertion :Acetylene is 1-alkyne. Reason: Acetylene is unsaturated hydrocarbon with CC triple bond and two hydrogen atoms. It is a linear symmetrical molecule with both triple bonded carbon atom as terminal atoms.

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
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Assertion is correct, but Reason is incorrect.
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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
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The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
Acetylene also called ethyne. Its molecular formula is C2H2. It has one CC triple bond tha makes it unsaturated and each carbon has one hydrogen attached. C are sp hybridised and therefore the molecule has linear geometry
Assertion and reason are correct and are correlated.
Option A is correct

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