Assertion :Ammonium ion belongs to zero group. Reason: Generally, the salts of ammonia are soluble in water.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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D
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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Solution
The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion Ammonium ion belongs to zero group as ammonium is a non-metallic cation and it has different reagents for testing. Its qualitative analysis is done with NaOH. The other groups use NH4OH as reagents. Hence, NH+4 is tested first keeping it in zero group.