Assertion :Carbon dioxide is a gas but silicon dioxide is an in-fusible solid. Reason: Carbon dioxide has a linear π− bonded structure.
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 B Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion. Silica (silicon dioxide) has a three-dimensional network structure. In silica, silicon is sp3-hybridized and is thus linked to fouroxygen atoms and each oxygen atom is linked to two silicon atoms forming a three-dimensional giant moleculeas shown in figure. But CO2 has linear structure due to sp hybridization and exists as gas at room temperature.