Assertion: Ethyl alcohol is soluble in organic solvents. Reason: Ethyl alcohol has a non polar ethyl group.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct
explanation to Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct
explanation to Assertion
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C
Assertion is true but Reason is false
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D
Assertion is false but Reason is
true
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Solution
The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct
explanation to Assertion Generally, organic compounds are non-polar. So, most of them are insoluble in water but soluble in organic compounds.
Ethyl alcohol can make an intermolecular hydrogen bond with water thus it is soluble in water.
Also, it is a non-polar in nature and non-polar compounds are soluble in organic compounds.
Thus, ethyl alcohol is soluble in organic compounds.