Assertion :In the formation of water molecule, both hydrogen and oxygen atoms attain octet of electrons. Reason: Oxygen atom forms two ionic or electrovalent bonds with two hydrogen atoms.
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 D Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
Correct assertion=In the formation of the H2O molecule, Oxygen attains octet and hydrogen attain duplet of electrons,
Correct reason= oxygen atom only forms 2 covalent bonds with hydrogen.