Assertion: Surface tension of water is more than many other liquids.
Reason: Water molecules have strong intermolecular H-bonding as attractive force.

Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

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Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

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Assertion is true but reason is false.

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Both assertion and reason are false.

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Solution

The correct option is A Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Correct option is (A).
Surface tension is the tendency of liquid surfaces at rest to shrink into the minimum surface area possible.
Strong hydrogen bonding intermolecular forces results in greater surface tension of water.

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