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Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Alcohols act as Lewis bases.

Reason (R): It is due to the presence of shared electron pairs on oxygen which make them proton donors.

A
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
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Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
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A is true but R is false
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A is false but R is true
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Solution

The correct option is C A is true but R is false
Alcohols are Lewis bases due to the presence of unshared electron pairs on oxygen which makes them proton acceptors and electron pair donors. Thus Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.

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