Question

Assertion: Saline hydrides are non-volatile, non-conducting and crystalline solids.
Reason: Saline hydrides are compounds of hydrogen with most of the p-block elements.

• A. Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
• B. Assertion is true but reason is false
• C. Both assertion and reason are false
• D. Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

Answer 1

The correct option is B Assertion is true but reason is false

Saline or ionic hydrides are compounds of hydrogen with most of the s-block elements. However, with p-block elements hydrogen forms molecular or covalent hydrides.
Hence, option (c) is correct.