Organic compounds are non-conductors of electricity .
State True or false.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
The given statement is True as,
Organic compounds have covalent bonds in them,they have carbon attached to the other elements by sharing an electron or two depending upon the nature of bond so they don't have free electrons for conduction of electricity
For conduction to take place in organic compounds they will have to overcome these bonding forces and require high energy

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