Reaction occurring in lead storage battery is a kind of:

disproportionation

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comproportionation

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oxidation

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reduction

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Solution

The correct option is B comproportionation
The reaction occurring in lead storage battery is a kind of comproportionation.
The other name of comproportionation is symproportionation.
It is a chemical reaction in which two reactants, containing the same element in different oxidation state, will form a product in which the elements reach the same oxidation state.
Reaction occurring in lead storage battery is as shown.
$P b (s) + P b O_{2} (s) + 2 H_{2} S O_{4} (a q) \to 2 P b S O_{4} (s) + 2 H_{2} O (l)$

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Z n (s) + A g_{2} O (s) + H_{2} O (l) \to Z N^{2 +} (a q) + 2 (A g (s) + 2 O H^{-} (a q)

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E_{A g^{+} / A g}^{o} = + 0.80 V, E_{Z n^{2 +} / Z n}^{o} = - 0.76 V)

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