Question

State whether true or false :

Metals are good reducing agents.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Metals are electropositive in nature and therefore can easily lose electron to form metal cation.

This tendency of metals makes them good reducing agent where they themselves gets oxidize as :

$M\to M^{n+}+n{e}^{-}$

Therefore, option A is correct.