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Statement 1: Water is a good solvent for ionic and/or polar covalent substance.
Statement 2 : Water shows hydrogen bonding between oxygen atoms.

A

Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct and Statement 2 is the correct explanation of Statement 1.

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Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct and Statement 2 is not the correct explanation of Statement 1.

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C

Statement 1 is correct but Statement 2 is not correct.

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D

Statement 1 is not correct but Statement 2 is correct.

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E

Both the Statement 1 and Statement 2 are not correct.

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Solution

The correct option is C

Statement 1 is correct but Statement 2 is not correct.


Statement 1: Water is a good solvent for ionic and/or polar covalent substance. This is because water is a polar covalent compound. Also, like dissolves like.
Statement 2 : Water shows hydrogen bonding between oxygen and hydrogen atoms. Hydrogen bonding is observed when H atom is attached to electronegative atom such as N, O or F.
Statement 1 is correct but Statement 2 is not correct.

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