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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B
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.