Question

Statement (S): Steel is an example of a homogeneous mixture.
Reason (R): The components of a homogeneous mixture are uniformly distributed and are indistinguishable.
Which of the following holds true?

• A. Only Statement (S) is true but the Reason (R) is false.
• B. Only Reason (R) is true but the Statement (S) is false.
• C. Both Statement (S) and the Reason (R) are correct and the Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Statement (S).
• D. Both Statement (S) and the Reason (R) are correct but the Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Statement (S).

Answer 1

The correct option is C Both Statement (S) and the Reason (R) are correct and the Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Statement (S).

Steel is an alloy of iron, and carbon. Both these components are present in fixed proportions.
An alloy is an example of solid homogeneous mixture because the components are uniformly distributed and are indistinguishable.