Question

Below are the two statements:

Statement I: Sodium Hydroxide can be used as an oxidizing agent.

Statement II: Basicity of Pyridine is due to lone pair on Nitrogen.

• A. Statement I is true but statement II is false
• B. Both statement I and statement II are false
• C. Both statement I and statement II are true
• D. Statement I is false but statement II is true

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Statement I is false but statement II is true

Explanation for the correct options:

D. Statement I is false but statement II is true

• Oxidizing Agent is an agent that gains electrons and donates Oxygen.
• $2\mathrm{NaH}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)\rightleftharpoons 2{\mathrm{Na}}^{+1}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)+{{\mathrm{H}}_2}^{+}\left(\mathrm{g}\right)$
• Sodium Hydride$\left(\mathrm{NaH}\right)$ donates Hydrogen ions and acts as a reducing agent.
• Pyrimidine is a heterocyclic basic structure with a formula of ${\mathrm{C}}_5{\mathrm{H}}_5\mathrm{N}$

• Basic means that donates an electron and in pyridine Nitrogen acts as a lone pair donor.

• So Statement I is false but Statement II is correct.

Hence, option (D) is correct.,Statement I is false but statement II is true.