Zinc can displace copper from copper sulphate solution because zinc is:

more reactive than copper

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less reactive than copper

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more stable than copper

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is A more reactive than copper
Zinc can displace copper from copper sulphate solution zinc is less stable than copper and hence more reactive than copper.
$C u S O_{4} + Z n ⟶ Z n S O_{4} + C u$

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