Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is…
Chemistry · JEE Main · NTA Exams — Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The bond order of helium is always zero.
Reason (R): The number of electrons in bonding molecular orbital and antibonding molecular orbital is equal.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
- (A) is not correct but (R) is correct
- Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
- Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (R)
Answer
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
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