Assertion (A) : White phosphorous reacts with aqueous caustic soda to form PH 3 and NaH 2…

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Assertion (A) : White phosphorous reacts with aqueous caustic soda to form PH3 and NaH2PO2 . It is disproportionation reaction.
Reason (R) : In the reaction of disproportionation, same substance is oxidised as well as reduced simultaneously.
  1. If both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
  2. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  3. If assertion is true but reason is false.
  4. If assertion is false but reason is true.

Answer

(A) If both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

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