Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as…

Chemistry · JEE Main · NTA Examsd- and f-Block Elements

Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason.

STATEMENT-1 (Assertion): Tin exhibits +2 and +4 oxidation states only and not +3 oxidation state.

STATEMENT-2 (Reason): Inert pair effect of electrons in the s-orbital is responsible.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is a correct explanation for the Assertion.
  2. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct explanation for the Assertion.
  3. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
  4. Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.

Answer

(A) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is a correct explanation for the Assertion.

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