JEE Main Chemistry question

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Statement 1: Hydrogen shows resemblance with alkali metals as well as halogens. Statement 2: Hydrogen exists in atomic form only at high temperature.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (B)

Solution

Hydrogen has a single 1s electron like alkali metals (losing it to form H) and is also one electron short of a noble-gas configuration like halogens (gaining an electron to form H), so Statement 1 is true. Statement 2 is also a true, independent fact — molecular

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