JEE Main Chemistry question

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The most reactive state of hydrogen is:

(A)Atomic hydrogenCorrect
(B)Heavy hydrogen
(C)Molecular hydrogen
(D)Nascent hydrogen

Answer: (A)

Solution

Free hydrogen atoms (atomic hydrogen), with an unpaired electron and no strong H–H bond to first overcome, react far more readily than ordinary molecular hydrogen (H), whose strong

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