JEE Main Chemistry question

Which of the following orders presents the correct sequence of the increasing basic nature of the given oxides?

(A)Correct
(B)
(C)
(D)

Answer: (A)

Solution

Across period 3, basicity of oxides falls as electronegativity rises: (strongly basic) (basic) (amphoteric, least basic of these three). Down a group, basicity increases with

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Question ID VK-138561