JEE Main Chemistry question

**Statement 1:** Copper metal with HCl liberates hydrogen.

**Statement 2:** Hydrogen is present above Cu in the reactivity series.

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

Answer: (D)

Solution

Copper, lying below hydrogen in the reactivity (electrochemical) series, cannot reduce from HCl to liberate hydrogen gas — so the

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