JEE Main Chemistry question

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**Assertion:** Alcohols are dehydrated to hydrocarbons in the presence of acidic zeolites.

**Reason:** Zeolites are porous catalysts.

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

Answer: (A)

Solution

Acidic zeolites do catalyse the dehydration of alcohols to alkenes — the Assertion is true. This is because zeolites are porous, shape-selective

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Question ID VK-144374