JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements (Metallurgy)JEE Main

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Statement 1: Gold occurs in native state.

Statement 2: Gold dissolves in aqua-regia.

(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

Gold genuinely occurs in the native (free) state because it is extremely unreactive (Statement 1, true), and it genuinely dissolves in aqua regia, a special oxidising-complexing mixture (Statement 2, true). However, Statement 2 is a

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