Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Inorganic: General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

Question:
"Assertion: Of the noble gases only xenon forms chemical compounds.
Reasoning: Xe has high ionisation enthalpy & high polarising power due to larger atomic size."
Options:
"both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion. "
"both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion. "
"assertion is true but reason is false. "
assertion is false but reason is true.
Correct Answer:
"assertion is true but reason is false. "
Explanation:
Xe has low ionisation enthalpy & high polarising power due to larger atomic size.