Assertion: Food containers are made of tin, but not of zinc.

Reason: Zinc is more reactive than tin.

Choose the correct option out of the following.

Both assertion and reason are correct, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

The correct answer is option 1. Both assertion and reason are correct, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

As zinc is more reactive than tin, so food items cannot be stored in zinc containers as the chemical reactions will take place between zinc and food items. But Tin is less reactive, it's food containers can be made.