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Q. Assertion : On increasing pressure there occurs decrease in melting point of ice.
Reason : On melting, ice contracts.

Equilibrium

Solution:

On increasing pressure, water-ice equilibrium shifts towards water side since the volume of the system decreases on melting of ice. For ice-water equilibrium again, temperature will have to be lowered. In other words melting point of ice decreases.