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  4. Assertion: Displacement reactions of chlorine, bromine and iodine using fluorine are not generally carried out in aqueous solution. Reason: Fluorine being highly reactive attacks water and displaces the oxygen of water.

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Q. Assertion : Displacement reactions of chlorine, bromine and iodine using fluorine are not generally carried out in aqueous solution.
Reason : Fluorine being highly reactive attacks water and displaces the oxygen of water.

Redox Reactions

Solution:

Due to difference in electronegativity, Fluorine can displace chlorine, Bromine and iodine. But in aqueous solution, fluorine replaces oxygen in water more rapidly and hence not preferred to conduct displacement reactions of $Cl , Br$ and $I$.