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  4. Assertion: Liquids and solids are hard to compress. Reason: Magnitude of the repulsive forces between the molecules rises very rapidly as the distance separating the molecules decreases.

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Q. Assertion: Liquids and solids are hard to compress.
Reason: Magnitude of the repulsive forces between the molecules rises very rapidly as the distance separating the molecules decreases.

States of Matter

Solution:

In liquid and solid states, molecules are already in close contact, therefore they resist further compression; as that would result in the increase of repulsive interactions.