Question

Statement 1 : Coordination number of $CsCl$ changes from $8 : 8$ to $6 : 6$ on heating.
Statement 2 : The crystal structure of $CsCl$ changes to $NaCl$ on heating.

• A. If both Statement $1$ and Statement $2$ are true and the statement $2$ is the correct explanation of the statement $1$
• B. If both Statement $1$ and Statement $2$ are true but statement $2$ is not the correct explanation of the statement $1$
• C. If Statement $1$ is true but Statement $2$ is false
• D. If Statement $1$ is false but Statement $2$ is true

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Both statement are true and the statement $2$ is the correct explanation of the statement $1$.