Question

Assertion : Precipitation of silver chloride occurs instantaneously by mixing of aqueous solutions of silver nitrate and sodium chloride.
Reason: Ionic reactions occur very fast.

• A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
• B. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
• C. If assertion is true but reason is false.
• D. If both assertion and reason are false.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

ionic reactions are fast because ionic compounds break themselves rapidly into ions, leading to faster ionic bond formation with other ions. The given reaction is fast because it is on ionic reaction.