Assertion: Saline hydrides are non-volatile, non-conducting and crystalline solids. Reason: Saline hydrides are compounds of hydrogen with most of the p-block elements.

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Assertion: Saline hydrides are non-volatile, non-conducting and crystalline solids. Reason: Saline hydrides are compounds of hydrogen with most of the p-block elements. (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

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Saline or ionic hydrides are compounds of hydrogen with most of the s-block metals. However, with p-block metals hydrogen forms molecular or covalent hydrides.

Q. Assertion : Saline hydrides are non-volatile, non-conducting and crystalline solids. Reason : Saline hydrides are compounds of hydrogen with most of the p-block elements.

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

If assertion is true but reason is false

If both assertion and reason are false

Saline or ionic hydrides are compounds of hydrogen with most of the s-block metals. However, with p-block metals hydrogen forms molecular or covalent hydrides.

Q. Assertion : Saline hydrides are non-volatile, non-conducting and crystalline solids.
Reason : Saline hydrides are compounds of hydrogen with most of the p-block elements.