Statement 1: Equimolar mixture of conc. HCl and anhydrous zinc chloride is called Lucas reagent Statement 2: Lucas reagent can be used to distinguish between methanol and ethanol

Question

Statement 1: Equimolar mixture of conc. HCl and anhydrous zinc chloride is called Lucas reagent Statement 2: Lucas reagent can be used to distinguish between methanol and ethanol (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 o f 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

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Correct statement 2: Both methanol and ethanol are 1° alcohols and hence cannot be distinguished by Lucas reagent

Q. Statement 1: Equimolar mixture of conc. HCl and anhydrous zinc chloride is called Lucas reagent
Statement 2: Lucas reagent can be used to distinguish between methanol and ethanol

If both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true and the statement 2 is the correct explanation of the statement 1

If both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation o f the statement 1

If Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false

If Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true

Correct statement 2: Both methanol and ethanol are $1^{\circ}$ alcohols and hence cannot be distinguished by Lucas reagent

Q. Statement 1: Equimolar mixture of conc. HCl and anhydrous zinc chloride is called Lucas reagent Statement 2: Lucas reagent can be used to distinguish between methanol and ethanol