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Carbon and its Compounds — Science STD 10 — Question

Tamilnadu BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ScienceCarbon and its Compounds1 Mark
Question
Assertion (A): Carbon combines with many other elements to form various stable compounds.
Reason (R): The stability of carbon compounds is due to the small size of carbon which enables the nucleus to hold on to the shared pair of electrons strongly.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are wrong
(b) Both (A) and (R) are correct
(c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong
(d) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
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Answer

(b) Both (A) and (R) are correct.

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