Question
Assertion : Capacitor serves as a block for dc and offers an easy path to ac.
Reason : Capacitive reactance is inversely proportional to frequency.

Answer

(a) The capacitive reactance of capacitor is given by$X_C=\frac{1}{\omega C}=\frac{1}{2 \pi f C}$So this is infinite for $\mathrm{dc}(f=0)$ and has a very small value for ac. Therefore a capacitor blocks dc.

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