NEET2007Chemistryp Block Elements (Group 15, 16, 17 & 18)Actual
Assertion : Ozone is an allotrope of oxygen. Reason : Oxygen is bluish colour liquid and in singlet state it is more paramagnetic.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
C. If assertion is true but reason is false.
Step-by-step solution
Oxygen is a colourless, odourless and tasteless gas. It is paramagnetic in gaseous, liquid and solid states. It can be liquefied to a pale blue liquid by compressing the gas at a very low temperature. Its allotropic modification is ozone.