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Given below are two statements: Statement I: Colourless cupric...
Given below are two statements:
Statement Colourless cupric metaborate is reduced to cuprous metaborate in a luminous flame.

Statement Colourless cupric metaborate is reduced to cuprous metaborate in a luminous flame.
Statement Cuprous metaborate is obtained by heating boric anhydride and copper sulphate in a non-luminous flame.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Options
- AStatement is false but Statement is true
- BBoth Statement and Statement are false
- CBoth Statement and Statement are true
- DStatement is true but Statement is false
Correct answer
B. Both Statement and Statement are false
Step-by-step solution
(i) Blue cupric metaborate is reduced to colourless cuprous metaborate in a luminous flame
(ii) Cupric metaborate is obtained by heating boric anhydride and copper sulphate in a non-luminous flame.