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

  1. AStatement I is false but Statement II is true
  2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
  3. CBoth Statement I and Statement II are true
  4. DStatement I is true but Statement II is false

Correct answer

B. Both Statement I and Statement II 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.

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