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Assertion (A) Boiling points of alcohols and ethers are high.
Reason (R) They can form intermolecular hydrogen-bonding.
(a) Assertion and reason both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Assertion and reason both are wrong statements.
(c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
(d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.
(e) Both assertion and reason are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation of assertion.

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Answer: (b). Assertion and reason both are wrong statements.
Correct Assertion Boiling points of alcohols are higher than that of the ethers of comparable molecular mass.
Correct Reason Alcohols can form intermolecular hydrogen bonding while the ethers cannot form.


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