Question

Assertion: An acid can be diluted by adding water to it.
Reason: If water is added to concentrated acid to dilute it, then a large amount of heat is evolved at once.(i) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of the assertion.
(ii) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
(iii) A is true but R false.
(iv) A is false but R is true.​

Answer 1

Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion

To dilute H

2

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SO

4

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, the acid is added to water and not water to acid because when water is added the acid may splash out of the container due to the exothermic reaction.