Question

Assertion- carbon forms strong and stable bonds. Reason- carbon is tetravalent and the carbon atom is small in size

Answer 1

Explanation:

both assertion and reason are correct

Answer 2

The complete question is whether assertion and reason both are true and reason is correct explanation for the assertion.

Yes both assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation of the assertion.

We know that two important properties of carbon is tetravalency and catenation. carbon is tetravalent as it is 4 electron short to have stable noble gas configuration so has valency of 4 hence reason is true it is tetravalent as it forms 4 bonds and size of carbon is small as it is first member of its group hence reason is true.

The self linking tendency of carbon is known as catenation and due to small size and self linking tendency of carbon it bonds stable bond with itself or any other atoms, hence assertion is also true that carbon forms stable and strong bonds.

So both are true and reason correctly explain the assertion.