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NEET UG CHEMISTRY MCQ: 14 TH GROUP ELEMENTS (P-BLOCK)

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Assertion (A): Tin exhibits +2 and +4 oxidation states only and not +3 oxidation state.

Reason (R): Inert pair effect of electrons in the ss-orbital is responsible.
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Correct option: B
Both A\mathbf{A} and R\mathbf{R} are true but R\mathbf{R} is not the correct explanation of A\mathbf{A}.
Option B (Both A\mathbf{A} and R\mathbf{R} are true but R\mathbf{R} is not the correct explanation of A\mathbf{A}) is correct because while both statements are true, the inert pair effect doesn't fully explain why +3 is not observed.

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