NEET UG CHEMISTRY MCQ: ELECTRO CHEMISTRY

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Assertion: When aqueous sodium chloride solution is electrolysed, Oxygen gas is produced at the anode.

Reason: It is due to the overpotential for oxidation of water to oxygen.

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Correct option: A

Both assertion and reason are correct statements, and reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

Option A is correct because the assertion and reason are both true, and the overpotential for water oxidation explains why chloride ions are oxidized instead of water at the anode during the electrolysis of aqueous NaCl.

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