| 1. | Carbon has the tendency to form chains and rings with itself. |
| 2. | Silicon and Germanium are useful in semiconductor industry. |
| 3. | Boron trifluoride is a Lewis acid. |
| 4. | Common oxidation states of group 14 elements are +1 and +3. |
| 1. | Graphite is a conductor of electricity. |
| 2. | Diamond has all sp3 carbon atoms. |
| 3. | Graphite is more stable thermodynamically than diamond. |
| 4. | All of the above. |
| Assertion (A): | Boron is the hardest element in group 13. |
| Reason (R): | High lattice enthalpy is due to the strong crystalline lattice. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are false |
| List-I (Compounds) |
List-II (Molecular formula) |
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| (a) | Borax | (i) | NaBO2+B2O3 |
| (b) | Kernite | (ii) | Na2B4O7.4H2O |
| (c) | Orthoboric acid | (iii) | H3BO3 |
| (d) | Borax bead | (iv) | Na2B4O7.10H2O |
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (iv) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) |
| 2. | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) |
| 3. | (iii) | (i) | (iv) | (ii) |
| 4. | (i) | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) |
| Assertion (A): | CCl4 is insoluble in water while SiCl4 is soluble in water. |
| Reason (R): | Si in SiCl4 can accommodate the lone pair of electrons in d-orbitals obtained from the oxygen atom of water molecules. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |