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Assertion (A): Poistive catalyst lowers the activation energy of the reaction whereas the heat of reaction remains same.
Reason (R ): The heat of reaction is equal to the difference between activation energies for forward and backward reactions.

A

If both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is the correct explanation of (A) .

B

If both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct exaplanation of (A)

C

If (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect

D

If (A) is incorrect but (R) is correct

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