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Assertion: The bond angle in alcohols is slighty less than the tetrahedral angle.
Reason : In alcohols, the oxygen of the -OH group is attached to carbon by a sigma bond formed by the overlap a `sp^3` hybridised orbital of carbon with `sp^3` hybridised orbital of oxygen .

A

if both assertioon and reason are true and reason is the corrct explanation of assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are ture but reason is not the corrcet explanation of assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false .

D

if both assertion and reason are false.

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The correct Answer is:
B
The bond angle in alcohols is slightly less than the retrahedral angle due to the repulsion between the unshared electron pairs of oxygen.
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