Assertion: Hypophosphorous acid is a strong reducing agent.
Reason: Hypophosphorous acid can donate ions, leading to the formation of hypophosphite ions, which have a strong reducing ability.
Both assertion and reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
Both assertion and reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
The assertion is true, but the reason is false.
The assertion is false, but the reason is true.
The correct option is 3.
The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect. Hypophosphorous acid is a weak reducing agent because it can donate ions, leading to the formation of hypophosphite ions, which have a weak reducing ability. Hence option C is the correct answer.
Option (1) is incorrect because the assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect. Hence option 1 is incorrect.
Option (2) is incorrect because the assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect. Hence option 2 is incorrect.
Option (4) is incorrect because it incorrectly states that both the assertion and reason are incorrect. Hence option 4 is incorrect.