The reason for the higher melting point of alkaline earth metals than alkali metals is :
Due to smaller size of alkaline earth metal
Due to lesser second ionisation potential of alkaline earth metals
Both 1 & 2
Due to higher heat of hydration of alkaline earth metals
As we learnt ,
Melting point of alkaline earth metals -
Due to small size & more close packed crystal lattice, the alkaline earth metals have higher melting point .
Therefore, option(1) is correct.