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In the following question a statement of assertion followed by a statement of reason is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.

Assertion: Formaldehyde is a planar molecule.

Reason: It contains \text {sp}^{2} hybridised carbon atom.

(i) Assertion and reason both are correct and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

(ii) Assertion and reason both are wrong statements.

(iii) The assertion is a correct statement but the reason is the wrong statement.

(iv) The assertion is a wrong statement but the reason is the correct statement.

(v) Assertion and reason both are correct statements but the reason is not the correct

explanation of assertion.

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The answer is the option (i). Formaldehyde contains sp^{2} hybridized carbon atom. That is why it is a planar molecule. Both the assertion and reason are correct, and reason is correct explanation of assertion.

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