JEE Main · 2016 · 03 Apr 2016 · Offline · Hydrogen

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Which one of the following statements about water is FALSE?
  1. (A)Water can act both as an acid and as a base.
  2. (B)There is extensive intramolecular hydrogen bonding in the condensed phase.✓ Correct
  3. (C)Ice formed by heavy water sinks in normal water
  4. (D)Water is oxidized to oxygen during photosynthesis

Answer: (B)

Solution

Take the statements in turn. Water is amphoteric, able to donate or accept a proton, so it acts as both acid and base; heavy-water ice is denser than ordinary water and does sink in it; and in photosynthesis water is oxidised to . The remaining claim is the flaw: in the liquid and the solid the hydrogen bonding in water runs between molecules, not within one molecule, so it is extensive intermolecular bonding. The statement calling it intramolecular is the false one.

JEE Main · 2016 · 03 Apr 2016 · Offline · Single correct option

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