Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R — JEE Mains Chemistry Past Papers Chemistry Question

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Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R: Assertion (A) : BeCl2 and MgCl2 produce characteristic flame Reason (R) : The excitation energy is high in BeCl2 and MgCl2 In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: (A) (A) is false but (R) is true (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A) (C) (A) is true but (R) is false (D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)