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Assertion: bond angle is less than the normal tetrahedral bond angle.

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Assertion:  bond angle is less than the normal tetrahedral bond angle.

Reason: Lone pair-lone pair repulsion decreases bond angle.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A

(c) A is true but R is false

(d) A and R are false

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The correct option is: (a) 

Explanation:

The  bond angle in alcohols is slightly less than the tetrahedral angle 109°28'due to repulsion between the unshared electron pairs of oxygen.

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