The questions given below contains statement - 1 (Assertion) and statement - 2 (Reason) Each question has four choices (a), (b),(c) and (d) out of which only one is correct. Choose the correct option as under.
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement - 2 is true Statement - 2 is a correct explanation for statement - 1
(b) Statement - 1 is true, statement - 2 is true; Statement - 2 is not a correct explanation for statement - 1
(c) Statement - 1 is true, statement - 2 is false
(d) Statement - 1 is false, statement - 2 is true.
Statement - 1 Sodium cannot be obtained by chemical reduction of its ore.
Statement - 2 Sodium is one of the strongest reducing agent.