These questions consist of two statements each, printed as statement- 1 and statement-2, while answering these questions you are required to choose any one of the following responses.
(A) If statement- 1 is true but the statement-2 is false.
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(B) If statement- 1 is false but statement- 2 is true.
(C) If both statements are true and the statement- 2 is the correct explanation of statement- 1 .
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(D) If both statements are true but statement-2 is not the correct explanation of statement-1.
(E) Both statements are false.
Statement-1 : Water is a good solvent for ionic compounds but poor for covalent compounds.
Statement-2 : Hydration energy of ions releases sufficient energy to overcome lattice energy and break hydrogen bonds in water while covalent compounds interact so weakly that even van der Waals' forces between molecules of covalent compounds cannot be broken.
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