Assertion: Electrical wires can be made up of copper.

Reason: Copper is a bad conductor of electricity.

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Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Assertion is true but Reason is false

Assertion is false but Reason is true

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Assertion is true but Reason is false.
Assertion: Copper (Cu) is an excellent conductor of electricity. The ions of this metal are free moving; hence, they carry electrical charge smoothly, and copper becomes a pure conductor of electricity. Due to the good conducting properties of copper, it is widely used in making electrical wires.
Reason: Here copper is mentioned as a bad conductor of electricity which is a false statement.
copper is a very good conductor of electricity because of the free ions moving in this metal.hence assertion is true but reason is false.

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