Assertion: $N a C l$ is a basic salt.

Reason: Hydrolysis of $N a C l$ reveals the formation of $N a O H$ reveals the formation of and $H C l$ and.

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion

Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Concept: The kind of solution depends on the ions' reactivity, or whether they form

ions with water upon hydrolysis (i.e., the conjugate base and acid).
When sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid are neutralised, sodium chloride and water are produced as NaCl salt. This salt contains a strong base (NaOH) and strong acid (HCl).

The strong acid and strong base salt separate into their component ions and water during the hydrolysis process. However, if this conjugate acid,

, obtains the hydroxide ion once more, producing NaOH, or if this conjugate base,

, gains a proton, producing HCl, respectively.
In this way, the proton and hydroxide ion concentrations in the solution remain unchanged. As a result, the solution is left neutral since the ions do not react with the

ions in the water. The pH=7 and the acidity of the NaCl solution are unaffected.
Therefore, the assertion is false because NaCl is a strong acid and basic salt that is neutral. However, the hydrolysis, which is the opposite of the neutralisation reaction, does demonstrate the presence of NaOH and HCl, proving the validity of the explanation.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

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