State true or false.

Most carbon compounds are poor conductors of electricity.

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answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

The given statement is true.
concept - As Carbon has four valence electrons, thus it prefers to form bonds by sharing its electrons. So, carbon only forms covalent bonds (Formed by sharing of electrons).
Now, a substance needs free ions to conduct electricity. Due to the presence of only covalent bonds, there are no ions in the solution of carbon compounds.
Thus, Carbon compounds are poor conductors of electricity because they are covalent in nature and don't form ionic bonds. Therefore, they don’t dissociate into ions or free electrons in the solution to conduct electricity.
Hence, the correct option is (1).

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