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Statement I : Ammonia is highly soluble in water, solubility of other hydrides of 15th group is very less.

Statement II : Ammonia can form H-bonds with water ,  other hydrides of 15th group cannot involve in H-bonding

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a

Both (I) & (II) are True

b

(I) is true & (II) is false

c

(I) is false & (II) is True

d

Both (I) & (II) are false

answer is A.

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Covalent compounds like NH3, HF, lower alcohols , lower carboxylic acids, H2O2 are capable of forming intermolecular H-bonding with water.

Thus they all are soluble in water.

PH3,AsH3,SbH3 and BiH3 cannot form H-bonds with water because

X-H bond in them is less polar due to large size and lesser electronegativity of the central atom;

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Statement I : Ammonia is highly soluble in water, solubility of other hydrides of 15th group is very less.Statement II : Ammonia can form H-bonds with water ,  other hydrides of 15th group cannot involve in H-bonding