Q.

Statement-I: Hydrogen bond in HF is stronger than in H2O.

Statement-II: Boiling point of HF is lesser than that of H2O.

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a

Statement - I is correct and statement - II is incorrect

b

Both statements I and II are correct 

c

Statement - I is incorrect and statement - II is correct

d

Both statements I and II are incorrect

answer is A.

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I-EN of Flourine > Oxygen
H-bonding in HF is stronger than in H2O
II-BP of HF < H2O
Reasons
(1) HF is less associated
(2) Intermolecular H–bonding is observed in HF even in vapour state. So to convert liquid HF to vapour HF it is not necessary to break all the H–bonds

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