Statement-I: Metallic character of first group metals increases down the group with the decreasing ionisation energy.
Statement-2: The loss and gain of electron(s) can be used in explaining the reducing and oxidising behaviour of the element respectively.

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Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.

Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False.

Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True.

Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True, Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1.

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

As ionization's energy decreases, the metallic quality gets stronger. The energy of a metal's first ionisation is not compared to that metal's reactivity.
The element's reducing and oxidising behaviours can each be attributed to the loss or gain of an electron.

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