Statement-I: Compounds of Be are dominately covalent and get easily hydrated.Statement-II: Be2+ has high polarizing power due to quite small size.
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a
Both statement-I and statement-II are correct
b
Statement-I is correct and statement-II is incorrect
c
Statement-I is incorrect and statement-II is correct
d
Both statement-I and statement-II are incorrect
answer is A.
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Detailed Solution
Be+2 ion is very small in size ,hence it has more polarising power so its compounds are more covalent and it has vacant 2P orbital so its compounds undergo hydrolysis readily