Hydrogen And Its Compounds Question 215

Question: Hydrogen readily combines with metals and thus shows its

Options:

A) Electropositive character

B) Electronegative character

C) Both a and b

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

$ 2Na+H_2\to 2N{a^{+}}{H^{-}} $ Hydrogen has -ve (-1) oxidation state.