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Question
A metal less reactive and another metal more reactive than hydrogen are:
(a) aluminium and lead
(b) iron and magnesium
(c) copper and tin
(d) copper and mercury
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Solution
(c) copper and tin
Copper lies below hydrogen and tin lies above hydrogen in the reactivity series of metals.
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