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Assertion: Acetylene on treatment with alkaline KMnO_(4) produce acetaldehyde. Reason: Alkaline KMnO_(4) is a reducing agent.

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If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion
If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
If assertion is true but reason is false
If the assertion and reason both are false

Solution :ACETYLENE, on treatment with alkaline `KMnO_(4)` is oxidised to PRODUCE oxalic acid.
`{:(CH),(|||),(CH),("Acetylene"):}overset(4[O])UNDERSET(aln.KMnO_(4))RARR{:(COOH),(|),(COOH),("Oxalic acid"):}`
Therefore, both assertion and reason are false.


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