Question: ASSERTION NaCl is a basic salt REASON Hydrolysis of \[NaCl\] reveals the formation of \[NaOH\]...

Question

ASSERTION
NaCl is a basic salt
REASON
Hydrolysis of $NaCl$ reveals the formation of $NaOH$ and $HCl$
A.Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
B.Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
C.Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
D.Both Assertion and reason are incorrect.

Answer 1

Solution

Firstly by the nature of the components used in the generation of the $NaCl$ we can get the nature of the base and the acid, which in ase both of them are highly basic and acidic respectively. Now we can say that because of the highly basic and acidic nature they both will have a neutral compound. And then by the formation reaction we will get that whether it is a hydrolytic reaction or not.

Complete step by step answer:
Here we have to firstly take the assertion into account :
As we know that the formation of $NaCl$ is by the mixing of the $NaOH$ and $HCl$ . They both are respectively the most basic and the most acidic on the scale of the pH. Therefore we can easily say that they both are strong in nature.
Now nature itself reveals that the mixing is of the strong base and the strong acid which in result gives a high yieldable and magnificently stable salt. The salt can be considered as neutral in nature.
Therefore we can signify that the assertion is wrong.
Now for the case of formation we can say that the hydrolysis is a process in which two or more components react in order to give water as a byproduct which the reaction itself varifies.
$\;NaOH + HCl \to NaCl + {H_2}O$
Therefore we can easily say that the given assertion is correct.

So that gives us the correct option as the option C, Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.

Note: Basic salts are the salts that are usually the product of incomplete neutralization reactions between a strong base and a weak acid. This is the reason why rather than being neutral (like most of the other salts), alkali salts are basic in nature as suggested by their name. Basic salts are also called Alkali salts.