Question

Which of the following oxidation states are the most characteristics for lead and tin respectively?

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Answer 1

Answer: (B)

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Answer 2

The tendency to form $+2$ ionic state increase on moving down the group due to inert pair effect. Most characteristic oxidation state for lead and tin are $+ 2, + 4$ respectively.