Answer : Option CExplaination / Solution:
In alkanes, the only intermolecular forces are van der Waals dispersion forces. Hydrogen bonds are much stronger than these and therefore it takes more energy to separate alcohol molecules than it does to separate alkane molecules. That's the main reason that the boiling points are higher.
Q8.The alkali metals and their salts impart characteristic colour to an oxidizing flame because:
Answer : Option CExplaination / Solution:
Alkali metals have one unpaired electron in their valence shell which gets excited by absorbing the energy from flame, excited states are very unstable and quickly move back to lower state ,at that time they emit the energy in the form of radiation in visible reason of electromagnetic spectrum and is abserved as characteristic colour.