Ncert Exercises & Solutions

Given below are two statements:

Assertion (A):	Components of a mixture of red and blue inks can be separated by distributing the components between stationary and mobile phases in paper chromatography.
Reason (R):	The colored components of inks migrate at different rates because paper selectively retains different components according to the difference in their partition between the two phases.

1.	Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2.	Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3.	(A) is True but (R) is False.
4.	(A) is False but (R) is True.