Assertion (A) : Carbon has a strong tendency to either lose or gain electrons to attain noble gas co

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Assertion (A) : Carbon has a strong tendency to either lose or gain electrons to attain noble gas configuration.\ Reason (R) : Carbon has four electrons in its outermost shell and has the tendency to share electrons with carbon or other elements.\

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(d) : Carbon can neither gain nor lose four electrons to acquire the nearest noble gas configuration. Carbon can share its valence electrons with carbon or other elements. Thus, (A) is false, but (R) is true.