11.2. Assertion: The compounds formed by highlyreactive non-metals with highly reactive metalsaregenerally ionic while compounds formed between non-metals themselves are largely covalent in character.
Reason: There are large differencesin the electronegativities of highly reactive non-metals and highly reactive metals whereas small differences in theelectronegativities among the non-metals themselves.
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