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8.33. Assertion: The highest value of oxidation number exhibited by an atom of an element generally increases across the period in the periodic table.

Reason: The oxidation number denotes theoxidation state of an element in a compound.

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    (b) Both are correct statements but reason is not correct for the assertion. The highest oxidation number of a representative element is the group number for the first two groups and the group number minus 10 (following the long form of periodic table) for the other groups.

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