Given below are two statements, one is Assertion (A) and other Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Natural rubber is a linear polymer of isoprene called cis-polyisoprene with elastic properties.

Reason (R): The cis-polyisoprene molecules consist of various chains held together by strong polar interactions with coiled structure.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct one from the options given below:

Option 1 - Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Option 2 - Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

Option 3 - (A) is true but (R) is false.

Option 4 - (A) is false but (R) is true.

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Alok Kumar Singh | Contributor-Level 10

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Correct Option - 3

Detailed Solution:

Natural rubber is a linear polymer of isoprene called cis-polyisoprene and has elastic properties.

Ci-polyisoprene molecule consists of various chains held together by weak vander Waals interactions and has a coiled structure.

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