Question

Hydrogen readily combines with metals and thus shows its ______. 

विकल्प

• electropositive character

• electronegative character

• Both electropositive character and electronegative character

• none of these

Answer 1

Hydrogen readily combines with metals and thus shows its electronegative character.

Explanation:

\[\ce{2Na + H2 →2NA+H-}\]

Hydrogen has a −ve (−1) oxidation state.