Statement I: Sodium hydride can be used as an oxidising agent.

Statement II: The lone pair of electrons on nitrogen in pyridine makes it basic.

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Statement I: Sodium hydride can be used as an oxidising agent.

Statement II: The lone pair of electrons on nitrogen in pyridine makes it basic.

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Step 1 — Evaluate Statement I:
Sodium hydride (NaH) contains H⁻ (hydride ion). Hydride is a strong reducing agent (it donates H⁻ to reduce other species), NOT an oxidising agent.
Statement I is false ✗

Step 2 — Evaluate Statement II:
In pyridine, the N atom has a lone pair in an sp² orbital that lies in the plane of the ring (not involved in the aromatic π system). This lone pair is available to accept a proton (H⁺) → pyridine acts as a base.
Statement II is true ✓

Answer: Option (3) — Stateme

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