Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R:
Assertion A: The 
bond angle in water molecule is 
.
Reason R: The lone pair - lone pair repulsion of electrons is higher than the bond pair - bond pair repulsion.
and 
are true, but 
is not the correct correct explanation of 
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the hybridisation of oxygen is water molecule is 
.
So electron geometry of water molecule is tetrahedral and the bond angle should be 
but as we know that lone pair-lone pair repulsion of electrons is higher than the bond pair-bond pair repulsion because lone pair is occupied more space areound central atom than that of bond pair.
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