The question contains STATEMENT - 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT - 2 (Reason) and has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
STATEMENT - 1 Alkali metals dissolve in liquid ammonia to give blue solutions. because
STATEMENT - 2 Alkali metals is liquid ammonia give solvated species of the type [M(NH₃)_n]⁺ (M = alkali metals)

A sodium salt on treatment with MgCl₃ gives white precipitate only on heating. The anion of the sodium salt is

The set representing the correct order of first ionization potential is

The following compounds have been arranged in order of their increasing thermal stabilities. Identify the correct order
K₂CO₃ (A), MgCO₃ (B), CaCO₃ (C), BeCO₃ (D)