Aluminium is reactive metal. So, aluminium is extracted by electrolysis of alumina with molten mixture of cryolite. Hence, Assertion is true. Cryolite has molecular formula Na3AlF6. Oxidation state of Al in Na3AlF6 3×(+1)+Al+6×(−1)=0 3+Al−6=0 ⇒ Al = + 3 Hence, Reason is true. Oxidation state cannot explain that Al is extracted from bauxite by electrolysis. ∴ The correct option is (d).