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Disproportionation is a process in which a substance
can act only as a reducing agent.
can act only as an oxidizing agent.
is both an oxidizing and a reducing agent.
is neither an oxidizing nor a reducing agent.

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is both an oxidizing and a reducing agent.

Explanation: In disproportionation a single species undergoes simultaneous oxidation and reduction. Example: 2 H2O2 → 2 H2O + O2 (oxygen in H2O2 is both reduced to H2O and oxidized to O2).