Question

What is the reducing agent in the reaction below?

Answer 1

Option (a) is correct.
A reducing agent is the one which loses electrons to other substance and an oxidizing agent is one which accepts electrons. 
Here, In $CrO_{3}$, Cr has oxidation number 6+  in the L.H.S of the equation, but on R.H.S its oxidation number is 0 i.e. it Cr has gained electrons such that total charge is 0.
And the oxidation state of Al in the left-hand side of equation is 0 and in right-hand side, it is +6.i.e. it has donated its electrons to Cr. 

Hence, Cr is the oxidizing agent and Al is the reducing agent. 

Answer 2

Al is oxidized and Cr is reduced. So Al is the reducing agent.