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A colourless gas with a pungent smell is evolved when dilute hydrochloric acid is added...

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A colourless gas with a pungent smell is evolved when dilute hydrochloric acid is added to a sample of a salt. The gas evolved could turn

  • A. acidified K\(_{2}\)Cr\(_{2}\)O\(_{7}\) solution colourless
  • B. acidified KMnO\(_{4}\) solution colourless
  • C. Fe(NO\(_{3}\))\(_{2}\) solution green
  • D. Pb(NO\(_{3}\))\(_{2}\) paper black
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Correct Answer: Option B
Explanation

If the potassium manganate(VII) solution is acidified with dilute sulfuric acid, the purple solution becomes colourless.

The salt that reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid to produce a pungent smelling gas which decolourizes acidified purple potassium tetraoxomanganate (VII) solution is Na\(_2\)SO\(_3\)

                                        Na\(_2\)SO\(_3\)(s)  +  HCl(aq)  →  NaCl(aq)  +  H\(_2\)O(l)   +  SO\(_2\)(g)

When SO\(_2\) gas which is colourless with a pungent smell, reacts with acidified KMnO\(_4\), it becomes decolorized from purple colour.


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