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Questions : Common salt besides being used in the kitchen can also be used as the raw material for making
  1. Washing soda
  2. Bleaching powder
  3. Baking soda
  4. Slaked lime

(a) (i), (ii) and (iv)

(b) (i) and (iii)

(c) (i) and (ii)

(d) (i), (iii) and (iv)

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

$NaCl + H_2O + CO_2 + NH_3 ⟶ NH_4Cl + {NaHCO_3} ↙\text"Baking soda"$

$2NaHCO_3 ⟶↖\text"heat" Na_2CO_3 + H_2O + CO_2$

$\text"Na_2CO_3"↙\text"Sodium carbonate" + 10 H_2O ⟶ {Na_2CO_3 10 H_2O} ↙\text"Hydrated sodium carbonate (washing soda)"$

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Question : 1

An unknown gas quickly dissolves in water. This gaseous aqueous solution turns red litmus into the blue. This gas produces hydrogen chloride with a white flame. This unknown gas is

a) Nitric hydroxide

b) Ammonia

c) Sulphur dioxide

d) Carbon monoxide

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

When vinegar reacts with baking soda the gas evolved is

a) oxygen

b) carbon dioxide

c) hydrogen

d) nitrogen dioxide

Answer: (b)

Vinegar is acetic acid and baking soda is sodium hydrogen carbonate (a base).

Whenever an acid reacts with a metal carbonate it produces carbon dioxide gas.

CH3COOH + NaHCO3 ⟶ CH3COONa + H2O + CO2

Question : 3

The acid in gastricjuice is

a) hydrochloric acid

b) acetic acid

c) nitric acid

d) sulphuric acid

Answer: (a)

Question : 4

Which of the following is a weak base ?

a) KOH

b) NH4OH

c) NaOH

d) none of these

Answer: (b)

NH4OH as it is not get completely ionized in aqueous solution.

Question : 5

Baking soda is

a) Sodium Dihydrogen Carbonate

b) Disodium Hydrogen Carbonate

c) Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate

d) Sodium Carbonate

Answer: (c)

Question : 6

Which of the following is ‘quicklime’ –

a) Ca(OH)2

b) CaCO3

c) CaO

d) CaCl2 .6H2O

Answer: (c)

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