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

The correct answer is B. acidified KMnO\(_{4}\) solution colourless

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

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