Embibe Experts Solutions for Chapter: Acids, Bases and Salts, Exercise 1: Exercise

When a blue litmus paper is dropped into a dilute solution of acetic acid, the colour of the litmus becomes:

The solution of a substance in water is slippery. It combines with an acid to produce a salt. The substance is 

Write the name of the gas which turns lime water milky? (Oxygen / Carbon dioxide / Nitrogen)

Give the common name of ${\mathrm{Na}}_2{\mathrm{CO}}_3·10{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}$

A white solid substance is used to disinfect water and to make wool shrink-proof. Name the substance. (Baking powder / Bleaching powder)

Name one natural source of tartaric acid. (Lemon/ Tamarind)

State what does pH of a solution signify? Three solutions A, B and C have pH values of $6,5$ and $10$ respectively. Which of the solutions is highly acidic? Which solution will turn red litmus blue? 

Name one natural source of oxalic acid. (Tomato/ Orange)