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Important Questions on Acids, Bases and Salts

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Differentiate between the following pair based on the information given in the bracket.

  • Acid and Alkali (formation of the type of ions)
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Write the chemical formula and one use for following salts: silver nitrate and ammonium nitrate.

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A salt is formed when
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Write the quadrants in which the following points lie:

-4,7

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Which one of the following salts will give a basic solution on dissolving in water?
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Which of the following salt is used for cleaning water?
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Identify the neutral salt from the following.
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What do you observe when Blue vitriol is heated ?
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Which salts are also known as baking soda and washing soda? Give one use for each of them.
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Salts do not taste sour. 
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Is common salt an acid or base? Explain your answer.
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The salt which will give an acidic solution on dissolving in water is:
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Match the columns A and B.
               A                     B
(a) Sodium iodate (i) A food preservative
(b) Calcium sulphate (ii) Used as a fertilizer
(c) Bleaching powder (iii) Present in plaster of Paris
(d) Ammonium sulphate (iv) A disinfectant
(e) Sodium benzoate (v) A supplement to common salt

 

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Consider the following salts : 

Sodium sulphate, Sodium carbonate, Ammonium sulphate 

The aqueous solution of which of these salts will : 

(a) turn blue litmus to red? 

(b) turn phenolphthalein to pink? 

(c) turn China rose indicator to green?

(d) have no effect on any indicator? 

Give reasons for your answer in each case. 
 

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Which acids are these salts obtained from?
a. nitrates
b. carbonates
c. chlorides
d. sulphates
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This salt is used in the purification of water. (Sodium hydroxide / Magnesium hydroxide / Potash alum)
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Two of the most commonly used salts are Sodium chloride NaCl and Sodium bicarbonate NaHCO3 Find out which of these is used (i) as baking powder (ii) as a preservative in pickles and in preserving meat and fish and also think of the reasons for doing so.
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Choose the acidic, basic and neutral Salts from the following:

Sodium chloride, Ammonium chloride, Sodium carbonate, Sodium sulphate, Ammonium sulphate.

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What happens when an acid reacts with a base? 
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Which of the following salts is used in photography for developing films?