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A sodium salt X decolourises acidified , gives a brown vapour at the mouth of the tube with dilute and turns starch-iodide paper blue after acidification. X, the oxidation state of nitrogen in the product of oxidation by , and the moles of consumed per mole of X are respectively

  1. A ; +4 ; 0.4
  2. B ; +5 ; 0.4
  3. C ; +5 ; 2.5
  4. D ; +3 ; 0.4

Answer: B

The brown vapour and the starch-iodide result identify nitrite. oxidises N from +3 to +5 (nitrate), and the mole ratio is 2/5 = 0.4. The reciprocal 2.5 is the usual slip.
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