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A colourless, odourless gas is evolved when a salt is treated with dilute and it turns lime water milky. The gas is

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Answer: A

Carbonates and hydrogencarbonates liberate with dilute acid. is colourless and odourless and gives milky with lime water. is also milky but pungent, smells of rotten eggs and is brown, so the gas is .
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