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Match the gases in List I with the observation in List II. List I: (i) ; (ii) ; (iii) ; (iv) . List II: (p) rotten-egg odour, blackens lead acetate paper; (q) reddish brown gas, turns moist starch-iodide paper blue; (r) colourless pungent gas, turns acidified dichromate paper green, does not blacken lead acetate paper; (s) odourless, turns lime water milky, no effect on acidified dichromate paper.

  1. A(i)-(s), (ii)-(r), (iii)-(q), (iv)-(p)
  2. B(i)-(r), (ii)-(s), (iii)-(p), (iv)-(q)
  3. C(i)-(s), (ii)-(r), (iii)-(p), (iv)-(q)
  4. D(i)-(s), (ii)-(p), (iii)-(r), (iv)-(q)

Answer: C

is odourless and only turns lime water milky (s). is pungent and turns the dichromate paper green without forming black (r). has the rotten-egg smell and blackens lead acetate paper (p). is reddish brown and oxidises iodide to iodine, turning starch-iodide paper blue (q).
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