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A coloured precipitate is obtained when H2S gas is passed through an aqueous solution of a salt in the presence of ammonium hydroxide. The precipitate dissolves in dilute HCl and reacts with NaOH to give white precipitate which on standing turns into a brown/black mass. The brown/black mass on fusion with KNO3 and Na2CO3 gives green mass. The cation of the salt is:

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Co2+
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Mg2+
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Ni2+
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D
Mn2+
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Solution

The correct option is D Mn2+
It is given that a colored precipitate is obtained when H2S gas is passed through an aqueous solution of salt in the presence of ammonium hydroxide. The precipitate dissolves in dilute HCl and reacts with NaOH to give white precipitate which on standing turns into a brown/black mass. The brown/black mass on fusion with KNO3 and Na2CO3 gives green mass. The cation of the salt is Mn2+.

The reactions are given below:
(1) Mn2++H2SMnS(buff coloured)HClMnCl2 NaOH−−−[O]MnO2(brown/black)

(2) MnO2+2KNO3+Na2CO3+H2Ofusion−− Na2MnO4(green mass)+2KNO2+2NaOH+CO2

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