A colourless gas X reacts with sulphuric acid to form ammonium sulphate. What is X?

HCl

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NH₃

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Cl₂

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NO₂

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Solution

The correct option is B
NH₃

$N H_{3}$ gas reacts with Sulphuric acid to form Ammonium sulphate. So, X is $N H_{3}$ .

$2 N H_{3} (g a s) + H_{2} S O_{4} \to (N H_{4})_{2} S O_{4} A m m o n i u m s u l p h a t e$

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