Question

Assertion (A): Baking soda reacts with red litmus paper and turns it blue.
Reason (R): Baking soda is acidic in nature.

• A. (A) and (R) both are correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A) .
• B. (A) and (R) both are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
• C. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
• D. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.

Answer 1

The correct option is C (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.

The chemical name of baking soda is sodium bicarbonate $\left({\mathrm{NaHCO}}_3\right)$. It reacts with moist litmus paper and turns red litmus blue which means it is basic in nature. Due to this it is used to reduce acidity in stomach. Hence, the assertion is correct but the reason is not correct.