Assign appropriate reasons for the following statement:
Perchloric acid is a stronger acid than sulphuric acid.

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Solution

The oxidation state of $C l$ in perchloric acid is $+ 7$ while that of $S$ in sulphuric acid is $+ 6$ . Greater the oxidation state of central atom, more readily the $O - H$ bond breaks and hence stronger is the acid.

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