Boojho took some grains of boiled rice in test tube ‘A’ and Paheli took boiled and chewed rice in test tube ‘B’. Both of them poured 1 – 2 drops of iodine solution into the test tube and observed the colour change.
What colour change would they have observed? Give reasons for your answer.

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Solution

Due to the presence of starch in rice, the colour of the rice solution upon addition of iodine solution changes to blackish-blue colour.
However, as soon as the starch gets digested by the saliva, the solution starts turning pink. Since test tube B had chewed rice which contains saliva, the starch gets digested, imparting the pink colour.
So the colour of test tube 'B' changes to pink whereas test tube 'A' remains blackish-blue in colour.

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Boojho took some grains of boiled rice in test tube ‘A’ and Paheli took boiled and chewed rice in test tube ‘B’. Both of them poured 1 – 2 drops of iodine solution into the test tube and observed the colour change. What colour change would they have observed? Give reasons for your answer.

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What colour change would they have observed? Give reasons for your answer.