Colourless salt (A)+dil.H2SO4+KI⟶ blue colour with solution. A can be :
A
K2Cr2O7
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B
MnO2
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C
NH4NO2
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D
NH4Cl
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Solution
The correct option is CNH4NO2 The colourless salt (A) can be ammonium nitrite (NH4NO2). It reacts with dil sulphuric acid to form nitrous acid which converts KI to iodine which is violet in colour. NH4NO2+H2SO4→NH4SO4+2HNO2 3HNO2→HNO3+2NO+H2O 2NO+O2→2NO2 2KI+2NO2→KNO2+I2