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Give any two tests to identify carboxylic acids.

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(1) Aqueous solution of carboxylic acids turn blue litmus into red colour.
(2) Carboxylic acids give brisk effervescence with sodium bicarbonate due to the evolution of ${C O}_{2}$ .

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