Which acid is present in our stomach?

Sulphuric acid

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Hydrochloric acid

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Amino acid

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Sulphuric acid

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Solution

The correct option is B
Hydrochloric acid

The food that we consume enters the stomach through the oesophagus. The stomach produces gastric juice to digest the food that is consumed. This gastric juice contains hydrochloric acid that helps in the digestion and also killing of germs that the food might contain.

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The acid produced naturally in our stomach is :

(a) acetic acid

(b) citric acid

(d) sulphuric acid

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