If a spoon of copper metal is placed in a solution of ferrous sulphate :-

C u

will precipitate out

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iron will precipitate

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C u

and

F e

will precipitate

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no reaction will take place

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Solution

The correct option is B no reaction will take place
Copper is below Fe on electrochemical series. So, copper will not able to reduce $F e^{2 +}$ from the ferrous sulphate solution.
Hence, no reaction will take place.

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