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Chemical Properties of Non-Metals

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If X is a metal, it will form:

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Acidic solution

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Acidic metallic oxide

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Basic metallic oxide

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is C Basic metallic oxide
Metal oxides are basic in nature so if X is metal then it will form basic metallic oxide and turn the red litmus blue.

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