In the qualitative inorganic analysis of basic radicals, hydrochloric acid is preferred to nitric acid for preparing a solution of a given substance. This is because :

Nitrates are per decomposed to sulphides

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Nitric acid contain nitrogen

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Hydrochloric acid is not an oxidizing agent

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Chlorides are easily converted to sulphides

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Solution

The correct option is C Hydrochloric acid is not an oxidizing agent
In the qualitative inorganic analysis of basic radicals, hydrochloric acid is preferred to nitric acid for preparing a solution of a given substance. This is because hydrochloric acid is not an oxidizing agent.

$H N O_{3}$ is an oxidizing agent but $H C l$ is not an oxidizing agent.

So, the correct option is $C$

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