Nitric acid is ___ (monobasic/dibasic/tribasic).

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Solution

Basicity of an acid is defined as the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms present in a molecule of an acid. So, a monobasic acid is an acid which contains one replaceable $H^{+}$ ion. Nitric acid contains one replaceable hydrogen atom. Hence, it is a monobasic acid.

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