Smita took a spoon of turmeric powder and made a paste by adding little water to it. She cut thin strips of a paper and applied this paste on them. After drying she put few drops of given sample solutions (i)-(iv) on these strips. What would be the changes in the colour she observed?
(i) Amla juice (ii) Lime water (iii) Common salt solution (iv) Baking soda solution
A
(i) - Yellow, (ii) - Red, (iii) - Yellow, (iv) - Red
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B
(i) - Red, (ii) - Yellow, (iii) - Yellow, (iv) - Red
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D
(i) - Yellow, (ii) - Yellow, (iii) - Red, (iv) - Red
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Solution
The correct option is A (i) - Yellow, (ii) - Red, (iii) - Yellow, (iv) - Red Turmeric is yellow in acidic and neutral solutions and red in basic solution.