Question

State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.

Common salt dissolved in water turns blue litmus red.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

• Blue litmus is used for checking the acidic nature of a substance.
• It turns red on coming in contact with an acidic substance.
• $\mathrm{NaCl}$ is common-salt. When it is dissolved in water, a salt solution is formed which is neutral in nature.
• Therefore, common salt dissolved in water does not turn blue litmus red.

Hence the given statement is false.

Correct statement

Common salt dissolved in water does not turn blue litmus red.