Question

Statement 1: Adding common salt to distilled water makes it a bad conductor of electricity.
Statement 2: Solutions of acids, bases and salts can conduct electricity.

• A. Both the statements are correct.
• B.
  Both the statements are incorrect.
• C. Only statement 2 is correct.
• D.
  Only statement 1 is correct.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Only statement 2 is correct.

When common salt is dissolved in distilled water, we obtain salt solution. This is a conductor of electricity.
Most liquids that conduct electricity are solutions of acids, bases, and salts. When acids, bases, and salts are mixed with water, they dissociate into their constituent ions. Ions are charged particles. Due to the presence of these free ions the solutions conduct electricity.