Sulphur dioxide reacts with sodium hydroxide to form:

Sodium hydrogen sulphite

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Solution

The correct option is A Sodium hydrogen sulphite
Sulphur dioxide reacts with sodium hydroxide solution to form sodium sulphite which reacts further with more sulphur dioxide to form sodium hydrogen sulphite.
$2 N a O H + S O_{2} \to N a_{2} S O_{3} + H_{2} O N a_{2} S O_{3} + H_{2} O + S O_{2} \to 2 N a H S O_{3}$

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