When ${S O}_{2}$ dissolves in water, the acid formed is:

sulphuric acid

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sulphurous acid

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sulphonic acid

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oleum

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Solution

The correct option is B sulphurous acid
Sulphurous acid is a weak dibasic acid. Sulphurous acid is an intermediate species in the formation of acid rain from sulphur dioxide.
${S O}_{2} + H_{2} O ⇌ H_{2} {S O}_{3}$ . These are used as reducing agents and as disinfectants or mild bleaches.

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