Which of the following can be used distinguish between dilute HCI and dilute $H N O_{3}$ ?

Ammonia

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Ammonium chloride

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ammonium sulphide

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is A Ammonia
Ammonia react with HCl but not with nitric acid. HCl forms white fumes of ammonium chloride with ammonia and ammonia does not react with nitric acid.
${N H}_{3} + H C l \to {N H}_{4} C l$

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