White silver chloride in sunlight turns to

red

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grey

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yellow

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remain white

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Solution

The correct option is B grey
$A g C l$ decomposes to give metallic silver which is grey in colour in presence of sunlight.
The equation is: $2 A g C l_{(s)} S i l v e r c h l o r i d e \to 2 A g_{(s)} S i l v e r + C l_{2 (g)} C h l o r i d e$

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