Why do metals not evolve hydrogen gas with nitric acid?

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Metals donot evolve hydrogen gas with nitric acid. This is because nitric acid is a very strong oxidising agent. It oxidises the H₂ gas evolved to H₂O and itself gets reduced to any of the nitrogen oxides.

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