Why is a small quantity of sulphuric acid is added to water for its electrolysis?

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Pure water is a bad conductor of electricity.
A small quantity of sulphuric acid is added to water to make the water an electric conductor and ionize it.
So to carry out electrolysis in water, a few drops of sulphuric acid is added to the water.

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