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Question 23

You are provided with four test tubes containing sugar solution, baking soda solution, tamarind solution, salt solution. Write down an activity to find the nature of each solution

Answer 1

We can use both red and blue litmus solutions and predict the colours in each case. In acidic media, blue litmus turns red and in basic media, red litmus turns blue.

We can have the follwoing observations:
sugar solution - neutral, litmus remains unchanged
baking soda solution - basic, red litmus turns blue
tamarind solution - acidic, blue litmus turns red
salt solution - neutral, litmus remains unchanged