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Important Questions on Acids, Bases and Salts

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Which statement is wrong regarding the pH scale?
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You have two solutions A and B. pH of solution A is 6 and pH of solution B is 8. Which solution has more hydrogen ion concentration? Which of the above solutions is acidic and which one is basic?
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Three solutions P, Q and R have pH value of 3.5, 5.2 and 12.2 respectively. Which one of these is a strong alkali?
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Calculate the pOH of 0.007 M aqueous solution of NaOH. (log7 = 0.8451)
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Match the following
Acid Ionization constant, Ka
A) Formic acid I) 4.9×10-10
B) Niacin II) 1.5×10-5
C) Hypochlorous acid III) 1.8×10-4
D) Hydrocyanic acid IV) 3×10-8

The correct match is
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When pH paper is dipped in solution its colour gets changed. In the following table colour of pH, paper is shown in Section A and pH values in section B. Select the correct answer.

Section A Section B
1) Pink a) 7
2) Light green b) 2
3) Green  c) 10
4) Blue d) 8
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Three solutions P, Q and R have pH value of 3.5, 5.2 and 12.2 respectively. Which one of these is a weak acid?
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Four solutions A, B, C, and D have pH 2, 6. 7, and 13 respectively:

Which of the above solutions is a strong acid?

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A teacher provided acetic acid, water, lemon juice, an aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate and sodium hydroxide to students in the school laboratory to determine the pH values of these substances using pH papers. One of the students reported the pH values of the given substances as 3, 12, 4, 8 and 14 respectively. Which one of these values is not correct? Write its correct value stating the reason.

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The pH of gastric juices extracted from the stomach of two persons A and B were found to be 1 and 3 respectively. The stomach juice of which person is more acidic? 
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What is the pH scale? The pH value of fresh milk is 6. What would be the change in pH after its conversion into curd?

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If the H+ concentration of an aqueous solution is 0.001M,, then the pOH of the solution would be
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Answer the following:

On what does the strength of base depend?

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The aqueous solution having pH 2 is how many times more acidic than aqueous solution having pH 4?
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What is the rain called when its pH value goes down from 5.6 ?
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A solution turns red litmus blue, its pH is likely to be:
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You have three solutions A, B and C whose pH is 4, 7 and 10 respectively. Out of the above solutions, which solution is acidic?
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What is meant by the term 'pH' of a solution?
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Ka values for acids H2SO3,HNO2,CH3COOH and HCN are respectively 1.3×10-2,4×10-4, 1.8×10-5  and 4×10-10, which of the above acids produces stronger conjugate base in aqueous solution?
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A solution turns red litmus blue. Its pH is likely to be