CTET paper 2, Feb 2016 Q89

0. A student burns a magnesium ribbon in air and dissolves the ash of the ribbon left after burning in distilled water. On pouring one drop each of this solution, first in blue litmus and then in red litmus solution, he would observe that

  • Option : D
  • Explanation : When magnesium ribbon is burnt in air, then it forms MgO. This MgO when dissolving in water forms Mg(OH)2 which is basic in nature (pH = 10.1). So, this solution turns red litmus into blue.
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