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A salt on treatment with dil. HCl gives a pungent smelling gas and a yellow precipitate. The salt gives green flame test and a yellow precipitate with potassium chromate. The salt is

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a

NiSO4

b

BaS2O3

c

PbS2O3

d

CuSO4

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Since the salt on treatment with dil. HCl gives a pungent smelling gas (SO2)  and a yellow ppt., it must contain S2O32 (thiosulphate ion) and further since it gives green flame test, it must contain Ba2+  ion. Hence salt is BaS2O3.

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