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a

Barium ion will be precipitated as barium chromate in neutral or acetic acid medium but not in the presence of mineral acid

b

Barium ion cannot be distinguished from calcium ion using ammonium oxalate in the presence of acetic acid

c

ZnS is soluble in dil.HCl but not CuS

d

Calcium oxalate is precipitated by adding calcium acetate to oxalic acid solution but not by the addition of calcium chloride solution.

answer is A, B, C.

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Solubility product of CuS is very less than ZnS. When ZnS is dissolved in HCl
ZnS+2HCl ZnCl2+H2S
Since the sulphide ions combine with H+ ions forming H2S, which escapes out on heating, ZnS is soluble . As the solubility product of CuS is very less, the sulphide ions present in acid medium are sufficient to precipitate CuS. So it is insoluble in HCl but dissolves in  dil.HNO3 due to oxidizing nature of nitric acid.
3CuS+8HNO3 3Cu(NO3)2+4H2O+2NO+3S
When oxalate is added to CaCl2, the HCl formed in the reaction 
CaCl2+2H2O Ca(OH)2+2HCl
Will convert the oxalate ion to oxalic acid, thus decreases the oxalate ion concentration. So calcium oxalate dissolves and cannot be precipitated. But if calcium acetate is used, acetic acid will be formed which is weaker than oxalic acid and will not effect the concentration of oxalate ion. So calcium oxalate will be precipitated.
Due to similar size of Ba2+ and CrO42 ions BaCrO4 will be precipitated on adding mineral acid. CrO42 ion converts into larger Cr2O72 ion in acid medium. Due to large difference in the sizes of Ba2+ and Cr2O72 ions BaCr2O7  dissolves. Barium oxalate is soluble in hot dilute acetic acid but calcium oxalate is insoluble using ammonium oxalate.

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