Q.

Hydrogen peroxide is

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a

an oxidising agent

b

a reducing agent

c

Both an oxidising and a reducing agent

d

Neither oxidising nor reducing agent

answer is C.

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H2​O2​ can be reduced to H2​O as well as it can be oxidised to O2​. Hence, it can act as an oxidizing agent by itself getting reduced to H2​O as well as it can act as a reducing agent by getting oxidized to O2​. Therefore, it can act as oxidizing as well as reducing agent.
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