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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H2O2 can be reduced to H2O as well as it can be oxidised to O2. Hence, it can act as an oxidizing agent by itself getting reduced to H2O 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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