Statement 1: H2S can be dried by H2SO4Statement 2: A basic drying agent absorbs moisture from basic substance and an acidic drying agent is needed for acidic substance to be dried.

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Both statements 1 and 2 are correct

Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect

Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct

Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect

answer is C.

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H2S (acid) cannot be dried by H2SO4 (acid) as the later oxidizes H2S. 3H2S+H2SO4→4H2O+4S

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