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Amount of oxalic acid present in a solution can be determined by its titration with KMnO_4 solution in the presence of H_2 SO_4. The titration gives…

JEE Main 2008 — Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry

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Amount of oxalic acid present in a solution can be determined by its titration with KMnO4\mathrm{KMnO}_4KMnO4​ solution in the presence of H2SO4\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4H2​SO4​. The titration gives unsatisfactory result when carried out in the presence of HCl\mathrm{HCl}HCl, because HCl\mathrm{HCl}HCl

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Held on 30 Apr 2008 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

Options

  1. A

    gets oxidised by oxalic acid to chlorine

  2. B

    furnishes H+\mathrm{H}^{+}H+ions in addition to those from oxalic acid

  3. C

    reduces permanganate to Mn2+\mathrm{Mn}^{2+}Mn2+

  4. D

    oxidises oxalic acid to carbon dioxide and water

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