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JEE Main 2014 Chemistry question

ChemistryRedox ReactionsJEE Main 2014

Hydrogen peroxide acts both as an oxidising and as a reducing agent depending upon the nature of the reacting species. In which of the following cases acts as a reducing agent in acid medium?

Answer: (1)

Solution

Acting as a reducing agent means is itself oxidised to while reducing the other species. Acidified permanganate is reduced by from Mn(VII) to with evolution of oxygen,

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