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ChemistryThe p-Block ElementsJEE Main

Among the following statements, identify the correct ones: [Kerala CEE 2007] (i) Carbon monoxide is neutral whereas is acidic. (ii) Potassium oxide is basic whereas nitrous oxide is acidic. (iii) Aluminium and zinc oxides are amphoteric. (iv) Sulphur trioxide is acidic whereas phosphorus pentoxide is basic. (v) Carbon dioxide is neutral whereas sulphur dioxide is amphoteric.

Answer: (C)

Solution

is indeed a neutral oxide and is strongly acidic (i, true); and are textbook amphoteric oxides (iii, true). Statement (ii) is false because nitrous oxide, , is a neutral (not

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