Acids, Bases and Salts — Science STD 10 — Question
Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ScienceAcids, Bases and Salts1 Mark
MCQ
A solution turns blue litmus red. Its $pH$ is likely to be:
A
$7$
✓
$5$
C
$8$
D
$14$
✓
Answer
Correct option: B.
$5$
An acidic solution turns blue litmus red. On the $pH$ scale, acids have values less than $7,$ whereas bases have values greater than $7.$ Solutions with $pH$ equal to $7$ are neutral in nature. Therefore, the $pH$ of the given solution is likely to be $5.$
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