Question

Acetic acid was added to a solid x kept in a test tube .A colorless and odorless gas Y was evolved.The gas was passed through lime water which turned milky .If was concluded that (a) Solid X is sodium hydroxide and the gas Y is CO2 (b)Solid X is sodium carbonate and the gas Y is Co2 (c) Solid X is sodium acetate and the gas Y is Co2 (d)Solid X is sodium hydrogen carbonate and the gas Y is SO2

Answer 1

Option B is correct.