Question

Hydrochloric acid added to pink coloured potassium permanganate turns it to:
A)Red
B)Orange
C)Yellow
D)Colourless

Answer 1

D. colourless is the answer

Answer 2

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Rajdeep here.....

The answer is D. Colourless.
Why??

The reaction is:
2KMnO4 + 16HCl ------> 2KCl + 2MnCl2 + 8H2O + 5Cl2

Now, both solutions KCl and MnCl2 are colourless, so the resulting solution is colourless..

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