Sponsor Area

Control And Coordination

Question
CBSEENSC10014637

A student prepared an aqueous solution of CuSO4 in beaker X and an aqueous solution of FeSO4 in beaker Y. He then dropped some iron pieces in beaker X and some zinc pieces in beaker Y. After about 10 hours he observed that the solutions in X and Y respectively appear:

  • blue and green

  • colorless and pale green

  • colourless and light blue

  • greenish and colourless

Solution

D.

greenish and colourless

Reaction in beaker X:

Fe + CuSO4 (blue) -> FeSO4 (green) + Cu

Reaction in beaker Y:

Zn + FeSO4 (green) -> ZnSO4 (colourless) +Fe