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Hot concentrated sulphuric acid is a moderately strong oxidizing agent. Which of the following reactions does not show oxidizing behaviour?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

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In an oxidizing reaction, the oxidation state of the central atom of the acid ( in ) must decrease.In B, C, and D, () is reduced to ().In A (), the oxidation states of all atoms remain the same ( is , is , is ). This is a double displacement (acid-salt) reaction, not a redox reaction.

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Hot concentrated sulphuric acid is a moderately strong oxidizing agent. Which of the following reactions does not show oxidizing behaviour?
A
B
C
D

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