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Fill in the blanks to complete the following paragraph. The name of the product formed in the reaction of sulphur and _____________ is sulphur dioxide gas. When sulphur dioxide is dissolved in_________________, sulphurous acid is formed. The sulphurous acid turns _____________ litmus paper to ____________. Generally oxides of __________ are acidic in nature. After completing the paragraph write two questions which you can raise on the basis of this information. 22 E XEMPLAR PROBLEMS

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Oxygen, water, blue, red, non-metals. Questions maybe (i) Which gas is formed when sulphur reacts with oxygen? (ii) What is the nature of oxides of non-metals?