A white sodium salt dissolves readily in water to give a solution...

A white sodium salt dissolves readily in water to give a solution which is neutral to litmus. When silver nitrate solution is added to the before mentioned solution, a white precipitate is obtained which does not dissolve in dilute nitric acid. The anion is:

Options

A ${CO}_{3}^{2 -}$
B ${SO}_{4}^{2 -}$
C ${S}^{2 -}$
D ${Cl}^{-}$

Correct answer

D. ${Cl}^{-}$

Step-by-step solution

${Na}_{( aq )}^{+} + {Cl}^{-}( aq ) + {AgNO}_{3} \to \mathop{AgCl ↓}_{White} + {NaNO}_{3}$

$AgCl + {HNO}_{3} ( dil ) \to Doesnotdissolve$

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