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IIT-JEE 2011 · Paper 1, Chemistry question 12

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When a metal rod M is dipped into an aqueous colourless concentrated solution of compound N, the solution turns light blue. Addition of aqueous NaCl to the blue solution gives a white precipitate O. Addition of aqueous NHX3\ce{NH3} dissolves O and gives an intense blue solution.

The metal rod M is

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Official answer: B

Copper displaces silver: Cu+2 AgX+→CuX2++2 Ag\ce{Cu + 2Ag+ -> Cu^{2+} + 2Ag}, turning the colourless solution light blue.

(B) Cu