JEE Main 2026 · Session 2 · Shift 1 · Chemistry

Question 70

A salt with few drops of conc. HCl gives apple green colour in flame test. The group precipitate of the salt is dissolved in acetic acid and treated with K₂CrO₄ to give yellow precipitate. When the sodium carbonate extract of the salt solution is heated with conc. HNO₃ and ammonium molybdate, it resulted a canary yellow precipitate. The cation and anion present in the salt are respectively,

• A. Ca²⁺ and SO₄²⁻
• B. Ba²⁺ and PO₄³⁻Correct answer
• C. Mn²⁺ and PO₄³⁻
• D. Ba²⁺ and SO₄²⁻

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